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November 7th, 2009 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
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Shimla, Nov 7 (IANS) There was moderate to heavy polling in the by-elections to Rohru and Jawali assembly constituencies in Himachal Pradesh Saturday, an official said. Polling was peaceful.
"After a sluggish ...
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November 7th, 2009 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
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Raipur, Nov 7 (IANS) Thousands voted Saturday in the Vaishali Nagar assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh, with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hoping to retain the seat despite a strong Congress ...
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November 7th, 2009 - 10:27 am ICT by IANS
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Raipur, Nov 7 (IANS) Polling for the assembly seat of Vaishali Nagar in Chhattisgarh began Saturday amid tight security, an official said.
Women were seen lined up at booths in urban areas ...
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November 6th, 2009 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) The Election Commission Friday rebuffed Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan's statement that central forces will remain in barracks during the by-polls Saturday and said the paramilitary troopers ...
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November 5th, 2009 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) Setting aside a Central Information Commission (CIC) order, the Delhi High Court Thursday held that information stored in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) cannot be made public under ...
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November 5th, 2009 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
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Raipur, Nov 5 (IANS) Campaigning ended Thursday for the by-poll to Chhattisgarh's Vaishali Nagar assembly seat.
The by-poll was necessitated after sitting legislator Saroj Pandey, of the state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party ...
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November 3rd, 2009 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday announced its first list of candidates for the coming elections to the Jharkhand assembly.
"The central election committee (CEC) chaired by party president Sonia ...
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November 3rd, 2009 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI
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London, November 03 (ANI): The Irish style of speech has topped the poll of the 'World's Sexiest Accent' defeating the French.
The poll of 5,000 women worldwide resulted in the Italian and the ...
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November 3rd, 2009 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
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Ranchi, Nov 3 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla Tuesday arrived in this Jharkhand capital to review the poll preparation in the state for assembly elections beginning Nov 25.
Chawla held a meeting ...
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November 2nd, 2009 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
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London, Nov 2(IANS) Hollywood star Hugh Jackman who has been given the title of sexiest man alive on earth, wants to get rid of "sexy" image as soon as he can.
The ...
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November 1st, 2009 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
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Kabul, Nov 1 (DPA) Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah Sunday announced he would boycott the Nov 7 runoff election, saying that political conditions could not guarantee a fair process.
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October 31st, 2009 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
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Shimla, Oct 31 (IANS) Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh Saturday started the Congress party's election campaign in Himachal Pradesh's Jawali constituency, ahead of the by-elections next week.
The former chief minister had ...
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October 30th, 2009 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
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London, October 30 (ANI): One in five divorcees think they would never recover from their split, according to a poll.
Dating site www.fifties.com headed the survey of 4,000 people and found that more ...
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October 27th, 2009 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Oct 27 (ANI): Majority of British blokes believe that curvy women are better in bed than their size zero rivals, says a survey.
The study found that 89 per cent of men ...
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October 26th, 2009 - 6:59 pm ICT by ANI
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Ranchi, Oct 26(ANI): Muslim groups and political parties in Jharkhand have requested the Election Commission of India (ECI) to change the date of the poll from November 27, citing Bakr-Eid festival ...
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October 24th, 2009 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
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Raipur, Oct 24 (IANS) Tarachand Sahu, a four-time Lok Sabha MP who was expelled from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for filing nomination as a rebel candidate in Chhattisgarh by-elections, withdrew ...
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October 24th, 2009 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
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Shanghai (China), Oct.24 (ANI): In Shanghai, men are more willing than women to have a baby, a recent survey has revealed.
According to The China Daily, a poll of over 12,000 Shanghai residents ...
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October 23rd, 2009 - 4:29 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Oct 23 (ANI): A new survey has revealed that almost one third of average Brits have had five near-death experiences during their life.
The poll revealed that forty percent have claimed to ...
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October 23rd, 2009 - 4:16 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Oct 23 (ANI): David Tennant has topped a poll of the U.K's most popular Doctor Who stars in the sci-fi show's 46 year history.
The Scottish actor, who has played the role ...
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October 23rd, 2009 - 11:47 am ICT by ANI
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London, Oct 23 (ANI): A Christian advertising campaign in the UK has proved there's no God, after its own survey found that 96 percent of those asked said they didn't believe in ...
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October 21st, 2009 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
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Raipur, Oct 21 (IANS) Tarachand Sahu, a former four-time Lok Sabha member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Chhattisgarh, filed his nomination papers Wednesday for an assembly by-poll as an ...
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October 21st, 2009 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Amid continuing uncertainty in Afghanistan following the decision to hold the Nov 7 run-off election, India Wednesday said it was hopeful that the electoral process would strengthen ...
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October 21st, 2009 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
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London, October 21 (ANI): The average family sofa sees 293 spats, 1,369 cuddles and 1,600 spillages during its eight-year life, according to a UK survey.
Mike Pickard, of home insurer esure, commissioned the ...
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October 21st, 2009 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
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Stockholm, Oct 21 (DPA) The European Union would find it difficult to send observers for the Afghan presidential runoff, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said Wednesday.
In an interview on Swedish radio, Bildt, ...
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October 20th, 2009 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
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Raipur, Oct 20 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the main opposition Congress Tuesday announced candidates for the bypoll to Vaishali Nagar assembly seat scheduled for Nov 7. ...
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October 20th, 2009 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
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Chandigarh, Oct 20 (IANS) A six-member Kenyan delegation will observe the counting of votes Thursday for Haryana assembly's 90 seats.
The Kenyan delegation will be led by the interim Independent Electoral Commission of ...
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October 20th, 2009 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
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Chandigarh, Oct 20 (IANS) A re-poll held in nine booths of Naurnaund constituency in Hisar district of Haryana threw up a similar figure of over 90 percent polling - as during the ...
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October 19th, 2009 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
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Chandigarh, Oct 19 (IANS) Making huge withdrawals from a bank, almost running into Rs.34 lakh, has earned an Independent candidate in Haryana a notice from the Election Commission (EC).
Independent candidate Jogi Ram ...
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October 19th, 2009 - 2:34 pm ICT by ANI
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Melbourne, October 19 (ANI): Sydney has been voted as the Best City in the World for the eighth consecutive year in a poll by a renowned travel magazine.
More than 25,000 readers of ...
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October 18th, 2009 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
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London, Oct 18 (IANS) The first movie in the hit "Toy Story" franchise has topped a poll of the greatest animated films of all time.
Following it was "Shrek" and Disney's "The Lion ...
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