Ranchi, Nov 22 (IANS) Two troopers were killed and nine injured Sunday when Maoist rebels blew up their vehicle by detonating a landmine in poll-bound Jharkhand, police said. The mine exploded when a ...

Imphal, Nov 21 (ANI): By-poll to Yaiskul Assembly constituency in Imphal East district of Manipur would be held on December 19. Joint Chief Electoral Officer N Prabin said in a statement that the ...

Dhanbad (Jharkhand), Nov 20 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday said that non-violence was the only way to solve all the problems in Jharkhand. Addressing poll meetings in Dhanbad and Dumka ...

Ranchi, Nov 20 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Friday addressed two poll rallies in Jharkhand, appealing for vote for the BJP, which he promised would provide a "stable ...

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Election Commission Friday said that voting compartments in polling stations should be made only of cardboard or plastic board and these should not be located near ...

London, November 19 (ANI): Twitterati may echo the word 'glitterati,' but it is the lower-income group people who are most hooked on to the social networking side, a new UK poll suggests. According ...

London, Nov 19 (ANI): Hollywood actor Johnny Depp has been named the 'Sexiest Man Alive' in a poll by People magazine. According to the Telegraph, the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star reclaimed ...

London, November 18 (ANI): One in six children in Britain confessed grabbing takeaways at meal times each day, according to a poll. A survey of 3,000 people by the Stroke Association revealed that ...

Los Angeles, Nov 18 (DPA) A baby panda born at the San Diego Zoo will be named Yun Zi, Chinese for Son of Cloud, the zoo announced Tuesday. The name was selected from ...

Ranchi, Nov 17 (IANS) Former Jharkhand minister Enos Ekka, who has been in jail since August in a graft case, Tuesday filed his nomination papers for two assembly seats in the state. The ...

New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) India Friday decried the just-concluded polls in the disputed Gilgit-Baltistan, formerly the Northern Areas which was renamed by Pakistan a few months ago, as "just another cosmetic ...

Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 12 (IANS) An upset Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, son of party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, Thursday said his wife Dimple's defeat in the Lok Sabha by-election ...

Bhopal, Nov 10 (IANS) Polling for a total of 268 municipalities, municipal corporations and nagar panchayats (city councils) will be held in Madhya Pradesh in two phases on Dec 11 and 14, ...

London, Nov 10 (ANI): Today is the day when majority of Brit women will start dieting to get in shape for the annual Christmas party in the office, according to a survey. The ...

Jaipur, Nov 10 (IANS) The by-election spoils were equally divided between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Congress in Rajasthan Tuesday with each winning one seat. While the BJP's ...

New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) The Election Commission Monday said that polling in four assembly constituencies in Dumka district of Jharkhand, scheduled to be held in the first phase Nov 27, will ...

Raipur, Nov 9 (IANS) The situation in Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari district was tense after a protest of farmers turned violent and they set fire to vehicles and ransacked shops, police said. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...