Bibi Jagir Kaur can vote in presidential poll: EC
July 3rd, 2012 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 3 (IANS) A convicted legislator in Punjab has been allowed by the Election Commission (EC) to vote in the July 19 presidential election.An Election Commission spokesman clarified Tuesday ... Read more...
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Voting on amid tight security in Andhra by-polls (Lead)
June 12th, 2012 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 12 (IANS) Voting was going on Tuesday amid tight security for by-elections in the Nellore Lok Sabha and 18 assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh, officials said.About 10 ... Read more...
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Egypt goes to poll to elect new president (Lead)
May 23rd, 2012 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, May 23 (IANS) Egyptians went to polls Wednesday morning to elect a new president after last year's fall of Hosni Mubarak who ruled the country for three decades with ... Read more...
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Neyattinkara, land of uprisings, set for another battle (Kerala Newsletter)
April 20th, 2012 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 20 (IANS) Neyattinkara is a piece of land in Kerala that once saw many uprisings against British rule. But now it is set for a fierce battle of ... Read more...
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Jai Gulabrai looks like an Indian, has the heart of a Ghanaian (With Image)
April 16th, 2012 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
Accra, April 16 (IANS) He looks every inch an Indian. But that is all about 67-year-old Jai Gulabrai because he has adapted to all of Ghana's ways and is a ... Read more...
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Five die of heart attack during Russian polls
March 5th, 2012 - 10:20 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Five people died of heart attacks at separate polling stations during the presidential elections in Russia Sunday, police said.One man -- a 65-year-old member of ... Read more...
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116-year-old man votes in Russian polls
March 5th, 2012 - 6:06 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Probably the oldest in Russia to do so, a 116-year-old man cast his vote for the presidential elections Sunday at a polling station in Ingushetia ... Read more...
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Ice swimmers vote semi-naked in Russia’s Siberia
March 5th, 2012 - 5:06 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) More than 10 ice swimming enthusiasts voted semi-naked in Russia's Siberia region in the presidential polls Sunday.Clad only in swimwear, the voters cast their ballot ... Read more...
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Putin to win polls in first round: Exit poll
March 5th, 2012 - 1:51 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin got 58.3 percent of the vote at Sunday's presidential elections in Russia which was enough for victory, a state-run exit ... Read more...
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Russia votes as Putin seeks Kremlin return (Second Lead)
March 4th, 2012 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russians voted Sunday to elect a president for the fifth time in the nation's post-Soviet history, with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin bidding to return to ... Read more...
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Goa skips siesta to vote, turnout over 80 percent (Night Lead)
March 3rd, 2012 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 3 (IANS) Goa seems to have opted against a Saturday siesta with 82.8 percent of its 10.26 lakh voters exercising their franchise to pick a 40-member assembly, ... Read more...
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600,000 Russians to watch presidential poll online
March 3rd, 2012 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) About 600,000 Russians have registered on a website that will broadcast the March 4 presidential poll.Valentin Gorbunov, chief of the Moscow municipal electoral commission, said ... Read more...
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Police inspector suspended for letting in voters unchecked
March 3rd, 2012 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 3 (IANS) Poll officials Saturday suspended police inspector Francis Corte for allowing a busload of voters unchecked at a polling booth in Vasco at 9.45 a.m."He has been ... Read more...
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Minor fracas between Congress and BJP at polling station
March 3rd, 2012 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 3 (IANS) A minor fracas broke out at a polling booth here Saturday with a Congress candidate claiming that a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillor was canvassing ... Read more...
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Russia enters ‘day of silence’
March 3rd, 2012 - 11:15 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia entered Saturday into the so-called 'day of silence', a day ahead of presidential elections, when any form of election propaganda is prohibited.Election campaign billboards, ... Read more...
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Slap heard in Pakistan’s Supreme Court
March 2nd, 2012 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 2 (IANS) Pakistan's Supreme Court Friday began hearing an incident in which a political party's woman candidate slapped a polling officer during voting in an assembly by-poll, ... Read more...
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Delhi civic polls on April 15 (Second Lead)
March 1st, 2012 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Elections to the recently trifurcated Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the city's main civic body, will be held April 15, state Election Commissioner Rakesh Mehta ... Read more...
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Kejriwal, thousands sent back without voting in Ghaziabad
February 29th, 2012 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Feb 28 (IANS) Thousands of people, including Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal, were turned away from polling booths in Ghaziabad and could not vote in the state assembly ... Read more...
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Punjab village ends up voting for wrong constituency
February 26th, 2012 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Feb 26 (IANS) Electors in a village in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district have ended up casting their votes for the wrong constituency and its candidates in the Jan ... Read more...
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In a UP first, voters boycott poll for no development
February 19th, 2012 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Protesting against the lack of development, voters at the Patna polling station in Tindwari assembly constituency of Uttar Pradesh's Banda district boycotted the assemblypolls Sunday.Election ... Read more...
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UP voter turnout 60 percent, may rise: Poll panel (Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) At least 60 percent voter turnout was recorded in Uttar Pradesh's first phase of assembly polls in 55 constituencies Wednesday and the figure is expected ... Read more...
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Barabanki gets the chills, slow polling in first hours
February 8th, 2012 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 8 (IANS) The enthusiastic first time voter and the loyal Dalit were out but many others stayed inside their homes Wednesday, waiting for the chill ... Read more...
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Election Commission is winner in Punjab polls (Punjab Newsletter)
February 4th, 2012 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 4 (IANS) Political parties in Punjab may have to wait for the outcome, but the assembly polls have already produced one sure winner - the Election Commission (EC).The ... Read more...
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Punjab polls turnout 78.67 percent, re-poll in one booth
January 31st, 2012 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 31 (IANS) The final vote count in the election to 117 assembly seats in Punjab Monday has come to 78.67 percent -- the highest-ever in the electoral ... Read more...
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Stopping by the polling booth on wedding day (Punjab poll diary)
January 30th, 2012 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 30 (IANS) Dressed in full wedding finery, a groom in Punjab's Patiala town went the extra mile -- literally -- to exercise his franchise Monday.The groom took a ... Read more...
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Polling booth No.106: Where the feuding Badals converge
January 30th, 2012 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
Badal (Punjab), Jan 30 (IANS) Located in a government school in Badal village of Lambi assembly seat in Punjab, polling booth No.106 may be a nondescript place but it ... Read more...
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Polling under way in Punjab (Lead)
January 30th, 2012 - 10:04 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 30 (IANS) Casting of votes started across 19,841 polling stations in Punjab's 117 assembly seats at 8 a.m. Monday, Election Commission (EC) officials said here.Despite the winter ... Read more...
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Russia opens first probe into alleged poll fraud
December 16th, 2011 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia Friday started its first probe into allegations of electoral fraud during the Dec 4 parliamentary elections, investigators said.The probe was launched in the southern ... Read more...
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Putin wants webcams for presidential polls
December 15th, 2011 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Thursday suggested installing webcams at polling stations to avoid dissent at the presidential elections in March.Putin dismissed as minor the ... Read more...
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Putin votes in parliament polls
December 4th, 2011 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin voted Sunday in the parliamentary elections widely seen as a test for him and his ruling United Russia party.Putin arrived ... Read more...
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Holidaying Russians can vote in Goa for poll back home
November 27th, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 27 (IANS) The 400-odd Russians living or holidaying in Goa will now get a chance to vote in parliamentary elections in their country next month, even as they ... Read more...
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Yingluck to become Thailand’s first female prime minister
July 4th, 2011 - 2:26 am ICT by BNO News
BANGKOK (BNO NEWS) -- Yingluck Shinawatra is set to become Thailand's first female prime minister as exit polls forecast a majority for the opposition Pheu Thai Party, the Bangkok Post reported.Democrat leader ... Read more...
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Rival groups clash during polls in Pakistani Kashmir
June 26th, 2011 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 26 (IANS) Clashes between supporters of rival political parties were reported from several places during polling Sunday in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, a media report said.Elections to 38 of the ... Read more...
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Crocodiles delay voting in South Africa
May 19th, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Pretoria, May 19 (IANS) The opening of a polling booth was delayed by a few hours in a South African province after giant crocodiles in a river made it impossible ... Read more...
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Andhra minister’s wife offers ‘puja’ to EVM
May 8th, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 8 (IANS) In a unique way to pray for the victory, the wife of a minister in Andhra Pradesh and the Congress candidate for Kadapa Lok Sabha seat ... Read more...
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