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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Overseas Indians welcome right to vote
January 9th, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 9 (IANS) Non-resident Indians have hailed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's announcement that the government would allow them to vote and participate in the election process, a long-tanding ... Read more...
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NRIs get right to vote in Indian elections (Second Lead)
January 8th, 2012 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 8 (IANS) Fulfilling a long-standing demand of its diaspora, India Sunday said it would allow NRIs to vote and participate in the election process."Pursuant to the law ... Read more...
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Non-resident Indians get voting rights (Lead)
January 8th, 2012 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 8 (IANS) Fulfilling the long-standing demand of its diaspora, India Sunday said it would allow Non-resident Indians (NRIs) to vote and participate in the election process."Pursuant to ... Read more...
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Only 2 NRI applications for voting so far: poll panel
August 23rd, 2011 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 23 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has received only two applications from NRIs after they were allowed to register as voters in November 2010, a top ... Read more...
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Apex court to hear case against AIADMK’s freebies
July 29th, 2011 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday asked the city-based advocate S.Subramaniam Balaji to file a petition to transfer his case against the freebies announced by the AIADMK government ... Read more...
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Ministerial panel examining fast-track graft trials: Moily
January 14th, 2011 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Law and Justice Minister M.Veerappa Moily Friday stressed the need for fast-tracking trials in corruption cases and said the issue is being considered by a group of ... Read more...
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Bill to amend Representation of People Act dropped
August 21st, 2010 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The government Saturday withdrew the Representation of People (Amendment) Bill, 2006.
Withdrawing the bill in the Rajya Sabha, Law Minister Veerappa Moily said it is being withdrawn ... Read more...
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Paid news: Election Commission directs poll authorities to monitor media
June 17th, 2010 - 4:12 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 17 (ANI): Expressing concern over the alarming proportion of paid news in the Indian media the Election Commission on Thursday directed officials to closely monitor poll-related media reports.In ... Read more...
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Mamata stoking communal trouble in Bengal, CPI-M tells Chidambaram
May 20th, 2010 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Thursday sought union Home Minister P. Chidambaram's intervention to prevent Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee from "deliberately stoking" communal trouble ... Read more...
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Mamata inciting communal tension, CPI-M tells poll panel
May 19th, 2010 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tuesday filed a complaint with the West Bengal State Election Commission alleging that Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee was trying to ... Read more...
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Infrastructure bonds option for ordinary NRIs: Ravi
January 8th, 2010 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) A new proposal to issue infrastructure bonds to overseas Indians will give a fresh investment option to ordinary Indian investors abroad, Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs ... Read more...
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LS gives nod to People’s Representation Act amendment bill
December 9th, 2009 - 7:06 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 9 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill, 2009 with a voice vote.The centre amended the Representation of People Act 1951 to ... Read more...
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Badal to look after son’s portfolios
July 2nd, 2009 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 2 (IANS) With Governor S.F. Rodrigues accepting Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal's resignation Thursday, his father and Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has taken over his son's ... Read more...
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Violent incidents mar final phase of polling
May 13th, 2009 - 8:41 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 13 (ANI): On the final day of polling for the Lok Sabha elections, incidents of violence were reported from 24-Parganas district of West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh's Bijnore and ... Read more...
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Politician booked for insulting remarks on Sonia, Mayawati
April 22nd, 2009 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 22 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh president of the Peace Party of India was booked Wednesday for making offensive comments against Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and state Chief Minister Mayawati ... Read more...
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Kandhamal BJP candidate arrested for communal speech (Second Lead)
April 14th, 2009 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 14 (IANS) Ashok Sahu, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for Orissa's Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency, was arrested Tuesday and remanded to judicial custody after a court denied him ... Read more...
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Kandhamal BJP candidate arrested for hate speech
April 14th, 2009 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 14 (IANS) Ashok Sahu, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for Orissa's Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency, was arrested Tuesday for his alleged inflammatory speech earlier this month, an official ... Read more...
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Poll panel notice to BJP candidate for inflammatory remarks
April 2nd, 2009 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The Election Commission Thursday issued a notice to Anant Kumar Hegde, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha candidate from Uttar Kannada, for making inflammatory remarks ... Read more...
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If Varun cannot, Maneka to contest from Pilibhit
March 31st, 2009 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) If Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi, behind bars for alleged hate speeches, cannot contest from Pilibhit, his mother and former minister Maneka Gandhi will ... Read more...
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Varun remarks ‘very unfortunate’: PM
March 31st, 2009 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday termed as "very unfortunate" the hate remarks attributed to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Varun Gandhi.
"If what has been attributed to ... Read more...
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Uddhav Thackeray, Nitin Gadkari booked for remarks on PM
March 27th, 2009 - 8:44 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Mar 27 (ANI): A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against Shiv Sena party chief Uddhav Thackeray and Bharatiya Janata Party state president Nitin Gadkari for their alleged derogatory ... Read more...
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BJP backs Varun Gandhi’s plan to court arrest
March 27th, 2009 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday backed its controversial candidate Varun Gandhi, in the dock for his alleged communal speeches, and indicated that he could go ... Read more...
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Varun to move Supreme Court, legal action must says Nitish (Roundup)
March 25th, 2009 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Lucknow, March 25 (IANS)With Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Varun Gandhi threatening to move the Supreme Court after an Uttar Pradesh court Wednesday ruled that there was a strong case ... Read more...
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Congress slams Uddhav Thackeray’’s remarks on PM
March 22nd, 2009 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 22 (ANI): The Congress Party has expressed regret over the alleged derogatory remarks of Shiv Sena party chief Uddhav Thackeray on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
According to media reports, ... Read more...
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Election Commission serves notice to Navjot Sidhu
November 25th, 2008 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) The Election Commission of India Tuesday issued a notice to cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for making an offensive statement during an ... Read more...
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Government agency penalised for excluding couple from voters’ list (Reissuing with correction in para 4)
November 7th, 2008 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 7 (IANS) The Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation (Hartron), an agency of the state government, has been penalised Rs.100,000 for excluding the names of a man and his wife from ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh Congress leader named in cash-for-vote case
November 7th, 2008 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Nov 7 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh police Friday registered a First Information Report (FIR) against senior Congress leader Mahendra Karma, a candidate from the Dantewada constituency of the state assembly, for allegedly ... Read more...
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Government agency penalised for excluding couple from voters’ list
November 7th, 2008 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 7 (IANS) The Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation (Hartron), and agency of the state government, has been penalised Rs.100,000 for excluding the names of a man and his wife from ... Read more...
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Government to introduce Judges Inquiry Amendment Bill 2008
October 8th, 2008 - 10:16 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct. 8 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday decided to introduce the Judges Inquiry Amendment Bill 2008 during the winter session of Parliament.
It also decided that as part of ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha adjourned sine die, many cry foul (Roundup)
May 5th, 2008 - 10:30 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was Monday abruptly adjourned sine die bringing to an end the budget session four days ahead of schedule even as some parties cried foul. ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha adjourned sine die
May 5th, 2008 - 6:34 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee Monday adjourned the house sine die, bringing its budget session to a close four days ahead of schedule. "The fourth budget session ... Read more...
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