Indian-American businessman joins Georgia Senate race
June 18th, 2012 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 18 (IANS) Indian-American entrepreneur Bikram Kumar Mohanty has been chosen as the candidate of President Barak Obama's Democratic Party for Georgia state's Senate elections slated later this year.Migrating ... Read more...
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Won’t let anyone derail democracy: Gilani
June 17th, 2012 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 17 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said although conspiracies are being hatched to undermine democracy, his Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) will not let this ... Read more...
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Pakistan holds Senate elections
March 2nd, 2012 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 2 (IANS) The daylong polling for 45 Senate seats, including four newly-added seats in the upper house for minorities, began Friday morning in Pakistan, a media report said.The ... Read more...
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US wants ties with Pakistan: Envoy
February 26th, 2012 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 26 (IANS) A US diplomat reiterated Sunday that Washington wants bilateral ties with Islamabad.Charge d'Affaires Richard Hoagland told Geo News in an interview the US was ... Read more...
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Pakistani PM hints at early elections
February 20th, 2012 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 19 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Sunday hinted at the possibility of holding early parliamentary elections.The parliamentary elections are scheduled in early 2013.The prime ... Read more...
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Some want to delay senate polls: Gilani
February 4th, 2012 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 4 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that conspiracies are being hatched to delay the country's senate elections.He was speaking to reporters Friday before ... Read more...
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Petition filed in Pakistan court to postpone Senate polls
January 28th, 2012 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 28 (IANS) A petition was filed in the Lahore High Court Saturday seeking postponement of the Senate elections scheduled to be held March 2, a media report said.The ... Read more...
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Pakistan Senate polls March 2
January 13th, 2012 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 13 (IANS) Four members from the minority community will join the Senate for the first time when polls for Pakistan's upper house take place March 2.The Election Commission ... Read more...
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Democracy to continue in Pakistan: Gilani
January 12th, 2012 - 1:23 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 11 (IANS) Against the backdrop of tension with the army after his sacking of the defence secretary, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Wednesday that his ... Read more...
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Pakistan Peoples Party wants to advance Senate elections
January 6th, 2012 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 6 (IANS) The ruling Pakistan Peoples Party leadership has decided to hold the Senate elections in mid-February, the Dawn quoted a senior party member as saying.The decision ... Read more...
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Shiv Sena students’ wing sweeps Mumbai varsity polls
December 30th, 2010 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 30 (IANS) Aditya Thackeray-led Bharatiya Vidyarthi Sena (BVS), the students wing of Shiv Sena, Thursday won eight out of 10 seats at the Mumbai University Senate elections. The BVS won ... Read more...
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Court bench refuses to take up Ketan Desai PIL
December 2nd, 2010 - 12:51 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Dec 1 (IANS) A division bench of the Gujarat High Court Wednesday refused to hear a public interest litigation seeking to cancel the candidature of Ketan Desai, former chief of the ... Read more...
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Can Facebook and Twitter predict election results better than polls?
November 27th, 2010 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 27 (ANI): Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter are slowly gaining ground in politics too - in fact, many wonder if the social networking sites could predict ... Read more...
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Tommy Thompson Takes A Backstep, Would Not Run For Senate
April 16th, 2010 - 7:37 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Madison, Apr 16, (THAINDIAN NEWS) America is hoping for all new faces and new legislatures which is surely the demand of the current situation. Ex Governor of Wisconsin, Tommy Thompson ... Read more...
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Republican Senator Scott Brown sworn in as U.S. Senator
February 5th, 2010 - 3:06 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) – Republican Senator Scott Brown on Thursday was sworn in as the United States Senator from Massachusetts, causing Democrats to lose their supermajority.Senator Brown, 50, is now the ... Read more...
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Martha Coakley Concedes Defeat For Democrats After 46 Years
January 20th, 2010 - 8:47 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Massachusetts, Jan 20, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The representative of the Democratic Party, Martha Coakley, was forced to concede defeat at the Massachusetts Senate Elections against the Republican candidate Scott Brown. The ... Read more...
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Fahim says PPP, PML-Q may ally
January 26th, 2009 - 2:41 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Jan. 26 (ANI): Pakistans Federal Trade Minister Amin Fahim has indicated the possibility of an alliance between the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q).
PML-Q is ... Read more...
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PPP, PML-N dash hopes of PML-Q in Pak Punjab
January 25th, 2009 - 6:18 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan. 25 (ANI): The unexpected harmony between the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Muslim League (N) following President Asif Ali Zardaris meeting with Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has dashed ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s political equations to alter after Senate elections
January 20th, 2009 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 20 (IANS) Political equations in Pakistan will alter sharply after the Senate elections in March that will see the ruling coalition gain a two-thirds majority in the upper house of ... Read more...
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Sharif ready to back Gilani if Zardari refuses to surrender power
January 14th, 2009 - 12:37 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 14 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has stressed on the supremacy of parliament by saying he is ready to back Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani if ... Read more...
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Zardari to accept Parliaments decision on amending his powers
January 14th, 2009 - 12:12 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 14 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that parliament is authorised to decide on the powers of the President and the Prime Minister, and added that he ... Read more...
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Zardari invites Iftikhar to join politics
October 26th, 2008 - 11:52 am ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct 26 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that he sees no judicial crisis in the country except a few deposed judges issuing political statements, and gave a ... Read more...
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Lukewarm response to Panjab University senate elections
September 21st, 2008 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 21 (IANS) Polling to elect 31 members of the Panjab University Senate evoked lukewarm response Sunday, with only 25 to 30 percent voting recorded.The polling took place to elect ... Read more...
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Brit intelligence body says Musharraf has a bleak future ahead
August 14th, 2008 - 12:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 14 (ANI): A British news and current affairs intelligence service has reportedly said that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf had a bleak future ahead in his country even if he ... Read more...
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Tsvangirai skips Mbeki-Mugabe meeting with MDC faction
July 6th, 2008 - 3:38 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Johannesburg, July 6 (DPA) Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai appeared marginalized Saturday after South African President Thabo Mbeki held talks in Harare with President Robert Mugabe and members of a smaller faction ... Read more...
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Poll published in state paper gives Mugabe outright victory
March 28th, 2008 - 6:00 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Harare/Johannesburg, March 28 (DPA) A poll published in Zimbabwe's state-controlled Herald newspaper Friday gave Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe an outright victory in Saturday's presidential elections.
Mugabe, 84, would take 56 percent of the ... Read more...
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Thai senate poll ends, results by midnight
March 2nd, 2008 - 6:39 pm ICT by admin
(Lead)
Xinhua
Bangkok, March 2 (Xinhua) Thailand's senate elections closed Sunday afternoon, while the Election Commission (EC) said it received 34 complaints of election irregularities. The commission announced that unofficial results should be known ... Read more...
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Benazir makes PPP candidates swear on the Quran
December 13th, 2007 - 4:37 pm ICT by admin
Nowshera, Dec 13 (ANI): PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto made her party candidates swear on the Quran during the closed-door meeting that after their elections they would not indulge in horse-trading and would ... Read more...
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