Veteran socialist leader Mrinal Gore dead (Lead)
July 18th, 2012 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 17 (IANS) Veteran socialist leader Mrinal Gore, popularly known as "Paaniwali Bai", died of old age problems Tuesday in a hospital in Maharashtra's Thane district, family sources said. ... Read more...
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Veteran socialist leader Mrinal Gore dead
July 17th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 17 (IANS) Veteran socialist leader Mrinal Gore, popularly known as "Paaniwali Bai", died of old age problems Tuesday in a hospital in Maharashtra's Thane district, family sources said. ... Read more...
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CPI-M’s easy win in Tripura bypoll
June 15th, 2012 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, June 15 (IANS) Eight months ahead of the crucial assembly polls in the state, the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday retained the Nalchar seat by increasing ... Read more...
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Chidambaram hit by court ruling, opposition wants him out (Second Lead)
June 7th, 2012 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai/New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) The Madras High Court Thursday declined to dismiss a case against Home Minister P. Chidambaram for allegedly manipulating the 2009 elections in his Lok ... Read more...
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Sukhbir Badal leads with biggest margin
March 6th, 2012 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 6 (IANS) If there is one way of leading by example, Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal has certainly shown that. As results for the 117-member assembly ... Read more...
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Sriramulu’s victory margin stuns BJP, Congress
December 4th, 2011 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 4 (IANS) The huge victory margin of 46,790 votes with which Independent candidate B. Sriramulu Sunday won the Bellary Rural assembly bye-election has stunned Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya ... Read more...
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AIADMK, AINRC win by-polls in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
October 20th, 2011 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 20 (IANS) The ruling parties of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, the AIADMK and All India NR Congress (AINRC), Thursday retained the Trichy West and Indira Nagar seats respectively.
The ... Read more...
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Barcelona beat Sporting Gijon to top Spanish League
October 3rd, 2011 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Oct 3 (IANS) FC Barcelona went to the top of Spanish Football League standings Sunday night courtesy a 1-0 away win over Sporting Gijon.Defender Adriano Correira scored the only ... Read more...
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Mamata wins by-poll, Trinamool snatches Basirhat-Uttar
September 28th, 2011 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 28 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday won her maiden election to the state assembly with a thumping 54,000-plus margin, while her party snatched the ... Read more...
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PM, Pranab congratulate Mamata on victory
September 28th, 2011 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan Wednesday congratulated Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on her victory in ... Read more...
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India’s cricket reputation lies in tatters
August 14th, 2011 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Birmingham, Aug 14 (IANS) Indian cricket was at an all-time high barely four months ago when they won the World Cup to go with their World No. 1 Test ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa will continue to spell trouble for BJP (Comment)
August 6th, 2011 - 11:56 am ICT by IANS
It is unlikely that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) thought its scam-tainted former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa will quietly walk away into the sunset after losing his post.The very ... Read more...
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India’s youngsters wasted a good opportunity: Akram
June 20th, 2011 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram Monday said that India's youngsters "wasted" their opportunity by their inconsistent performances in the One-day series against the West ... Read more...
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Keep the flock together, Sonia Gandhi tells Kerala leaders
May 25th, 2011 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked the party unit in Kerala and Chief Minister Oommen Chandy to keep the party legislators together in view ... Read more...
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Chandy to be sworn-in Kerala chief minister Wednesday (Second Lead)
May 15th, 2011 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 15 (IANS) Veteran Congress leader Oommen Chandy will be sworn-in as Kerala's 21st chief minister Wednesday, a party official said here Sunday.The swearing-in of the rest of ... Read more...
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Oommen Chandy to be Kerala chief minister (Lead)
May 15th, 2011 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 15 (IANS) Kerala's veteran Congress leader Oommen Chandy was Sunday elected leader of the Congress legislature party by its 38 members. His name has been cleared by ... Read more...
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Kadapa marks the end of Congress in Andhra - and more (Comment)
May 15th, 2011 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Forget the glory of Assam and the shame of Tamil Nadu. Ignore West Bengal; it belongs to Mamata. Kerala was plain lucky. Forget also Puducherry, where it was voted out. ... Read more...
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Congress wins Kerala cliffhanger from ‘old man’ Achuthanandan (Roundup)
May 13th, 2011 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 13 (IANS) "Old man" V.S. Achuthanandan almost did it, but in the end the Left Democratic Front (LDF) led by the Communist veteran lost a cliffhanger of ... Read more...
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YSR’s son, widow win by-elections by record margins (Third Lead)
May 13th, 2011 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 13 (IANS) Sending a strong message to the ruling Congress, Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, son of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, retained the Kadapa Lok Sabha ... Read more...
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YSR’s son retains Kadapa with record majority
May 13th, 2011 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 13 (IANS) YSR Congress Party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy Friday retained the Kadapa Lok Sabha seat with a record majority of over 500,000 votes.The son of late chief ... Read more...
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UDF scrapes through in Kerala, LDF a close second (Lead)
May 13th, 2011 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 13 (IANS) The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) just about scraped through to victory in Kerala Friday, with the Left Democratic Front (LDF) putting up a valiant fight ... Read more...
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Chandy, Achuthanandan win handsomely
May 13th, 2011 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 13 (IANS) The two main chief ministerial contenders in Kerala - V.S. Achuthanandan of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and Oommen Chandy of the Congress - Friday ... Read more...
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Chandy set for 10th successive poll victory
April 8th, 2011 - 10:48 am ICT by IANS
Kottayam (Kerala), April 8 (IANS) It has been 41 years since a callow Youth Congress activist stepped into the electoral fray to contest the assembly elections. Oommen Chandy hasn't looked ... Read more...
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Kerala legislator readies for 12th victory
April 5th, 2011 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Palai (Kerala), April 5 (IANS) If there's one man that Kerala politicians - existing and aspiring - would like to emulate, it is opposition legislator K.M. Mani, the man who ... Read more...
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TRS scores historic victory in Telangana by-polls
July 31st, 2010 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 31 (IANS) The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), which won all 11 seats it contested in the Telangana by-elections, made history with its massive victory margins.
Riding on the popular Telangana ... Read more...
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TRS leader Harish Rao wins by record margin
July 30th, 2010 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 30 (IANS) Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) leader T. Harish Rao Friday set a record in Andhra Pradesh's electoral politics by retaining his Siddipet assembly seat in the by-elections by ... Read more...
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Sudhir Mungantivar is new Maharashtra BJP chief
April 2nd, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Jalgaon (Maharashtra), April 2 (IANS) Senior Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sudhir Mungantivar was elected state party chief here Friday, a party official said.
The 48-year old Mungantivar, a four-time legislator, ... Read more...
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Australia crush South Africa 12-0, set a record (Lead)
March 4th, 2010 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
By Avishek Roy
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Australia pummelled South Africa 12-0 to set a new World Cup record in a Pool B clash of the Hockey World Cup at the ... Read more...
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BJP retains seat in Gujarat by-poll
January 23rd, 2010 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Jan 23 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday retained the Chotila seat, the by-election for which was held Jan 20, while the opposition Congress came in third.
The BJP's ... Read more...
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INLD wins Haryana’s Ellenabad by-poll (Second Lead)
January 23rd, 2010 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 23 (IANS) Abhey Singh Chautala of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) Saturday won the crucial by-election for the Ellenabad assembly seat in Haryana, but with a victory margin ... Read more...
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Chautala son to contest Haryana by-election
January 2nd, 2010 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 2 (IANS) Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala's Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) has fielded his son Abhay Singh Chautala for the Jan 20 by-election in Ellenabad assembly constituency.
Abhay ... Read more...
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Rashid shoots 64, helps Delhi A to commanding win
December 18th, 2009 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 18 (IANS) Carding the best round of his amateur career, an eight-under 64, Rashid Khan led the Delhi A team to a comprehensive win at the LG West Bengal Inter-State ... Read more...
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Thin victory margin no ground for recounting votes: apex court
November 30th, 2009 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
By Rana Ajit
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) A runner-up cannot claim a recount of votes just because the election was won by a razor thin margin, the Supreme Court has ruled.Unless the ... Read more...
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Hooda wins by over 72,000 votes
October 22nd, 2009 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 22 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Thursday won his Garhi Sampla-Kiloi assembly seat in Rohtak district by 72,100 votes.
This was the biggest victory margin of any candidate in ... Read more...
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Trinamool wins two Bengal seats, as Left decline continues
August 21st, 2009 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 21 (IANS) West Bengal's main opposition party Trinamool Congress bagged both seats in this metropolis with impressive margins over the ruling Left Front in the by-polls to the assembly ... Read more...
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