Brisk voting in Karnataka polls, 60 % turnout till 5 p.m.

May 5, 2013 17:47
Brisk voting in Karnataka polls, 60 % turnout till 5 p.m.

Bangalore: Over 60 percent of the 43.6 million voters cast their ballots till 5 p.m. in the 14th Karnataka assembly polls held today to decide the fate of the first BJP government in south India, an official said here. In Bangalore, which has earned notoriety for low polling, the balloting [...]

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BJP hold meet in Kullu, prepare for Mandi Lok Sabha bye-election

April 22, 2013 13:02
BJP hold meet in Kullu, prepare for Mandi Lok Sabha bye-election

Kullu: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state executive held a meeting here to deliberate on various issues concerning the state and the Lok Sabha elections, with main focus on the Mandi Parliamentary seat. Mandi parliamentary seat, which remains vacant after Virbhadra Singh became the Chief Minister of the State, is [...]

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Ramdev offers to bring truce between Modi, Nitish

April 7, 2013 13:25
Ramdev offers to bring truce between Modi, Nitish

Patna: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev today offered to help resolve the differences between Chief Ministers Nitish Kumar of Bihar and Narendra Modi of Gujarat. “I will try my best to resolve the differences between (them) if my service is sought,” Ramdev told the media during a two-day visit to Bihar [...]

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UPA will lose 2014 polls: Nitish Kumar

April 4, 2013 22:44
UPA will lose 2014 polls: Nitish Kumar

Patna: The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is unlikely to return to power after the next Lok Sabha polls, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Thursday. “Going by the mood among common people, Congress-led UPA will not return to power,” Nitish Kumar told media persons here. The UPA II failed to [...]

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Didi show at Singur ahead of crucial Bengal panchayat polls

March 30, 2013 12:32
Didi show at Singur ahead of crucial Bengal panchayat polls

Singur (West Bengal), March 30 (IANS) It is widely believed that the Singur agitation, an intense anti-land acquisition movement, had propelled Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress to power in West Bengal nearly two years ago, evicting the three-decade-long Left Front regime. Now, with the Trinamool Congress government facing rough seas on [...]

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