169 million voters in America’s $6 billion election
byUS Election 2012: The facts Washington: One of the world’s largest electoral exercises in the world after India, the world’s largest democracy, gets underway…
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Five Indian-Americans in the race for US Congress
byWashington: While the eyes of the world are on the closely-fought US presidential elections, some three million Indian Americans are watching with interest the…
High 75 % voter turnout in Himachal poll
byShimla: Brisk polling that picked up as the bright day got warmer has resulted in a heavy turnout with preliminary data indicating the voting…
80 percent turnout at India’s highest poll booth
byShimla: India’s highest polling booth in Lahaul-Spiti district Sunday recorded 80 percent turnout for the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections, an official said. At the…
Balloting in remote moutain booths and cold deserts
byShimla: Trudging up miles of rugged, cold and inhospitable terrain of the trans-Himalayas to conduct the election process in the interiors of Himachal Pradesh…
Lahaul-Spiti: where no politician, except Rahul, dared to tread
byKeylong: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is the only politician who dared to brave the harsh wintry conditions in Himachal Pradesh’s Lahaul Valley to woo…
Withdraw tax exemptions to Congress party – Arun Jaitley
byShimla: Tax exempted donations to Congress party made solely for the purpose of carrying out political activities having been misused for commercial purpose is…
Sonia Gandhi, CLP to name Himachal CM – Amarinder Singh
byShimla: Congress would elect its chief ministerial candidate in a democratic manner after the polls by holding a legislature party meeting that would be…
Over 45 lakh voters silence holds 459 Himachal election candidates fate in balance
byDharamsala: Come Sunday (November 4, 2012) around 45.16 lakh voters, which include 22 lakh female voters, are to decide the fate of 459 candidates in…
Himachal 2012 election campaign to end on November 2
byShimla: Election campaigning at its peak in Himachal will end at 5 p.m. on November 2, and no party would be allowed to campaign…