Playing down the routsuffered by ruling LDF in the bypolls to three Assemblyconstituencies, Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan todaysaid the UDF victory should be seen in the context of the LokSabha election outcome, in which the Congress-led front sweptthe polls."The victory of the Congress should be viewed in thiscontext (of Lok Sabha poll outcome)," he told reporters here.The Chief Minister...
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PUNE:State legislative assembly speaker Dilip Walse-Patil on Monday stronglycriticised the manner in which elections are being fought and managed in thecountry. He said that money and muscle power have dominated election campaignsso much so that there is little chance for a common man to enter politics, evenif he has the capability.Walse-Patil was speaking at a book-releasefunction held in the city...
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SHIMLA: Moderate to heavy polling waswitnessed in the by-elections to Rohru and Jawali assembly constituencies inHimachal Pradesh Saturday, an official said."After a sluggishstart, polling in both the constituencies picked up as the day progressed. Rohruwitnessed around 65 percent polling, whereas Jawali saw around 70 percentpolling," state's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Anil Khachi said.Hesaid the...
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Sitting BJP MLA Raj Paliwal hasbeen denied the party ticket this time. Apparently, he paid the price foropposing the candidature of party MP Nishikant Dubey from Godda during the LokSabha election. The BJP high command, instead, has given the ticket to AbhisekJha to contest the polls from Madhupur.Paliwal was allegedlyinstrumental in instigating a section of the party cadres to vent their ire onDubey...
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CHAIBASA: Former chief minister MadhuKoda failed to roar as promised. For, his threat to expose his conspirators inthe multi-crore hawala scam at the Hunkar rally the much-hyped show of strengthat the Gandhi Maidan here on Wednesday remained a mere show at the end of theday.Although reiterating that he was a victim of a polticalconspiracy, Koda failed to name any of the abettors. However, if the crowd...
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CPI(Maoist) ultras exploded two school buildings under Latehar police station in the district late last night, police today said.According to them the armed squad of ultras blew up the Banbirwa school building and damaged another at Kone.The school buildings had been used as polling stations during the Loksabha elections held early this...
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In a move to counter Maoist threat in Jharkhand assembly election, Election commission has roped in Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni to appeal to the peole to come out in large numbers to cast votes.Maoists had urged the people to boycott the upcoming assembly elections in Jharkhand.The CD with Dhoni's appeal has already been released. It is now telecasted through the electronic news channels and...
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RANCHI:Jharkhand bus and truck owners have decided not to hand over their vehicles tothe government for the coming Assembly elections until their dues for the LokSabha polls are cleared.Till date the government has not paid thevehicle hiring charges which were used in the May Lok Sabhaelection.Members of Jharkhand Truck Owner Association (JTOA) andJharkhand Bus Owner Association (JBOA) held a meeting...
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LOHARDAGA:The district administration has started conducting photography for providingelectoral photo identification cards (EPICs) to about 45,000 voters in thedistrict by December 12.According to the election cell here, thedistrict administration started photography for the purpose on October 29. Thephotography will continue till November 12. Sunday (November 1) was the last dayfor photography in...
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by-polls in two assembly segments in Himachal have turned out to be a even battle for ruling BJP and Congress, the results of which came on Tuesday.The BJP created history by registering first ever victory in Rohru, a traditional congress bastion and personal stronghold of Union steel minister, Virbhadra Singh.The Congress party gave a jolt to BJP in Jwali constituency in Kangra district by wresting...
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