Indian Election
PM Calls For Early Elections In J&K »
By SUNIL Sonkar New Delhi, August 10 — An early elections have been called by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to local bodies in Jammu and Kashmir, stressing the reinvigorating peaceful political activity ‘s need in the valley...
Shiv Sena slams MNS & Congress »
Hardly any election has been completely smooth without any dirty politics and blame games being played. This time in Maharashtra, the Sewri assembly constituency saw some high drama during the crucial parts of the election. Bal Thackeray-led...
Voter turnout: Arunachal 70%, Maharashtra 50%, Haryana 40%; AP CM elected unopposed »
Arunachal Pradesh registered 70% votes where as the turnout in Maharashtra and Haryana was 50 and 40 per cent respectively. In Haryana’s Kaithal district a polling agent Jyoti Ram was killed in a clash between Dillu Ram’s...
Ministerial reshuffel may transpire post Assembly election »
Just after the Assembly election in Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh, the Congress leadership will restart the process of revamping the organisational setup of the party and also take into consideration the question of a minor ministerial...
Assembly polls campaigning ends in Maharashtra, Arunachal, Haryana; Voting Oct 13, Counting Oct 22 »
The campaigning in Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh and Haryana Assembly polls ended on October 13 (Sunday). The canvassing of four long weeks saw high profile leaders of national and regional parties hitting the campaign trail on a large...
Rahul doctrine dominates Congress’s thinking »
The induction of Rahul Gandhi into the Singh ministry is growing louder. The senior leaders of Congress have suggested about junior Gandhi that he be made a minister without any portfolio. In brief, a device that allows...
Sonia Gandhi asks party workers to restore Congresses ‘historical’ role »
Sonia Gandhi today asked partymen to get to work to restore the Congresses historical role as the natural party of governance. She said while expressing gratitude, “the election is now behind us and hard work must begin....
15 Lok Sabha Election Result – Who Wins, Who Looses »
Updates at 17 Hours IST • Choudhary Lal Singh (Congress) wins from Udhampur-Doda • Congress candidate K C Singh Baba wins Nainital seat by defeating Bachi Singh Rawat of BJP by 88412 votes • Jitender Malik of...
Congress-led UPA is set to retain power at the Centre »
LOK SABHA ELECTION RESULT UPDATE AT 13 HOURS IST: It seems that the Congress-led UPA is set to retain power at the Centre. It has done an impressive performance in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to overwhelm...
CNN-IBN and Dainik Bhaskar projects UPA over 210 seats »
LOK SABHA ELECTION RESULT PROJECTION BY CNN-IBN AND DAINIK BHASKAR A private TV channel projects UPA of getting 210 to 225 seats in the 15th Lok Sabha elections, which is way ahead of NDA. According to the...
BJP tries to woo allies ahead of vote count »
Only two days left to Lok Sabha election results and the ruling Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today stepped up efforts to woo some smaller parties expected to play key roles in formation of the...
UP advisory board says NSA against Varun invalid »
UP advisory board today said that the use of the NSA against Varun Gandhi was not valid. Javed Ahmad, home secretary of Uttar Pradesh said, “NSA invoked against the BJP leader Varun Gandhi has been held invalid...
57% votes amid violence in Phase IV in 15th Lok Sabha Election »
57% voters turnout in Lok Sabha Phase IV polls. Reported 4 persons were killed, 3 of them in West Bengal and one in Rajasthan. There are reports of stray violence, police firing and booth-capturing attempts. Unofficial report...
Lalu says no single party can form government »
Lalu Prasad Yadav, RJD chief, today said that no single party may be forming a government after the Lok Sabha polls and he again reached out to the Left by saying that the door for them was...
Don’t vote for Independents says Sonia & PM »
Few days before in Mumbai Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s said that independents were “spoilers.” Today Congress president Mrs Sonia Gandhi also appealed to the people not to vote for independents in the Lok Sabha elections. She...
Engineering student tried throwing show to PM »
PM Manmohan Singh today became the target of a boot. In an election campaign an engineering student hurled a shoe towards him, though it fell short of the dais from where Manmohan Singh was addressing his first...
Dalit’s daughter should be made PM: Mayawati »
Bahujan Samaj Party supreme Mayawati today said while voicing her prime ministerial ambitions that a “dalit’s daughter” should be made the prime minister of the country in order to ensure the uplift of the backward and minority...
55% votes in the second phase of Lok Sabha polls »
Over 55% of about 200 million voters today exercised their franchise in the 2nd phase of the Lok Sabha polling across twelve states that was by and large peaceful barring stray violence in naxal-infested areas Jharkhand and...
Sanjay Dutt in trouble for his signature dialogue »
Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt is again in trouble. He has been booked on obscenity charges for allegedly offering to kiss and hug Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati in his signature dialogue “jaadu ki jhappi.” A case has...
Indian Election Mixed Bag »
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav Lalu Prasad filed his nomination from the Patliputra area. This is the newly-formed Lok Sabha constituency. Ramesh Kumar, brother of Sajjan Kumar Congress announced ticket for Ramesh Kumar from South Delhi constituency...
