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May 5 2009
Ridiculing the BJP’s “soft on terror” charges, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday said that while the Congress “effectively and firmly” countered terrorism, the BJP-led NDA government “treated terrorists like guests” and released them...
May 4 2009
Just as the election of Barack Obama for African Americans, the rise of Mayawati, India’s star woman politician, from the lowest rung of the social hierarchy is bringing hope of change for Indian Muslims. “This Maya is no illusion,” M.J....
May 4 2009
India-controlled Kashmir, May 3 (Xinhua) — At least 12 people, including four Indian policemen, were injured in fresh stone pelting clashes in Srinagar, the summer capital of India-controlled Kashmir on Sunday, police said. A police vehicle...
Apr 30 2009
CPM general secretary Prakash Karat on Wednesday stuck to his “no playing second fiddle to Congress” line, dismissing NCP supremo Sharad Pawar’s optimism about the Left softening its approach towards the Grand Old Party after elections. “We...
Apr 29 2009
The Election Commission has issued a notice to Sadananda Gowda, the BJP candidate for Udupi- Chikmagalur constituency, on Tuesday. Gowda was apparently holding a press conference after 5 pm. which is a violation of the model code of conduct. Tuesday...
Apr 28 2009
The chairmen of Hurriyat Conference factions, Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, today seemed to have toughened their stand on elections. Geelani called for a 50-hour strike from Tuesday evening while Mirwaiz said Hurriyat will foil the...
Apr 27 2009
India election train: Map Use this map to follow the latest reports from BBC correspondents travelling by train around India to cover the country’s elections. Video, audio, pictures and entries in Soutik Biswas’ India Election Train blog...
Apr 25 2009
The prestigious Bangalore South constituency recorded the lowest voting of 44.73 percent in Karnataka where polling for 17 Lok Sabha seats was held Thursday, a top election official said Friday. “Scrutiny of the register in the polling stations by...
Apr 22 2009
Senior Congress party leader Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said that Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav would not be a part of the next government. Addressing an election rally in Samastipur, Mukherjee said: “Lalu will neither form the...
Apr 22 2009
Muthavel Karunanidhi, the DMK chief has sent a ‘SOS’ to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ‘put pressure on Sri Lanka to halt Vanni War’. Going by initial reactions, Delhi is unlikely to do no more than repeat the appeal issued by External Affairs...