On this episode we show you the Dalit factor in the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections. ...
11:29 PM, Feb 11, 2012
Uma Bharti is the star campaigner of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh as she leads the election campaign in the state. ...
12:12 AM, Feb 11, 2012
New Delhi: Ahead of elections in Uttar Pradesh starting February 8, the Election Commission has relaxed the conditions for use of aircraft in campaigning and its expenditure monitoring. As per the relaxed terms for use of aircraft for campaigning, political parties or candidates using the aircraft would now have to inform the District Electoral Officers (DEO) concerned 24 hours ahead of the proposed visit. Earlier the parties/candidates had to inform...
01:03 AM, Feb 07, 2012
Catch the day's top stories on India at 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai. ...
11:30 PM, Feb 04, 2012
Ballia: In the wake of SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav facing flak after his remark that rape victims would be given government jobs, expelled party leader Amar Singh on Thursday promised to offer him all possible help in his "hour of crisis". "Mulayam Singh might have closed his doors for us but we will provide all possible help to him in his hour of crisis," Singh, who heads the Lok...
05:22 AM, Feb 03, 2012
Catch the day's top stories on India at 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai. ...
11:57 PM, Feb 01, 2012
Lucknow: BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday alleged that price rise and corruption were two sins of the Congress. "There is resentment among people on the issue of price rise and corruption are two sins of the Congress. "These problems are due to wrong economic policies and bad governance," he told an election meeting after flagging off BJP leader Uma Bharti's rath. Targeting the SP and the BSP, Gadkari said...
04:39 AM, Feb 01, 2012
New Delhi: After sealing the deal with NCP for poll-bound Goa, Congress is likely to announce its candidates for the state in a day or two. The Congress is contesting 33 seats in the 40-member state Assembly while NCP will field its candidates from seven. A meeting of the Central Election Committee of the Congress was held on Tuesday to finalize candidates for the state. The committee is headed by...
02:57 AM, Feb 01, 2012
Catch the day's top stories on India at 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai. ...
11:29 PM, Jan 31, 2012
New Delhi: They may be battles for control of five states. But the overall outcome will mean a lot to the Congress and to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government it leads. Analysts feel a good performance will be a morale booster to the UPA government that is battling an image crisis, while a poor showing will add to its woes ahead of the country's presidential polls. Of the five...
06:22 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Dehra Dun: Paving way for the visually impaired to have a decisive role in the country's democratic process, the Election Commission is encouraging use of EVMs having braille signs in Dehradun in Uttarakhand where polling is on to elect the state's third Assembly. Unlike the 2007 elections when only braille EVMs were introduced, these multi-purpose machines can be used both by visually-challenged and normal persons alike. With this, it has...
05:40 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Ahmedabad: BJP state executive, which met in Ahmedabad on Sunday, passed a resolution against the Congress-led UPA government for the 4.5 per cent minority sub-quota within the OBC reservation and announced to launch a campaign against it. The state BJP executive meeting, in which, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi was present, passed a resolution against the minority sub-quota, party spokesperson Jagdish Bhavsar said. "We will start a state-wide campaign against...
10:12 PM, Jan 29, 2012
New Delhi: Asking government to take up electoral reforms in the coming session of Parliament, Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi on Sunday said the time has come to consider the Right to Reject proposal. The CEC rejected the suggestion for state funding of elections, saying "this will only further add to the problem and not curb the use of money power in elections". "We hope the government will bring about...
07:54 PM, Jan 29, 2012
Chandigarh: Over 1.76 crore voters are eligible for casting their vote during the one-day election to 117 assembly seats in Punjab Monday (Jan 30), Election Commission (EC) officials said on Sunday. "All arrangements have been made for the smooth conduct of the election process. The polling teams have reached their respective destinations," state chief electoral officer Kusumjit Sidhu said. Voting will start at 8 am on Monday and will continue...
07:36 PM, Jan 29, 2012
Cyrus Broacha also talks about the upcoming Assembly Elections in the five states. ...
06:34 PM, Jan 29, 2012
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