Lucknow: Polling for the first phase of high-voltage Uttar Pradesh assembly elections on Wednesday recorded 62 per cent turnout on an incident-free day after a sluggish start due to rain, with Mayawati's ruling BSP facing a tough challenge from the Congress, the BJP and the SP. After an initial lull, polling picked up quickly after midday as the weather cleared with over 62 per cent of the 1.7 crore-strong electorate,...
07:06 PM, Feb 08, 2012
Lucknow: 960 candidates are left in the fray for 55 Uttar Pradesh Assembly seats going to polls in the first phase on February 8 after rejection of 57 nominations on Friday. "A total of 1,017 nominations were filed for the first phase of polling of which 57 were rejected," Chief Electoral Officer Umesh Sinha said in Lucknow. Prominent among those whose nomination papers were rejected are Indusen of SP and...
10:13 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Lucknow: The election process got underway in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday with the notification for the first phase of Assembly polls, which will be a litmus test for Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma and National Commission for Scheduled Caste Chairman PL Punia. In the first phase, 55 constituencies spread over 10 districts - Sitapur, Gonda, Basti, Bahraich, Balrampur Barabanki, Faizabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Siddharth Nagar and Shravasti are going on polls...
12:14 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Kolkata: Three Trinamool Congress MLAs were suspended on Wednesday from the West Bengal Assembly till March 25 for indulging in unparliamentary behaviour and heckling Speaker Hasim Abdul Halim in July 2010. "Firhad Hakim, Arup Biswas and Dibyendu Adhikari are suspended for three days from Wednesday," Speaker said. Incidentally, no Trinamool Congress member is attending the last Budget session before the coming Assembly elections. On July 29, 2010, the three Trinamool...
03:03 PM, Mar 23, 2011
Kolkata: The process for the first phase of polls in the 54 assembly constituencies of West Bengal's six northern districts will start on Thursday with the Election Commission (EC) sounding the bugle with the issue of notification. The 54 assembly constituencies fall mainly in Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur and Malda districts which will go to polls on April 18. Security has been beefed up in these...
01:44 PM, Mar 23, 2011
BJP, Congress fail to find the voter's pulse in massive state. ...
02:36 AM, Apr 23, 2009
The examination process by the observers and officers has started. ...
08:35 PM, Apr 17, 2009
17 people including 5 election officers and 10 security personnel were killed. ...
02:49 AM, Apr 17, 2009
They blew up election vehicles, set voting machines on fire and attacked voters. ...
12:52 AM, Apr 17, 2009
The electoral fortunes of 72 candidates are now sealed. ...
08:19 PM, Apr 16, 2009
India goes to polls for the first phase on Thursday. ...
06:39 PM, Apr 15, 2009
Bridgetown, Barbados: Australia captain Michael Clarke hit a fluent 73 on Monday as his team reached 248 for 5 to trail West Indies by 201 runs at stumps on the third day of the opening Test. In pursuit of West Indies' formidable first innings of 449 for 9 declared, Australia batsman Michael Hussey compiled a confident 47 not out with team-mates David Warner (42) and Shane Watson (39) also making...
04:12 PM, May 10, 2008
Bangalore: Less than a week into the fifth season of the lucrative IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders find themselves in a familiar predicament – two matches, two defeats, and another poor start to the tournament. Going into their third match against a much fancied Royal Challengers Bangalore, who picked up a comfortable win in their campaign opener and can only get stronger with the return of Tillakaratne Dilshan and the hopeful...
11:00 AM, May 10, 2008
Pune: Pune Warriors franchisee owner Sahara India Pariwar hosted a grand opening ceremony ahead of their first home match against Kings XI Punjab at the new Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium in Pune on Sunday. Bollywood divas, including Preity Zinta, Jacqueline Fernandes, Dia Mirza, Neha Dhupia, Prachi Desai, Sameera Reddy, Bipasha Basu and Priyanka Chopra, performed in the ceremony. The inauguration was conducted by Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan and Subrata Roy...
08:58 AM, May 10, 2008
Karachi: Pakistan cricket can hardly stay away from controversies and there is another one brewing at the moment, with banned Test captain Salman Butt having entered into an agreement with a private television channel to give expert opinion on the World Cup. Sources confirmed to PTI that Butt had entered into an agreement with the channel five television for giving comments on the World Cup. He is being paid an...
07:47 PM, Dec 11, 2007
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