Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and 12 other candidates are set to be elected to the Legislative Council unopposed as only 13 nominations were filed for an equal number of seats till today, the last day of filing nominations for the biennial elections. While eight candidates, including Akhilesh, have filed nomination as SP nominees, BSP has fielded three, BJP and Congress-RLD alliance one. Besides Akhilesh, cabinet minister Ambika...
07:34 PM, Apr 16, 2012
Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda is gearing up for an electoral battle for the lone legislative council seat in Bangalore on Thursday. Gowda is presently not a member of either House of the State Assembly and as per the constitution, he needs to get elected to the state legislature to stay on as the Chief Minister within 6 months of coming to power. However, the good news for...
06:45 AM, Dec 22, 2011
Bangalore: The crucial by-election to the lone Council seat, which will decide the fate of Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda, will be held on Thursday. Though the present strength of the BJP in the Assembly is sufficient for Gowda to sail through the contest, rumours of cross voting, particularly by the supporters of Sriramulu and former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's frantic efforts to replace Gowda as early as possible,...
02:37 AM, Dec 22, 2011
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday suspended Jammu and Kashmir legislature party leader Chaman Lal Gupta from the primary membership of the party for six years with immediate effect for leading six other MLAs in cross-voting in the recent Legislative Council elections. The decision was taken by the BJP Parliamentary Board at its meeting after Gupta issued a show-cause notice to four BJP MLAs who had voted for the party...
11:31 PM, May 31, 2011
Hyderabad: The Congress party has cold-shouldered late Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy's younger brother Y S Vivekananda Reddy by denying him a seat in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council under the Governor's quota. Though it was widely expected that Vivekananda would be 'nominated' to the Council following his drubbing in the by-election to Pulivendula Assembly constituency, his name did not figure in the list of candidates announced by the...
06:17 PM, May 28, 2011
Biennial elections for eight Council seats were held on December 18. ...
02:25 PM, Dec 21, 2009
Kolkata: West Indies on Sunday received a setback when strike bowler Ravi Rampaul was hospitalised after suffering from a stomach bug, which could pave the way for off-spinner Shane Shillingford for the second Test against India, beginning on Monday. The pacer had turned up for the afternoon practice but after reporting of upset stomach, he had to be diagnosed further, the West Indies local manager said. Media manager of the ...
12:33 AM, Mar 19, 2008
Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) may have to appoint an interim coach for the upcoming series against Sri Lanka as time was short to complete the process of appointing a long term head coach of the national team. The Board has appointed a special committee headed by former test captain Intikhab Alam to shortlist and recommend names for the position of head coach of the national team. The Board...
08:57 PM, Mar 02, 2008
The first session of the AP Legislative Council will conclude on April 10 after adopting the motion of thanks. ...
02:55 PM, Apr 02, 2007
Opposition TDP accused leaders of the ruling Congress of offering inducements to voters at several polling booths. ...
10:29 PM, Mar 17, 2007
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