Barrackpore: Hours before the counting for West Bengal assembly polls, four Trinamool workers were on Thursday injured when some unidentified men hurled bombs at the party office in Titagarh area of North 24 Parganas district. Additional Superintendent of Police Dhrubojyoti Dey said unidentified men hurled crude bombs at the party office, which was then teeming with Trinamool members and supporters. Four Trinamool Congress activists were injured in the attack at...
11:45 PM, May 12, 2011
New Delhi: Friday the 13th will be lucky for some. By mid-day, one of the two alliances fighting for power in each of four states and one Union Territory will know whether theyre the lucky one. After months of campaigning in the heat and dust, the contenders will know whether they shall ride in triumph to the seat of government, or slink away to lick their wounds in private. What...
10:26 PM, May 12, 2011
Guwahati: The stage is set for counting of votes for Assam assembly on Friday more than a month after the polls to decide the fate of 1,081 candidates in 126 seats. Polling, by and large peaceful, was held in two phases on April 4 and April 11 and recorded a high voter turn out of more than 75 per cent. Official sources said counting will start at 8 am at...
09:15 PM, May 12, 2011
Kolkata: The international media and the national press have arrived here in strength to cover the outcome of the toughest-ever electoral battle in West Bengal as excitement among people for Friday's all-important results is palpable throughout the state. With Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress throwing a big challenge to the world's oldest democratically elected government and widely tipped to win, media houses have geared up to cover the possible big news....
09:04 PM, May 12, 2011
Chennai: With mixed predictions by exit polls and pre-poll surveys, the ruling DMK and arch rival AIADMK are keeping their fingers crossed on what is in store for them on Friday when counting of votes for the April 13 assembly elections will be taken up. The huge turnout in the elections has puzzled leaders of DMK and AIADMK fronts, with each interpreting it as a trend in their favour. The...
08:51 PM, May 12, 2011
Kolkata: Less than 24 hours to go for the day Bengal has waited for with bated breath and all roads lead to Kalighat. Workers are working overtime to spruce up the place - well-wishers are trooping in with flowers and sweets, party leaders are making a beeline to her office for last minute planning, even the chairs are painted in Trinamool colours of green. Khokon, 27, has been working here...
08:08 AM, May 12, 2011
On Battle For States, Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts if Assembly polls have re-emphasised regional leaders' role. ...
11:56 PM, May 11, 2011
Tonight at 10 Sagaraika Ghose asks a panel of experts if teh Assembly elections have re-emphasised the role of regional leaders.
04:56 PM, May 11, 2011
CNN-IBN, CSDS The Week bring you the seat projections for the Assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Assam. ...
07:16 AM, May 11, 2011
Baliguri: Violence preceded the Bengal polls - in fact political clashes claimed over 200 lives in just one year. But the elections themselves went off peacefully. Under unprecedented security cover, there was a record voter turnout. Norun Mollah, 65, and his friend are among those who voted without fear for the first time in decades. The question they dread is - what happens now? Norun Mollah said, "For the first...
07:04 AM, May 11, 2011
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The last vote has been cast. The surveys are out. EVMs stand at the ready. In 48 hours, the voice of the Indian voter will ...
06:56 AM, May 11, 2011
Catch CNN-IBN, The Week, CSDS Post-Poll survey on the state elections in West Bengal. ...
10:34 PM, May 10, 2011
The CNN-IBN-The Week post-poll surveys conducted by the CSDS reveal surprising trends among voters in all four states.West Bengal: TMC+Congress: 222-234 seats. Left Front: 60-72.Tamil Nadu: AIADMK alliance: 120-132 seats. DMK alliance: 102-114.Kerala: LDF: 69-77 seats. UDF: 63-71.Assam: Congress: 64-72 seats. AGP: 16-22. AUDF: 11-17. BJP: 7-11.A perfect antidote to hubris, democracy cures not just the arrogance of power, it also serves to mitigate the certitudes of intellect. Like politicians,...
09:34 PM, May 10, 2011
New Delhi: It was perceived as a battle between governance and corruption, with the ruling DMK representing both the qualities. According to the CNN-IBN-The Week post-poll survey conducted by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), the backlash against corruption " both local and national, the latter represented by the DMKs involvement in the 2G spectrum scam - is a nose ahead of the thumbs-up for governance. Out...
09:32 PM, May 10, 2011
New Delhi: The post-poll survey carried out by Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) for CNN-IBN and the Week has revealed that Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee is the preferred choice for the post of chief ministership of West Bengal. According to a line graph in the survey Buddhadeb's popularity grew steadily from 2001, right upto 2006, but dropped suddenly in 2009, whereas, Mamata's popularity saw its ups ...
08:04 PM, May 10, 2011
New Delhi: The post-poll survey carried out by Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) for CNN-IBN and the Week has revealed that Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee is the preferred choice for the post of chief ministership of West Bengal. According to a line graph in the survey Buddhadeb's popularity grew steadily from 2001, right upto 2006, but dropped suddenly in 2009, whereas, Mamata's popularity saw its ups...
08:04 PM, May 10, 2011
New Delhi: The pattern may be broken. Famous for the consistency with which it has alternated between the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in every successive Assembly election, Kerala may create history this time by not staying true to its swinging ways. According to a post-poll survey conducted by Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) for CNN-IBN and the Week there is...
08:02 PM, May 10, 2011
On the show CNN-IBN, The Week, CSDS Post Poll survey, the 'Battle for the States', we give you a head start on the likely outcome of the State Elections in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Assam and Union Territory Pudducherry. ...
07:38 PM, May 10, 2011
New Delhi: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) seems resigned to losing power in West Bengal and Kerala -- after studying reports from its units in the two traditional strongholds. State units of the party have submitted reports to the CPM central leadership even before the sixth and final round of polling ended in West Bengal on Tuesday. Reports from West Bengal, which the party has ruled since June 1977...
06:13 PM, May 10, 2011
