Bellary: Stung by the BJP's defeat in the Bellary bypoll, Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Sunday said the "mistakes" committed by the party in the last three years were responsible for the loss. However, he tried to put up a brave front, saying the party has made a good beginning in the region by securing more than 17,000 votes - from being "zero" there. "We had zero votes...
05:14 PM, Dec 04, 2011
New Delhi: The Congress and the BJP face uphill task as six assembly constituencies in four states - Karnataka, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jharkhand - go for bypolls on Wednesday. Karnataka: Poll booths in Bellary in Karnataka have literally turned into fortresses ahead of the bypolls. It's a litmus test for the BJP as many of the party MLAs are supporting independent candidate Sriramulu, who is being backed by the...
07:47 AM, Nov 30, 2011
Hisar: A day after Digvijay Singh described Anna Hazare as "a mask of all anti-Congress parties", Team Anna on Monday hit back at him for levelling "wild and baseless allegations" and asserted that their movement had "nothing to do" with any political party. Addressing a public gathering at Arya Nagar, Hazare aide Arvind Kerjiwal theirs was "not votebank politics, but politics for the people" and lashed out at those who...
03:50 PM, Oct 10, 2011
New Delhi: Magsaysay Award winner and Anna Hazare's chief lieutenant Arvind Kejriwal defended Anna saying that the anti-Congress stand in Hisar by-polls is not political. He also came down strongly on the critics of Anna Hazare who say his call to vote against the Congress in the upcoming Hisar by-polls is the first step towards electoral politics. Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to Devil's Advocate. Recent comments by Anna Hazare...
03:51 PM, Oct 09, 2011
Hisar (Haryana): An otherwise listless contest for a Lok Sabha by-election in the Haryana pocketborough of a former Congressman has come to life with Anna Hazare's campaign to defeat Congress on the Lokpal issue. With three political heavyweights locked in a triangular contest, the battle for the Hisar seat has turned fierce, but ruling Congress worries have increased as it has to fight not only its opponents but also tackle...
03:25 PM, Oct 09, 2011
Vijayawada: Senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said people in West Bengal favoured TMC as they were tired of the "Left's dictatorship", while in Tamil Nadu AIADMK benefited as the ruling DMK was hit by the 2G scam. "People were tired of the dictatorship by the Left. Many sections of the society in West Bengal suffered due to the decisions taken by the state government, which is why...
03:58 PM, May 13, 2011
Osmania University was tense Saturday as yet another student committed suicide in the campus. ...
12:05 AM, Aug 01, 2010
Results in one Lok Sabha, 31 assembly seats across 7 states crucial. ...
02:15 PM, Nov 10, 2009
Both Congress and BJP were upbeat about the heavy polling. ...
09:55 PM, Nov 07, 2009
49 candidates contested the 10 Assembly seats in West Bengal. ...
08:37 PM, Nov 07, 2009
Constituencies of Kannur, Ernakulam and Alappuzha went polling on Saturday. ...
08:17 PM, Nov 07, 2009
Party supporters will now wear their party preferences on their face. ...
12:16 PM, Sep 18, 2009
Officials said that polling ended peacefully with no reports of violence. ...
06:25 PM, Sep 15, 2009
AIADMK chief says DMK-Cong win was assured in bypolls. ...
03:55 PM, Jul 28, 2009
Around 70 per cent polling in Kerala by-elections | Heavy polling in Himachal ...
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