Cairo: A group of unruly protesters ransacked and set ablaze the campaign headquarters of Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq in Cairo, after the Election Commission announced that Hosni Mubarak's the last prime minister made it into a run off vote with an Islamist rival. Around 400 people arrived from the direction of Tahrir Square shouting slogans against remnants of the former regime on May 28 night. They broke into the...
11:49 AM, May 29, 2012
NEYYATINKARA: Sundays may come and Sundays may go. But this Sunday was quite different for political parties and main contestants in the Neyyatinkara segment which goes for a bypoll in the weekend, as all of them thronged various parishes after the Mass to seek votes.Being the last Sunday before the bypoll on June 2, all the main candidates flocked to the parishes in the morning hours. While UDF candidate R...
08:12 AM, May 28, 2012
Bangalore: Showering encomiums on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for good governance, Karnataka BJP strongman BS Yeddyurappa on Thursday said the ongoing party national executive at Mumbai should deliberate on promoting him as Prime Ministerial candidate, among other issues. "The national executive should deliberate on the issues rocking Karnataka, Gujarat and Rajasthan and promote Modi as Prime Ministerial candidate," he said. "According to a survey, Modi is the most popular...
03:40 AM, May 25, 2012
The BJP on Thursday bowed to Narendra Modi's dikat by removing his arch rival Sanjay Joshi from the party executive. ...
11:26 PM, May 24, 2012
HYDERABAD: TRS and BJP are continuing to adopt a wait and watch attitude on announcing the party candidate for Parkal Assembly seat. Both the parties wanted to declare the names of candidates on Tuesday but deferred the decision. BJP state committee convened a special meeting at the party office and announced that they would take a decision on the candidate in the coming few days. TRS has also decided to...
07:56 AM, May 09, 2012
MAHABALIPURAM: Pattali Makkal Katchi leaders painted Anbumani Ramadoss, son of the party founder S Ramadoss, as the Chief Ministerial candidate for the next State Assembly election due in 2016, during the Chithirai Full Moon Vanniyar Youth Festival, here on Saturday night.Almost all functionaries, including GK Mani, AK Moorthy and R Velu during their invocations anointed Anbumani as the CM candidate and called for the support of the entire community to...
08:56 AM, May 07, 2012
Ghaziabad: Former BJP president Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the Presidential candidate should not be disputable in any manner and favoured a person acceptable to the whole country. "The candidate for the post of President of India should be above caste, religion and colour and he should not be disputable in any manner with no stigma of corruption, favouritism and political vendetta," said the BJP MP from Ghaziabad. He was...
12:38 AM, May 07, 2012
HYDERABAD: It was a hectic day for chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and PCC president Botcha Satyanaryana in Delhi where they were engrossed in finalising candidates for the 18 Assembly and one Lok Sabha seat, in consultation with party central leadership.The two leaders, who shortlisted candidates during the last few days, discussed the probables with AICC general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad when he was in Hyderabad on Sunday and...
11:50 AM, May 01, 2012
Chennai: A day after his meeting with senior Congress leader A K Antony, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday met party leaders in Chennai over the name for the new presidential candidate. He said that although he discussed some names with the Union Defence Minister for the post, he would not reveal anything as of now. The Defence Minister on Sunday met Karunanidhi as part of consultation process among UPA...
01:40 PM, Apr 30, 2012
HYDERABAD: All-India Congress Committee (AICC) observer KB Krishnamurthy said that there was no truth in the reports that Congress leaders were not coming forward to contest the forthmcoming byelections to 18 Assembly seats and one Lok Sabha seat. In fact, hundreds of party workers have already submitted their applications, he said and added that there is a lot of demand for the seats. Speaking to Express after meeting chief minister...
09:15 AM, Apr 27, 2012
Narendra Modi always hogs the headlines and always generates sharp responses of two kinds. One from the people who believe Modi is the future of ...
05:52 PM, Apr 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday said it was "open minded" about suggestions on choice of the next president and that it will consult its United Progressive Alliance partners on the issue. Responding to ally Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar's reported support for an apolitical candidate, Congress spokesperson Renuka Chowdhury said it was the party's duty to listen to views of its allies. She said the party's core...
04:20 AM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: Rajani Chouhan, a BSP candidate for the Delhi municipal polls, has only Rs 40 in her hand while one of the youngest contestants Mamta Kumari is penniless. These interesting figures form part of the affidavits of candidates filing nomination for the April 15 polls for the three municipal bodies in the capital. Chouhan, the BSP candidate in Rajinder Nagar, and her husband have movable property worth Rs 11.5...
09:59 AM, Apr 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress was racing against time on Sunday to pick its Uttarakhand chief ministerial candidate. Party MLAs have to decide their CM choice by Monday. State Congress chief Yashpal Arya will meet observer Ghulam Nabi Azad sometime later on Sunday. Sources said Arya was now emerging as the front-runner for the CM's post. Other names doing the rounds included those of MLA Indira Hridayesh and Minister of State...
12:10 PM, Mar 11, 2012
Sitapur: Violence broke out on Wednesday night outside an independent candidate's house in Sitapur area of Uttar Pradesh, after alleged Samajwadi Party workers tried to set his and 13 other houses on fire. Two people have been arrested in connection with the incident. They are allegedly supporters of SP MLA Jeena Babu. Reports claim that the men also opened fire on supporters of the independent candidate. Nearly 4 people were...
08:38 AM, Mar 08, 2012
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