Three former Chief Ministers in Meghalaya emerged victorious in the Assembly election as the Congress is comfortably coasting towards a return to power winning 29 seats. ...
06:35 PM, Feb 28, 2013
It was a repeat of the 2008 Assembly elections in the three northeast states of Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya as the incumbent parties came to power in all the three states. In Tripura, the CPI(M) registered its fifth consecutive victory with wins in 49 seats. In Nagaland, the Naga Peoples Front retained power with wins in 37 seats. In Meghalaya, the Congress emerged as the single largest party with wins...
06:09 PM, Feb 28, 2013
The ruling Congress party on Thursday came back to power after emerging as the single largest party in the state and winning 29 seats in Meghalaya. Veteran Hill State People's Democratic Party (HSPDP) leader Hoping Stone Lyngdoh retained his Nongstoin seat for the eighth consecutive term. ...
05:44 PM, Feb 28, 2013
In the last 40 years of its statehood, Meghalaya has seen 23 governments. The coal and cement lobbies in the state are increasingly controlling elections and ensuring unstable governments. ...
06:50 AM, Feb 21, 2013
Altogether 113 candidates of the total 341 candidates in fray for the February 23 Assembly elections in Meghalaya have property worth over Rs one crore, according to an working for electoral reforms. The ruling Congress fielded 35 crorepati candidates including four women, second only to the 38 others who joined the 2013 poll battle as independents, said the Meghalaya Election Watch (MEW). ...
07:13 PM, Feb 12, 2013
New Delhi: A Delhi court has asked the city police to supply copies of the charge sheet and documents, running into 6,104 pages, to 24 accused in the 2009 Metro pillar collapse case. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma asked the Crime Branch of Delhi Police to supply six sets of hard copies of the charge sheet to the lawyers, representing all the 24 accused in the case. The...
09:38 AM, Aug 19, 2012
New Delhi: Ten senior DMRC officials and 12 others, charge-sheeted for allegedly being negligent during construction of a metro pillar in Zamrudpur, which had collapsed killing eight people in 2009, were on Monday granted bail by a Delhi court. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjay Sharma said granted bail to all 22 persons "on personal bond of Rs 10,000 each with one surety of the like amount." The Delhi police had...
05:53 PM, Jul 23, 2012
Bangalore: In a major setback for the BJP and Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday, K Jayaprakash Hegde of Congress beat V Sunil Kumar of BJP by huge margin of over 40,000 votes in the bypoll of Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha seat. Hegde secured 3,98,723 votes as against 3,52,999 by Sunil Kumar. Sadananda Gowda gave up the seat earlier this year upon his elevation as Chief Minister, and the...
12:15 PM, Mar 21, 2012
New Delhi: Congress candidate K Jayaprakash Hegde was leading in the Uudpi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha bypoll in Karnataka on Wednesday. Hegde is locked in a fierce contest with Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) V Sunil Kumar. This could be a huge setback for the BJP and Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda, who gave up the seat earlier this year upon his elevation as chief minister. About 66 per cent of the 12.53 lakh...
11:31 AM, Mar 21, 2012
P A Sangma on Saturday hinted at a coalition govt headed by Congress. ...
09:08 PM, Mar 14, 2009
Mumbai: Former South African cricketer and current Mumbai Indians fielding coach Jonty Rhodes on Tuesday said that the governing authorities of cricket should make all efforts to keep the game clean. Rhodes was a part of the national team that was led by late Hansie Cronje who was later found guilty of match-fixing and involvement with bookies. "Hansie Cronje was my colleague and we had no idea he was doing...
08:16 PM, Mar 08, 2008
