2011 Assembly Elections
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IAS Officer Who Scripted Nitish Kumar Success Stories Gets Top Bihar Job
The year is 2006. Bihar cadre IAS officer Pratyaya Amrit, then in his late 30s, is on central deputation in Delhi.
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BJP Releases Rs 1.34 Lakh Crore 'DMK Files'. 'Joke', Says Ruling Party
Specifically targeting Chief Minister MK Stalin, Mr Annamalai alleged he was paid a bribe of two hundred crore rupees for favouring a company to secure the contract for Chennai Metro Rail ahead of the 2011 assembly elections when DMK was in power.
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Mamata Banerjee Faces Fight, Left Keeps Kerala, BJP Wins Assam: Exit Polls
Mamata Banerjee has an edge in Bengal and her Trinamool Congress could win 152 of the state's 294 seats with the BJP not far behind at 130 seats, says NDTV's poll of exit polls on state elections that were held alongside a steep rise in Covid cases a
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'Metro Man' E Sreedharan To Join BJP, Says Open To Fighting Kerala Polls
E Sreedharan, the legendary "Metro Man" of India, is set to join the BJP months ahead of polls in Kerala.
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Arun Jaitley's 6-Point Rebuttal To Rahul Gandhi's Allegations At Mandsaur
Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley, freshly back from his renal transplant surgery, today provided a point-by-point rebuttal to Rahul Gandhi's accusations against the Narendra Modi government. In his address at Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, the Congress chief had virtually launched the party's campaign for the year-end state assembly elections, making seve...
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As Karnataka Votes, Confident Yeddyurappa Announces "Date" For Swearing-In
As Karnataka began voting today in an election that many predict will be a close fight, BS Yeddyurappa, the presumptive chief minister of the BJP, expressed confidence that he would form the new government on May 17 after an emphatic victory. Mr Yeddyurappa is the BJP candidate from Shikaripura.
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In Canara Bank's 515 Crore Fraud, Businessman Once Close To Mamata Banerjee Raided
At least one of the four people named in the FIR, Shivaji Panja, was known to be close to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee when she was campaigning for the 2011 assembly elections in which she got a resounding victory. He, however, not been seen in her company in recent times.
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Record 77 Per Cent Polling In Chennai's RK Nagar, Highest Since 2011
A record 77 per cent voting was recorded in Chennai's RK Nagar, the seat which had been left vacant by the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in December last year. Election officials the figure is the highest since 2011. During the 2016 assembly elections, around 67.6 per cent polling was recorded. The counting of votes will ...
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UP Election 2017: Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee Unlikely To Cast His Vote
As with the 2007 and 2011 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, voter number 141 of Lucknow Central constituency is unlikely to vote in the third phase of the 2017 election, scheduled for Sunday.
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Sasikala, Asked To 'Surrender Now', Heads To Bengaluru By Road: 10 Points
Time up, VK Sasikala must surrender in Bengaluru right away, the Supreme Court has told the AIADMK chief, whose lawyers appealed for more time. Ms Sasikala is still in Chennai and will travel the 345 km to Bengaluru by road today escorted by the police from both Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to begin a four-year prison term ordered yesterday by the top ...
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From Canteens To Parks: How Brand Amma Became Jayalalithaa's Identity
Freebies galore and populist schemes under the popular 'Amma' brand became the hallmark of late J Jayalalithaa's tenure as Chief Minister, helping her steamroll arch-rival M Karunanidhi's DMK in this year's Assembly polls.
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Mulayam Yadav To Address First Rally Ahead Of UP Polls On November 23
Samajwadi Party (SP) president Mulayam Singh Yadav will address his first rally in the run-up to the 2011 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election at Azamgarh on November 23.
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Less Voter Turnout In Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry Compared To 2011
The turn out of voters in assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry today is less than the 2011 polls, the Election Commission said. However, the percentage is likely to go up as the figures were not final.
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Big Fight Ahead, Says Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, On Campaign Trail
For the first time since the Left Front lost the West Bengal Assembly elections in 2011, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, former chief minister, hit the campaign trail in Kolkata on Tuesday amid a sea of red flags and cadres clearly rejuvenated to see him in public.
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Bengal Elections: With Baichung Bhutia Contesting, Siliguri Poised For Interesting Contest
For Siliguri mayor and former minister Ashok Bhattacharya it is a fight to stage a comeback after his surprise defeat in the 2011 assembly election as he takes on former Indian football captain Baichung Bhutia, who has taken the field as a Trinamool Congress nominee.
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IAS Officer Who Scripted Nitish Kumar Success Stories Gets Top Bihar Job
The year is 2006. Bihar cadre IAS officer Pratyaya Amrit, then in his late 30s, is on central deputation in Delhi.
-
BJP Releases Rs 1.34 Lakh Crore 'DMK Files'. 'Joke', Says Ruling Party
Specifically targeting Chief Minister MK Stalin, Mr Annamalai alleged he was paid a bribe of two hundred crore rupees for favouring a company to secure the contract for Chennai Metro Rail ahead of the 2011 assembly elections when DMK was in power.
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Mamata Banerjee Faces Fight, Left Keeps Kerala, BJP Wins Assam: Exit Polls
Mamata Banerjee has an edge in Bengal and her Trinamool Congress could win 152 of the state's 294 seats with the BJP not far behind at 130 seats, says NDTV's poll of exit polls on state elections that were held alongside a steep rise in Covid cases a
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'Metro Man' E Sreedharan To Join BJP, Says Open To Fighting Kerala Polls
E Sreedharan, the legendary "Metro Man" of India, is set to join the BJP months ahead of polls in Kerala.
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Arun Jaitley's 6-Point Rebuttal To Rahul Gandhi's Allegations At Mandsaur
Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley, freshly back from his renal transplant surgery, today provided a point-by-point rebuttal to Rahul Gandhi's accusations against the Narendra Modi government. In his address at Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, the Congress chief had virtually launched the party's campaign for the year-end state assembly elections, making seve...
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As Karnataka Votes, Confident Yeddyurappa Announces "Date" For Swearing-In
As Karnataka began voting today in an election that many predict will be a close fight, BS Yeddyurappa, the presumptive chief minister of the BJP, expressed confidence that he would form the new government on May 17 after an emphatic victory. Mr Yeddyurappa is the BJP candidate from Shikaripura.
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In Canara Bank's 515 Crore Fraud, Businessman Once Close To Mamata Banerjee Raided
At least one of the four people named in the FIR, Shivaji Panja, was known to be close to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee when she was campaigning for the 2011 assembly elections in which she got a resounding victory. He, however, not been seen in her company in recent times.
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Record 77 Per Cent Polling In Chennai's RK Nagar, Highest Since 2011
A record 77 per cent voting was recorded in Chennai's RK Nagar, the seat which had been left vacant by the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in December last year. Election officials the figure is the highest since 2011. During the 2016 assembly elections, around 67.6 per cent polling was recorded. The counting of votes will ...
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UP Election 2017: Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee Unlikely To Cast His Vote
As with the 2007 and 2011 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, voter number 141 of Lucknow Central constituency is unlikely to vote in the third phase of the 2017 election, scheduled for Sunday.
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Sasikala, Asked To 'Surrender Now', Heads To Bengaluru By Road: 10 Points
Time up, VK Sasikala must surrender in Bengaluru right away, the Supreme Court has told the AIADMK chief, whose lawyers appealed for more time. Ms Sasikala is still in Chennai and will travel the 345 km to Bengaluru by road today escorted by the police from both Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to begin a four-year prison term ordered yesterday by the top ...
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From Canteens To Parks: How Brand Amma Became Jayalalithaa's Identity
Freebies galore and populist schemes under the popular 'Amma' brand became the hallmark of late J Jayalalithaa's tenure as Chief Minister, helping her steamroll arch-rival M Karunanidhi's DMK in this year's Assembly polls.
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Mulayam Yadav To Address First Rally Ahead Of UP Polls On November 23
Samajwadi Party (SP) president Mulayam Singh Yadav will address his first rally in the run-up to the 2011 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election at Azamgarh on November 23.
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Less Voter Turnout In Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry Compared To 2011
The turn out of voters in assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry today is less than the 2011 polls, the Election Commission said. However, the percentage is likely to go up as the figures were not final.
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Big Fight Ahead, Says Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, On Campaign Trail
For the first time since the Left Front lost the West Bengal Assembly elections in 2011, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, former chief minister, hit the campaign trail in Kolkata on Tuesday amid a sea of red flags and cadres clearly rejuvenated to see him in public.
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Bengal Elections: With Baichung Bhutia Contesting, Siliguri Poised For Interesting Contest
For Siliguri mayor and former minister Ashok Bhattacharya it is a fight to stage a comeback after his surprise defeat in the 2011 assembly election as he takes on former Indian football captain Baichung Bhutia, who has taken the field as a Trinamool Congress nominee.
