Assembly Election 2016
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Did SIR Impact West Bengal Results? What Election Commission Data Says
The numbers suggest that while there were indeed large-scale deletions of "ineligible" electors during the SIR process, there were also equally significant additions.
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Suvendu Adhikari To Be Bengal's Next Chief Minister? Key BJP Meet On Friday
Adhikari defeated Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for a second time, widening his victory margin in this election.
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Narada Case: Man Behind The Sting Operation That Made Mamata Banerjee See Red
As the CBI probe into the Narada case - which has made Bengal's ruling party see red -- got a green signal from the Supreme Court, the man who conducted the sting operation for a news portal has come under the scanner. Questions have been raised about the motives of Mathew Samuel and his decision to release the tapes in March last year, just before...
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Assembly Polls: Sonia and Rahul Gandhi To Campaign In Kerala Next Week
Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi would campaign for the party-led ruling UDF candidates in Kerala next week as electioneering for May 16 Assembly elections in the state enters the final stretch.
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DMK Demands CBI Probe Into Seizure Of Rs 570 crore During Assembly Elections
The DMK has demanded a probe by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) into the seizure of Rs 570 crore by an Election Commission team near Coimbatore.
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Mamata Banerjee Takes Oath As Chief Minister Of West Bengal: Live Updates
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will today take oath as Chief Minister of West Bengal for a second time at the gala swearing-in ceremony to be held at prestigious Red Road in Kolkata.
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Governor Recommends Early Polls In 2 Tamil Nadu Constituencies
Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah on Thursday recommended to the Election Commission to conduct polls to Aravakurichi and Thanjavur constituencies before June 1.
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People Of Assam Will Get Their Due Rights: Sarbananda Sonowal
Assamese people will get their due rights when illegal migrants are identified and driven out of the state, chief minister-designate Sarbananda Sonowal today said while claiming that development, good governance and security are key issues why BJP was voted to power.
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Even Bigger This Time Around: Mamata Banerjee's Bengal Result
After an acrimonious campaign that saw her party confronting allegations of corruption, Mamata Banerjee today showed her rivals just who is the "Didi" in West Bengal by scoring an even bigger margin of victory than the previous polls.
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DMK Chief Karunanidhi Impacted Tamil Nadu Political Narrative For Decades
Dravidian veteran M Karunanidhi, famous for his script-writing that catapulted him to political heights over his over six-decade-long career, may have finally lost his charisma and it could be the end of the road for him in electoral politics.
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Jallikattu Will Be Held Next Year If DMK Comes To Power: Karunanidhi
DMK President M Karunanidhi today assured to revive the banned bull-taming sport 'jallikattu' and hold it next year if his party was elected to power in the May 16 Assembly elections.
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Only 9 Out Of Over 3,500 Independents Won Assembly Polls
The recent Assembly polls in four states and the Union Territory of Puducherry did not bring good news for over 3,500 independent candidates as only nine of them could win.
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Vijayakanth's DMDK In Danger Of Losing State Party Status
After putting up spirited shows in the previous Assembly and Parliamentary elections, Vijaykant's DMDK is now in danger of losing state party status, thanks to its dismal performance in the just concluded polls.
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What Rahul Gandhi Must Do To Revive The Congress
Though I spent much of Election Day (19 May) before the national English and Hindi media discussing the electoral debacle of the Congress, I did not do so in an official capacity. I am not a party spokesman, a member of the Congress Working Committee, nor of any of its decision-making bodies. But as an individual member and elected MP of the Congre...
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CPI(M) Strongman Pinarayi Vijayan Pips Veteran Achuthanandan
Pinarayi Vijayan, known as a taskmaster and an organisation man to the core, has pipped his bitter rival V S Achuthanandan to the top post in Kerala politics, notwithstanding the spirited campaign by the 93-year-old leader to ensure the Left's victory in the Assembly election.
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Did SIR Impact West Bengal Results? What Election Commission Data Says
The numbers suggest that while there were indeed large-scale deletions of "ineligible" electors during the SIR process, there were also equally significant additions.
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Suvendu Adhikari To Be Bengal's Next Chief Minister? Key BJP Meet On Friday
Adhikari defeated Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for a second time, widening his victory margin in this election.
-
Narada Case: Man Behind The Sting Operation That Made Mamata Banerjee See Red
As the CBI probe into the Narada case - which has made Bengal's ruling party see red -- got a green signal from the Supreme Court, the man who conducted the sting operation for a news portal has come under the scanner. Questions have been raised about the motives of Mathew Samuel and his decision to release the tapes in March last year, just before...
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Assembly Polls: Sonia and Rahul Gandhi To Campaign In Kerala Next Week
Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi would campaign for the party-led ruling UDF candidates in Kerala next week as electioneering for May 16 Assembly elections in the state enters the final stretch.
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DMK Demands CBI Probe Into Seizure Of Rs 570 crore During Assembly Elections
The DMK has demanded a probe by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) into the seizure of Rs 570 crore by an Election Commission team near Coimbatore.
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Mamata Banerjee Takes Oath As Chief Minister Of West Bengal: Live Updates
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will today take oath as Chief Minister of West Bengal for a second time at the gala swearing-in ceremony to be held at prestigious Red Road in Kolkata.
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Governor Recommends Early Polls In 2 Tamil Nadu Constituencies
Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah on Thursday recommended to the Election Commission to conduct polls to Aravakurichi and Thanjavur constituencies before June 1.
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People Of Assam Will Get Their Due Rights: Sarbananda Sonowal
Assamese people will get their due rights when illegal migrants are identified and driven out of the state, chief minister-designate Sarbananda Sonowal today said while claiming that development, good governance and security are key issues why BJP was voted to power.
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Even Bigger This Time Around: Mamata Banerjee's Bengal Result
After an acrimonious campaign that saw her party confronting allegations of corruption, Mamata Banerjee today showed her rivals just who is the "Didi" in West Bengal by scoring an even bigger margin of victory than the previous polls.
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DMK Chief Karunanidhi Impacted Tamil Nadu Political Narrative For Decades
Dravidian veteran M Karunanidhi, famous for his script-writing that catapulted him to political heights over his over six-decade-long career, may have finally lost his charisma and it could be the end of the road for him in electoral politics.
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Jallikattu Will Be Held Next Year If DMK Comes To Power: Karunanidhi
DMK President M Karunanidhi today assured to revive the banned bull-taming sport 'jallikattu' and hold it next year if his party was elected to power in the May 16 Assembly elections.
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Only 9 Out Of Over 3,500 Independents Won Assembly Polls
The recent Assembly polls in four states and the Union Territory of Puducherry did not bring good news for over 3,500 independent candidates as only nine of them could win.
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Vijayakanth's DMDK In Danger Of Losing State Party Status
After putting up spirited shows in the previous Assembly and Parliamentary elections, Vijaykant's DMDK is now in danger of losing state party status, thanks to its dismal performance in the just concluded polls.
-
What Rahul Gandhi Must Do To Revive The Congress
Though I spent much of Election Day (19 May) before the national English and Hindi media discussing the electoral debacle of the Congress, I did not do so in an official capacity. I am not a party spokesman, a member of the Congress Working Committee, nor of any of its decision-making bodies. But as an individual member and elected MP of the Congre...
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CPI(M) Strongman Pinarayi Vijayan Pips Veteran Achuthanandan
Pinarayi Vijayan, known as a taskmaster and an organisation man to the core, has pipped his bitter rival V S Achuthanandan to the top post in Kerala politics, notwithstanding the spirited campaign by the 93-year-old leader to ensure the Left's victory in the Assembly election.
