Assembly Polls 2011
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Assembly polls: Mamata, Jayalalithaa win big, Kerala goes to Congress
Two women have brought in Green revolutions - one in the East, the other in the South. That, along with the historic rout of the Left in West Bengal, is today's story.Mamata Banerjee has made history by throwing out the Communists, who ruled West Bengal for 34 continuous years. Her Trinamool Congress is headed for a landslide win and West Bengal wi...
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Polling ends in Bengal, over 84 per cent votes cast in last phase
Over 84 percent voting was recorded in 14 constituencies that went to the polls on Tuesday in the sixth and last round of the West Bengal assembly elections, an Election Commission (EC) official said."The percentage is likely to increase as people are in queues at several booths," the official said. The polling started at 7 a.m. and ended at 3 p.m....
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Rajini fans 'poster' him to enter politics
He can fly. He can run faster than a bullet shot from a gun. He can even stop an oncoming train with his bare hands. So what's stopping him from ruling the state of Tamil nadu? That's what Superstar Rajinikanth's fans want to know from him. These posters on the walls of Madurai have been put up by Rajni's fans, urging him to join politics.&nbs...
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Tamil Nadu polls: Karunanidhi's latest sop - Free laptops
A huge wave of applause and cheer ran across the crowds as their Chief Minister said, "All those in Tiruvarur are my relatives."As the DMK president M Karunanidhi launched the party's election campaign on Wednesday from his hometown Tiruvarur - a constituency the DMK has won five times including the last three times in a row - he expanded the list ...
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Comedian Jagadish to campaign for UDF in Kerala
Ace Malayalam comedian and character artiste Jagadish will campaign for the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) candidates in the April 13 assembly polls in Kerala.Jagadish told IANS that since his student days he has always been a supporter of the Congress."It is going to be practically impossible for me to physically reach all the 140 cons...
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NCP forges alliance with Trinamool, gets one seat
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Tuesday forged an alliance with the Trinamool Congress for the April-May assembly polls in West Bengal. The NCP will field its candidate from Dinhata constituency, the party said.In another development, Trinamool ally Socialist Unity Centre of India-Communist (SUCI-C) declared that it will field 19 candidates - ...
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Central forces not to camp in schools for polls
Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi Tuesday said that central forces on poll duty will not camp in schools and colleges during the April-May West Bengal assembly polls."This is for the first time we have taken up this initiative. The central forces on poll duty will come to schools or colleges only on the polling day and will go back with the...
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BJP accuses Congress of relying on paid news in Assam
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday filed a complaint before the Election Commission accusing the Congress of indulging in the "paid news" malpractice in Assam by using a news channel to beam its electoral propaganda.In a letter to Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi, the party alleged that the Congress was misusing a private news channe...
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Bengal Civil Services exam conundrum
Would you agree with the view that after its debacle in the Lok Sabha elections of 2009, the Left Front Government will face its Waterloo in the Assembly elections of 2011? This, was asked as a question the West Bengal Civil Service (WBCS) exam held on July 4.With this begins the controversy. Even though, no one wants to publicly criticise th...
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Assembly polls: Mamata, Jayalalithaa win big, Kerala goes to Congress
Two women have brought in Green revolutions - one in the East, the other in the South. That, along with the historic rout of the Left in West Bengal, is today's story.Mamata Banerjee has made history by throwing out the Communists, who ruled West Bengal for 34 continuous years. Her Trinamool Congress is headed for a landslide win and West Bengal wi...
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Polling ends in Bengal, over 84 per cent votes cast in last phase
Over 84 percent voting was recorded in 14 constituencies that went to the polls on Tuesday in the sixth and last round of the West Bengal assembly elections, an Election Commission (EC) official said."The percentage is likely to increase as people are in queues at several booths," the official said. The polling started at 7 a.m. and ended at 3 p.m....
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Rajini fans 'poster' him to enter politics
He can fly. He can run faster than a bullet shot from a gun. He can even stop an oncoming train with his bare hands. So what's stopping him from ruling the state of Tamil nadu? That's what Superstar Rajinikanth's fans want to know from him. These posters on the walls of Madurai have been put up by Rajni's fans, urging him to join politics.&nbs...
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Tamil Nadu polls: Karunanidhi's latest sop - Free laptops
A huge wave of applause and cheer ran across the crowds as their Chief Minister said, "All those in Tiruvarur are my relatives."As the DMK president M Karunanidhi launched the party's election campaign on Wednesday from his hometown Tiruvarur - a constituency the DMK has won five times including the last three times in a row - he expanded the list ...
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Comedian Jagadish to campaign for UDF in Kerala
Ace Malayalam comedian and character artiste Jagadish will campaign for the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) candidates in the April 13 assembly polls in Kerala.Jagadish told IANS that since his student days he has always been a supporter of the Congress."It is going to be practically impossible for me to physically reach all the 140 cons...
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NCP forges alliance with Trinamool, gets one seat
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Tuesday forged an alliance with the Trinamool Congress for the April-May assembly polls in West Bengal. The NCP will field its candidate from Dinhata constituency, the party said.In another development, Trinamool ally Socialist Unity Centre of India-Communist (SUCI-C) declared that it will field 19 candidates - ...
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Central forces not to camp in schools for polls
Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi Tuesday said that central forces on poll duty will not camp in schools and colleges during the April-May West Bengal assembly polls."This is for the first time we have taken up this initiative. The central forces on poll duty will come to schools or colleges only on the polling day and will go back with the...
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BJP accuses Congress of relying on paid news in Assam
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday filed a complaint before the Election Commission accusing the Congress of indulging in the "paid news" malpractice in Assam by using a news channel to beam its electoral propaganda.In a letter to Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi, the party alleged that the Congress was misusing a private news channe...
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Bengal Civil Services exam conundrum
Would you agree with the view that after its debacle in the Lok Sabha elections of 2009, the Left Front Government will face its Waterloo in the Assembly elections of 2011? This, was asked as a question the West Bengal Civil Service (WBCS) exam held on July 4.With this begins the controversy. Even though, no one wants to publicly criticise th...
