Assembly Polls 2016
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Election Commission Seeks 200 Income Tax Officers For 2017 Assembly Polls
The Election Commission (EC) has set the ball rolling for next year's Assembly polls in five states, including Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, as it has sought 200 Income Tax department officers from the government to work for it as observers to check the menace of black money.
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Tamil Nadu Polls: Chidambaram Confident Of DMK-Congress Alliance Victory
Senior Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram today exuded confidence that the DMK-Congress alliance will get a good majority and form next government in Tamil Nadu.
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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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With Wounds From Floods Still Raw, Chennai Rejects Jayalalithaa
Rajeswari, a fish seller, cannot forget how everything she had was washed away when floods struck Chennai in December last year.
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Achuthanandan Is CPM's 'Fidel Castro', Pinarayi Is Kerala Chief Minister
As it announced that Pinarayi Vijayan will be Kerala's new chief minister, the CPI-M said 92-year-old VS Achuthanandan, who it did not pick, remains an important man. The party's Fidel Castro, said general secretary Sitaram Yechury.
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Elections In Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur, Aravakurichi Deferred By 3 Weeks
The elections to Aravakurichi and Thanjavur assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu have been postponed further by three weeks, the Election Commission told Madras High Court on Friday.
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Sarbananda Sonowal To Take Oath As Assam Chief Minister On Tuesday
BJP leader Sarbananda Sonowal will on Tuesday take oath as Assam's new chief minister at a function here to be attended also by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah.
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Rahul Gandhi Doesn't Have PM Modi's 'Gift Of Gab', Says Digvijaya Singh
The Congress's crash in another set of state elections has led to a tough reevaluation - not by the party but by a disappointed leader.
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Will Congress Tail A 'Hotchpotch' Group In 2019? Asks Arun Jaitley
Taking a dig at Congress after its poor show in assembly polls, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the party has been pushed to margins and wondered whether it will "stand behind a hotchpotch combination" of regional parties in 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
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Am Not Prashant Kishor, He Said, Then Blogged Warning About Strategists
On a day when he's being toasted for the BJP's exhaustive sweep of Assam, Rajat Sethi has offered several disclaimers in a blog.
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Assembly Elections 2016: Congress Suffers Setbacks In Bypolls Too
Adding to the owes of Congress in in Assam and Kerala assembly elections, the party suffered reverses in bypolls in Gujarat and Telangana as its candidates failed to retain a seat each in the two states and forfeiting deposits in both the seats in Uttar Pradesh.
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In Congress Collapse, The Usual Response: Gandhis Not To Blame
The Congress picked up the pace of its collapse considerably today, with huge defeats in Kerala and Assam; it now retains charge of just one major state- Karnataka.
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Election Commission Seeks 200 Income Tax Officers For 2017 Assembly Polls
The Election Commission (EC) has set the ball rolling for next year's Assembly polls in five states, including Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, as it has sought 200 Income Tax department officers from the government to work for it as observers to check the menace of black money.
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Tamil Nadu Polls: Chidambaram Confident Of DMK-Congress Alliance Victory
Senior Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram today exuded confidence that the DMK-Congress alliance will get a good majority and form next government in Tamil Nadu.
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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.
-
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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With Wounds From Floods Still Raw, Chennai Rejects Jayalalithaa
Rajeswari, a fish seller, cannot forget how everything she had was washed away when floods struck Chennai in December last year.
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Achuthanandan Is CPM's 'Fidel Castro', Pinarayi Is Kerala Chief Minister
As it announced that Pinarayi Vijayan will be Kerala's new chief minister, the CPI-M said 92-year-old VS Achuthanandan, who it did not pick, remains an important man. The party's Fidel Castro, said general secretary Sitaram Yechury.
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Elections In Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur, Aravakurichi Deferred By 3 Weeks
The elections to Aravakurichi and Thanjavur assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu have been postponed further by three weeks, the Election Commission told Madras High Court on Friday.
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Sarbananda Sonowal To Take Oath As Assam Chief Minister On Tuesday
BJP leader Sarbananda Sonowal will on Tuesday take oath as Assam's new chief minister at a function here to be attended also by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah.
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Rahul Gandhi Doesn't Have PM Modi's 'Gift Of Gab', Says Digvijaya Singh
The Congress's crash in another set of state elections has led to a tough reevaluation - not by the party but by a disappointed leader.
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Will Congress Tail A 'Hotchpotch' Group In 2019? Asks Arun Jaitley
Taking a dig at Congress after its poor show in assembly polls, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the party has been pushed to margins and wondered whether it will "stand behind a hotchpotch combination" of regional parties in 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
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Am Not Prashant Kishor, He Said, Then Blogged Warning About Strategists
On a day when he's being toasted for the BJP's exhaustive sweep of Assam, Rajat Sethi has offered several disclaimers in a blog.
-
Assembly Elections 2016: Congress Suffers Setbacks In Bypolls Too
Adding to the owes of Congress in in Assam and Kerala assembly elections, the party suffered reverses in bypolls in Gujarat and Telangana as its candidates failed to retain a seat each in the two states and forfeiting deposits in both the seats in Uttar Pradesh.
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In Congress Collapse, The Usual Response: Gandhis Not To Blame
The Congress picked up the pace of its collapse considerably today, with huge defeats in Kerala and Assam; it now retains charge of just one major state- Karnataka.
