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Assam elections end, over 70 percent voting (Roundup)
Apr 11, 2011
Voting ended Monday in Assam's second and final phase of elections in 64 of 126 assembly seats, with 70.35 percent polling recorded, officials said.... Read More
Congress dissidents' candidates will lose: Pranab
Apr 11, 2011
Finance Minister and senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee Monday said the independents fielded by the dissident Congress leaders will face a humiliating defeat at the hands of Trinamool and Congres... Read More
Political violence big worry for West Bengal: Somnath Chatterjee (Lead, Interview)
Apr 11, 2011
Political violence and the "politics of confrontation" are a big worry for West Bengal as even civil society and the media tend to politicise issues, rues Somnath Chatterjee.... Read More
Pranab rejects Trinamool-Maoists nexus
Apr 11, 2011
Rejecting charges of a Trinamool Congress-Maoists nexus, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday said that the Congress party's alliance partner in West Bengal has repeatedly denied any relatio... Read More
'Amul baby' comment uncivilized: Pranab
Apr 11, 2011
Finance Minister and Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee Monday termed as "uncivilised" Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan calling Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi an "Amul baby".... Read More
Around 65 percent turnout as voting ends in Assam (Fourth Lead)
Apr 11, 2011
Voting ended peacefully in the second and final phase of elections in 64 of the 126 assembly constituencies in Assam Monday with an estimated 65-70 percent polling recorded, officials said.... Read More
Mamata will run Bengal well: Pranab
Apr 11, 2011
Brushing aside allegations by the state's ruling Marxists that the railways were being run inefficiently by Mamata Banerjee, union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday said she will run West Benga... Read More
PM takes postal ballot route for Assam elections
Apr 11, 2011
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday cast his vote through a postal ballot in the second and final phase of assembly polls in Assam. His absence disappointed voters at the Dispur Government Higher Sec... Read More
'Miscreants' promise not to disrupt Bihar panchayat polls
Apr 11, 2011
Nearly 2 lakh "troublemakers and habitual offenders" have signed bonds promising not to disrupt the upcoming panchayat polls in Bihar, police said Monday.... Read More
Moderate to heavy polling in Assam (Third Lead)
Apr 11, 2011
Voting for the second and final phase of elections in Assam proceeded peacefully with nearly 50 percent polling recorded till midday Monday, officials said. ... Read More