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May 9 2009
DMK candidate and Chief Minister Karunanidhi’s son M K Azhagiri is contesting the Lok Sabha polls for the first time and the party has rallied it behind him but his controversial image, coupled with local issues like the price rise and power cut,...
May 9 2009
Pope Benedict XVI stressed his “deep respect” for Islam as he arrived in Jordan to begin a Middle East visit. He described religious freedom as a fundamental human right, and said he hoped the Catholic Church could play a role in the Middle...
May 8 2009
Millions of Indians began voting in the penultimate round of a general election on Thursday, including the possible swing state of West Bengal where the ruling Congress-led alliance hopes to win crucial seats. Here are details of five most important...
May 6 2009
A strike called by Muslim separatists to shore up their boycott of national elections shut down parts of Indian Kashmir on the eve of Thursday’s vote in the volatile Kashmir valley. Separatist groups argue that the polls serve to legitimise...
May 5 2009
The leaders have already thrown their hats in the rings. Now is the turn of voters to show their strength – to exercise their right to vote. Sheila Dixit-led Congress government had passed a litmus test in the form of 2008 Assembly Elections. Now is...
May 1 2009
Away from the spotlight, the parents of over a dozen slum children who acted in the Oscar winning film “Slumdog Millionaire” cast their votes here Thursday. But the mother and father of media darling Azharuddin Ismail Shaikh found their names...
Apr 29 2009
All-India Congress Committee general secretary and youth leader Rahul Gandhi has accused the National Democratic Alliance of trying to create “Two Indias — one for the poor and the other India for the rich and affluent.” Addressing a series of...
Apr 28 2009
As many as 258 candidates with criminal backgrounds, constituting 17.3 per cent of a total of 1,567 are trying their fate in the third phase of polling on April 30, with Gujarat topping the chart with 69 such criminals being in the electoral...
Apr 28 2009
The chairman of the Hurriyat (G), Syed Ali Shah Geelani, has appealed for a 50-hour shutdown from Tuesday evening to boycott parliamentary elections in South Kashmir on Thursday. After a strike call for Monday in the Anantnag district on the arrival of...
Apr 23 2009
After Uttar Pradesh (UP), if the blue juggernaut of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is confidently targeting any state, it is neighbouring Madhya Pradesh (MP). The significant strides made by the BSP in the assembly election have led to the belief that...