A.P. quota for sections of Muslims quashed - 
HYDERABAD: In a significant judgment having national ramifications, the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday struck down the four per cent reservation provided by the State government to selected sections of Muslims in education and public employment.
- Found: 4 hours ago


A.P. quota for sections of Muslims quashed - 
HYDERABAD: In a significant judgment having national ramifications, the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday struck down the 4 per cent reservation provided by the State government to selected sections of Muslims in education and public employment.
- Found: 6 hours ago


Fonseka arrest could be poll issue - 
COLOMBO: With the dissolution of the Sri Lankan Parliament expected on Tuesday and the general election scheduled for the first half of April, the arrest of the former Army Chief and consensus Opposition presidential candidate, General Sarath Fonseka, could be one of the main poll issues.
- Found: 4 hours ago


Fonseka detained - 
COLOMBO: The former Army Chief of Sri Lanka, General Sarath Fonseka, was detained for military offences late on Monday night from the ‘safe house’ he has been living in since he lost the January 26 presidential election to the incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa by a huge margin.
- Found: 6 hours ago


Ukraine votes in bitterly fought presidential election - 
MOSCOW: The former Prime Minister, Viktor Yanukovich, appeared to be ahead of his rival Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in the bitterly fought presidential runoff in Ukraine on Sunday but the result was likely to be close.
- Found: 2010-02-07, 19:07 GMT


Andhra Pradesh CM's non-party civic polls proposal welcome: Lok Satta - 
Hyderabad, Feb 4 : Lok Satta Party today welcomed Chief Minister K Rosaiah’s proposal to hold Municipal and Corporation elections on non-party basis.
- Found: 2010-02-05, 07:05 GMT


Law Ministry releases Gopalaswami’s letter on Chawla to President - 
New Delhi: The Law Ministry has released the letter written by the then Chief Election Commissioner, N. Gopalaswami, to the President seeking removal of fellow Election Commissioner Navin Chawla, while the Rashtrapati Bhavan declined to make the document public.
- Found: 2010-02-07, 21:30 GMT


Yanukovych wins Ukraine run-off - 
Dear leader: A supporter of Ukrainian President-elect Viktor Yanukovych kisses his portrait in Kiev on Monday.
- Found: 3 hours ago


Fonseka detained for ‘military offences’ - 
Sarath Fonseka speaks to the relatives of his supporters, who were arrested earlier, in Colombo on Monday.
- Found: 4 hours ago


1,400 deserters surrendered: Army - 
COLOMBO: Around 1,400 deserters surrendered at Army camps on Independence Day last week, availing themselves of the amnesty granted by the government, said the Sri Lankan Army here on Monday.
- Found: 6 hours ago


India 2009 Election / Polling Dates
Andhra Pradesh : 16-Apr, 23-Apr
Assam : 16-Apr, 23-Apr
Bihar : 16-Apr, 23-Apr, 30-Apr, 7-May
Chandigarh : 13-May
Chhattisgarh : 16-Apr
Daman - Diu : 30-Apr
Delhi : 7-May
Goa : 23-Apr
Gujarat : 30-Apr
Haryana : 7-May
Jammu and Kashmir : 16-Apr, 23-Apr, 30-Apr, 7-May, 13-May
Jharkhand : 16-Apr, 23-Apr
Karnataka : 23-Apr, 30-Apr
Kerala : 16-Apr, 20 May
Lakshadweep : 16-Apr
Madhya Pradesh : 23-Apr, 30-Apr
Maharashtra : 16-Apr, 23-Apr, 30-Apr
Manipur : 16-Apr, 22-Apr
Meghalaya : 16-Apr
Mizoram : 16-Apr
Nagaland : 16-Apr
Orissa : 16-Apr, 23-Apr
Puducherry : 13-May
Punjab : 7-May, 13-May
Rajasthan : 7-May
Sikkim : 30-Apr
Tamilnadu : 13-May
Tripura : 23-Apr
Uttar Pradesh : 16-Apr, 23-Apr, 30-Apr, 7-May, 13-May
Uttarakhand : 13-May
West Bengal : 16-Apr, 23-Apr, 30-Apr
India Election Fact Box

2004 Election Results

Total Seats: 542
Congress / UPA: 220
BJP / NDA: 185
Others: 137

Trivia

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