Issue of 'doubtful voters' raised in Assam Assembly - 
Guwahati, Mar 08 : Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) leader Abdul Aziz today brought up the matter of 'doubtful voters' in the Assembly during the question hour alleging that genuine Indian citizens were being harassed in the name of checking the antecedents of the voters.
- Found: 2010-03-08, 10:07 GMT


Genuine citizens not to be harassed: Gogoi - 
Guwahati, Mar 9 (PTI) Genuine Indian citizens would not be harassed in the process of screening doubtful names in the voters list in Assam, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said today.
- Found: 2010-03-08, 12:50 GMT


Assam interested in setting up AMU centre - 
The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has received a proposal from the Assam government to open its centre in the state, officials said Thursday. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has requested the human resource development (HRD) ministry to take necessary steps in this regard, the sources said.
- Found: 2010-03-04, 08:09 GMT


Anand back with UNC - 
Attorney Anand Ramlogan, once considered the Congress of the People’s (COP) most potent political weapon, last night appeared on the platform of the United National Congress and endorsed Kamla Persad-Bissessar as the next Prime Minister of the country.
- Found: 2010-03-09, 03:25 GMT


Sachin wants to 'Pilot' IT revolution in NE - 
NEW DELHI, INDIA: The government has begun an ambitious programme to wire up the entire northeast and remote border regions with telecom, wimax and broadband connectivity and unleash an IT revolution in the region, says Minister of State for IT and Communications Sachin Pilot.
- Found: 2010-03-08, 05:07 GMT


Israeli police storm Temple Mount after stone-throwing - Summary - 
Jerusalem - Israeli police stormed the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif plateau after Muslims who participated in Friday prayers threw stones at Jews praying at the Wailing Wall underneath the compound, witnesses said. Some 50 policemen entered the open-...
- Found: 2010-03-05, 12:50 GMT


Israel, Palestinians may announce indirect peace talks next week - 
Tel Aviv/Ramallah - Israel and the Palestinians may announce the start of indirect peace negotiations early next week,officials on both sides said Friday. The talks would end a 15-month freeze in the negotiations, broken off as Israel headed into new...
- Found: 2010-03-05, 10:50 GMT


Jharkhand to set up human rights commission - 
Jharkhand will set up a human rights commission to ensure that villagers in the state are not harassed and tortured in the name of anti-Maoist operations, an official said Thursday.
- Found: 2010-03-04, 08:10 GMT


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

More than twice the population of the United States are eligible to vote in the world's biggest democratic exercise - 714 Million.