Sri Lankan general accused of fraud - 
Sri Lankan military officials have ordered the arrest of the former Army commander who lost the presidential election.
- Found: 12 hours ago


Businessman gets seven years in jail for rape - 
A city court here Saturday sentenced the owner of Ludhiana-based Frontier Cycles to seven years' imprisonment for raping a 24-year-old. Additional District and Sessions Judge Gian Chand Garg held Narinder Singh guilty and also fined him Rs.5,000.
- Found: 2010-02-06, 16:01 GMT


Glitterati presence at Kohinoor Invitational golf - 
The team of Monika Jajoo, S.N. Shrivastava, Rajiv Kale and Satish Rao won the the Kohinoor Invitational Golf tournament at the DDA Qutab Golf Course here Saturday.
- Found: 2010-02-06, 16:01 GMT


Ashwini Sharma is new Punjab BJP chief - 
Chandigarh, Feb 4 : Ashwini Sharma was Thursday elected unopposed president of the Punjab unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Found: 2010-02-04, 18:13 GMT


Ashwani Sharma is Punjab BJP chief - 
Chandigarh, Feb 4 : The Punjab unit of the BJP today unanimously elected 45-year old Ashwani Sharma as president of the state unit for a period of three years.
- Found: 2010-02-04, 10:39 GMT


New Tripura Congress chief appointed - 
Surajit Dutta, former minister and senior Congress legislator, has been appointed as Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee chief by party president Sonia Gandhi, a party spokesman said Friday.
- Found: 2010-02-05, 08:16 GMT


Punjab BJP to elect its new chief tomorrow - 
Chandigarh, Feb 3 (PTI) Punjab Unit of BJP will elect its new chief here tomorrow, with former state general secretary Ashwani Sharma likely to be elected unanimously.
- Found: 2010-02-03, 17:37 GMT


Ashwini Sharma is new Punjab BJP chief - 
Ashwini Sharma was Thursday elected unopposed president of the Punjab unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). His name was finalised after a meeting of party leaders here in the presence of BJP central leader Balbir Punj.
- Found: 2010-02-04, 14:31 GMT


Channy and Bali elected unopposed to Handball Federation - 
Ludhiana, Feb 1 : Principal Secretary Industries and Commerce to the Government of Punjab, S S Channy, and S M Bali of Jammu and Kashmir were today unanimously elected president and general secretary, respectively, of the Handball Federation of India in its 44th annual general body meeting held here.
- Found: 2010-02-03, 02:59 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

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Others: 137

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