Elections to six ULBs in Orissa announced - 
Bhubaneswar, Mar 8 : Election to six Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), two of them Municipalities and four Notified Area Councils (NACs) in Orissa, would be held on April 6 next.
- Found: 2010-03-09, 02:52 GMT


Is health for all a distant dream? - 
If face is an index of one's mind; a nation's index can be gauged by the characterization of its people.
- Found: 6 hours ago


50 pc reservation of seats for women misleading: OPMCC - 
Bhubaneswar, Mar 6 : Orissa Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee president Asima Mahananda today said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's announcement to reserve 50 per cent seats for women in the three-tier Panchayati Raj System was not new and only meant to mislead the people.
- Found: 2010-03-07, 06:07 GMT


Mulayam calls women's bill a conspiracy - 
Agencies Lucknow, Mar 7: Calling the Women's Reservation Bill a conspiracy, especially, against the Muslims, the Samajwadi Party president, Mulayam Singh Yadav 'feared' that the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party would pass the bill in the Parliament on Monday.
- Found: 2010-03-07, 17:25 GMT


Women s Bill a conspiracy Mulayam - 
Calling the Women's Reservation Bill a conspiracy, especially, against the Muslims, the Samajwadi Party president,  'feared' that the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party would pass the bill in the Parliament tomorrow.
- Found: 2010-03-07, 11:44 GMT


Iraq vote creates divisions at overseas polling station - 
There have been scuffles at a polling station in London by Iraqi expatriates who have been trying to cast their votes.
- Found: 2010-03-07, 00:54 GMT


Women s bill a conspiracy Mulayam - 
Calling the Women's Reservation Bill a conspiracy, especially, against the Muslims, the Samajwadi Party president,  'feared' that the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party would pass the bill in the Parliament tomorrow.
- Found: 2010-03-07, 09:15 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

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