Tripura reserves 50 pc seats in local-self govt for women - 
Agartala, Mar 10 : The Tripura Assembly has unanimously passed the Bill of 50 per cent reservation for women in three-tier panchayats and urban local bodies as the women's reservation bill was passed in the upper house of Parliament.
- Found: 2010-03-10, 05:44 GMT


LF nominates woman candidate for RS - 
Agartala, Mar 8 : The Tripura Left Font has nominated state social welfare board chairperson Ms Jharna Das as its candidate in forthcoming Rajya Sabha election to lone seat of the state to be held on March 26.
- Found: 2010-03-08, 04:59 GMT


MHA alerts three NE airports - 
Agartala, Mar 11 : The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued an alert to three major airports - Agartala, Guwahati and Bagdogra - following intelligence reports that anti-Indian forces were active along eastern border of the Northeast.
- Found: 14 hours ago


Home Affairs Ministry alerts three NE airports - 
Agartala, Mar 11 : The Union Home Affairs Ministry has issued an alert to three major airports - Agartala, Guwahati and Bagdogra - following intelligence reports that anti-Indian forces were active along eastern border of the Northeast.
- Found: 13 hours ago


Trinamool leader flays LF over corruption - 
Agartala, Mar 8 : All-India president of youth wing of Trinamool Congress and West Bengal MLA Madan Mitra lashed out at the CPI(M)-led Left Front governments in both Tripura and his state alleging corruption and misappropriation of public funds.
- Found: 2010-03-08, 04:59 GMT


Women's reservation: Views for and against - 
Proponents of the policy of reservation for women state that although equality of the sexes is enshrined in the Indian constitution, it is not the social reality. Hence a radical piece of legislation in the shape of the Women's Reservation Bill was required to give a new direction to Indian politics just like reservation for backward castes over 20 years ago changed political and social ...
- Found: 2010-03-09, 15:46 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, 05:05 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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