Four held with heroin worth Rs.4 crore - 
A special task force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police Friday arrested four drug smugglers from Dadri town of Greater Noida and seized heroin worth over Rs.4 crore.
- Found: 6 hours ago


Venkaiah Naidu hits out at Sonia Gandhi's re-election - 
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday criticized the process of electing the Congress party president and, without naming Sonia Gandhi, questioned whether the seat had been reserved for only one family.
- Found: 6 hours ago


Sonia re-elected Cong president for 4th term - 
Thanking party workers for their support, Gandhi described her re-election as party chief as a "great responsibility".
- Found: 5 hours ago


Sonia Gandhi elected Congress president for fourth time - 
Sonia Gandhi was Friday elected Congress president unopposed for a fourth time. Thanking party workers for their support, Gandhi described her re-election as party chief as a 'great responsibility'.
- Found: 8 hours ago


Sonia: How she carried the Good, Bad and Ugly - 
For a record fourth time, Sonia Gandhi has been elected president of the 125-year-old Congress party. The first time when she became Congress chief on March 14, 1998, she was just a 'phoren bahu' of the Gandhi family. In last 12 years, she has traveled a long, fascinating path to change her own personality, change her party and change the way Indians think about her. In fact, now, Indians have ...
- Found: 3 hours ago


Why Sonia's fourth coronation is not a good thing - 
India would earn the dubious distinction of being the world's largest democracy that is propped by a clutch of political parties totally bereft of democracy within them, says Inder Malhotra.
- Found: 6 hours ago


Sonia re-elected Congress chief for fourth term - 
Sonia Gandhi was Friday re-elected unopposed as the Congress president for a fourth successive term, adding to her record as the longest serving chief of the 125-year-old party.
- Found: 5 hours ago


Sonia re-elected Congress chief for fourth term - 
New Delhi, Sep 3: Sonia Gandhi was Friday re-elected unopposed as the Congress president for a fourth successive term, adding to her record as the longest serving chief of the 125-year-old party.
- Found: 4 hours ago


Mayawati's plan for new district including Amethi okayed - 
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati was Wednesday allowed by the Supreme Court to create a new district including Amethi parliamentary constituency represented by Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, a lawyer said here.
- Found: 2010-09-01, 12:01 GMT


Sonia Gandhi lifted Congress from depths of defeat to glory - 
A reluctant entrant to politics often dubbed a 'foreigner', Sonia Gandhi fought against great odds to emerge as India's tallest politician, helping the country's oldest political party to rise again from the ashes.
- Found: 8 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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