Congress, BJP bag one seat each in Himachal
By ians • Nov 10th, 2009Shimla, Nov 10,Himachal Pradesh’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday bagged one seat and the opposition Congress one in the assembly by-elections held last week.
Shimla, Nov 10,Himachal Pradesh’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday bagged one seat and the opposition Congress one in the assembly by-elections held last week.
Jaipur, Nov 10,The by-election spoils were equally divided between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Congress in Rajasthan Tuesday with each winning one seat.
Guwahati, Nov 10, The Congress was Tuesday leading in the two Assam assembly constituencies for which elections were held last week.
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 10,The Congress Tuesday won in all three assembly constituencies in Kerala that saw by-elections Saturday, officials said.
Jaipur, Nov 6, Rajasthan’s ruling Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) face each other in two assembly by-elections in Todabhim and Salumber Saturday.
Raipur, Nov 6, Chhattisgarh’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the main opposition Congress will battle it out for the lone assembly seat that goes to polls Saturday.
Patna, Nov 5, In an obvious attack on former ally the Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad has accused national level parties of trying to marginalise regional outfits to deny power to the deprived.
Dismissing the ‘fatwa’ by Jamait-e-Ulema Hind against Vande Mataram, renowned lyricist, poet and film scriptwriter Javed Akhtar says, “This controversy is old and obsolete. Vande Mataram is part of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s novel Anandamath. All the villains in this novel are Muslims.
Raipur, Nov 4, The Congress in Chhattisgarh is displaying a rare united front as it fights for the lone assembly seat to which a by-election will be held Saturday. Pundits say it is the party’s first show of unity since losing power in the state in 2003, mainly due to intra-party bickering.
New Delhi, Nov 3,The Congress Tuesday announced its first list of candidates for the coming elections to the Jharkhand assembly.