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• Pranab and co. cut cake on Sonia Gandhi’s birthday

  
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  Ranchi, Dec 9 (IANS) The lady might have been missing but members of her party, including union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, duly celebrated Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s birthday by cutting a cake and wishing her all the best.Amongst those wishing her on her 64th birthday were union Food Processing ...
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• 56 percent turnout in Jharkhand third phase polls

  
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  New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The third phase of the Jharkhand assembly elections Tuesday witnessed 56 percent voter turnout, while two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were killed in a Maoist attack, the Election Commission said here.“Voter turnout till 3 p.m. was approximately 56 percent,” said a statement issued ...
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• Jharkhand sees 55.3 percent polling, two BSF men killed (Third Lead)

  
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  Ranchi, Dec 8 (IANS) Jharkhand recorded 55.3 percent voting in the third phase of assembly elections Tuesday. Though the polling was largely peaceful, it was marred by Maoists killing two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in Dumka district, officials said.The two BSF personnel were killed when Maoist guerrillas ...
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• BSF personnel killed in Police-Naxal encounter in Jharkhand

  
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  Dumka (Jharkhand), Dec 8 (ANI): A Border Security Force (BSF) personnel got killed and a police official was seriously injured in the Police-Naxal encounter in Shikaripada here today.In another incident today, the Maoists blew up a school building in Latehar district.The Maoists attacked the school, which was to be a ...
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• Andhra Congress chief to meet Sonia on Telangana

  
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  New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) With the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh facing growing heat on the demand for a separate Telangana state, the party’s state chief D. Srinivas arrived here Tuesday to meet president Sonia Gandhi to discuss a way out of the impasse.Srinivas said the Congress was not against the demand ...
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• Rahul says he has ‘only one agenda’ - the youth (Lead)

  
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  Lucknow, Dec 8 (IANS) The agenda was to inspire the youth to join the “political mainstream” and revitalise the Youth Congress and the National Students Union of India (NSUI), Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said Friday while stressing that he did not see himself as prime minister.“There are many people ...
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• Five ex-ministers in third phase of Jharkhand polls (Lead)

  
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  Ranchi, Dec 8 (IANS) The third phase of the Jharkhand assembly elections was under way Tuesday afternoon after beginning on a dull note.The balloting will decide the fate of five former ministers, including former deputy chief minister Stephen Marandi and Hemant Soren, son of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu ...
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• Maharashtra assembly session starts Tuesday

  
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  Nagpur, Dec 7 (IANS) The Maharashtra assembly’s winter session starts here Tuesday.However, there is uncertainty over the duration of the session - normally a fortnight long - in view of the Dec 18 elections to the state Legislative Council from 12 local self-government constituencies.Last year’s winter session - ...
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• Round three of Jharkhand polls - a factfile

  
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  New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The third phase of the Jharkhand assembly elections will be held Tuesday. A factfile:Number of constituencies - 11Total electors: 25,41,042 (Male - 13,57,894, Female - 11,83,148)Total candidates: 239Women candidates: 16Constituency with maximum candidates: Bokaro - 45 Constituency with least ...
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• Chidambaram says security forces will ensure peaceful poll in Jharkhand

  
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  New Delhi, Dec 7 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram today said that the security forces are geared to ensure free, fair and peaceful polling in tomorrow’s third phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections.In a statement, he also appealed to the voters in Jharkhand to vote in large numbers.”I recall with ...
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• Maoists bomb JMM poll office in Jharkhand

  
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  Ranchi, Dec 6 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas have blown up the poll office of a Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) nominee in Palamau district, police said Sunday. A jailed Maoist leader is contesting elections from the Visrampur assembly constituency.The rebels late Saturday blasted the JMM’s makeshift election office at Pandu ...
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• Jammu and Kashmir’s unemployed to get stipends

  
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  Jammu, Dec 5 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday announced that unemployed youth between 20-37 years of age would get a monthly stipend ranging between Rs.500 and Rs.1,000.There would be different grades for youth who have studied up to class 10 and above, he said while unveiling state’s ...
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• Maoists blow up BJP supporter’s house in Jharkhand

  
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  Ranchi, Dec 5 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas blew up the house of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporter in Chatra district of Jharkhand, police said Saturday.The rebels belonging to outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) late Friday raided Jogiara village of Chatra, around 190 km from Ranchi.“The Maoists ...
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• Rahul, Rajnath, Nitish hit campaign trail in Jharkhand (Lead)

  
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  Ranchi, Dec 4 (IANS) Rajnath Singh, Rahul Gandhi, Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad — Jharkhand saw several high-profile party leaders hit the campaign trail Friday.Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh campaigned at four places that go to polls in the third phase of assembly elections Dec 8. He addressed ...
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• Over 54 percent polling in Jharkhand

  
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  New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) Jharkhand Wednesday recorded 54.3 percent voting in the second phase of assembly elections, Deputy Election Commissioner Alok Shukla said here.Balloting took place in 14 of the state’s 81 constituencies. A total of 259 candidates were in the fray.“Overall the poll has been very satisfactory ...
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• Rahul Gandhi to campaign in Jharkhand Friday

  
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  Ranchi, Dec 2 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will campaign in Jharkhand Friday, a party leader said here Wednesday. He is scheduled to campaign in the constituencies that go to the polls Dec 8 in the third of the state’s five-phase assembly elections.“Rahul Gandhi will campaign at four places on ...
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• One killed as Jharkhand records 21 percent voting till noon (Second Lead)

  
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  Ranchi, Dec 2 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas killed one security personnel in Jharkhand’s Giridih district Wednesday during the second phase of assembly elections which saw 21 percent voting till noon, an official said.The state Election Commission said Koderma constituency registered the highest percentage of voting at ...
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• Voting begins for second phase of Jharkhand assembly polls

  
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  Ranchi, Dec 2 (ANI): Polling for the second phase of the five-phased Jharkhand assembly elections began amidst tight security on Wednesday morning.A total of 259 candidates are in the fray with more than 6.5 million voters to cast votes between 7 am to 3 pm.Sarfaraz Ahmad of Congress from Gandey, Raja Peter of Janata ...
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• MNS challenges Mumbai Congress chief’e election to assembly

  
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  Mumbai, Dec 1 (IANS) The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Tuesday lodged a petition in the Bombay High Court, challenging the election of Mumbai Congress chief Kripa Shankar Singh, whose name has also been linked to the Madhu Koda scam.Petitioner Chandrakant G. More, who contested and lost against Singh from Kalina ...
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• Vaghela, Mehta unite to take on Modi

  
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  Gandhinagar, Dec 1 (IANS) Former Gujarat chief ministers Shankersinh Vaghela and Suresh Mehta Tuesday announced a “maha rally” in Ahmedabad Dec 6 to protest the “repressive and extravagant functioning” of the Narendra Modi government.Addressing reporters in Ahmedabad, the two also announced the formation of a ...
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