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A seasoned social worker who takes up the cudgels for harassed husbands has thrown his hat into the ring for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections by filing nomination papers from the Ahmedabad East constituency as an independent candidate.

THE SHEER SCALE of the Indian general election has left them marveling. Members of an international delegation that is in India to witness the Lok Sabha elections are highly impressed by the smooth conduct of polls and say India has become a learning centre for other developing countries.

The turning point for Manmohan Singh came on Feb 16, 2011, when he said in an interview that 'things are not entirely the way I would like them'.

Some grain traders had speculated that export policy could change if the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ousted the ruling Congress party-led government/

According to political pundits, there is a method to the daily dose of controversial statements emanating from members of the Samajwadi Party (SP), either by party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav or its senior leaders Azam Khan and Abu Azmi.

Election Commission bans both leaders from addressing rallies or roadshows in UP after controversial speeches.

In his 3D image, Modi looked a bit taller than he really is due to a configuration error, and in a couple of places like Indore, technical glitches played spoilsport but Modi interacted with the participants using normal video conferencing ways at the scheduled hours.

The panel reiterated its stand in response to the apex court’s April 7 direction to explore the possibility of facilitating online voting before May 16.

Indeed, Gor and his friends went around several temples and mosques in the constituency for several days to collect 20,000 coins which were counted by election officials only after two and a half hours.