| Ticket-seeking for Jharkhand | 15-NOV-09 |
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| While ticket distribution for Jharkhand elections was on, hundreds of aspirants thronged the Congress headquarters. The Congress managers, desperate to avoid this crowd, met at various undisclosed locations. But this could not save all the leaders. One day, K Kesava Rao, the general secretary in charge of Jharkhand, came to his office at 24, Akbar Road, to take some documents when an irate crowd gheraoed him. Rao was almost physically assaulted amid a heated exchange of words as the aspirants accused him of taking bribes. Congress workers in the office had to rush in to rescue Rao. |
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| Aditi Phadnis: Crown of thorns | 14-NOV-09 |
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| The class most sensitive to the political barometer — who’s up and who’s down in politics — is the bureaucracy. So it was with pity, and just a little bit of satisfaction too, that the Haryana bureaucracy watched as Chief Minister (CM) Bhupinder Singh Hooda did something he had never done before. |
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| Cong-NCP ministry to be sworn in today | 07-NOV-09 |
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| The swearing-in of the new Congress-NCP ministry in Maharashtra will take place on Saturday with the end of the fortnight-long deadlock over government formation in the state after the Assembly elections brought the two parties to power for the third time in a row. |
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| Cong-NCP govt to be sworn in tomorrow | 06-NOV-09 |
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| The swearing in of the new Congress-NCP ministry in Maharashtra will take place tomorrow, with the end of the fortnight-long deadlock over government formation in the state, after the assembly elections brought the two parties to power for the third time in a row. |
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| Maha CM meets Sonia Gandhi | 06-NOV-09 |
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| Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan today held discussions with Congress President Sonia Gandhi, a day after the party sealed a deal with ally NCP to form government in the state. |
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| NCP agrees on power sharing in Maha: Patel | 05-NOV-09 |
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| NCP has "broadly agreed" with its ally Congress on power sharing in Maharashtra and a new government would be in place in the state shortly, party leader Praful Patel said. |
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| Rejected consensus? | 05-NOV-09 |
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| US elections: The Republican surge in America’s November 3 off-off-year elections may re-open the economic policy debate. The party’s victories in the state houses of Virginia and New Jersey will bring no quick change at the national level. But a bipartisan economic policy consensus since 2007 has favoured government spending and state bailouts. The results suggest a popular distrust of both that may force policy modifications. |
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| Maha governor calls Chavan, Bhujbal for talks | 03-NOV-09 |
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| With government formation in Maharashtra being delayed, Governor S C Jamir has called caretaker Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal for talks. |
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| Maha govt formation delayed; Cong firm on Home | 02-NOV-09 |
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| Stalemate over portfolios between Congress and NCP continues to delay the process of government formation in Maharashtra, more than ten days after the ruling coalition stormed back to power in the Assembly elections. |
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| Stem-cell cure for Dasmunshi | 01-NOV-09 |
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| After spending almost a year in Indian hospitals, ailing Congress leader Priyaranjan Dasmunshi was sent to Germany for stem cell treatment at Duesseldorf on Friday night. The German hospital has informed that Dasmunshi will have to stay there for at least 10 days. At least nine people including his brother, Congress leaders, and an old-time personal assistant have taken visas to accompany the ailing leader. |
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| Mamata eyes Jharkhand votes | 25-OCT-09 |
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| Buoyed by the Trinamool Congress’ success in the just-concluded Arunachal Pradesh elections in which it won five seats, party chief Mamata Banerjee has decided to field candidates in the upcoming Jharkhand elections as well. Even as the Congress is irked by Banerjee’s zeal as her party eats into its votebank, Banerjee is determined to make the Trinamool a registered national party by increasing its vote share in other states. The two parties are partners in the United Progressive Alliance but Banerjee is yet to decide if the Trinamool will support the Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh or sit in the opposition. Banerjee is also looking at constituencies in the East Singhbhum area — with a considerable Bengali population — as her target constituencies in Jharkhand. |
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