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| Govt to modify NREGA to plug loopholes | 01-JUL-09 |
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| The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), which is believed to have earned political benefits for the Congress in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, will be modified to plug the loopholes and make the officials more accountable. |
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| 'BJP cannot justify violence' | 28-JUN-09 |
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| Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajnath Singh discusses with ADITI PHADNIS the party’s defeat in the Lok Sabha elections and the road ahead. |
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| Saffron battles | 08-JUN-09 |
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| Till the BJP’s surprise defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, it was more or less settled that Arun Jaitley would succeed Rajnath Singh as the BJP president. But following his appointment as the leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha, a number of ambitious leaders have thrown their hats into the ring. There’s Venkiah Naidu but he was tried and found wanting as party president a few years ago. He also had his eye on the post of the leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha but lost to Jaitley. Another is Sushma Swaraj. She, however, stands little chance given her lack of organisational skills and a modern world-view. |
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| A K Bhattacharya: A tale of two mandates | 20-MAY-09 |
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| Is the outcome of the 2009 Lok Sabha elections comparable with the verdict the Indian electorate delivered more than three decades ago in 1977? Those of us who can recall the sheer euphoria over the comprehensive defeat of Indira Gandhi’s Congress in the 1977 elections are likely to agree with this comparison. Of course, the situation that prevailed in 1977 is not comparable with that in 2009. Nor are the numbers or the voting share percentages in favour of the victorious party similar. |
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| BJD polls 37 per cent of votes in Lok sabha elections | 19-MAY-09 |
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| The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) which has bagged 14 out of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in the 2009 elections has recorded a 23.85 per cent growth in its voting percentage in the recently concluded elections compared to the 2004 Lok Sabha polls. |
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| Fresh move to oust Khanduri | 18-MAY-09 |
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| Uttarakhand Chief Minister B C Khanduri has virtually landed in hot water in the wake of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) debacle in Uttarakhand in the just-held Lok Sabha elections. |
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| Buddhadeb skips politburo meeting | 18-MAY-09 |
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| West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee will not attend the crucial CPI(M) politburo meeting tomorrow in Delhi. The meeting has been convened to review the party’s electoral performance in the Lok Sabha elections. Biman Bose, Nirupam Sen and Mohammad Amin are expected to attend the meeting. |
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| Result is a game-changer: India Inc, market players | 17-MAY-09 |
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| As the results started pouring, the mood in business circles turned euphoric. India Inc’s CEOs and leading market players ran out of adjectives to describe their collective sense of relief after the United Progressive Alliance managed a decisive majority in the Lok Sabha elections. |
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| Devangshu Datta: Out of step with the times | 09-MAY-09 |
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| Obama’s leverage of technology was key to his bagging the Democratic nomination and the presidency. His campaign coordinated ward-by-ward efforts of volunteers to reach millions of first-time voters. Both the 2000 and 2004 US elections generated terabytes of cyber coverage. |
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| 57% turnout in fourth phase of polling, 4 killed | 07-MAY-09 |
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| At least four persons were killed -- three of them in West Bengal and one in Rajasthan -- as stray violence, police firing and booth-capturing attempts marred the fourth phase of polling in Lok Sabha elections which saw a turnout of 57 per cent of nearly 95 million voters. |
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