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May 22 2009
Dismissed by critics as a political greenhorn over a decade ago, Naveen Patnaik with his ‘Mr Clean’ image scripted history becoming chief minister for the third consecutive term after steering his BJD to a landslide victory in the assembly...
May 21 2009
QUEST is a project conducted by The Indian Express in schools in and around Delhi. It covers more than 50 schools in Delhi and NCR. With Twenty20 being the flavour of the month, QUEST had invited articles by students of various member schools on the...
May 20 2009
May 20 : He may have wallowed in luxury at the fag end of his underground life in Sri Lanka’s forested region, but there was a time when Velupillai Prabhakaran battled with hunger because he had no money to buy food. Those were the days when he was an...
May 20 2009
NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Tuesday conceded that its effort for a non-Congress, non-BJP Third Front was not accepted by the people in some States as a “credible and viable alternative” at the national level. “The Left...
May 19 2009
Though the election fever has subsided, the regime of the Model Election Code of Conduct is set to continue till May 28, and heads of various government departments have expressed fears that this may put on hold developmental projects even beyond the...
May 18 2009
WJubiliant with the outcome of parliamentary elections in India, Britain&aposs Indian- Muslim community today expressed their delight at BJP’s defeat while hailing Congress-led UPA’s victory for a consecutive term.
May 18 2009
The affidavits of 533 declared winners filed before the Election Commission show that there are 150 new MPs with criminal cases pending against them. Of these, 73 face penal charges, according to the autonomous body National Election Watch.
May 14 2009
A Dalit icon in the country, Mayawati has of late emerged on the national scene as the leader, who after the general elections would probably have a say in deciding as to who is going to head the government. Enrooting herself firmly in UP with her...
May 14 2009
The call for boycott of polls by separatists did not have much effect in Ladakh parliamentary constituency as voters thronged the 476 polling booths since morning to exercise their franchise in the fifth and final phase of elections. An estimated 61...
May 14 2009
Call it the Giant-Next-Door complex. While the world worries about India and China eating its lunch, India, for its part, keeps a wary eye on China. For India it’s a decades-old habit, this anxious concern about its larger, more prosperous...