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LS passes Bill to check criminalisation of politics
NEW DELHI DEC. 12. The Lok Sabha today passed by a voice vote a Bill amending The Representation of the People Act. The Bill debars people convicted for heinous crimes from contesting elections for six years after completion of the ...
Gujarat polls by and large peaceful: EC
NEW DELHI, DEC. 12. The Election Commission today said that an estimated 63 per cent of the electorate exercised their franchise in the Gujarat Assembly polls, which was by and large peaceful with some minor incidents. Briefing presspersons, ...
Madrassas: BJP, SP lock horns
NEW DELHI, DEC. 12.Though the paucity of time forced the discussion on internal security to spill over on to next Tuesday, the hour-long debate on the subject in the Lok Sabha today saw the BJP and the Samajwadi Party spar over the former's ...
Cong. exudes confidence
NEW DELHI, DEC. 12. Unfazed by the exit poll predictions, the Congress today expressed confidence that the people of Gujarat would reject the "forces of hatred and communalism". "Desperation is writ large on BJP faces because of their impending ...
BJP unhappy with turnout
AHMEDABAD, DEC. 12.The not-so-heavy polling in the crucial elections to the Gujarat Assembly today may be a cause for worry for the ruling BJP. Though the estimate of 63 per cent voter turn out was not poor considering the State's record of ...
HC stays telefilm on `Parliament attack'
NEW DELHI, DEC. 12. The Delhi High Court today stayed the broadcast of a telefilm, reportedly a reconstruction of the December 13 attack on Parliament, by Zee Television. Counsels for the accused, Sima Gulati and Nitya Ramakrishnan, acting on a ...
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  • Kalam condoles Palkhivala's death
  • I've nothing to say: Lyngdoh

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