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June 7, 2010 6:41 PM

BSP retains Dumariaganj Assembly seat in the bye elections

The Bahujan Samaj Party has retained the Dumariaganj Assembly seat in the bye elections. The BSP candidate Begum Khatun Taufiq defeated her nearest rival and Bharatiya Janta Party <br/>Candidate Prem Prakash alias Jippy Tiwary by a margin of 15thousand,8hundred and 42 votes.the total littl...

June 7, 2010 6:38 PM

I&B Minister files her nomination for Rajya Sabha seat from Chandigarh

Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni filed her nomination paper today at Chandigarh for Rajya Sabha seat. She submitted her papers to Secretary, Punjab Vidhan Sabha in the presence of a larger number of Punjab MLAs and Senior Congress leaders. The election for two Rajya Sabha seats from...

June 7, 2010 4:49 PM

Two hundred pre-school centres to be opened in Varanasi

In Uttar Pradesh, two hundred pre-school centres will be opened in Varanasi under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, SSA to prepare children for entering formal education system. <br/><br/>These centres will be opened in the existing primary schools and will be run by the younger teachers or...

June 7, 2010 4:48 PM

Cyclone Phet claims five lives in Gujarat

In Gujarat, five people have lost their lives and several others injured in side effect of cyclone Phet which brought heavy downpore in Saurashtra and Kutch region. <br/><br/>Quoting official sources, AIR Bhuj correspondent reports that the high wind blown all over the coastal li...

June 7, 2010 2:32 PM

BSP Candidate Khatun Taufiq wins Dumariaganj assembly seat

In the Uttar Pradesh bye -election, BSP Candidate Khatun Taufiq won the Dumariaganj assembly seat by about sixteen thousand votes. The BSP candidate got more than 44 thousand votes while her nearest rival BJP candidate Prem Prakash got about 29 thousand votes. <br/>

June 7, 2010 2:12 PM

BSP candidate Khatoon Taufiq leading in Dumariyaganj assembly seat

In Uttar Pradesh, the BSP candidate Khatoon Taufiq is leading her nearest rival by around 14,000 votes in Dumariyaganj assembly seat by-election after tenth round of counting. Earlier, the counting started amid tight security in Siddharthanagar district headquarters this morning. The by-election for...

June 7, 2010 1:26 PM

Singh, Kushwaha file nominations for RS polls

The ruling Janata Dal (United) candidates Ram Chandra Prasad Singh and Upendra Kushwaha today filed their nominations for the biennial Rajya Sabha polls. The two leaders submitted their nomination papers to the Vidhan Sabha Secretary Surendra Sharma, also the Returning Officer for the RS polls, in h...

June 7, 2010 12:52 PM

Some explosives recovered from Hazaribagh road station

Some explosives were today recovered from a platform of Hazaribagh road station on Howrah-New Delhi main line in Giridih district of Jharkhand. Acting on a tip-off, Government Railway Police personnel launched a search operation and found 281 pieces of gelatine sticks and 10 pieces of detonators fro...

June 7, 2010 12:17 PM

Two hundred pre-school centres to open in Varanasi

In Uttar Pradesh, two hundred pre-school centres will be opened in Varanasi under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, SSA to prepare children for entering formal education system. <br/><br/>These centres will be opened in the existing primary schools and will be run by the younger teachers or...

June 7, 2010 11:49 AM

Four killed in Andhra road accident

Four persons, including a woman, were killed when a vehicle carrying them overturned at Mangalgiri town in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. Police said today, the incident occurred when the truck in which the deceased were travelling overturned after its driver applied brakes. Police suspect t...

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