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November 5, 2009 6:49 PM

Need to develop rural areas in Bihar: Bihar Guv

Bihar Governor Devanand Kunwar stressed the need to develop the rural areas of the state. After inaugurating 5-day Bharat Nirman Public Information campaign at Bodhgaya today, Mr. Kunwar exhorted people to come forward unitedely for the development of the country. <br/>He said public devel...

November 5, 2009 6:43 PM

Campaigning for the Assembly by-elections in seven states ends today

Campaigning for the Assembly by-elections in the states of Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Kerala, Rajasthan, Assam, Himachal Pradesh and Chattisgarh ends on Thursday evening. Polling will be held on Saturday in 31 constituencies spread over these seven states. Out of this, 11 seats are in Uttar Pradesh...

November 5, 2009 6:25 PM

Campaigning for Two Rajasthan Assembly seats ends today

Election campaign for Toda Bhim and Salumber assembly by elections came to an end today. Poling for both constituencies will be on 7th November. 7 candidates from Toda Bhim and 6 from Salumber are in the fray .These seats were vacant due to election of Dr. Kirori Lal Meena and Mr. Raghuveer Meena fo...

November 5, 2009 4:17 PM

BJP-JD(U) to contest Jharkhand polls jointly

The Bhartiya Janta Party and Janta Dal (United) will fight jointly in the upcoming Jharkhand Asembly Elections scheduled to be held from 25th of this month.<br/>In a joint press meet in New Delhi today, the BJP President Mr Rajnath Singh said that both the parties have agreed on seat shari...

November 5, 2009 2:56 PM

BJP and JD(U) finally agree on seat-sharing

In Jharkhand, after some initial differences over seat-sharing for Assembly elections, the BJP and JD(U) today reached an understanding on contesting the polls together with JD(U) likely to contest 14 of the 81 seats. BJP Vice President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told PTI that he held a meeting with JD(U) ...

November 5, 2009 1:10 PM

Diesel locomotives to replace steam engine in Nilgiri Mountain Railway

The Nilgiri Mountain Railway will soon cease to chug as the good old steam engine is set to give way to diesel locomotives to meet the increasing flow of tourists to the hill resort town of Ooty. Southern railway official said a series of tests and trials of the diesel locomotives with five coaches ...

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