DMK win is 'burial of democracy': JayalalithaaMay 16th, 2009 CHENNAI - AIADMK chief J. Jayalalithaa Saturday attributed the victory of the DMK-Congress combine in Tamil Nadu to the use of money power and called it 'a burial of democracy'.
Chidambaram wins Sivaganga seatMay 16th, 2009 CHENNAI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram of the Congress was declared elected from the Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency with a margin of 3,354 votes over his nearest AIADMK rival, poll officials said Saturday.
Chidambaram loses in Sivaganga, seeks repollMay 16th, 2009 SIVAGANGA - Congress leader and Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has lost the elections in Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga parliamentary constituency to his All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) rival Raja Kannappan.
Home Minister Chidambaram trailingMay 16th, 2009 CHENNAI - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram was trailing behind his AIADMK rival in Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga parliamentary constituency, Election Commission officials said Saturday.
Counting begins in Tamil Nadu, PuducherryMay 16th, 2009 CHENNAI - The counting of votes cast for the 15th Lok Sabha polls began at 8 a.m. Saturday in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
Chidambaram wins after nail-biting finishMay 16th, 2009 CHENNAI - He was declared loser before he finally romped home. Home Minister P.
Chidambaram wins in Sivaganga, after allMay 16th, 2009 CHENNAI - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram won the Sivaganga Lok Sabha seat in Tamil Nadu Saturday after two recounts, poll officials said here.
Violence in Chidambaram's constituency after recountMay 16th, 2009 CHENNAI - Violence broke out Saturday near the counting centre in Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency from which union Home Minister P. Chidambaram is a candidate, police officials said.
Lankan crisis likely to end in 24-48 hrs: ChidambaramApril 26th, 2009 SIVAGANGA - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has expressed hope that the ongoing Sri Lanka crisis would come to an end "in another 24 or 48 hours".
Chidambaram criticises Lankan Govt, LTTEApril 23rd, 2009 SIVAGANGA - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday said that despite repeated requests from India to end the conflict in the island nation, both Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan government were not taking any action on the issue.
Chidambaram to contest from Sivaganga, Mani from MayiladuthuraiApril 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Thursday nominated Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Panchayati Raj Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar to contest the Lok Sabha election from Sivaganga and Mayiladuthurai in Tamil Nadu respectively as it released its list of candidates for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
Congress releases list of candidates for Tamil NaduApril 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Ministers P Chidambaram and Mani Shankar Aiyar and Tamil Nadu PCC Chief K Thangkabalu figure in the list of 14 Congress candidates from Tamil Nadu released here by the Central Elecion Committee of the party. All the three have been renominated from their seats.
India is more secure now than three months ago: ChidambaramMarch 16th, 2009 SIVAGANGA - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Sunday said that India was more secured now than it was three months ago.
Chidambaram slaps legal notice against CPI MLAMarch 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Home Minister P Chidambaram has issued a legal notice against CPI MLA Gunasekaran for alleging that he had supported allocation of 500 acres of government land to a private company in his constituency Sivaganga. "It is a total lie to say that 500 acres of land has been gifted to a private company.
Water woes in Chidambaram's Sivaganga constituencyMarch 13th, 2009 SIVAGANGA - During the four-and-half years that Home Minister P. Chidamabaram held the finance portfolio, 52 bank branches were opened in his constituency Sivaganga and began lending money for agricultural operations.
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