Shiv Sena fields Muslim candidate in MumbaiOctober 6th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Shiv Sena has fielded a Muslim candidate for the upcoming Assembly elections in Mumbai. Shahid Reja Beg is contesting the Assembly elections from the Mankhurd-Shivaji Nagar constituency.
CPI (M) joins BJP's demand for reverting to Ballot paper systemJuly 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury on Sunday supported Bharatiya Janata Party concerns over the unreliability of the Electronic Voting Machines, (EVMs). Yechury told reporters in the national capital on Sunday that if the need be, the country should revert back to ballot paper, so that the records could be maintained.
Shiv Sainiks protest over power tariff hike in MumbaiJune 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - At least 35 people, including eight women were injured on Wednesday during a protest staged by the Shiv Sena party here against power tariff hike in Mumbai. "Reliance is trying to have a monopoly here.
Other parties are approaching me, says JayalalithaMay 13th, 2009 CHENNAI - Former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalitha, whose AIADMK is widely expected to bag most of Tamil Nadu's 39 Lok Sabha seats, said Wednesday that several political parties were wooing her.
Many overtures but next move only after May 16: JayalalithaMay 13th, 2009 CHENNAI - Though there were feelers from many places, AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalitha said Wednesday she would wait till the election results were out before she chalked out her next move.
50 percent voting in Jharkhand re-pollingApril 28th, 2009 RANCHI - At least 50 percent voters cast their ballot Tuesday in 116 booths where re-polling was ordered following defective or damaged electronic voting machines during the first and second phases of the Lok Sabha elections. The voting ended peacefully at the polling booths spread in all the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies of the Leftist insurgency-hit state.
Re-polling on in 29 Andhra boothsApril 18th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Re-polling was underway Saturday in 29 booths in Andhra Pradesh where voting was stopped due to violence or marred by faulty voting machines and errors by election staff Thursday. The re-poll began at 7 a.m.
Maoists attack poll booth, burn voting machines in OrissaApril 16th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Maoist rebels attacked a polling booth and set fire to voting machines and a vehicle in Orissa's Malkangiri district while voting for the first phase of general and assembly elections was underway Thursday, police said. 'The rebels attacked the polling booth in Andrahill village.
'Waghmare has not withdrawn from Kasab's case'March 31st, 2009 MUMBAI - Maharashtra's Interior Minister Jayant Patil has rejected reports that Advocate Anjali Waghmare, who is defending arrested terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Kasab in Mumbai terror trial, has withdrawn from the case following an attack on her residence by Shiv Sena activists on Monday. "This mob went to her house, they insisted that she should not fight the case for Kasab.
BJP, Shiv Sena to jointly campaign in MaharashtraMarch 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ironing out their differences, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena Tuesday announced they would begin joint campaigning in Maharashtra for the Lok Sabha polls March 20. BJP general secretary Gopinath Munde said that party chief Rajnath Singh and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackrey would start canvassing together.
German voters to revert to pen and paper, court rulesMarch 4th, 2009 BERLIN - Voting booths in Germany can no longer be equipped with electronic 'vote computers', the German Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday. At this year's general election due in September, voters can expect to use pen and paper, after the Karlsruhe-based court ruled that the machines contradict the public nature of elections.
Shiv Sena activists arrested for beating lovers in AgraFebruary 13th, 2009 AGRA - At least 20 activists of the Shiv Sena were Saturday arrested after they roughed up some youngsters to protest celebration of Valentine's Day, the Agra police said Saturday. Superintendent of Police B.P.
In Uttar Pradesh, Shiv Sena plans to harass couples on Valentine's DayFebruary 12th, 2009 LUCKNOW - In Uttar Pradesh, the Shiv Sena plans to 'catch young couples and inform their ignorant parents' on Valentine's Day this Saturday, the Sena's state unit head said here Friday. 'On Feb 14, our activists will catch unmarried couples from hotels, eating joints, malls, cinema halls and other places and later inform their ignorant parents,' state Shiv Sena president Udai Pandey told IANS.
Shiv Sena activists attack Goa multiplex screening 'Slumdog...'January 22nd, 2009 PANAJI - A mob of Shiv Sena activists threw stones at and ransacked a multiplex cinema in Panaji Friday for screening internationally acclaimed film 'Slumdog Millionaire'. The film, which has already won several Golden Globe awards and has been nominated in 10 Oscar categories, has been the target of Hindu right wing groups, who claim that the movie hurts Hindu sentiments.
'Voting machines in Madhya Pradesh were tampered with'January 8th, 2009 BHOPAL - Three opposition parties in Madhya Pradesh alleged Friday that the electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in the November 2008 assembly poll in the state were tampered with. Leaders of the Bharatiya Jan Shakti (BJS) party, the Lok Jan Shakti (LJS) party and the Shiv Sena met Governor Balram Jakhar and told him that EVMs at several places in the state, including the Tikamgarh and Prithvipur constituencies, were tampered with at several polling booths.
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