1,222 in fray for Haryana assembly pollOctober 1st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The fate of a total of 1,222 candidates will be decided Oct 13 in the election for 90 assembly seats in Haryana. Haryanas Chief Electoral Officer Sajjan Singh said Thursday that 1,222 candidates remained in the fray after withdrawal of nominations and rejection of invalid nomination papers.
Irina Bokova to be first woman Unesco director-generalSeptember 22nd, 2009 PARIS - Bulgarian diplomat Irina Bokova was late Tuesday elected as the first-ever woman Unesco director-general, diplomatic sources said. The 57-year-old Bokova received 31 votes from the 58-member Unesco Executive Board.
No new Unesco head after first round of votingSeptember 17th, 2009 PARIS - Controversial Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosny failed to get the necessary majority late Thursday in the first round of voting to find a successor to outgoing Unesco director general Koichiro Matsuura. According to diplomats close to Unesco, the 71-year-old Hosny received 22 votes from the 58 members of the organisation's executive council, well short of a majority.
Sibal meets UNESCO chief, discusses Mahatama Gandhi InstituteJuly 10th, 2009 PARIS - Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal met UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura and impressed upon him India's keenness for establishing the Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Peace Education and Sustainable Development. During the meeting in Paris on Thursday, Sibal said this proposed Category-I UNESCO institute should be a symbol of rich heritage and values of peace and diversity that India stands for.
Four candidates in fray for Jharkhand Rajya Sabha pollsJune 11th, 2009 RANCHI - Four candidates are in the fray for the June 20 elections for Jharkhand's two Rajya Sabha seats. According to officials, two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates and one each from the Congress and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) have filed their nomination papers.
258 candidates with criminal records in round three of pollsApril 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The third phase of polls April 30 has a mixed bag of candidates with 258 nominees having criminal records and 223 millionaires, a study by an NGO said Monday. According to an analysis by the National Election Watch (NEW), 'of 1,567 candidates in the fray for the third phase, NEW analysed affidavits of 1,492 candidates.
Low is high in Haryana!April 23rd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Having only 14 women from among 210 candidates in the fray for the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana may be a low for many. But for the state, which has one of the worst sex ratios in the country (over 800 females for every 1,000 males), this is actually a high!
The 14 women contestants this time for the general elections is the highest number of candidates from the fair sex in the fray ever since Haryana was carved out based on linguistic homogenity Nov 1, 1966.
210 candidates in fray for Haryana's 10 Lok Sabha seatsApril 22nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - A total of 210 candidates are in the fray for 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana. The state goes to polls in the fourth phase May 7.
Congress has most candidates with criminal records in phase IIApril 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nearly 300 candidates with criminal records from different political parties are fighting the second phase of Lok Sabha polls on April 23, with the Congress party topping the list with 40, according to a survey. According to an analysis by an NGO, National Election Watch, of the 1,425 candidates in the fray for the second phase, 288 have criminal records.
Congress has most candidates with criminal records in phase IIApril 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nearly 300 candidates with criminal records from different political parties are fighting the second phase of Lok Sabha polls on April 23, with the Congress party topping the list with 40, according to a survey. According to an analysis by an NGO, National Election Watch, of the 1,425 candidates in the fray for the second phase, 288 have criminal records.
Congress has most candidates with criminal records in phase IIApril 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nearly 300 candidates with criminal records from different political parties are fighting the second phase of Lok Sabha polls on April 23, with the Congress party topping the list with 40, according to a survey. According to an analysis by an NGO, National Election Watch, of the 1,425 candidates in the fray for the second phase, 288 have criminal records.
Nine women in fray for first phase West Bengal pollsApril 13th, 2009 KOLKATA - A total of 134 candidates, including nine women, remained in the fray Monday after withdrawal of nominations for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in 14 of the 42 seats in West Bengal. Of the 146 candidates who filed their papers, seven withdrew from the race Monday.
Nine candidates with criminal cases in fray in ChhattisgarhApril 11th, 2009 RAIPUR - As many as nine candidates in Chhattisgarh have criminals cases pending against them and seven have assets worth over Rs.1 crore (Rs.10 million), a NGO said here Saturday. 'There are nine candidates with criminal cases pending against them contesting Lok Sabha polls in Chhattisgarh,' Gautam Kumar Bandyopadhyay, coordinator of Chhattisgarh Election Watch, told IANS.
122 woman candidates in fray for first phaseApril 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There are 1,715 candidates, including 122 women, in fray for the first round of the five-phase Lok Sabha elections. The Election Commission Wednesday said on an average 13 candidates are contesting at each of 124 seats in the first phase of polling April 16.
Nominations over, 217 candidates in fray in KeralaApril 2nd, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - After the deadline closed Thursday evening for withdrawal of candidature for the Lok Sabha elections from Kerala, a total of 217 candidates remained in the fray for 20 seats in the state, the state election commission's office said here. The Kottayam seat has the maximum number of 20 candidates and Malappuram has the least - only four.
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