US Secret Service probes Facebook Obama murder pollSeptember 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US Secret Service is investigating an online poll published on the internet networking site Facebook, which asked if President Barack Obama should be assassinated, media reports said. The member's poll, titled "Should Obama be killed?" was taken down Monday, ABC television network reported.
Poll panel censures Karnataka CM for model code violationAugust 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Monday censured Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa for violating the model code of conduct by promising loans to farmers in the Kollegal assembly constituency where by-poll is being held Tuesday.
I won't forget my poll promises, Maneka tells AonlaMay 23rd, 2009 AONLA - On her first visit here after winning from the Aonla parliamentary constituency, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Maneka Gandhi Saturday vowed to fulfil her poll promises. "I am not like those politicians who forget their promises after winning elections," Maneka Gandhi told a gathering in Aonla in Bareilly district, about 250 km from Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow.
After oath, YSR inks to fulfil poll promisesMay 20th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Immediately after taking oath as Andhra Pradesh chief minister here Wednesday evening, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy signed two files related to free electricity supply and low price rice - the two poll promises of the Congress.
Poll panel seeks explanation from pension fund authorityMay 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Saturday asked the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) to explain why its advertisement of the New Pension Scheme' had been different from the version for which the poll panel had given permission. The poll panel asked the pension authority to explain the deviation and non-compliance with the panel's order for the advertisement which appeared in the Hindu newspaper.
Re-balloting in 145 polling stations in Bihar on May 5, 9April 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Re-balloting will be held on May 5 and May 9 in 145 polling stations in Bihar, where election was held April 16 in the first phase, the poll panel said Thursday. The Election Commission had ordered the re-poll in 145 voting stations in Bihar last week.
Re-poll ordered in 22 Orissa voting stationsApril 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Monday ordered re-poll in 22 polling stations in Orissa's Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency. The dates for the re-poll will be announced later, Deputy Election Commissioner J.P.
Of miffed party chiefs and praying 'Pappu' wins (Poll Prattle)April 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - What was the excuse a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) state president gave for not being present when the candidature of a rival was announced, despite the party boss being present? He was attending a funeral. That's what happened in Panaji.
Chennai advocate urges poll panel to disqualify TDP candidatesApril 8th, 2009 CHENNAI - S. Subramaniam Balaji, a city-based advocate, has accused the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) of bribing people to vote for it and urged the Election Commission to disqualify the party's candidates for the Lok Sabha and Andhra Pradesh assembly polls.
Many fans, but few cadres for Azhar (Poll Prattle)April 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There was a long chain of cars and motorbikes parked outside a hall in Moradabad town in Uttar Pradesh. But unless one peeked inside, there was nothing to hint that the man at the centre of all this attention was cricket star-turned-politician Mohammed Azharuddin!
Azharuddin is the Congress candidate from Moradabad, but there were no party banners outside the hall.
Gujarat poll preparedness to be reviewed TuesdayMarch 30th, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - With exactly a month to go before Gujarat holds elections April 30, poll officials will meet here Tuesday to review arrangements for polling. Deputy Election Commissioner J.P.
A cool holiday before polls hot up (Political Prattle)March 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Most Indian politicians may be sweating it out at the moment to make or break crucial alliances. But not Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal who is holidaying abroad.
Obama poll rating down into the 50's for the first timeMarch 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's approval rating is down into the 50's for the first time since he took office, according to a new poll by the Pew Research Center for People and the Press. Obama has a 59 percent approval rating and a 26 percent disapproval rating in the poll, which quizzed 1,308 adults by phone (including 326 who were called on their cell phone) from March 9 to 12.
Election Commission's poll observers to meet tomorrowMarch 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission will hold a meeting of poll observers here tomorrow. During the two-day meeting, Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalawami and two Election Commissioners Navin Chawla and S Y Quraishi will brief around 1500 observers on the conduct of elections.
Election Commission's poll observers to meet todayMarch 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission will hold a meeting of poll observers here today. During the two-day meeting, Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalawami and two Election Commissioners Navin Chawla and S Y Quraishi will brief around 1500 observers on the conduct of elections.
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