The elections will also see for the first time a symbol, which has been created by the National School of Design, allotted to 'None of the above' that will be placed at the bottom of the list of candidates.
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In an interview to rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf, journalist-author Hussain Zaidi speaks about his new book 'Mafia Queens of Mumbai' and the crime scenario in Mumbai city.
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Indian Grand Prix organisers have confirmed that Sunday's race will go ahead even though the country's top court has agreed to hear a petition on Friday seeking its cancellation over tax issues.
Assembly elections in Bihar, where the Bharatiya Janata Party is set for a battle against a united Janata Parivar, are likely to be held sometime in September-October when extensive central forces and a reworked expenditure monitoring system will be deployed to curb money and muscle power.
A Pakistani court on Saturday summoned four witnesses for cross- examination in the trial of seven Pakistanis, including Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks, for July 6.
Iraq has postponed the release of the journalist who threw his shoe at former US president George W Bush in Baghdad last year.
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Pakistan government is all set to challenge the bail to Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the key planner of 2008 Mumbai attacks, after getting a copy of the court's order, the chief prosecutor in the 26/11 case said on Saturday.
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He, however, did not give any date for the proposed challenge which he announced in his opening remarks at the meeting.
Seeking to check multiple entries in electoral rolls and to make them error-free, the Election Commission has embarked on an ambitious project to link Aadhar numbers with voters' electoral data.
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Analysts, however, suggest investors remain selective on realty stocks and buy only where there is revenue visibility and a credible promoter backing.
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The character titled Bloody Nasreen is a 27-year-old girl-next-door from Pakistan who dispatches villains with sword and gun while tackling corruption and human trafficking.
At 70 minutes long, London Confidential is a crisp watch, notes Joginder Tuteja.
The seizure of liquor has been a matter of concern for the EC since it apprehends that the liquor might be used to influence the voters.
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After Nasim Zaidi retired as Chief Election Commissioner in July, there was a vacancy in the poll panel.
The Centre pleaded in HC that it is waiting for responses from various states over UCC.
Khan's spokesman Dr Shehbaz Gill said that the prime minister has just a slight fever and cough.
The full bench of the Election Commission will meet on August 25 in New Delhi after the return of Chief Election Commissioner S Nasim Zaidi to discuss the Bihar assembly polls.
Om Prakash Rawat, a former Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer who till recently was Secretary at the Centre, was on Thursday appointed as the new Election Commissioner.
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Sri Lanka gave their approval after Pakistan assured them of the best security cover for their tour.
In a letter to Zaidi, Kejriwal had said that his remarks were aimed to containing graft.
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The Election Commission on Friday announced the schedule for assembly elections in five states of Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram.
A defiant Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said, "We are going for polls... Will return again."
The Lok Sabha elections will be held from April 7 to May 12 spread over nine days in the highest number of polling days so far involving an electorate of 81.4 crore, the Election Commission announced on Wednesday.
Skipper Sanjay Bangar hit a brave 51 as the former champions were bowled out for 137 on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy match against Uttar Pradesh.
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The notification for the first phase of the seven-phase assembly elections in the state will be issued on Tuesday.
He said that the AAP MLAs were issued two notices by the EC but their response was not in the context of the notice served on them.
Mumbai terror attack conspirator David Headley, who had surveyed most of the 26/11 targets, had also conducted a recce of Bal Thackeray's heavily-guarded residence `Matoshree' in suburban Bandra in 2008, and found that Shiv Sena chief was a 'sitting duck'.
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