Punjab Polls 2012

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  Delhi Women's Panel Issues Notice To Poll Body Over Rape Convict's Photo

  The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has issued a notice to the Election Commission after a district poll panel in Punjab allegedly used the picture of a 2012 Delhi gang-rape convict on a hoarding.

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  Punjab Elections 2017: Congress Will Lose, AAP A Distant Third, Says Sukhbir Badal

  Despite the anti-incumbency sentiment, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal is extremely confident of an Akali-BJP victory as Punjab votes today. He said the margin will be even bigger than last time when the Akali-BJP combine had formed the government for the second time consecutively. For years, Punjab had alternated between the Akali Dal and the ...

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  Stop Union Budget Before March 8, Opposition Asks Election Commission

  The budget, set to be announced just three days before five states including Uttar Pradesh start voting, must be rescheduled, opposition parties said to the Election Commission today.

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  Punjab Elections 2017: Voting To Be Held On February 4, Results On March 11

  Assembly elections for the 114 seats in Punjab will be held on February 4, the Election Commission has announced today. The results of the primarily three-cornered contest between the ruling Akali-BJP combine, the Aam Aadmi Party or AAP and the Congress, will be announced on March 11. In the 2012 assembly elections, in which the ruling combine had ...

• Arun Jaitley: BJP's key strategist forays into electoral politics

  Arun Jaitley is a key strategist, having steered the BJP's campaign successfully in difficult states such as Gujarat (2002 and 2007), Madhya Pradesh (2003), Bihar (2005), Karnataka (2004 and 2008) and Punjab (2007 and 2012). And now he forays into electoral politics by entering the race for the Lok Sabha polls from Amritsar.

• Punjab: Amrinder Singh likely to meet Sonia Gandhi today

  Former Punjab Chief Minister and Congress leader captain Amarinder Singh is likely to meet party president Sonia Gandhi in Delhi today.

• Badals to meet Akali leaders today ahead of claim to form govt in Punjab

  The father-son duo of Parkash Singh Badal and Sukbir Badal will be in Chandigarh today to hold a meeting with their Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MLAs. On Friday, they are expected to hold a joint meeting with leaders of its ally in Punjab , the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after which the the alliance is expected to stake claim for government formatio...

• Election result: Mulayam, Akhilesh win UP; Badals beat incumbency in Punjab

  Mulayam Singh Yadav, 72, will be chief minister of Uttar Pradesh with a spectacular win of 226 setas so far in the 403-seat Assembly.

• Punjab election results: Ex-sportspersons and their relatives win in state

  Former India hockey captain Pargat Singh today scored another victory, but this time on political turf as he became an MLA after winning from the Jalandhar Cantt constituency in the Punjab Assembly elections.

• Full transcript: Harsimrat Kaur Badal's interview to NDTV

  Ahead of verdict, NDTV's Ketki Angre caught up with the Badal 'bahu'.

• Fate of 690 candidates across five states to be decided today

  The counting will begin at 0800 hours and first results are expected in an hour or two.

• UP, Goa join Punjab, Uttarakhand to break voter turnout records

  A highest ever voter turnout marked the Assembly elections in five states which ended today with Uttar Pradesh and Goa joining Punjab and Uttarakhand in breaking all previous records.

• Political leaders in Punjab gear up as poll result date nears

  Having taken time off after the date of polling on January 30, Punjab politicians, some of whom had even taken a break abroad, are now back in the state and eagerly waiting for the results, to be declared on Tuesday, with bated breath.

• High turnouts in Punjab, Uttarakhand polls

  Elections to the assemblies of Punjab and Uttarakhand on Monday recorded a heavy turnout of over 77 and 70 per cent respectively with Akali-BJP combine and the BJP locked in a hard battle with Congress to retain power in the two states.

• Punjab polls: Characterised by family feuds, keen tussle expected

  As Punjab goes to vote today, it is expected to be a very close fight for power between the Akali Dal and Congress. The elections in Punjab this time has been characterised by family feuds with both sides on the divide. If the ruling Akalis have Sukhbir Badal against Manpreet and Parkash Singh Badal against Gurdas Badal, the Congress has Amarinder ...