Ukraines crimea votes to become independent state

Simferopol: Crimea's pro-Russian parliamentarians voted behind closed doors in favour independence from Ukraine five days before a much-criticised referendum is due to be held on whether the region will become part of Russia. Condemned by the new ...

Promise to bestow a special status on Bihar along with a special package was nothing but a 'ploy' to win votes, says Nitish

Gaikwad had defeated Sena's Suresh Gambhir and MNS' Shweta Parulekar in the 2009 elections.He had polled 2.57 lakh votes against 1.81 lakh by Gambhir and 1.08 lakh by Parulekar.

Battle-ready Bharatiya Janata Party is carrying on with the strategy that gave it victory in the assembly elections. Its democratised candidate selection process involves in-house voting by district-level office bearers and senior party workers to ...

With an aim to garner more votes this Lok Sabha elections, political parties are trying everything up their sleeve to woo voters.While some are handing over expensive gifts, others are organizing special events.

Dr Singh, who teaches history in the University of Jammu, lost last Lok Sabha poll by a margin of 13,395 votes to Congress's Lal Sing. SRINAGAR: Riding on Modi wave, BJP in Jammu has given up conventional wisdom, even people within the party admit. It has ...

The party had faced elections by itself earlier also like in 1977 and 1989 and its vote bank and number of votes polled had been only increasing with every election, Vasan claimed. CHENNAI: Pushed to the wall in the wake of his party's failure to renew ...

North Bengal Development minister Gautam Deb has challenged Gorkha Janamukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung over the latter's decision to side with the BJP. Presently in Delhi, Gurung has reportedly said TMC candidate Baichung Bhutia will hardly muster ...

Courtesy The Sangai Express Editorial March 12, 2014