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Tuesday,
May 11, 2004, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
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BREAKING NEWS
Cong-TRS sweeps AP poll
Hyderabad, May 11
The Congress and its allies in
Andhra Pradesh has gained the absolute majority, thereby sounding an
end to the 10-year Chandrababu Naidu Government. |
58
per cent cast vote
4 killed in poll violence in
final round
New Delhi, May 10
Barring stray incidents of violence,
which claimed four lives, an estimated 55 to 58 per cent of the total
electorate in the country exercised their franchise to elect the 14th Lok
Sabha, Deputy Election Commissioner A N Jha told reporters here today.
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page: Sensex, Re have a great fall
Editorial: It's
over, at last!
Opinions page: A
poetic view of the political scene
Nation page: 41
pc polling in New Delhi
Punjab page: Patiala
records 60 pc polling
Haryana page: 60
pc polling reported in state
Himachal page: 55
to 60 pc polling in Himachal
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Repoll
in Chapra on May 31
New Delhi, May 10
RJD supremo Laloo Prasad Yadav
suffered a major blow today with the Election Commission deciding to
countermand the poll in the Chapra parliamentary constituency in Bihar
because of “silent booth-capturing” and mob violence.
Graphic:
Chapra: past electoral performance
Heavy
turnout in Punjab villages
Chandigarh, May 10
Except for a few incidents of
fake voting, firing in the air and violence — including two murders
“unrelated to polls” and group clashes — Lok Sabha elections in
Punjab went off peacefully.
Ludhiana
page: 50
per cent voters turn up
Chandigarh
page: Moderate polling in city Villagers lead
the show
Large-scale bogus voting in Leh
Fake slip given to Tribune
staffer
Ladakh, May 10
Against what was expected, the seemingly “docile” Buddhist electorate of Leh resorted to large scale bogus voting today.
Militants
attack booths in J&K
Voter turnout 41.62 pc
Jammu, May 10
Refusing to be cowed by election-related terrorist violence, 41.62 per
cent electorate today cast its vote in the Udhampur Lok Sabha
constituency although militants fired rockets and bullets at 16 places
in Doda district during the polling. As per a UNI report, the army was
called in.
 Report
upsets Tohra’s widow
Chandigarh, May 10
Ms Joginder Kaur, wife of Gurcharan
Singh Tohra, continues to be in a state of shock since yesterday
evening.
Army
to hold open trial in fake killings
New Delhi, May 10
The Army seems to have succumbed to
pressure building on it from all quarters in the fake killings case of
Siachen and in the process revealed the fragility of its “system” as
it today declared that it would be holding another “open trial” in
the incident and the venue would be outside Jammu and Kashmir.
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Coalition with large parties better, says PM
May 10,
2004 |
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PM
for stability, Sonia for change
May 9,
2004 |
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Gujarat action in bakery case misconceived, says SC
May 8, 2004 |
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Firms hiring
ex-armymen for Iraq to be prosecuted
May 7, 2004 |
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4 die
as school van hits train
May 6, 2004 |
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One killed, 37 injured in violence
May 5, 2004 |
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For
stability Congress is the right choice: VP
May 4, 2004 |
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EC team
begins probe in Chapra
May 3, 2004 |
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CJI seeks
powers to deal with ‘errant’ judges
May 2, 2004 |
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Prisoners
can’t contest elections
May 1, 2004 |
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EC team to
probe Chapra violence
April 30, 2004 |
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