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Wednesday,
November 23,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated
at 3:00 am (IST)
NDA sweeps Bihar poll
Nitish ends 15-year Lalu era
Patna, November 22
Nitish Kumar made the most of the wave for a change in Bihar when he led the NDA combine to a landslide victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, ending the 15-year
Lalu-Rabri reign this evening.
It was a decisive positive mandate by the people of Bihar, largely in
the name of development and less on caste lines.
Editorial: End of the Lalu
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Final tally |
| Total seats |
243 |
| Elections held |
243 |
| BJP |
55 |
| JD
(U) |
89 |
| RJD |
56 |
| INC |
09 |
| NCP |
01 |
| CPI
(M) |
01 |
| LJP |
09 |
| CPI |
03 |
| CPI
(ML) |
05 |
| BSP |
04 |
| SP |
02 |
| Ind |
09 |
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Nitish promises good governance
New Delhi, November 22
Bihar's would-be Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today outlined his priorities with good governance taking a prime place in his government.
But he declined to say whether he would have a BJP Deputy Chief Minister or spell his approach on corruption charges against RJD
supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav.
Priya Dutt, Rane, Panniyan win bypoll
New Delhi, November 22
| The Shiv Sena suffered a shock defeat in its strong-hold Malvan seats in the Maharashtra Assembly poll bringing cheer to the Congress camp, on a day when the party heard of only political reverses of its poll alliance in Bihar.
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| Priya Dutt who won the Lok Sabha byelection from the Mumbai North-West constituency on a Congress ticket; and (right) Narayan Rane who won the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha byelection in Mumbai on Tuesday. — PTI
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Hawara’s wife moves court, wants marriage annulled
Sangrur, November 22
Ms Balwinder Kaur wife of Jagtar Singh Hawara, chief of the Babbar Khalsa International in India, today filed a petition under Section 12 of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 for annulment of her marriage to Hawara in a court here. The petition will come up for hearing tomorrow.
SSP attacked; bank looted of Rs 16.47 lakh
Srinagar, November 22
Militants made an attempt on the life of a senior police officer, strangulated one person and looted about Rs 17 lakh from a bank in Jammu and Kashmir over night, an official spokesman said today.
Uncertainty over fate of abducted driver
New Delhi, November 22
Uncertainty loomed over the fate of Mr M.R. Kutty, an Indian driver who was kidnapped in Afghanistan by unidentified people on November 19, even as the Afghan government was today able to establish back-channel contacts with the kidnappers.
Arrest
warrant against Mamata
Kolkata,
November 22
The Trinamool Congress MP, Ms Mamata Banerjee, and other TMC leaders are
now facing the warrants of arrest on the charges of rioting and other
criminal activities in a 10-year-old case. (Details
on Nation page)
Adieu to Umrao Singh
(Palra) Jhajjar, November 22
The mortal remains of the Victoria Cross winner Captain (Honourary) Umrao Singh, were consigned to flames with full military and state honours in his native Palra village amid patriotic atmosphere as thousands of people rented the air with nationalistic slogans.
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Left-UPA
tradeoff
November 22, 2005
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Indian
kidnapped in Afghanistan
November 21, 2005
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Bihar
poll largely peaceful
November 20, 2005
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6 convicted for killing rights activist Khalra
November 19, 2005
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Punjab’s nod to 85th Amendment
November 18, 2005
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4
killed, J&K ex-minister hurt in Srinagar blast
November 17, 2005
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None will be spared: Sonia
November 16, 2005
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Naxals kill 9 abducted Sena men
November 15, 2005
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Pak
hasn’t done enough to end
terror, says PM
November 14, 2005
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SAARC vows to fight terror
November 13, 2005
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