Election News

SME News, Wednesday, May 08, 2013
NEW DELHI: As per the latest trends, the ruling BJP in Karnataka appeared set to lose its first-ever government in the south as the party faced prospect of finishing in the third position with Congress moving ahead with 112 seats.     Trends available for 223 seats showed that the JDS ...

SME News, Thursday, Apr 18, 2013
  NEW DELHI: The Election Commission planning to replace laminated voter identity card with driving licence-like hard plastic card which is more durable.   Alok Shukla, Deputy Election Commissioner said, “At present, the laminated Elector’s Photo Identity Card (EPIC) is ...

SME News, Friday, Apr 05, 2013
BANGALORE: Research agency Gartner anticipates tablet PC and smartphone sales to see nine per cent growth globally. This could take the sales figure to touch the 2.4 billion mark, registering a rise over last year.     Shipments for these devices are estimated to see consistent ...

SME News, Friday, Mar 29, 2013
NEW DELHI: Fitch Ratings-helmed India Ratings believes that offshore investors are confident about vested scope for growth in India. However, most of these investments could come in after the elections in the country.     The elections for the Union level are scheduled for the ...

SME News, Tuesday, Mar 05, 2013
SHILLONG: Mukul Sangma on Tuesday sworn in as the 23rd chief minister of Meghalaya with the state Governor administering the oath of office and secrecy to him at a grand ceremony in the Raj Bhawan in the state capital.   47-year-old Mukul, who led the Congress to a spectacular victory with ...

SME News, Friday, Feb 22, 2013
KOHIMA: Nagaland goes to the polls on Saturday to elect 60 members to the 12th assembly from among 188 candidates with an 11.93 lakh electorate.   There are 39 Independents and two women among the contestants. Of the two women nominees, Rakhila has been fielded by the BJP from Tuensang ...

SME News, Friday, Feb 15, 2013
BANGALORE:  In an interaction with the students and teachers at National Institute of Advanced Studies in Bangalore. Vice President M Hamid Ansari spoke on the need for electoral reforms such as compulsory voting. He also sought proportional representation in legislatures, which would ...

SME News, Friday, Feb 15, 2013
NEW DELHI: In a bid to prevent illegal funds from pouring into election campaigns, Assocham has recommended the government to create a Rs. 5,000 crore fund. This fund will provide for part-financing costs faced by candidates. With such a fund, all campaign money would be open for public scrutiny. ...

SME News, Thursday, Feb 14, 2013
AGARTALA:  Elections in Tripura have hit the India-Bangladesh border trade as several trading points were shut by authorities for security reasons, officials said Thursday.   At the direction of the Election Commission, district officials have asked the Border Security Force ...

SME News, Monday, Jan 21, 2013
AGARTALA: The official notification for the elections to the 60-member Assembly seats in Tripura that will held on the 14th next month was announced today.   The submission of nominations for the Assembly seats was also opened today and it will go on till 28th of ...

SME News, Friday, Dec 21, 2012
SHIMLA: After five years, Congress tasted victory in the state by defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP ) by a good margin yesterday. The victory paves the way for 22 candidates, including five independents, into the Himachal Pradesh Assembly.   Those who made it to the House for ...

SME News, Thursday, Dec 20, 2012
NEW DELHI: Election Commission has not issued any voter identify cards in Assam owing to the complicated issues like illegal migration, as informed by Law Minister Ashwani Kumar to the Lok Sabha today.   “The issue of illegal migration is a complicated issue. That is the reason ...

SME News, Thursday, Dec 20, 2012
AHMEDABAD: State Chief Minister Narendra Modi has retained Maninagar constituency in Ahmedabad's outskirts by more than 70,000 votes.   Modi defeated Congress' Shweta Bhatt, wife of suspended police officer Sanjeev Bhatt. The widely expected victory triggered noisy celebrations ...

SME News, Thursday, Dec 20, 2012
AHMEDABAD: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stalwart and state Chief Minister Narendra Modi appears set for a ha-trick in the Assembly polls and may retain power in Gujarat again as he is leading by 70,000 votes in Maninagar constituency against Shweta Bhatt.   So far after 12 rounds ...

SME News, Tuesday, Dec 18, 2012
AHMEDABAD: The second phase of Gujarat assembly elections witnessed a record turnout of average 70.02 per cent, with this the fate of Chief Minister Narendra Modi along with 820 others were sealed in electronic voting machines (EVMs).   In these elections, Bhartiya Janata Party ...