Features and Analysis

Punjab village ends up voting for wrong constituency

2012-02-27T15:46:57

Electors in a village in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district have ended up casting their votes for the wrong constituency and its candidates in the Jan 30 assembly polls.

Jayant, Rahul woo first-time voters, Gen Next

2012-02-22T16:34:07

Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader Jayant Chaudhary and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi joined hands Wednesday in this newly-formed district headquarters to woo first-time voters and youth ahead of the penultimate round of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.

Rebels make Goa parties wobble ahead of polls

2012-02-19T14:52:56

As the March 3 assembly polls inch closer, rebellion has surfaced in Goa's political ranks, with those who have been denied party tickets threatening to raise the banner of revolt.

Families corner one-third of Congress tickets in Goa

2012-02-12T07:48:59

Five political families from Goa have cornered nearly one-third of Congress tickets for the March 3 assembly elections. And there's more to come.

From Delhi School of Economics to UP poll ground

2012-02-06T15:19:02

When he passed out of the prestigious Delhi School of Economics (DSE) with a master's degree, his plan was to pursue academics, but things changed.

A weakened Congress will face UP ballot

2012-02-05T06:07:28

Since the Manmohan Singh government is at the receiving end of the Supreme Court's stinging indictment of its role in the spectrum scam, it is the Congress which will suffer the most during the election campaign in Uttar Pradesh and Goa.

UP 2012: Unpredictable outcome

2012-02-05T05:49:55

Considering what is at stake, top leaders of all political parties have descended in Uttar Pradesh's poll arena to select its 16th assembly.

EC the winner in Punjab polls

2012-02-05T05:52:45

Political parties in Punjab may have to wait for the outcome, but the assembly polls have already produced one sure winner - the Election Commission.

Heavy voting in Punjab: Who will pay a heavy price?

2012-01-31T09:35:20

Having set a new record with 76.63 percent voting in Punjab's election to 117 assembly seats, voters have left the main parties and leaders in a state of anxiety till the results finally come out March 6.

How will assembly polls affect Congress?

2012-01-30T10:45:24

They may be battles for control of five states. But the overall outcome will mean a lot to the Congress and to the UPA government it leads.

Punjab poll lingo: 'Pappu PM' and 'qattal-e-aam'

2012-01-28T05:17:54

Punjab may be going without posters and flags to keep poll expenses in check but colourful language is in full flow.

Manipur vote kickstarts India's state elections

2012-01-27T09:20:45

Manipur, India's most disturbed state after Kashmir, will Saturday elect a new 60-member assembly to mark the start of make-or-break elections in five states.

Rickshaw puller turns candidate in Punjab

2012-01-25T14:30:24

Living in penury and hardly being able to make two ends meet has not prevented a 60-year-old rickshaw puller from jumping into the poll fray.

Parodies of popular songs a hit with campaigners in U'khand

2012-01-25T14:25:07

Bollywood beats are rocking the Garwhal hills with Congress and BJP candidates using parodies of the songs to take potshots at each other.

BJP sings 'Kolaveri di' tune for Goa polls

2012-01-25T14:21:01

Opposition BJP is cashing in on the popularity of Tinglish number 'Kolaveri di' by changing its lyrics and using the song in its poll campaign in Goa.

Denied stage, UP 'history-sheeters' find platforms

2012-01-25T14:18:05

'Parivartan' to 'Manav Samaj': Conscious of public sentiment over "clean politics", major parties in UP have largely refrained from giving tickets to listed gangsters and those having a criminal past.

President of its choice? Congress will find it difficult

2012-01-24T14:44:58

If the entire opposition gangs up, the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will find it difficult in July to elect a new president of its choice to succeed Pratibha Patil who completes her five-year term.

Priyanka and other teasers: Poll scene hots up

2012-01-22T06:07:36

Why did Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra jump into the election fray in Uttar Pradesh, breaking her long absence from active politics? Is it to give Rahul Gandhi a helping hand or to let everyone know that she, a one-time favourite of the masses, is also preparing for 2014, the year of the general election?

With poll panel watching, Punjab goes low on laddoos, posters

2012-01-22T06:08:29

Chandigarh: Had it not been for the media, both print and broadcast, people in Punjab would never have known that an election was happening for 117 assembly seats. With the poll panel keeping an eagle eye, candidates are trying not to make a show of things.

A Tale of Two Gandhis

2012-01-22T06:09:55

A new book on Rahul Gandhi makes a comparison between him and his cousin who, it feels, is "practically isolated" in his party BJP.

Development deficit dogs poll-bound states

2012-01-19T13:04:01

With high fiscal deficits -- an indicator of poor financial management -- the five poll-bound states of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Goa, home to about 230 million people, leave very little for development, a report says.

Curious and furious over Goa all-women poll team!

2012-01-19T06:55:33

The much-talked-about move of the Election Commission to dispatch an all-women team of poll observers to Goa has met with accusations of sexism by young women, not to mention the curiosity of the international media. Some have even thrown in suggestions on how the officials can go ahead and have some fun.

Vajpayee, Modi in BJP list of poll campaigners

2012-01-09T11:22:16

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who is seriously ill for the past two years, and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who did not canvas in the Bihar polls due to objections from ally JD (U), figure in the BJP’s list of election campaigners.