Karnataka is the first major state to go to polls in the pre-election year. At 10 am the voter turnout stood at 12%. The Assembly elections would be a litmus test not just for the Congress, but also for the BJP, which no longer has its long-term poster boy BS ...
After days of intense campaigning, Karnataka is voting in a high-stakes Assembly polls amidst elaborate security arrangements. The main players -- Congress, BJP, JD(S) and KJP -- were involved in massive campaigning for the last few days.
People of the state are tired of the misrule of the BJP and are looking for a stable and accountable government, says Congress leader Veerappa Moily, after casting his vote in the Karnataka Assembly elections.
Karnataka is the first major state to go to polls in the pre-election year. At 10 am the voter turnout stood at 12%. The Assembly elections would be a litmus test not just for the Congress, but also for the BJP, which no longer has its long-term poster boy BS ...
Centrestage | When compared to the other big cities in India, Bangalore has historically had the country's lowest voter turnouts. Citizens in Bangalore tend to be politically inactive, when compared to cities like Delhi and Mumbai. However, this time, prominen...
With the Karnataka elections just round the corner, the BJP and Congress have intensified their campaigning. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi at a public rally in Bangalore attacked Congress party's High Command. He said that a party who could not keep a s...
The schedule for local body elections will be released in two weeks. At the end of the Budget session, the state Cabinet met to discuss the schedule and other formalities for the local body elections. It was decided that ministers would be made responsible eff...
Lawyers in Chennai protesting the spineless resolution against Sri Lanka, picket in front of the Reserve Bank of India building. They accuse India of giving its assent to a resolution that does not accept any of their recommendations and does not hold Sri Lank...
25 countries, including India, vote in favour of the US-backed resolution against Sri Lanka for alleged human rights violation during the war. 13 countries including Pakistan voted against it and eight countries abstained from voting. However, India not pushin...
Despite India voting in favour of the resolution against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC meet, the DMK still remains unhappy. The DMK has expressed unhappiness at the resolution as it does call for an independent probe in Sri Lanka. Therefore, it is unlikely that the p...
25 countries, including India, vote in favour of the US-backed resolution against Sri Lanka for alleged human rights violation during the war. However, the watered down resolution did not impress India much, and the country has pushed for a stronger resolution...
25 countries, including India, vote in favour of the US-backed resolution against Sri Lanka for alleged human rights violation during the war. 13 countries including Pakistan voted against it and eight countries abstained from voting.
India voted against Sri Lanka at UN Human Rights Conference, but failed to make any move to add amendments as proposed to the DMK and other pro-Tamil parties. India supported the US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka on human rights violations of Sri Lanka...
Achil Vandhavai | US resolution against Sri Lanka comes to vote at the UNHRC meet in Geneva today. Will India vote against Sri Lanka? Also discussed, the surprise CBI raid at Stalin's house. Is this backed by the Congress?
The US-backed resolution is all set to be tabled at the UNHRC meet in Geneva. The resolution is not expected to be strong enough and protests are rife in India, demanding that a separate resolution be moved by the country against Sri Lanka.
Protests against Sri Lankan war crimes break out everywhere in Tamil Nadu. In Tiruvarur, ten students from the government arts college enter the third day of their hunger strike. 16 more students have joined the agitation, bringing the count to 26.
Stating that a separate Eelam is the only way to stop the Sri Lankan crisis, the students in Thanjavur demand that voting for an Eelam be introduced. These students have also been on a hunger strike for the past three days.
The Congress in Karnataka receives a huge morale booster after the victory in urban civic body elections yesterday. Despite all the inter party wrangling, the Congress managed to capture a majority of municipal corporations and municipalities. But it was BS Ye...
BS Yeddyurappa, and Gali Janardhan Reddy's follower B Sriramulu's new parties, have faced defeat at the hands of the Congress which raced ahead to a majority in the urban local body elections. The JD(S) follows the Congress which is far ahead in the race, foll...
In the DCCB elections in Guntur, local YSR Congress leaders voted for the Congress. These leaders said they were not aware that their party is boycotting the DCCB elections and hence they decided to cast votes to the Congress leaders they preferred. But presid...
After the elections to the primary agricultural cooperative societies, it is time for the voting for posts in the the district central cooperative banks. In the elections to the primary agricultural cooperative societies or PACS, candidates backed by the Congr...
Voting to elect new members of cooperative bodies were held across the state, accompanied at many locations by a war of words, and even violence. Police had to play the peace-maker at several locations and separate the warring parties.
The voting for the cooperative bodies in the state has begun. This story has the reports on the voting in the districts of Chittoor, Anantapur and Krishna district.
Violence was reported in Guntur and Kurnoool district at the start of the voting for the cooperative bodies in the state. In Guntur, bombs were confiscated and in Kurnool, Kota Hari Reddy and Kotla Harshavardhan Reddy were placed under house arrest by the poli...
Israelis are expected to trudge back to the polling stations next month in a Parliamentary election that's happening earlier than planned. The Benjamin Netanyahu government is vying to be re-elected, but among the people of the sovereign nation, voting fatigue...
Egypt will go in for a second phase of voting on the constitutional referendum that has sparked several protests in the past few weeks. Anti-Morsi groups have held protests against the draft constitution sayign that it favours the Islamists. Tension over the d...
There's resurgent anger in Egypt after the country's top prosecutor withdrew his resignation. Talaat Ibrahim had asked Egyptian judges not to release protesters opposed to President Morsi. His fate will now be decided by the Justice Minister. Egypt is now wait...
The Egyptian Opposition, which is fighting against President Mohammed Morsi's draft Constitution has decided to continue a hunger strike until the President steps down from office. Backed by the Muslim Brotherhood, the President held, what the opposition calls...
Even the most confident of India's politicians can get unnerved when it comes to the process of casting their vote. Narendra Modi cast his vote at a polling booth in Ahmedabad today. The entire national media was present to film the event. After he had voted,...
The second phase of the Assembly elections in Gujarat saw the arrival of top political personalities at polling booths to cast their vote. Narendra Modi, Shweta Bhatt, Jagruti Pandya, Amit Shah, Narhari Amin cast their ballot. The story also has the reporters'...
To the chants of 'Modi, Modi', chief minister Narendra Modi arrived at a polling booth in Ahmedabad. Modi accepted the greetings and waved the victory symbol. The polling in the second phase started at 8 am and had been progressing smoothly.
Speaking right after casting his vote at a polling booth in Ahmedabad, Narendra Modi says the results would be a hat-trick for the people of Gujarat. Modi was being asked if he would make a hat-trick in this Assembly election. Modi also repeated his regular re...
A cheerful Narendra Modi arrives at a polling booth in Ahmedabad to cast his vote. He walks up to the polling booth staff, takes his ballot, and walks reassuringly to cast his vote. But after he has done that, he has a momentary confusion. He raises his left h...
Gujarat's voters will vote in the second and final phase of the Assembly elections 2012. This phase covers north and central Gujarat from where some of the most prominent political faces of Gujarat are contesting. These include Narendra Modi, Shankar Singh Vag...
In the first phase of Gujarat Assembly Elections, 68 per cent of voting population turned up to exercise their franchise. Now, chief minister Narendra Modi has pulled up his socks and is ready for the second round. He campaigns in his home turf, Maninagar cons...
Sonia Gandhi's political secretary Ahmed Patel comes to cast his vote in Surat. Ahmed Patel has always been in the shadows but was forced into the limelight during the campaign when Narendra Modi challenged Ahmed Patel to become the Chief Minister of Gujarat.
Purushottam Rupala speaks to media after casting his vote. He says the youth will vote in large numbers for the BJP. Rupala is BJP's national Vice President and Rajya Sabha MP. The story also has reaction of the external affairs minister Salman Khurshid who sa...
Paresh Dhanani, the youngest candidate in the current Assembly elections, says Gujarat will be liberated from the BJP and there will be a change in the government. Dhanani, the 26-year-old chief of the Amreli district unit of the Congress-affiliated National S...
RC Faldu says the peace and development brought by the BJP government in Gujarat will ensure his party gets a clean majority in the state. RC Faldu is the president of the Gujarat state BJP. Faldu cast his vote in Jamnagar.
One of the senior most MLAs in Gujarat, Vajubhai Vala, is confident of winning for the seventh time. Vala says he has won for the last seven times 'because of the BJP'. Vala says the BJP without doubt would win 159 seats in the current Assembly elections.
Saurashta strongman and chief of the Gujarat Parivartan Party Keshubhai Patel casts his vote in the Visavadar Assembly constituency in Junagadh district. Keshubhia walked out of the BJP to form his own party. When asked if the BJP will sweep the votes, an angr...
Gujarat Parivartan Party chief Keshubhai Patel casts his vote. Keshubhai Patel walked out of the BJP and formed the new party that is expected to cut into the Patel vote bank of the BJp, specially in the Saurashtra region.
As voting for first phase of elections takes place in Gujarat, political analyst Achyut Yagnik along with Headlines Today reporters Gaurav Sawant and Kartikeya Sharma take a look at the issues that might be pivotal in the election. Saurashtra, which goes to po...
The technical problem in an EVM at Bharuch's booth no 151 was corrected and the voting was back to normal. Similar problems were reported from Navsari and Valsad.
As Saurashtra goes to voting in the first phase of Gujarat elections, all eyes are on one community which hold sway in the region: the Patels. In Manavdhar constituency in Junagarh, the community's influence can be fathomed only at vote count as the three impo...
Vasuben Trivedi, minister in the Narendra Modi government and MLA from Jamnagar constituency, votes at a polling booth. She says she is hoping for a voting percentage of 60-70%. But the question doing the rounds is, what would a higher polling percentage mean ...
MP Chandrakant R Patil arrives at a polling booth in Navsari along with his wife. CR Patil is the BJP MP for Navsari. The story also has visuals of Narottam Patel, Vajubhai Vala and Purushottam Solanki casting their vote.
The voting at the Lourdes Convent school polling booth in a posh area of Surat got off to a slow start. The correspondent speaks to a young voter who had landed up right after his tennis session.
These are the visuals of the start of polling at a polling booth in Jamnagar. There was a preponderance of female voters as seen in this queue. Senior politician Narottam Patel is also seen arriving to vote at a polling both in Surat. He says the voters in Su...
Close aide of chief minister Narendra Modi and finance minister Vajubhai Vala is seen arriving at a polling booth. Vala is seeking re-election from the Rajkot west constituency. He is the senior most MLA in the State and is looking for a record seventh term as...
A problem in the electronic voting machine at a polling booth in Navsari led to a break in the voting process. The district collector arrived at the spot and technical team was also called in.
The following is the total number of seats, candidates and total numbers of voters across the Saurashtra and South Gujarat regions that go to polls today. Saurashtra has 48 seats in total with 514 candidates and 89.83 lakh voters. South Gujarat has 35 seats wi...
Problems in the Electronic Voting Machine has been reported in Navsari, Gujarat. Navsari, which is the constituency of BJP leader Mangubhai Patel, was unable to cast his vote today because the electronic voting machine was not functioning.
The first phase of Gujarat Assembly Elections begins today at 8:00 AM. Porbandar, which is the constituency of Gujarat Congress president and MLA Arjun Modhwadia, is ready for an-eye-for-an-eye clash between the BJP and Congress. Modhwadia will be casting his ...
After days of bitter exchange of words and rhetoric-filled rally addresses, Gujarat finally goes to polls on Thursday, December 13. The state, spread across 87 constituencies of 15 districts will have a three-way choice between Congress, Modi and Keshubhai Pat...
After winning the FDI vote in Parliament, the government will introduce more bills in the coming session covering the insurance, and pension sectors. With these new bills, the governemnt not only hopes to attract more foreign investment but also wants to ensur...
As expected, UPA has won the vote on FDI in retail in the Upper House too with the assistance of SP that abstained voting and BSP that voted with the government. Cricketer and Rajya Sabha member Sachin Tendulkar could not cast his vote as he is part of the Tes...
As expected, UPA has won the vote on FDI in retail in the Upper House too with the assistance of SP that abstained voting and BSP that voted for the government. Reacting to the victory of UPA in the Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister P Chidambaram says that the gov...
Speaking to reporters outside the Parliament, CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury said that he is surprised and unhappy that BSP leader Mayawati who was until now speaking against the FDI retail has suddenly decided to vote in favour of it. He suspects that the Congr...
After winning the FDI debate in Lok Sabha yesterday, the UPA government is confident about its win in the Rajya Sabha today where it needs the support of 123 members in the 244-member house to defeat the motion brought by the opposition. Speaking to reporters,...
After Lok Sabha, the FDI in retail proposal is now in the the Rajya Sabha. But unlike the lower house, the UPA faces an uphill task here to reach the magic figure of 117. Its party strength and those of its allies in the Rajya Sabha do not give it the confiden...
BSP chief Mayawati, who saved the day for the UPA government in Lok Sabha by staging a walkout prior to voting on FDI in multi-brand retail, has announced that she will vote with the government in Rajya Sabha. This move from Maya will make it easy for the UPA ...
The debate on FDI in multi-brand retail begins in the Rajya Sabha. The opposition is attempting to convince the government to rethink its stand on FDI in retail. Following the debate, the matter will go to a vote. Without a clear majority, the government needs...
Even after receiving maximum votes for FDI in the Lok Sabha, the biggest challenge the govt faces is to win a majority in the Rajya Sabha. The SP and the BSP chose to walkout from the Lok Sabha before the elections because they disagree on bringing FDI, and so...
Despite the Congress-led UPA Government emerging victorious on the FDI vote in the Lok Sabha, Communist Party of India (CPI) leader D Raja says it is a huge moral defeat for the Government as 14 parties voted against it. The motion which was moved by Sushma Sw...
After winning the FDI debate in Lok Sabha yesterday, the UPA government hopes to do the same in the Rajya Sabha today where it needs the support of 123 members in the 244-member house to defeat the motion brought by the opposition. The Congress with its allies...
The UPA on Wednesday passed the acid test of wining the vote in the Lok Sabha after a debate on the issue of FDI in retail. The SP and the BSP abstained from voting and helped the proposal through the Lok Sabha. However, the BJP now alleges that SP and BSP wer...
Congress leader Harish Rawat says that he knew that the Congress would receive the maximum number of votes and appreciates the secular parties SP and BSP for walking out, saying that they cannot vote for the BJP at any cost if they are in favour of the governm...
The fragile ruling UPA coalition won a vote on allowing foreign retailers to operate in Asia's third-largest economy on Wednesday, in a key test of support for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his flagship economic reform. The PM declares that the FDI will no...
The Union Minister of State Manish Tiwari says that the votes cast for FDI in the Lok Sabha was a contest between reforms and re-progression, between fragmentism and ideological blinkers; and ultimately reform and fragmentism has won. He adds that the decision...
SP and BSP walked out from the Parliament before the voting for FDI began. The Opposition fails to gather support against FDI and the government wins after receiving maximum number votes in favour of FDI in retail. The government received 253 votes in favour o...
The vote on FDI in retail is expected to take place today evening, if the debate gets over. Tuesday saw marathon debates on the issue under rule 184. Listen to Congress minister Kamal Nath and Rajiv Shukla sounding hopeful of passing the test, while BJP's Kirt...
Congress MP Lada Gopal Raj, BJP MP Kalikesh Singh Deo and RLD MP Jayant Choudhury justify their party's stand in the Parliament. In a test of conviction for Mulayam and Mayawati, the UP leaders hold the final say in the crucial FDI vote in Parliament. Although...
Congress MP Lada Raj Gopal defends the UPA government's determined stand to guide the FDI in retail policy through Parliament. With the FDI in retail vote looming large, the government is headed to a comfortable win over the BJP-led opposition. The vote in bo...
Headlines Today political editor Javed Ansari, CPI leader D Raja and senior journalist Sanjeev Srivastava talk about the various outcomes of the FDI debate in Parliament. The vote in both the Houses boils down to the decisions taken by either Mayawati or Mulay...
After a massive showdown in the Lok Sabha over the introduction FDI in multi-brand retail, a crucial vote on the matter has been scheduled for today. With Kapil Sibal leading the government in the FDI debate against the BJP's Sushma Swaraj, the government expe...
The government and the opposition are gearing up for Day 2 of the debate on FDI in retail. The debate will be followed by the all-important vote in both Houses of Parliament. The voting is likely to take place post 6pm, after the BJP tables its motion against ...
The Lok Sabha will take up the debate on FDI in retail on Wednesday, December 5, from where it left it on Tuesday. While the UPA is confident that it has the required numbers to pass the FDI, the Opposition has accused the government of manipulating the number...
Today is going to be day of reckoning for the UPA government as the voting is set to take place under rule 184 in the Lok Sabha over FDI in retail. Here is how the numbers are stacked up for and against the proposal. On Tuesday, there were marathon debates in ...
News Night | The Parliament is all set to vote on FDI in retail as both the government and the Opposition parties listed pros and cons of retail FDI respectively. The government, it appears, is confident of getting its numbers while the opposition parties have...
The discussion under rule 184 begins in the Lok Sabha, with BJP's Yashwant Sinha laying down before the house the need for 30 days time before the amendments are made to the FEMA bill for allowing FDI in retail. He says this time would allow the MPs to discuss...
The BJP wants the amendments that are to be made to the FEMA law for allowing entry of FDI into retail be also discussed. An amendment to FEMA is required to allow FDI in retail, which the government has not done so far. The RBI rules under the Foreign Exchang...
Even as the government is fire-fighting the FDI debate in Parliament, the Election Commission is meeting to review the government's latest direct-cash-transfer scheme. The EC has questioned the timing of the scheme, given the upcoming Gujarat Assembly election...
Parliament reconvenes and proceedings continue without a ruccus for just the second time in this Winter session. The key debate on FDI in retail, which will be followed by a vote, is likely to begin at noon. While the Trinamool Congress has made a decision to ...
The big question still looming large over the government is whether it will cross the halfway mark in the Parliament today. The UPA government faces one of its biggest tests in recent times, with the FDI in retail discussion and vote imminent in the Lower Hous...
The Election Commission's full-bench meeting has begun on the government's reply to the direct-cash-flow allegations. This is the second meeting held by the Election Commission to find out whether any election code was violated by the UPA government in introdu...
BJP Spokesperson Ravishankar Prasad reiterates the BJP stand to vehemently oppose the FDI in retail bill in the Parliament. While the Trinamool Congress has made a decision to vote against the government, the SP and the BSP are still sitting on the fence, caus...
If you look at the current strength of MPs belonging to each of the parties in the Lok Sabha, then the UPA has a clear lead. But if the SP and the BSP decide to go against the vote for FDI in retail, then the UPA would be in trouble. The Congress has support o...
The UPA which dilly dallied over allowing a vote under rule 184 over FDI in retail may sail through the vote in the Lok Sabha, but faces an unsteady situation in the Rajya Sabha. The UPA has the support 90 MPs, while the Opposition has 110 MPs. Even if we add ...
At a time when the Parliament logjam over FDI voting seems to be at an end, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav tells the media that his party will oppose the FDI in retail. The UPA is now scrambling to get the SP chief on board, however, sources say tha...
Finally there is likely to have an end to the continued disruptions in Parliament over FDI in retail as the government has agreed to discussion under Rule 184 that entails voting. Lok Sabha is set to debate on the issue on December 4 and 5. This move from the ...
Finally there is likely to have an end to the continued disruptions in Parliament over FDI in retail as the government has agreed to discussion under Rule 184 that entails voting. Lok Sabha is set to debate on the issue on December 4 and 5. This move from the ...
Soon after the Rajya Sabha was adjourned till tomorrow, the news coming in is that the UPA will allow for a debate and voting under Rule 184 over FDI in retail in the Rajya Sabha too. This comes as a victory for the Opposition. The UPA met and decided to conce...
The UPA government has accepted the Opposition demand for a debate and vote under rule 184 over the issue of FDI in retail. The Speaker said a motion under rule 184 has been allowed. The vote could likely take place on Wednesday. However, it is not clear if th...