Chiranjeevi loses from Palacole, wins TirupatiHYDERABAD - Telugu superstar and Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) president K. Chiranjeevi lost the assembly elections from one constituency but was elected from the other. Maneka Gandhi wins from Aonla (Lead, Superseding earlier story)LUCKNOW - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and five-time MP Maneka Gandhi won from the Aonla Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh Saturday, senior Election Commission officials said here. Afghan probe finds 140 civilians killed in US airstrikeKABUL - The Afghan government Saturday said that its probe found 140 civilians were killed in a US airstrike in western Afghanistan, and confirmed that no chemicals were used during the battle by either sides of the conflict. Party-hopper Bangarappa loses ShimogaBANGALORE - Party-hopper and former Karnataka chief minister S. Bangarappa of the Congress lost in Shimoga to B.Y. Raghavendra, a Bharatiya Janata Party novice and son of Karnataka’s first BJP chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa by 52,893 votes. End of the road for L.K. Advani?NEW DELHI - Age was not on his side. And now it seems people were not either. Verdict 2009 seems to have dashed the prime ministerial hopes of Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) ‘iron man’, 81-year-old, L.K. Advani forever. Lalu Prasad wins one, loses anotherPATNA - Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad has tasted victory and defeat in the same breath Saturday - winning one Lok Sabha seat and losing another one. Paswan loses traditional Hajipur seatPATNA - A disappointed Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan, who lost in his traditional constituency of Hajipur, said Saturday that had people in the constituency voted for development he would not have lost. People voted for development in Bihar : Nitish KumarPATNA - Congratulating the people of the state for the Janata Dal (United) led NDA’s sweeping win in the general elections, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said people voted for development and peace. Chidambaram loses in Sivaganga, seeks repollSIVAGANGA - Congress leader and Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has lost the elections in Tamil Nadu’s Sivaganga parliamentary constituency to his All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) rival Raja Kannappan. Gloom at BJP office, leaders and workers stay awayNEW DELHI - The otherwise bustling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Ashoka Road office here wore a deserted look Saturday, with both leaders and party workers staying away as election results came in signalling its defeat. Vajpayee’s niece, Jogi’s wife lose in ChhattisgarhRAIPUR - Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Karuna Shukla, the niece of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, lost the polls in Chhattisgarh as did the Congress’ star candidate in the state Renu Jogi, wife of former chief minister Ajit Jogi. It was an election the Congress could not lose (News Analysis)The Congress’s success in the general election can be attributed to the fact that it was a political confrontation devoid of the kind of emotional content which its principal opponent, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), customarily exploits on such occasions. Jaffer Sharief defeated in Bangalore NorthBANGALORE - Congress veteran and former railways minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief lost to Congressman-turned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee D.B. Chandre Gowda in Bangalore North by 59,700 votes. Markets move up brushing aside poll result fears (Weekly market review)MUMBAI - Indian markets crawled upwards this week brushing off fears of political uncertainty, with a key index gaining over 300 points. BJP ahead in eight Jharkhand seatsRANCHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading in eight of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand early Saturday afternoon while votes were being counted. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief and former chief minister Shibu Soren was trailing behind his BJP rival in the Dumka parliamentary seat. Kerala LDF’s rout is ‘birthday gift’ from electorate: CongressTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The rout of Kerala’s ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) in the Lok Sabha elections is a ‘birthday gift’ to them from the state’s people, a Congress leader said Saturday. Andhra Pradesh Congress chief, speaker defeatedHYDERABAD - Andhra Pradesh Congress unit president D. Srinivas, state assembly speaker K.R. Suresh Reddy and five ministers were among the prominent losers in the assembly elections. Congress veterans Margaret Alva, Poojary lose in KarnatakaBANGALORE - Among the prominent politicians in Karnataka, Congress veterans Margaret Alva and B. Janardhana Poojary lost in the Lok Sabha elections Saturday while former chief minister and Janata Dal-Secular leader H.D. Kumaraswamy won, as results started pouring in. Congress inching towards majority in Andhra assemblyHYDERABAD - The ruling Congress party in Andhra Pradesh may retain power as it was inching towards a majority in the state assembly. Janardhana Poojary defeated in Dakshina KannadaBANGALORE - Congress veteran B. Janardhana Poojary, a former central minister, Saturday lost to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Nalin Kumar Kateel by 40,420 votes in the Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency of Karnataka. Maneka Gandhi losesAONLA - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and five-time MP Maneka Gandhi lost to Dharmenda Kashyap of the Samajwadi Party (SP) from the Aonla constituency Saturday by 22,000 votes. Film star, central minister Ambareesh defeatedBANGALORE - Kannada film star and central junior minister M.H. Ambareesh of Congress lost to N. Cheluvara Swamy of the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) by 23,677 votes in Mandya parliamentary constituency as the results were declared Saturday. Shankarsinh Vaghela loses in PanchmahalsAHMEDABAD - Congress stalwart and central government minister Shankarsinh Vaghela Saturday lost from Gujarat’s Panchmahals constituency. He was beaten by 2,090 votes by his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rival Prabhatsinh Chauhan. Congress veteran Margaret Alva loses in Uttara KannadaBANGALORE - Congress veteran Margaret Alva lost in Uttara Kannada to sitting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member Anath Kumar Hegde by 22,769 votes. Liverpool’s Rafa refuses to concede Man U betterLONDON - Liverpool coach Rafa Benitez continues to believe that his club’s playing style is far better than what is on offer from Manchester United, notwithstanding the fact that the latter is closing on three of the five soccer titles up for grabs. Nadal thrills Madrid crowd with second-set comeback victoryMADRID - Rafael Nadal made a smooth recovery from two breaks down in the second set to overhaul Spanish rival Fernando Verdasco 6-4, 7-5 for a place in the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters. Kumaraswamy wrests Bangalore Rural seat from CongressBANGALORE - Former Karnataka chief minister and Janata Dal-Secular leader H.D. Kumaraswamy wrested the Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha seat from the Congress by a margin of 130,275 votes Saturday. Pakistani villagers rejoice at Taliban retreatGHURGHUSHTE - Some 2,000 residents of Ghurghushte, a hamlet in the embattled Buner district in north-western Pakistan, finally have a reason to rejoice - a return to normalcy as the military has forced the Taliban to flee the village. 50,000 pound reward offered for catching London gurdwara ‘arsonist’LONDON - Complaining of police inaction, members of a London gurdwara which was gutted in a suspected arson attack two months ago have offered a 50,000 pound reward for catching the culprit. Harendra says he was provoked into Pakistan remarkNEW DELHI/KARACHI - India’s hockey coach Harendra Singh Friday clarified that his remark about India-Pakistan bilateral series were torn out of context by two Pakistani journalists who deliberately asked provocative questions. |
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