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	<title>Breaking News &#187; May 13</title>
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		<title>Highlights of India&#8217;s national elections</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/highlights-of-indias-national-elections-61861/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 01:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Key details of India&#8217;s national elections, which ended Thursday with a fifth and final phase of voting:

— About 714 million voters were eligible to cast their ballots at more than 828,000 polling stations. Overall turnout was 59 to 60 percent.
—Major political players: Left-of-center Congress party which, since independence from Britain in 1947, has governed India [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election Commission &#8216;immensely satisfied&#8217; with polls: Naveen Chawla</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/election-commission-immensely-satisfied-with-polls-naveen-chawla-61781/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/election-commission-immensely-satisfied-with-polls-naveen-chawla-61781/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 00:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Wednesday said it was &#8216;immensely satisfied&#8217; with the entire process of the staggered five-phase general elections that started April 16 and ended May 13.



&#8216;Barring a few incidents of violence, the entire poll process has been largely peaceful,&#8217; Chief Election Commissioner Naveen Chawla said at a press conference here.


The poll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five-phase 2009 general elections</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/five-phase-2009-general-elections-61718/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 23:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - An overview of the staggered five-phase general elections that started April 16 and ended May 13. Here are some of the facts:



Total voters - 713.77 million voters


Polling stations - 834,000


Poll observers - 2,046


Polling staff - 4.69 million


Parliamentary constituencies - 543


Assembly elections - Andhra Pradesh (294), Orissa (147) and Sikkim (32)


Total candidates - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turk who shot Pope John Paul II says he wants to convert to Christianity after prison release</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/turk-who-shot-pope-john-paul-ii-says-he-wants-to-convert-to-christianity-after-prison-release-61552/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 20:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzan Fraser</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/turk-who-shot-pope-john-paul-ii-says-he-wants-to-convert-to-christianity-after-prison-release-61552/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ANKARA, Turkey — The man who shot Pope John Paul II says he would like to convert to Christianity at a baptism ceremony at the Vatican soon after his release from prison in January, his lawyer said Wednesday.

Over the years, Mehmet Ali Agca has made frequent claims that he is the Messiah or Jesus Christ, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turk who shot Pope John Paul II wants to convert to Christianity after prison release</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 17:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANKARA, Turkey — The gunman who shot Pope John Paul II says he would like to convert to Christianity at a baptism ceremony at the Vatican after his release from prison in January.

In comments relayed by his lawyer on Wednesday, Mehmet Ali Agca also says he wants to visit the grave of Pope John Paul [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EC says, 6000 villages, hamlets undergoing polls are vulnerable</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ec-says-6000-villages-hamlets-undergoing-polls-are-vulnerable-59428/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ec-says-6000-villages-hamlets-undergoing-polls-are-vulnerable-59428/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 00:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI -  The Election Commission has declared that people in 6,000 villages and hamlets in seven states and two Union Territories, going to polls in the final phase of Lok Sabha Elections, are vulnerable to threats and intimidation.

Deputy Election Commissioner R Balakrishnan said that nearly 19,000 trouble-makers have been identified against whom preventive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>823 candidates in fray in Tamil Nadu</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/823-candidates-in-fray-in-tamil-nadu-59354/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 23:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHENNAI - Over 40 million voters in Tamil Nadu will decide the electoral fate of 823 candidates in the fray May 13, the state&#8217;s chief electoral officer (CEO) said Monday.



&#8216;The Lok Sabha poll for Tamil Nadu will be in the last - 5th phase - May 13. After scrutiny and withdrawal of candidatures, 823 candidates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raucous campaign in Tamil Nadu comes to an end</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/raucous-campaign-in-tamil-nadu-comes-to-an-end-59123/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/raucous-campaign-in-tamil-nadu-comes-to-an-end-59123/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 19:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/raucous-campaign-in-tamil-nadu-comes-to-an-end-59123/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CHENNAI - Electioneering by Lok Sabha aspirants for the 39 seats in Tamil Nadu and the lone seat in Puducherry came to an end Monday evening, giving citizens some respite from the cacophony that went on for over a month.



The AIADMK-led five party alliance was ahead in campaigning as compared to its rivals like the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Separatist leader Sajjad Lone contesting polls in Kashmir</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/separatist-leader-sajjad-lone-contesting-polls-in-kashmir-59035/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/separatist-leader-sajjad-lone-contesting-polls-in-kashmir-59035/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 17:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BARAMULLA -  Having plunged headlong into an electoral campaign as the first separatist in Kashmir to contest the polls since a revolt broke out in Kashmir in 1989, People&#8217;s Conference chairman Sajjad Gani Lone says he has changed his strategy, not his ideology.

Lone has defended his move of entering the electoral process by maintaining [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campaigning for fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls ends today</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/campaigning-for-fifth-phase-of-lok-sabha-polls-ends-today-58891/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/campaigning-for-fifth-phase-of-lok-sabha-polls-ends-today-58891/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 14:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Campaigning in eighty-six constituencies in six states and two Union Territories that will go to polls in the fifth phase of general elections on May 13 will come to an end this evening.

In this phase, polling will take place in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rahul has a lot to learn about villages: Sushma Swaraj</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/rahul-has-a-lot-to-learn-about-villages-sushma-swaraj-57783/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/rahul-has-a-lot-to-learn-about-villages-sushma-swaraj-57783/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 23:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SHIMLA - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj Saturday said that Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi had a lot to learn about the villages of India.



&#8216;By visiting some remote villages in Uttar Pradesh, he considers himself an expert&#8230; he has to learn a lot about villages and economic conditions of the villagers,&#8217; she told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Left&#8217;s strength will remain intact in Bengal: Sarkar</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/lefts-strength-will-remain-intact-in-bengal-sarkar-55200/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/lefts-strength-will-remain-intact-in-bengal-sarkar-55200/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 20:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AGARTALA - Tripura Chief Minister and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Manik Sarkar is confident that the party&#8217;s strength in its citadel West Bengal would remain intact despite the Congress-Trinamool Congress alliance.



&#8216;The entire country has been looking into the result of West Bengal as the left parties&#8217; result would boost the formation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sonia Gandhi to campaign in Chennai</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sonia-gandhi-to-campaign-in-chennai-55196/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 20:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHENNAI - Congress president Sonia Gandhi will address an election rally here Sunday along with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, Congress party members said Friday.



Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu (39 seats) and Puducherry (1 seat) will be held May 13.


&#8216;Ms Gandhi and Karunanidhi will jointly address the rally May 10. Our party president [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Election contests are like marketing new products&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/election-contests-are-like-marketing-new-products-55010/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/election-contests-are-like-marketing-new-products-55010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 12:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Venkatachari Jagannathan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHENNAI - The Mumbai terror attacks may not have prodded Mumbaikars to stir out and vote in large numbers in the Lok Sabha polls but prompted E. Sarath Babu, who was raised in a slum and went to the Indian Institute of Management, to enter the electoral fray in Tamil Nadu.



&#8216;Entering politics was in my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visually imparted caste vote in Delhi for the fourth phase</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/visually-imparted-caste-vote-in-delhi-for-the-fourth-phase-54949/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/visually-imparted-caste-vote-in-delhi-for-the-fourth-phase-54949/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 23:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI / JAISALMER - As hundreds of thousands of people voted in the national capital on Thursday despite scorching heat, several visually impaired voters also exercised their franchise and voted joyfully.

Polling booths with electronic voting machines (EVMs) in Braille were specially set up for the visually handicapped voters, the fact which fascinated these special [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fourth round of voting ends in India, parties look post-poll</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fourth-round-of-voting-ends-in-india-parties-look-post-poll-54936/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fourth-round-of-voting-ends-in-india-parties-look-post-poll-54936/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 22:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Four people were killed in poll violence in West Bengal and Rajasthan Thursday as nearly 54 million voters exercised their franchise in eight states in the fourth and penultimate round of India&#8217;s parliamentary elections, with major parties exploring post-poll equations in the face of what is widely expected to be a splintered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kapil Dev campaigns for Azharuddin</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kapil-dev-campaigns-for-azharuddin-53956/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kapil-dev-campaigns-for-azharuddin-53956/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 16:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MORADABAD / MATHURA - Former Indian cricket skipper Kapil Dev campaigned for the successful innings of fellow cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin as a politician at Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday.

Kapil Dev along with Azhar&#8217;s wife Sangeeta Bijlani canvassed for him as the countdown began for the fourth stage of the polls scheduled to be held [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singur, Nandigram vote in round two (Poll Curtainraiser - West Bengal)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/singur-nandigram-vote-in-round-two-poll-curtainraiser-west-bengal-53946/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/singur-nandigram-vote-in-round-two-poll-curtainraiser-west-bengal-53946/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 16:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - The second phase of elections in West Bengal will be of interest not just to politicos but also India Inc with Nandigram and Singur, the two areas which hit the spotlight for anti-industrialisation protests, going to the hustings Thursday.



With one round over in the state and one more to go on May 13, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hindus want Angels and Demons movie rated as R</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hindus-want-angels-and-demons-movie-rated-as-r-53822/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hindus-want-angels-and-demons-movie-rated-as-r-53822/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 13:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Hindus have censured Classification and Rating Administration (CARA) of USA for assigning upcoming film &#8220;Angels and Demons&#8221; a PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned) rating, which they stress deserved R (Restricted) rating. 
&#160; 
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that this film was unnecessarily playing with the sentiments of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NDA to hold show of strength in Punjab Sunday</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nda-to-hold-show-of-strength-in-punjab-sunday-53239/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nda-to-hold-show-of-strength-in-punjab-sunday-53239/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 01:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LUDHIANA - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is all set to put up a big show of strength with its allies at a political rally to be held in this industrial city of Punjab Sunday (May 10).



Top BJP leaders, including its prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani, chief ministers of BJP ruled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Over 120,000 weapons deposited in Punjab before polls</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/over-120000-weapons-deposited-in-punjab-before-polls-53035/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/over-120000-weapons-deposited-in-punjab-before-polls-53035/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 22:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/over-120000-weapons-deposited-in-punjab-before-polls-53035/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CHANDIGARH - Gun-crazy Punjab has seen over 120,000 licensed weapons being deposited by their owners with the police before the parliamentary elections - a five-times increase over the previous polls.



&#8216;An important aspect of this election is that against 21,000 weapons got deposited during the last election, 1.20 lakh (120,000) weapons have been deposited during current [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campaign in Ludhiana to motivate women to vote</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/campaign-in-ludhiana-to-motivate-women-to-vote-52406/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/campaign-in-ludhiana-to-motivate-women-to-vote-52406/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 13:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LUDHIANA - A women&#8217;s club in Ludhiana has initiated a door-to-door campaign to motivate women, especially housewives, to exercise their franchise during the general elections.

Members of &#8216;Basan Avenue Lady&#8217;s club&#8217; are going door-to-door making other women realise the importance of vote and motivating them to cast their vote this year.
&#8220;The main aim is to motivate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rohtang Pass re-opens for traffic</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/rohtang-pass-re-opens-for-traffic-50060/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/rohtang-pass-re-opens-for-traffic-50060/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 18:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SHIMLA - Rohtang Pass located at an altitude of 13,050 feet in Himachal Pradesh&#8217;s Kullu district has re-opened for vehicular traffic, officials said Sunday. The pass had been closed since mid-December due to heavy winter snowfall.



&#8216;The crucial road link to the tribal Lahaul Valley through the Rohtang Pass was re-opened last (Saturday) evening,&#8217; S.K. Doon, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Double prestige at stake for Sukhbir Badal</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/double-prestige-at-stake-for-sukhbir-badal-48803/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/double-prestige-at-stake-for-sukhbir-badal-48803/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 13:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Sarin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BATHINDA - As the young head of a political party with mostly ageing leaders, Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal has a lot at stake in this Lok Sabha elections in Punjab.



Badal junior, who is also the state&#8217;s deputy chief minister in his father-cum-Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal&#8217;s government, has to prove that he can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Kashmir quiet as separatists urge poll boycott, call for strike to protest elections</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indian-kashmir-quiet-as-separatists-urge-poll-boycott-call-for-strike-to-protest-elections-44216/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indian-kashmir-quiet-as-separatists-urge-poll-boycott-call-for-strike-to-protest-elections-44216/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aijaz Hussain</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/indian-kashmir-quiet-as-separatists-urge-poll-boycott-call-for-strike-to-protest-elections-44216/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SRINAGAR, India — Thousands of security forces in riot gear patrolled the main city in India&#8217;s portion of Kashmir but no violence was reported Wednesday after separatists urged residents to boycott national elections and called for a general strike and demonstrations to protest the polls.

The elections are taking place in five stages for logistics reasons [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police in Ohio says armed man releases wife at retirement home but that he remains inside</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-in-ohio-says-armed-man-releases-wife-at-retirement-home-but-that-he-remains-inside-42891/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-in-ohio-says-armed-man-releases-wife-at-retirement-home-but-that-he-remains-inside-42891/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Seewer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TOLEDO, Ohio — Police say a man has released his estranged wife after holding her at gunpoint for more than five hours at a Toledo retirement community.

Toledo police Capt. Ron Navarro says Michael Swiergosz (SWEER&#8217;-gohz) remains holed up in a vacant room at Sunset House.
Police say Swiergosz allowed his wife to walk out and that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>31 in poll fray from Himachal Pradesh</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/31-in-poll-fray-from-himachal-pradesh-40967/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/31-in-poll-fray-from-himachal-pradesh-40967/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SHIMLA - A total of 31 candidates have been left in the fray for the four parliamentary constituencies in Himachal Pradesh, a senior state poll official said here Monday.



&#8216;Thirty-one candidates are in the fray for the May 13 parliamentary elections in the state after five aspirants withdrew their papers on the last day of withdrawal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Filing of nominations for final phase of Lok Sabha elections ends today</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/filing-of-nominations-for-final-phase-of-lok-sabha-elections-ends-today-37067/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/filing-of-nominations-for-final-phase-of-lok-sabha-elections-ends-today-37067/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Filing of nominations for the fifth and last phase of Lok Sabha elections comes to an end on Friday.

Scrutiny will be held on Saturday and polling will be held for 86 seats on May 13.
In this phase, polling will be held for two seats in Jammu and Kashmir, nine seats in Punjab, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>55 percent polling by noon in Tripura</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/55-percent-polling-by-noon-in-tripura-35236/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AGARTALA - Polling in Tripura has so far been peaceful with 55 per cent of the 20,82,205 voters casting their votes by noon in the single phase of polling in of the two Lok Sabha constituencies.

According to a report there was no report of any threat or intimidation from any political party.
The parties also did [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trinamool  chief  Mamata  Banerjee, CPI  (M)  rival  file  their nominations</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/trinamool-chief-mamata-banerjee-cpi-m-rival-file-their-nominations-33424/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/trinamool-chief-mamata-banerjee-cpi-m-rival-file-their-nominations-33424/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Trinamul Congress leader Mamata Banerjee filed   her  nomination  for  the  South  Kolkata   parliamentary constituency on Wednesday.

Her  main CPI (M) opponent, Rabin Deb also filed  his  nomination today.
Banerjee  declared  total assets of Rs.4, 73,  193.56,  including Rs.28322 in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP Executive Morning Briefing</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-executive-morning-briefing-33171/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-executive-morning-briefing-33171/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The top business news from The Associated Press for the morning of Thursday, July 2, 2009:

June jobless rate seen rising to 9.6 percent
WASHINGTON (AP) — Out-of-work with no place to land, the legions of America&#8217;s unemployed are growing. The Labor Department is scheduled to release a report Thursday expected to show the nation&#8217;s unemployment rate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election Commission always works as a team: new CEC Navin Chawla</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/election-commission-always-works-as-a-team-new-cec-navin-chawla-31885/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Taking charge as the new Chief Election Commissioner of the country, Navin Chawla Tuesday asserted that the poll panel worked as a team and took all decisions in consensus.



&#8216;We are here before you not as one individual but all three of us together. We are a three-member commission and all the decisions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three-time BJP MP files nomination in Himachal</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/three-time-bjp-mp-files-nomination-in-himachal-31843/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SHIMLA - Maheshwar Singh, three-time Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP, filed his nomination papers from Mandi constituency of Himachal Pradesh Tuesday.



Maheshwar Singh, who is scion of the erstwhile Kullu ruling family, has been pitted against Virbhadra Singh, who belongs to the former royal family of Bushehr state.


While Maheshwar Singh is testing his luck for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jayaprada files nomination papers from Rampur</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/jayaprada-files-nomination-papers-from-rampur-31818/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RAMPUR / LUDHIANA - Actor-turned-politician and Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Jayaprada has filed her nomination from Rampur seat in Uttar Pradesh

She was accompanied by SP General Secretary Amar Singh, actors-turned-politician Sanjay Dutt and Jaya Bachchan.
&#8220;Amar Singh said come and join us. I replied, don&#8217;t know how to give speech. Then Amar Singh said you just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poll panel rejects seven nominations in West Bengal</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/poll-panel-rejects-seven-nominations-in-west-bengal-3-31524/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/poll-panel-rejects-seven-nominations-in-west-bengal-3-31524/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - With the Election Commission rejecting seven nominations Monday for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal, 138 candidates are now left in the fray for 17 seats which will go to polls May 7.



As many as 17 candidates, the highest from any seat, are contesting from Howrah.


The final list [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BJP forms new front in Tamil Nadu</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bjp-forms-new-front-in-tamil-nadu-30633/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHENNAI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday formed a front in Tamil Nadu with the Janata Party, Nadalum Makkal Katchi (NMK) and All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi (AISMK) headed by film stars Karthick and Sarath Kumar for Lok Sabha polls.



Disclosing this at a press conference here, senior BJP leader M. Venkaiah Naidu said &#8216;the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two good friends slug it out in poll arena</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/two-good-friends-slug-it-out-in-poll-arena-30554/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/two-good-friends-slug-it-out-in-poll-arena-30554/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PUDUCHERRY - The electoral contest between PMK&#8217;s M. Ramadoss and Congressman V. Narayanswamy in this union territory is a no-holds-barred battle between close friends.



Ramadoss, nostalgic about the friendship, says: &#8216;We studied the same subject economics, are of a similar age group (sixties), went to the same Government Tagore College in the sixties as friends and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allegations against me were personal: Amod Kanth</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/allegations-against-me-were-personal-amod-kanth-30194/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/allegations-against-me-were-personal-amod-kanth-30194/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Amod Kanth, a former Delhi police official who was Friday given a clean chit by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Uphaar fire tragedy of 1997, said the allegations against him were &#8216;personal&#8217; and had no basis.



&#8216;There is nothing at all against me. All the allegations are of very personal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CBI clean chit to Amod Kanth in Uphaar case</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cbi-clean-chit-to-amod-kanth-in-uphaar-case-30167/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cbi-clean-chit-to-amod-kanth-in-uphaar-case-30167/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday gave a clean chit to former Delhi Police officer Amod Kanth, who has been accused of allowing more seats than legally permissible at the Uphaar cinema theatre which caught fire in 1997, claiming 59 lives.



The move comes as a setback to the Association of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campaigning set to heat up in Tamil Nadu</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/campaigning-set-to-heat-up-in-tamil-nadu-29970/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/campaigning-set-to-heat-up-in-tamil-nadu-29970/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Venkatachari Jagannathan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHENNAI - Electioneering for the 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and one in Puducherry is heating up with the two major political alliances led by the DMK and the AIADMK hitting the campaign trail.



While the AIADMK has already unleashed its campaign for the May 13 ballot, the ruling DMK will see a formal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PMK MP Ramadoss seeks Congress stalwart&#8217;s support</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pmk-mp-ramadoss-seeks-congress-stalwarts-support-29679/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pmk-mp-ramadoss-seeks-congress-stalwarts-support-29679/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PUDUCHERRY - Seeking election for a second successive term in the Lok Sabha, PMK MP M. Ramadoss, has sought the support of former Puducherry chief minister and Congress stalwart N. Rangasamy.



Ramadoss, whose main fight will be with the Congress candidate - whose name is yet to be announced, was accompanied by PMK legislators and some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campaigning hots up, are Kashmiris listening again?</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/campaigning-hots-up-are-kashmiris-listening-again-29405/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/campaigning-hots-up-are-kashmiris-listening-again-29405/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>F. Ahmed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SRINAGAR - As campaigning picks up for the three Lok Sabha seats from the Kashmir Valley amid boycott calls by separatists, the moot question is whether the voter will come out in force again like he did for the assembly elections.



While the National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are gunning for each other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barack Obama not to be awarded honorary degree by Arizona University</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/barack-obama-not-to-be-awarded-honorary-degree-by-arizona-university-27294/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/barack-obama-not-to-be-awarded-honorary-degree-by-arizona-university-27294/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - While reports suggest that U.S. President Barack Obama will be honored with an honorary degree by Arizona University when he speaks at commencement on May 13, the university has decided against it.

The university has decided not to honor Barack with the &#8216;Lifetime achievement&#8217; award because it is meant for eminent personalities who have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress is a pro-poor party: Rahul</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/congress-is-a-pro-poor-party-rahul-26774/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HYDERABAD - Rahul Gandhi, scion  of  India&#8217;s  most powerful political dynasty and touted as a future Prime Minister, on Wednesday said that his Congress party is pro-poor.

Addressing an election meeting in Hyderabad, Gandhi lashed at the opposition parties, accusing accused them of being anti-poor.
&#8220;The  difference between the Congress party and our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tough road ahead for politicians in remote Himachal areas</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/tough-road-ahead-for-politicians-in-remote-himachal-areas-26053/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/tough-road-ahead-for-politicians-in-remote-himachal-areas-26053/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANALI - Delayed snowfall high up the Himalayan slopes has cheered fruit growers, but politicians contesting the Lok Sabha elections from the Mandi constituency in Himachal Pradesh are distinctly unhappy.



The constituency&#8217;s Lahaul valley has been cut off from the rest of the country following heavy snow. Most areas can&#8217;t be accessed by road, making campaigning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defeated PDP candidate in fray from Kashmir</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/defeated-pdp-candidate-in-fray-from-kashmir-25942/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SRINAGAR - The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir Monday declared its candidates for two parliamentary constituencies in the valley.



The PDP candidates include Mohammed Dilawar Mir for north Kashmir Baramulla constituency. Mir, a former minister, lost the November-December assembly elections from Rafiabad constituency of Baramulla district.


Peer Mohammed Hussain, also a former minister, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cracks appear in AIADMK-led political front in Tamil Nadu</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cracks-appear-in-aiadmk-led-political-front-in-tamil-nadu-25336/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cracks-appear-in-aiadmk-led-political-front-in-tamil-nadu-25336/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHENNAI - The alliance of opposition parties in Tamil Nadu formed under the leadership of AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalitha for the Lok Sabha polls has started to unravel, leaders in some of the alliance partners said here Saturday.



The bone of contention is the number of seats each alliance partner will contest in Tamil Nadu, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jharkhand politicians use poll songs to woo voters</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/jharkhand-politicians-use-poll-songs-to-woo-voters-25312/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/jharkhand-politicians-use-poll-songs-to-woo-voters-25312/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RANCHI -  With an eye  on  the  upcoming  general elections,  Jharkhand&#8217;s  politicians are  wooing  voters  through songs in the local dialect.

This  is  the  latest gimmick adopted by them  to  reach  out  to voters.
Local  singers and music composers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rahul Gandhi files nomination from Amethi</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/rahul-gandhi-files-nomination-from-amethi-25191/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AMETHI - Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Saturday filed his nomination papers from Amethi parliamentary constituency for the Lok Sabha elections.
Rahul was accompanied by his mother Sonia Gandhi, party candidate from Sultanpur Dr. Sanjay Singh and close family friend Captain Satish Sharma.

UPCC president Reeta Bahuguna Joshi was already present at the collectorate.
Rahul&#8217;s sister Priyanka [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rahul Gandhi to file nomination from Amethi today</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SULTANPUR - Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will file his nomination papers from Amethi parliamentary constituency at Sultanpur district headquarters today.

Rahul will be accompanied by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who will file her nomination papers from Rae Bareilly constituency on April 6.
Rahul sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, brother-in-law Robert Vadra and state unit chief Reeta Bahuguna [...]]]></description>
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