Posts Tagged ‘election’

Civic elections on February 16

Indian Express: The Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal corporations, along with eight other civic bodies in the state, will go to the polls on February 16. The counting for both the civic bodies will take place either on February 16 or February 17. The code of conduct came into force from 3.30...
January 4th, 2012 | News | Read More

Treat time for common man, as candidates lure voters with gifts

The other day when I was out in the market, I came across a hording put up by an XYZ party promising free insurance policies to lure voters. Amused, I was wondering if people would really vote that candidate on the basis of getting free polices. And the very next day I read it in newspaper that...
December 27th, 2011 | Views | Read More

NCP rebels upset equation

The Times of India: In a setback to the NCP-Congress combine, NCP rebel candidates Vilas Lande and Laxman Jagtap emerged winners in close contests in Bhosari and Chinchwad constituencies on Thursday. NCP’s official candidate Anna Bansode won the Pimpri seat by a comfortable margin. In Pimpri,...
October 23rd, 2009 | News | Read More

‘Why I voted for the MNS’

Pune Mirror: In the four elections that he voted in last, Matunga resident Lavin Jadhav had always stuck with the Shiv Sena. This time, however, the 25-year-old decided to give his vote to Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and his choice turned out to be a major spoiler for the...
October 23rd, 2009 | News | Read More

Predict the election, wins Rs 21 lakhs

Times of India: In a bid to prove that astrology is not a science, the Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samitee, an organsiation working for superstition eradication, has announced a contest for astrologers. The astrologers who would correctly predict the election results would get a prize of Rs 21 lakh.
September 30th, 2009 | Sports | Read More

Astrologers make merry in poll season

Times of India: Election time is business time and among the many beneficiaries of the poll jamboree are astrologers. Most of them are receiving a steady stream of aspirants wanting to know what their stars foretell.
September 22nd, 2009 | News | Read More

Election office starts to distribute photo identity card

Indian Express: Around 50 lakh voters in 21 constituencies of Pune district will get their Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) for the October polls. The first supplementary voter list has taken the total registered voters to around 64 lakh and election officials claim that 78 per cent has been...
September 16th, 2009 | News | Read More

Special training programmes for election officials to start from September 27

Indian Express: EVMs will be selected randomly before being sent to the polling stations to make sure that one cannot assess which polling station a specific EVM will be used.
September 14th, 2009 | News | Read More

Marathi schools in trouble as teachers on election duty

Indian Express: Even as all city schools reopened after a two-week break on Monday, most of the government-aided Marathi schools are hardly functioning as teachers in these schools have been deputed on election duty by the state government. The teachers will be on duty in rotation till assembly...
August 27th, 2009 | Education | Read More

City-based company develops a one-stop solution package for election candidates

Indian Express: Ahead of assembly elections in the state, city-based Chanakya Consultancy Services has come up with a unique one-stop solution package for candidates that include services from surveys to media analysis. With already a few probable candidates availing the services, it is seen as...
August 11th, 2009 | Tech | Read More
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