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182 candidates including all of BSP lost security deposits in Punjab Posted: 16 May 2009 11:11 PM PDT CHANDIGARH: Out of total 218 candidates who contested election in 13 Lok Sabha seats of Punjab, 182 including all the candidates of BSP have lost their security deposits. Ten women have also lost the deposit.

Badal felicitates Dr.Manmohan Singh Posted: 16 May 2009 11:08 PM PDT CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Chief Minister, .Parkash Singh Badal Sunday offered felicitations and good wishes to Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh on the good showing of UPA in the just concluded parliamentary elections in the country.

Badals win constituency, while Punjab slips from control Posted: 16 May 2009 05:20 PM PDT CHANDIGARH: At a time when the ruling Badal family in Punjab should have been reviewing the Akali Dal's dismal show in Punjab's 2009 Lok Sabha elections, it seems to be rejoicing in its personal victory in the Bathinda seat.

Congress shines in Delhi, wins all seven Delhi seats Posted: 16 May 2009 02:29 PM PDT NEW DELHI: The Congress trounced its arch rival, the Bharatiya Janata Party, in all the seven Lok Sabha from Delhi.

Congress party's vote percentage in Haryana rises to 41.46 percent Posted: 16 May 2009 02:19 PM PDT CHANDIGARH: Haryana Pradesh Congress spokesperson V.P. Vidrohi stated that Congress party has won nine out of ten parliamentary seats as promised by the party before the elections. Congress party's vote percentage is 41.46% and the party is leading in 59 state assembly constituencies too.

Where is SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal ? Posted: 16 May 2009 01:58 PM PDT CHANDIGARH: The mighty president of Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) Sukhbir Singh Badal took to isolation after his party's defeat in the Lok Sabha elections for which he is being held responsible by opposition and even by SAD's alliance partner BJP.

Haryana Governor releases book 'The Indian' Posted: 16 May 2009 01:25 PM PDT CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Governor Dr. A.R. Kidwai released a book entitled as 'The Indians' written by eminent Indian Corporate lawyer Sumant Batra at a function organized at Haryana Raj Bhawan here Saturday.

Chandigarh court awards three years jail term to convicted judge Posted: 16 May 2009 01:14 PM PDT CHANDIGARH: A Chandigarh court on Satrurday awarded three years rigrous imprisonment to suspended judicial magistrate (first class) SS Bhardwaj ion a graft case.He became the first Indian judge to be convicted for corruption in case where Central Bureau of Investigation had laid a trap to catch him accepting bribe.

Indian Overseas Congress France compliments Congress Party Posted: 16 May 2009 12:53 PM PDT PARIS: James David, President.of Overseas Indian National Congress, France has complimented the Congress Party for making a historical victory in Lok Sabha poll in India.

Chandigarh BJP candidate lost seat and brother of shock Posted: 16 May 2009 12:49 PM PDT CHANDIGARH: The defeated BJP candidate from Chandigarh Satya Pal Jain got a double blow Saturday when his 65 yar old brother unable to bear the defeat died of cardiac arrest at his home here.

Pawan Kumar Bansal makes hat trick from Chandigarh Posted: 16 May 2009 12:40 PM PDT CHANDIGARH: Union Minister of State for Finance and sitting Congress MP from Chandigarh Pawan Kumar Bansal retained the seat on Saturday defeating his old adversary, Satya Pal Jain of the BJP, by a margin of 58,967 votes in a multi-cornered contest that included former Union Minister and BSP candidate Harmohan Dhawan.

'Tibetan Spiritual Festival' organised by Tibet House Japan Posted: 16 May 2009 12:34 PM PDT DHARMSHALA: Tibet House Japan organized a five-day 'Tibetan Spiritual Festival' at Japanese Buddhist temple, Joenji in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Nine monks from Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in South India headed by Ven Kachen Lobsang Sherab visited Japan for the festival.

Final results of Lok Sabha seats of Punjab Posted: 16 May 2009 03:12 AM PDT CHANDIGARH: The following are teh detailed results of 13 seats of Lok Sabha from Punjab. The election commission has released the figures. The chart is given below.

It is dead end of the road for L.K. Advani? Posted: 16 May 2009 02:30 AM PDT 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.

Manish Tiwari expresses gratitude to people of Ludhiana Posted: 16 May 2009 02:26 AM PDT LUDHIANA: The newly elected Member of Parliament from Ludhiana, Manish Tewari Saturday expressed his gratitude to the people here for providing him the chance to represent them in the highest legislative house of the country.

Tension in Phagwara after BJP, Congress workers clash Posted: 16 May 2009 02:15 AM PDT PHAGWARA: Tension prevailed in the town after violent clashes between congress and BJP supporters during election compaign and post-poll and continued on Saturday.

Punjab police cane charged Congress activists in Amritsar Posted: 16 May 2009 01:46 AM PDT AMRITSAR: Police cane charged group of Congress activists outside District Court Complex, immediate after the declaration of result in favor of BJP candidate Navjot Sindh Sidhu in the evening here Saturday.

Hooda hopes to repeat the Lok Sabha performance in Haryana assembly poll Posted: 16 May 2009 01:41 AM PDT CHANDIGARH: With Indian National Congress winning nine out of ten seats of Lok Sabha elections in Haryana, the State Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said that the party would repeat its performance in the next assembly elections which are due next year. The Chief Minister was interacting with media persons at his residence here Saturday.

For the first time four women from Punjab elected to Lok Sabha Posted: 16 May 2009 01:01 AM PDT CHANDIGARH: For the first time four women have been elected to Parliament from Punjab, two each from SAD and Congress. BJP has not fielded any woman candidate.

Partap Singh Bajwa win from Gurdaspur in stiff battle with Vinod Khanna Posted: 16 May 2009 12:44 AM PDT GURDASPUR: Partap Singh Bajwa a sitting MLA from Khanuwan emerged victorious from Gurdaspur parliament constituency while defeating renowned Bollywood Star Vinod Khanna who remained three times BJP Member Parliament from the sleepy Gurdaspur border constituency. Bajwa won this seat with margin of 8342.

Sidhu makes hat trick from Amritsar Posted: 16 May 2009 12:08 AM PDT AMRITSAR: SAD-BJP candidate Navjot Singh Sidhu from Amritsar has won election while defeating his nearest rival of Congress Om Parkash Soni. He has made a hat trick.

SAD president predicts political implosion in Punjab Congress following results Posted: 15 May 2009 11:37 PM PDT CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal president and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal Saturday predicted a political implosion in the Punjab unit of the Congress party following the results of the Lok Sabha elections in the state.

Congress wins nine out of 10 seats in Haryana, Hooda wins by record margin Posted: 15 May 2009 11:08 PM PDT CHANDIGARH: Congress party won nine out of ten seats in Lok Sabha elections in Haryana where its candidate from Rohtak Parliamentary Constituency, Deepender Singh Hooda creating a record by retaining the seat with a all time national record margin of 4,45,736 votes.The Hissar seat is won by former CM and Haryana Jat Hit Congress chief Bhajan Lal.

SAD sweeps Khadoor Sahib Parliament constituency Posted: 15 May 2009 10:52 PM PDT KHADOOR SAHIB: SAD candidate Dr. Rattan Singh Ajnala from Khadoor Sahiab parliament constituency has won the election while defeating their nearest rival of Congress party Rana Gurjit Singh.

Punjab CM accepts verdict, says SAD-BJP performance not bad Posted: 15 May 2009 10:49 PM PDT CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday gracefully accepted the people's verdict in Lok Sabha elections in Punjab and promised to make introspection and improve the shortcomings in his government. SAD has won four seats and its alley BJP only one.