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USE OF ELEPHANTS IN POLLING
Assam to use elephants, boats and bullock carts to reach remote votersApril 9 marks a pivotal day for Assam as it gears up for assembly elections. The state is taking an extraordinary leap by employing elephan...- Relief to Mayawati, SC disposes of 2009 PIL against installation of her statues in UPThe Supreme Court has disposed of a 2009 petition seeking a probe into Mayawati's alleged spending of over Rs 2,000 crore on statues and pe...
- Mayawati justifies construction of statues in UP, tells SC they represent will of peopleMayawati said that her statues came into being "as the will of the state legislature to represent the will of the people".
- Priyanka Gandhi moving about as 'Ram bhakt': IraniIrani's remarks also come in the backdrop of Priyanka Gandhi's proposed visit to Faizabad and Ayodhya later this week.
- Rajnath Singh accuses Akhilesh of shattering his father's dreamsThe Home Minister also mentioned the surgical strikes by carried out by India and said people from Pakistan want a good relationship with t...
- 'Babua' Akhilesh giving free publicity to BSP symbol: MayawatiA person who is making such childish comments all along cannot be a mature person but can only be a 'babua', said Mayawati.
- No party can use govt funds for things which amount to advt of its symbol: ECThe order of the Delhi High Court had come on the plea of an NGO which had claimed that putting up elephant statues in public places "distu...
- The cycle is not moving; Rahul Gandhi takes jibe at SP, Akhilesh Yadav"You removed the elephant (BSP's poll symbol) and brought the cycle...but the cycle is stationary," Rahul told a gathering at Khetasaria.
- Why the Kollam tragedy has had little effect on Kerala's best known temple festival, Thrissur PooramThe two temple trusts conducting the festival pick a licensee for the fireworks, each with a budget of Rs 20-25 lakh.
- Third eye: Nihalani’s Modi video in spectreWhile he has reduced the kissing scenes in James Bond Spectre by half, he has also urged distributors of the movie, Sony pictures, to add h...
- Banners of PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah must be removed from Patna airport: Grand alliance to ECRPN Singh said EC told them that no permission has been granted to put up the hoardings at government buildings including airports or railw...
- Ensure no animal is used for campaign purpose: EC to officialsElection Commission has directed all district election officers to ensure that no animal is used for electioneering purposes by any candida...
- Scam unearthed in installation of Mayawati's jumbo statues at dalit memorialsThe matter came to light when Agra-based Madal Lal lodged an FIR against a contractor, Aditya Agarwal, from Lucknow who had ordered for the...
- Election Results 2012: Maya's statues, elephants not to be pulled down in SP wave, says Akhilesh YadavAkhilesh Yadav had said in the midst of a poll campaign last year that there would be no sign of these statues once his party gains power.
- CPI appeals to Election Commission to ensure free and fair electionsCPI has appealed to the Election Commission of India to initiate steps to ensure free and fair elections in forthcoming Assembly polls in f...
- Public unlikely to be influenced by statue cover-upsThe Election Commission of India's order on covering up the 300-odd statues of Mayawati and stone elephants that were financed by the publi...
- Parties differ on election commission's decision to cover statues of MayawatiThe Election Commission order unleashed a torrent of reactions from political parties — some castigating and others lauding it.
- Election Commission’s jumbo shocker for MayawatiThe Election Commission of India has in principle decided to have all statues of Mayawati and that of her party symbol, the elephant, cover...
- Rajya Sabha: BSP slams Rahul Gandhi during debate on Lokpal BillBSP made a veiled attack on Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi for his criticism of Mayawati government in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh.
- EC to take a call on plea against BSP’s ‘elephant’The Supreme Court has asked the Election Commission to decide whether a petition seeking derecognition of BSP’s election symbol can be main...
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