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Khurshid's remarks: Poll panel seeks president's intervention
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Taking exception to union Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid sticking to his remarks about backward Muslims during campaigning in Uttar Pradesh despite a censure, Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi Saturday sought President Pratibha Patil's intervention so that polls in the state were conducted in accordance with law. Quraishi wrote a letter to the president

Congress wants Rae Bareli, CSM Nagar officials moved out
Accusing the Mayawati government of instructing officials in Rae Bareli and Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj (CSM) Nagar to act in a "blatanty biased manner" in the assembly elections, the Congress Saturday urged the Election Commission to transfer officials who were creating impediments in the party's campaign in the two districts.

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Second phase UP polls: 36 percent higher voting than 2007
The polling percentage in the second phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls Saturday may go up to 59 percent, the Election Commission said here, adding that the balloting was nearly 36 percent higher than in the 2007 polls in the nine districts.

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Khurshid is defiant: EC writes to President

New Delhi: Taking strong objection to Salman Khurshid's comments after his censure on his minority quota remarks, the Election Commission on Saturday night wrote to President Pratibha Patil against

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Congress aks EC to debar senior BSP minister during current polls

New Delhi: The turf war between Congress-BSP in the Gandhi Nehru family's pocketborough of Raebareli and Amethi intensified today with Congress approaching the Election Commission seeking

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Will get backwards their dues even if poll panel hangs me: Khurshid

Farrukhabad: Triggering a fresh controversy after he was censured by the Election Commission over promise of nine percent quota for minorities, Congresss leader Salman Khurshid has said he will

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