Test for government as India's richest state goes to polls
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Tight security was in place in India's richest state of Maharashtra as voters cast ballots in polls seen as a test of the national Congress party government which took power in May.
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India's ruling Congress party won power  in a giant state on Saturday, a victory that would boost the  fortunes of Italian-born Sonia Gandhi's party and strengthen  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's minority national coalition.
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NEW DELHI, AUGUST 26: A voice vote was enough to complete the three-stage Budgetary exerciseâand clear over Rs 500,000 crore worth of finances.
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In a bid to give a big push to e-governance, an Indian state on Monday cleared a plan that will help its officials move Internet data thousand times faster than now.
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Austrians go to the polls for what is expected to be one of the country's closest-run election in decades.
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With Indian gambling poised to expand, state seeks its share of the winnings.
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Polling stations opened Sunday in Spain&#39;s regional and municipal elections, a major test for the Socialist government ahead of general elections expected next year.
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Members of the Indian parliament and state assemblies are voting for the country's 13th president.
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Votes are being counted in elections in the key Indian state of Maharashtra, with no clear leader emerging.
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More than 100 million Brazilians will vote this weekend in the first electoral test for the administration of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a key opportunity for the former union boss to boost his power in Latin America's largest country.
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Polls are due to open in Hungary for a double referendum on citizenship rights and the health care system.
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Barbados, a former British colony that has prospered through banking and tourism, went to the polls on Tuesday to decide whether Prime Minister Owen Arthur and his ruling Barbados Labour Party deserve an unprecedented fourth term.
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Police and paramilitary forces were on high alert as civic elections were held in Indian Kashmir's two biggest cities for the first time in decades, officials and witnesses said.
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Controversial Hindu nationalist BJP leader Narendra Modi wins a state election in Gujarat, say reports.
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Indonesia, a nation of 235 million and with the world&#39;s biggest population of Muslims, goes to the polls today for its first-ever direct presidential election.
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India's ruling Congress party won power  in a giant state on Saturday, a victory that will boost the  fortunes of Italian-born Sonia Gandhi's party and strengthen  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's minority national coalition.
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New Delhi: India, the world&#39;s largest democracy, ranks 120th in the media freedom index of 167 countries with Denmark on top and North Korea at the bottom.