Election metrics | Analysing exit polls, Election , 2014 lok sabha election updates, Lok sabha election 2014, Exit poll, 2014 election , latest news.

Election metrics | Analysing exit polls, Election , 2014 lok sabha election updates

The polls that have been published so far are trying to make judgements based on people’s opinions almost a year ahead of the general election.

Polling in India is a hard business for several reasons. First, the country is politically fragmented. We have a large number of regional parties, whose influence is restricted to certain states or even parts of states. Then, even if two regions see battles between the same parties, elections there are more often than not likely to be fought on different issues. Finally, and most importantly, we have a first-past-the-post system combined with multi-cornered contests, which makes predictions difficult.

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Congress ahead in Lok Sabha bypolls in Karnataka, Karnataka by poll election, election results, Lok Sabha election, JDS, congress, latest news.

Congress ahead in Lok Sabha bypolls in Karnataka

Bangalore: The ruling Congress party candidates were racing ahead of their rival JDS in Mandya and Bangalore rural Lok Sabha constituencies in the August 21 bypolls as counting of votes was taken up on Saturday.

Congress' candidate actress Ramya was ahead of her opponent CS Puttaraju by over 12,000 votes while her party colleague DK Suresh had established a lead of over 18,000 votes against JDS' Anita Kumaraswamy, wife of former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, in the third round, officials said.

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We will let people frame their laws in Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal, AAP Party, assembly election, Delhi government, coming election, AAP Party against Congress, latest news.

We will let people frame their laws in Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Friday promised to enact a law that would let people frame their laws in Delhi if his party won the coming election.

Kejriwal was addressing students at St Stephens College in Delhi University. He urged them to oust the "corrupt" Congress government in the city in assembly election expected in November.

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Ayodhya yatra: UP govt issues arrest warrant against 70 VHP leaders, UP government,VHP activists, Ayodhya yatra, VHP leader Ashok Singhal, latest news.

Ayodhya yatra: UP govt issues arrest warrant against 70 VHP leaders

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has issued arrest warrants against 70 top Vishwa Hindu Parishad leaders including Ashok Singhal, Pravin Togadia and Ram Vilas Vedanti after the party said it will go ahead with its proposed Ayodhya yatra from August 25 (Sunday).
The local administration is expecting around 50,000 VHP activists to take part int he yatra. Meanwhile, 20 other VHP activists have also been detained while some senior leaders including Vedanti have gone underground.

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PM, Sonia inaugurate Rs. 60 crore media centre in Delhi, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, inauguration of National Media Centre, Manmohan Singh, latest news.

PM, Sonia inaugurate Rs. 60 crore media centre in Delhi

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi jointly inaugurated the information and broadcasting ministry's new Rs. 60 crore National Media Centre on Raisina Road in New Delhi on Saturday.

The National Media Centre in central Delhi has modern infrastructure and will serve as the communication hub of the government. It is likely to house the Press Information Bureau (PIB) as well. The swanky new media centre is equipped with state-of-the-art technology to facilitate enhanced media access to the government.

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PM likely to make statement on missing coal block files today,Parliamentary Affairs,PM's statement, coal blocks,latest news.

PM likely to make statement on missing coal block files today

New Delhi: Prime Minster Manmohan Singh is likely to break his silence and make a statement on Friday in the Rajya Sabha on the missing coal block allocation files. The Opposition has been demanding Singh's statement on the missing coal block files. However, the big question is that whether PM's statement would end the deadlock and will that make way for the smooth passage of Sonia Gandhi's pet project the Food Security Bill.

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12 Lok Sabha MPs from Andhra suspended for disrupting House proceedings, Lok Sabha session, Lok Sabha Speaker Meera kumar, Telangana Issue, latest news.

12 Lok Sabha MPs from Andhra suspended for disrupting House proceedings

New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Friday suspended 12 members from Andhra Pradesh from the House for five days for creating unending disruption. The Speaker named the 12, four from Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and eight from Congress, under rule 374 (A) of parliamentary proceedings, which automatically suspends them for the next five sittings.Under the rule, any member named by the speaker shall ‘stand automatically suspended from the service of the House for five consecutive sittings or the remainder of the session whichever is less.’

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Artistes and activists launch website to 'expose' Narendra Modi, name it Pheku, Narendra Modi News, BJP leader, Social media, latest news.

Artistes and activists launch website to 'expose' Narendra Modi

After anti-BJP parties, the country's civil society has taken on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in cyberspace. 
The new attack on the BJP leader comes via a website dedicated to "expose the daily scented droppings of a PR machine" apparently working for Modi.
Named Pheku, a popular Twitter hashtag used to describe Modi, the site went live on Friday.

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