Twelve arrested for poll violence in UP

Last Updated: Friday, October 15, 2010, 15:01

Police have arrested 12 persons, including kin of a BSP MP, for allegedly beating up a Presiding Officer and snatching ballot papers from him following a clash at a polling centre at Jahanpur village in the district.

Two more candidates in Philippine election killed: Police

Last Updated: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 15:58

Two more politicians in the Philippines have been assassinated amid rising violence ahead of national elections in May, police said on Thursday.

Two killed during panchayat poll violence, nearly 30 hurt

Last Updated: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 20:16

Two persons were killed and nearly 30 others injured in incidents of violence during second phase of panchayat elections in Rajasthan, police said on Sunday.

Poll violence will reverse Lanka`s good image, warns US

Last Updated: Friday, January 22, 2010, 16:03

Expressing concern over the escalating poll violence in the run up to the January 26 Presidential Elections in Sri Lanka, the US has warned this could reverse the good image.

Two injured in poll violence at Firozabad

Last Updated: Saturday, November 7, 2009, 18:52

A woman and her brother were injured today in clashes at a polling booth during the bypoll to Firozabad parliamentary seat, official sources said here.

Maha Assembly poll campaign among the most violent ever

Last Updated: Monday, October 12, 2009, 15:40

The month-long campaign for the Maharashtra Assembly polls has turned out to be a bloody one with one person being killed and several others injured in separate incidents of violence.