Politics News from India and around the world http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/politics/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss IndiaVision.com News The West Bengal Election Commission on Friday announced dates for the Panchayat elections in the state. The elections will be held in three phases on July 2, 6 and 10. The results will be announced three days later. http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/politics/423399/wb-panchayat-polls-to-be-held-on-july-2-6-and-10/ Fri, 17 May 2013 01:34:00 GMT Singh made this remark while seeking to clarify the "perception" of two power centres which came into focus after his recent comments that this model had not worked very well. http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/politics/423398/pm-the-power-centre-in-governance-digvijay-singh/ Fri, 17 May 2013 01:30:00 GMT Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, whose government will celebrate its second anniversary Saturday, said he has proved that the majority in the assembly is not that important. http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/politics/423287/two-years-of-rule-show-majority-not-important-chandy/ Fri, 17 May 2013 11:09:00 GMT Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi met party workers and office bearers here Thursday while continuing his task of collecting feedback over the party's prospects in the upcoming assembly and Lok Sabha elections, party sources said. http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/politics/423024/rahul-continues-with-his-feedback-mission-in-jaipur/ Thu, 16 May 2013 01:29:00 GMT Karnataka Chief Minister K. Siddaramaiah, who is on a visit to New Delhi, met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here today http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/politics/422982/karnataka-cm-meets-manmohan-singh/ Thu, 16 May 2013 12:58:00 GMT Two years after she stormed into Fort St.George, the seat of power in Tamil Nadu, with a massive victory, Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has a mixed bag of results to show so far. http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/politics/422951/jayalalithaas-first-two-years-in-power-see-mixed-results/ Thu, 16 May 2013 12:37:00 GMT The Delhi High Court Thursday ordered constitution of a medical board to examine the health of former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, who has been jailed for 10 years for irregularities in appointment of teachers in 2000. http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/politics/422937/hc-orders-medical-board-for-om-prakash-chautala/ Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT RJD chief Lalu Prasad Wednesday launched a scathing attack against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for rampant corruption, bribery and rising incidents of rape in the state and said he would throw him out of power in the next elections. http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/politics/422565/lalu-prasad-slams-nitish-for-corruption-rape-incidents/ Wed, 15 May 2013 12:41:00 GMT Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi arrived in Rajasthan's Bikaner district Wednesday to hold "feedback meetings" with the party's workers, party officials said. http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/politics/422539/rahul-gandhi-on-feedback-mission-in-rajasthan/ Wed, 15 May 2013 11:49:00 GMT Asserting that the country's economic progress will depend on the ability to innovate, President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said India lags behind some of the major economies in innovation. http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/politics/422491/our-economic-progress-will-depend-on-our-ability-to-innovate-mukherjee/ Wed, 15 May 2013 10:33:00 GMT