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		<title>Notes &amp; Speeches From Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti (Anti Superstition) Founder Dr Dabholkar&#8217;s Book Release</title>
		<link>http://www.harshadoak.com/2010/04/pune-city/notes-speeches-from-andhashraddha-nirmulan-samiti-anti-superstition-founder-dr-dabholkars-book-release.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I attended the book release of &#8216;Timiratuni Tejakadey&#8217; by Dr Narendra Dabholkar, founder of Anti Superstition movement in Maharashtra, Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti. My notes &#38; recordings from the event. I appreciate that the tweets / notes are currently in fairly raw form, hope to edit into more readable paras when I have some more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maharashtra Election Results &#8211; Vidhan Sabha 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harshad Oak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The election results for the Maharashtra state assembly elections are supposed to be announced tomorrow (22nd Oct). Like every prior election, the Election Commission has again failed to provide a proper &#38; functional website where you can get the election results. However your best bet still would be to try the Chief Election Commissioner for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voter List Search &#8211; Candidate Affidavits &#8211; Maharashtra State Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Elections</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harshad Oak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of the sites that provided election voter list search for the 2009 Loksabha elections seem to have bombed for the Maharashtra State Elections. Voter List Search At last check, you can search the voter list for Maharashtra at - http://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in/ The direct links are (Marathi) http://220.225.73.214/marathi/ &#38; (English) http://220.225.73.214/marathi/FrmSearchPage.aspx?ID=1 For Mumbai &#38; Thane http://220.225.73.202/ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maharashtra State Assembly Elections &#8211; Pune Shivajinagar Seat Contestants</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harshad Oak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No Indian has anywhere near as much scope to change the destiny of other Indians as an elected representative in government. So like it or hate it, we have to take our netas and elections seriously. The assembly elections (Vidhan Sabha) for the state of Maharashtra in India are upon us and 13th Oct 09 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Austerity &#8211; Business Class vs Cattle Class Discussion Does Matter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harshad Oak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was resisting writing on the austerity talk that has sprung up in India. But the media has now taken the discussion in such a nonsensical direction that I feel forced to air my views. Not that my views matter, but just feel better that way. India is facing one of its worst droughts in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pune Election Results &#8211; Final Vote Count</title>
		<link>http://www.harshadoak.com/2009/05/pune-city/pune-election-results-final-vote-count.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 19:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harshad Oak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The final vote count for the Pune Loksabha election is now available. Sitting MP, Suresh Kalmadi of the Congress has managed to retain the Pune seat by a margin of about 25000 votes. Kalmadi Suresh (Winner)     INC     279897 votes Anil Shirole     BJP     254150 votes Shirole Ranjeet Shrikant     MNS     75885 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India Loksabha Election Results / Trends</title>
		<link>http://www.harshadoak.com/2009/05/india/india-loksabha-election-results-trends.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 10:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harshad Oak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Data as on : May 16 2009 3:01PM As counting for most seats is complete by this time, most the leads / results below should stand. The margins might change. State PC No PC Name Leading/Winning Candidate Leading/Winning Party Trailing Candidate Name Trailing Party Margin of Votes Result Declared Andhra Pradesh 1 Adilabad Rathod Ramesh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pune Election Result &#8211; Congress Kalmadi Leads</title>
		<link>http://www.harshadoak.com/2009/05/pune-city/pune-election-result-congress-kalmadi-leads.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 08:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harshad Oak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2:46 pm Update &#8211; Kalmadi leds over Shirole by 24158 2:15 pm Update &#8211; Kalmadi leds over Shirole by 21525 1:29 pm Update &#8211; Suresh Kalmadi from the Indian National Congress leads by 19410 from BJP&#8217;s Anil Shirole as on 1.29 pm on 16th May 09.  Counting is still in progress. State PC No PC [...]]]></description>
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