Elections
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Amarinder to contest from Patiala, releases list of 22 candidates
Chandigarh: Capt Amarinder Singh on Sunday announced the Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) candidates from 22 constituencies for the February 20 polls, with a clear focus on winnability while ensuring due representation across…
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AIMIM slams SP for fielding candidate with RSS links
Lucknow: All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi has accused the Samajwadi Party for fielding Mukhiya Gurjar, a candidate with RSS background from the Hasanpur constituency in Amroha. He described the SP as…
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Watch: UP Dy CM Maurya faces protests in his constituency
Kaushambhi: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya faced opposition by upset residents of his Assembly constituency, Sirathu, when he went there to campaign, on Saturday, for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh…
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Plea in SC says freebies by political parties similar to bribery
New Delhi: A PIL has been moved in the Supreme Court claiming that the promise or distribution of irrational freebies using public funds before polls shakes the roots of free and fair…
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Azam Khan moves SC seeking interim bail to campaign in UP Polls
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan has moved the Supreme Court seeking interim bail to campaign in upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. In his plea, Khan stated that the State has…
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UP polls: BJP flags off Prachar Raths, Akhilesh calls them caravans of lies
By Kulsum Mustafa Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday flagged off the Prachar Raths from the BJP party office in Lucknow. These election vehicles are equipped with LED screens displaying the BJP…
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UP polls: Owaisi forms alliance with Babu Singh Kushwaha, Bharat Mukti Morcha
Lucknow: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday announced his alliance in Uttar Pradesh with Babu Singh Kushwaha and Bharat Mukti Morcha. “If the alliance comes to power there…
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Bid to present new avatar’, Cong fields 70% fresh faces in UP polls
Lucknow: Making a conscious effort to shun the old baggage and present her party in a new avatar’ in Uttar Pradesh, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has hand-picked over 70 per…
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Asaduddin Owaisi likely to announce alliance for UP polls today
New Delhi: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi is likely to announce a poll alliance for Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls on Saturday, sources said. Owaisi will address a press conference…
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BJP shuts door on Parrikar’s son, offers ‘compromise’ seat to Speaker
Panaji: Closing its gates on former Goa CM late Manohar Parrikar’s disgruntled son Utpal Parrikar, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday announced the candidature of Assembly Speaker Rajesh Patnekar as the party’s…
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Senior Congress leaders upset over alliance with Muslim cleric Raza
A few senior Congress leaders are reportedly upset with the party’s decision to join hands with Muslim politician-cleric Tauqeer Raza Khan in Uttar Pradesh, arguing that the party has not learned lessons…
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U’khand Polls: BJP shows preference for Congress defectors in first list
Dehradun: The BJP in its first list of 59 candidates has once again shown a preference for Congress defectors rather than its own cadres to field in the state polls on February…
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Battle for UP: Yogi’s Hindu Vahini is back in action
Gorakhpur: The Hindu Yuva Vahini (HYV), founded by Yogi Adityanath in 2002, is back in action. The Vahini that had become dormant after Yogi Adityanath became chief minister, is springing back to activity.…
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Battle for UP: Akhilesh to contest from Karhal in Mainpuri
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav will contest the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls from Karhal in Mainpuri district. According to party sources, a decision was taken at a meeting here on Thursday.…
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Late CDS Bipin Rawat’s brother joins BJP in Uttarakhand
New Delhi: Vijay Rawat, brother of India’s first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat who recently died in a helicopter crash, joined the BJP on Wednesday. The BJP may field him as…
