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Lakhimpur Kheri incident to harm BJP in Assembly polls
New Delhi: The Lakhimpur Kheri violence that claimed the lives of nine persons in Uttar Pradesh on October 3 will harm the poll prospects of the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in…
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Priyanka Gandhi to flag-off 3 ‘Pratigya yatras’ in UP
Lucknow: (Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will flag-off three ‘Pratigya yatras’ in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday aimed at garnering support for the party from every part of the state ahead of…
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Goa: Fadnavis confident of win in 2022 assembly polls
Panaji: The BJP will not need to poach Congress MLAs after the 2022 state assembly polls because the party will win a “historic majority” in the elections, former Maharashtra Chief Minister and BJP’s…
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Eye on 2022 Assembly polls, Kejriwal to visit Uttarakhand
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal will travel to Haldwani and Nanital in Uttarakhand as a part of his election tour ahead of the Assembly elections…
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UP: BJP plans to reach out to Muslim voters ahead of polls
New Delhi: In a bid to woo the Muslim population ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has prepared a roadmap to reach out to 3…
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UP assembly polls: BJP aims to secure 5000 Muslim votes per constituency
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party is set to launch an ambitious plan for Uttar Pradesh elections: to target 5,000 Muslim community votes in each assembly constituency. To secure Muslim community votes,…
- India
Is ‘love jihad’ being used to influence upcoming assembly polls in UP?
New Delhi: As the UP assembly polls are around the corner, the Hindu women’s safety has become a prime concern for some Hindutva groups in the state apparently to polarize the society…
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Adityanath’s fight in Assembly polls is with widows, orphans: Owaisi
Bahraich: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s “fight” in the Assembly elections next year is with widows and orphans, said AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday attacking the state government over the…
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BJP gearing up for assembly polls in five states next year
New Delhi: Top BJP leaders on Saturday discussed the preparations for the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa. Assembly elections in these states are slated for early next…
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SC to hear plea for action against COVID-19 protocol violation during Assembly polls, Kumbh mela
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Monday will hear the Public Interest Litigation filed by Noida-based Advocate-on-Record (AOR), Sanjai Kumar Pathak, seeking directions for strict enforcement of COVID-19 pandemic guidelines and…
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With ‘Metro man’ Sreedharan’s defeat, BJP fails to open an account in Kerala
Palakkad: ‘Metro man’ E Sreedharan, Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate from Kerala’s Palakkad and its undeclared Chief Ministerial face, has lost from Palakkad constituency, Election Commission said on Sunday. With Sreedharan’s defeat, BJP…
- India
Assembly election results: Counting of votes in 4 states, Puducherry today
New Delhi: The counting of votes will begin on Sunday for the high-stakes assembly polls in four states- Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and the union territory of Puducherry. All necessary…
- India
All set for counting of votes for Puducherry assembly polls
Puducherry: Puducherry is geared up for counting of votes for assembly elections on Sunday with adequate arrangements having been made in accordance with the COVID-19 protocols. The single-phase election for the 30…
- India
West Bengal: Voting begins for last phase of assembly polls
Kolkata: Amid surge in COVID-19 cases in the country, voting began on Thursday morning for the eighth and last phase of the ongoing assembly elections in West Bengal. As many as 283…
- India
Assembly polls: EC prohibits victory procession on counting day
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) prohibited victory procession after the counting of votes of state assembly elections on May 2 in wake of the surge in COVID-19 cases. “No victory procession…
- India
Assembly polls: EC bans victory processions after counting of votes amid COVID surge
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Tuesday banned all victory processions after counting of votes in states where assembly polls were held to check the spread of coronavirus. The counting of votes…
- India
West Bengal: Voting begins for seventh phase of assembly polls
Kolkata: Amid the massive surge in COVID-19 cases in the country, voting in 34 constituencies spread across five districts of West Bengal began at 7 am on Monday for the seventh phase…
- Politics
Congress, AIUDF shift candidates to Rajasthan to foil ‘possible horse-trading’ in Assam
Guwahati: To avoid “possible horse-trading by the BJP”, the Congress and its ally AIUDF on Friday sent at least 22 of their candidates in the just held Assembly polls to Congress-ruled Rajasthan in…
- India
EC debars Himanta Biswa Sarma from campaigning for 48 hrs
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Friday debarred Assam Minister and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma, from campaigning for ongoing Assam elections for 48 hours for his remark against Bodoland People’s Front…
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Assam polls: 80.96 per cent voting in 2nd phase according to updated figure
Guwahati: The final poll percentage for the second phase of assembly polls in Assam is 80.96 per cent, 1.03 per cent more than the first phase total of 79.93 per cent, election officials…
- Telangana
Telangana: List of 55K vacancies submitted to government
Hyderabad: The process of filling government positions is on the fast track. A list of the vacant positions has been submitted to Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar who in turn submitted a list…
- India
Voting begins for 1st phase of Assam assembly polls
ArrayGuwahati: The voting for the first phase of Assam assembly elections began on Saturday morning amid tight security, an official said. Men and women in large numbers queued up in front of…
- Elections
JP Nadda to visit TN today to campaign for Assembly polls
Chennai: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda will address public meetings in Tamil Nadu on Friday to boost the prospects of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates in the upcoming Assembly elections.…
- Technology
Twitter announces measures to protect India assembly polls
New Delhi: As the assembly polls in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry inch closer, Twitter on Wednesday said it is implementing significant product, policy, and enforcement updates to keep the…
- Politics
All eyes on Congress star campaigners list for assembly polls
New Delhi: The Congress is yet to release the list of its star campaigners for the assembly polls in which Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka are likely to be included. All eyes…
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EC announces polling dates for Kerala, TN, West Bengal, Assam, Puducherry
New Delhi: Voting for five assembly elections will begin on March 27, with West Bengal having the maximum eight phases continuing till April 29, while counting of votes for the four states and…
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Shiv Sena to contest West Bengal Assembly polls
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Udhhav Thackeray led Shiv Sena party has decided to contest the West Bengal Assembly Elections, party MP Sanjay Raut announced on Sunday. Raut said the decision was taken…
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Amit shah lunch at Bankura family a show-off: Mamata Banerjee
Bankura: Terming Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s recent visit to a tribal family in West Bengal’s Bankura, a “show-off”, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged that the lunch he had there…
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Mamata announces schemes ahead of assembly polls
Bankura: Ahead of the Assembly elections in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced schemes for redressing grievances of people at the block level and providing motorbikes to youths to help…
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Congress announces candidates for assembly by-polls in UP
New Delhi: Congress party on Friday announced candidates for by-polls to five assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh and one in Jharkhand. The five candidates from Uttar Pradesh are – Dr Kamlesh Singh from Naugawan Sadat, Sushil Chaudhri from Bulandshahr,…
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