Lok Sabha election
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Politics
Won Amethi because I did not treat people as vote bank: Irani
Kolkata: Union Minister for Textiles and Women and Child Development, Smriti Irani, said that her win from Amethi became possible because she did not treat the citizens as her vote…
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India
Rahul Gandhi to visit Amethi on July 10
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi, who has stepped down as the Congress President, will visit Amethi on Wednesday for the first time after he was defeated in his traditional Lok Sabha…
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Several Congress leaders resign in support of Rahul
New Delhi: Several leaders of the Congress have resigned from their posts to give Rahul Gandhi a free hand to choose a new team in the wake of the Lok…
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Varanasi will develop further, says Amit Shah
Varanasi: BJP President Amit Shah on Monday pledged to develop Kashi further in the next five years following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s spectacular victory in the Lok Sabha election from…
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After election drubbing, JD(S) asks members to not engage with media
Bengaluru: Following the massive defeat faced by Janata Dal (Secular) and Congress alliance in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, JD(S) working president MS Narayan Rao issued a circular to party…
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Bangalore News
Lok Sabha election results a decisive snub to dynastic politics: SM Krishna
Bengaluru: Former External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Friday termed the Lok Sabha election results a “decisive snub” to “dynastic politics” and said that Congress has now been reduced to…
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Top Stories
LS results: Prakash Raj says ‘a solid slap on my face’ as the BJP leads in the counting
New Delhi: Actor Prakash Raj, who contested as an independent candidate from Bengaluru Central Lok Sabha constituency, on Thursday described his defeat as “a solid slap on my face”. “A…
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Technology
Google showing poll results live across its platforms
NEW DELHI: Google on Thursday brought live Lok Sabha election results for the first time across its platforms – Search, YouTube and Google Assistant. The company said it was showing…
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Deoband: Special namaz for a ‘favourable result’
MEERUT: Senior clerics at the influential Darul Uloom Deoband Islamic seminary made an appeal for special prayers for “favourable results” on May 23. Voting for the long-winded seven-phased general elections…
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Crime and Accident
Nalanda: Villagers boycott polls, smash EVM
Nalanda: Shouting “no road, no vote”, a group of villagers in Bihar’s Nalanda district on Sunday boycotted polling and smashed an electronic voting machine (EVM). They also damaged the vehicle…
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India
“Impressed, we don’t have these in Australia”: Envoy on EVMs
New Delhi: The Australian High Commissioner to India, who is here to observe the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, praised the Election Commission for a “well-organized and orderly” election as 59…
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If ‘Modi govt’ formed, India will be free from ‘immigrant problems’: Amit Shah
Dhanbad: BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday attacked Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his party for being defenders of the illegal immigrants in the country and promised that if ‘Modi…
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India
Sonia Gandhi conducts ‘hawan’ before filing nomination
Rae Bareli: United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Thursday conducted a ‘hawan’ before filing her nomination for the Lok Sabha elections from Rae Bareli. Congress president Rahul Gandhi…
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Crime in Hyderabad
LS polls: Rs 1.90 crore seized in Andhra Pradesh
Krishna: The Andhra Pradesh state police has seized Rs 1.90 crore in cash from a lorry carrying cement bags, in Vijayawada Rural, Krishna district. The lorry driver has been detained…
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Politics
BJP manifesto is nothing but ‘new jumlas’: Sibal
New Delhi: A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its ‘Sankalp Patra’ for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Tuesday slammed the BJP manifesto…
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Pro-Modi slogans raised after Rahul said he ‘loves PM’
Pune: Slogans in favour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi were raised at an event organized for Congress president Rahul Gandhi here on Friday. Gandhi interacted with students of different institutions.…
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Vadra slams BJP for ‘ignoring’ Advani
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi brother-in-law Robert Vadra on Friday accused BJP of “ignoring” veteran leader LK Advani after the party’s denied a ticket to 91-year-old in the upcoming…
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I am being stopped from contesting Lok Sabha election: Hardik Patel
Ahmedabad: After the Gujarat High Court on Friday rejected his plea seeking suspension of his conviction in a rioting case, following which he would not be able to contest the…
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BJP ‘most casteist party’ should not give us lessons on Lohia: Akhilesh Yadav
Lucknow: Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks on Ram Manohar Lohia as an “election gimmick”, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday alleged BJP, the “most casteist party” in the…
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UPA will reserve 33% government jobs for women: Rahul
Chennai: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the UPA will reserve 33 per cent government jobs for women and pass the Women’s Reservation Bill giving 33 per cent of…
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India
FIR filed agianst RLSP MP for violating MCC
Sitamarhi: A complaint has been filed against Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) MP Ram Kumar Sharma in a police station of Bihar’s Sitamarhi for allegedly violating the Model Code of…
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Political parties welcome LS poll announcement, urge people to vote in a large number
New Delhi: With the announcement of Lok Sabha election schedule, leaders cutting across political lines on Sunday urged the people to exercise their democratic right in large number. “The festival…
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Priyanka, Jyotiraditya hold meeting to strategise on LS polls
New Delhi: Congress general secretaries for Uttar Pradesh east and west, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Jyotiraditya Scindia, held a meeting with the state’s Congress chief Raj Babbar on Thursday to…
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#GoBackModi trends globally ahead of PM’s Tamil Nadu visit
CHENNAI: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit to Tamil Nadu to attend the foundation-laying ceremony of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), protests erupted not just in India,…
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