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Exit polls predict huge win for NDA in Maharashtra, Jharkhand
Voting in Maharashtra and Jharkhand concluded on Wednesday at 6 pm. Exit polls have predicted a close contest between the BJP-led alliance, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) in…
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Maharashtra records 45.53 pc voter turnout till 3 pm
Mumbai: Maharashtra recorded a voter turnout of 45.53 percent till 3 pm as polling was underway in all 288 Assembly constituencies of the state, election officials said. Gadchiroli district recorded 62.99 percent…
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Polling begins in Maharashtra assembly elections
Mumbai: Polling began Wednesday morning in the Maharashtra assembly elections, where the ruling BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is vying to retain power and the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) combine is hoping for a…
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Fadnavis questions veracity of Anil attack; ‘reminds Rajinikanth movie scenes’
Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday used a Rajinikanth movie analogy to pick holes in circumstances surrounding the stone attack on ex-home minister Anil Deshmukh, saying the “entire story” seems…
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‘Stone me or shoot me, won’t spare anyone,’ says Anil Deshmukh after discharge
Nagpur: Former Nationalist Congress Party (SP)’s home minister Anil Deshmukh was discharged from a private hospital a day after he was injured in a potentially fatal stone-pelting incident last night. As soon…
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Seizures cross Rs 1000 crore mark in ongoing elections and bypolls: EC
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday said that seizures in the ongoing elections to the State Legislative Assemblies of Maharashtra and Jharkhand, and bypolls have crossed the Rs 1000 crore mark.…
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PM Modi gifts Kolhapur-made ‘panchamrit kalash’ to Nigerian President
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday gifted Nigerian president Bola Ahmed Tinubu a ‘Silofar Panchamrit Kalash’. The conventional craftwork in the form of a ‘metal pot’ represents the traditional craftsmanship…
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Maharashtra polls: The voter has his task cut out—no issues, only Hindutva
Decades ago, I had asked a senior politician why elections could not be fought on primary issues. In the conversation I listed, say a promise to provide clean drinking water to each…
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YouTuber Dhruv Rathee challenges politicans to improve State
Popular YouTuber Dhruv Rathee tagged Aditya Thackeray of Shiv Sena (Thackeray faction) and challenged him to make Maharashtra stronger and developed. Rathee recently uploaded a video explaining the concept of the “Mission…
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Nobody should take Rahul Gandhi seriously: Nitin Gadkari
Nagpur: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said that nobody should take Congress leader Rahul Gandhi seriously, and asserted that people of Maharashtra will repose trust in the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in…
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Ahead of Maharashtra polls, Sharad Pawar’s bags checked in Baramati
Pune: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar’s bags were checked by the poll personnel at Baramati helipad in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Sunday morning, according to his associate. Pawar was on way to…
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‘Congress has highest respect for Balasaheb Thackeray’: Priyanka
Ahmednagar: Scotching all speculations among allies, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday declared that despite the party’s ideological differences with the (undivided) Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray, the Congress has…
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Punjab Police arrest man in Baba Siddique murder case
Chandigarh: Punjab Police’s Anti Gangster Task Force (AGTF) in a joint operation with Maharashtra Police on Saturday apprehended a Fazilka-based man in connection with the Baba Siddique murder case. Siddique was shot…