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BJP will repeat 2014 UP victory in WB; 'Mahagathbandhan' vision-less: Ram
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 20 (ANI): Backed by exit poll predictions, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on Monday said that his party will surprise political analysts with a performance in West Bengal similar to that of Uttar Pradesh in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
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Exit poll results are wrong, the opposition is winning: Tejashwi Yadav
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday termed the exit polls as a trick by the RSS-backed institutions and asked all his supporters to reject it, a day after these polls gave NDA a comfortable majority to return to power at the Centre a
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Russia declares unilateral ceasefire in Idlib
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 20 (ANI): Russia-backed Syrian government forces have unilaterally ceased fire in the northwestern Idlib province, the last major rebel-held territory, Moscow's defence ministry said on Sunday.
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2 BJP MPs back Godse, Shah does fire fight
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): With two BJP lawmakers fuelling further a raging controversy, BJP President Amit Shah on Friday stepped into do some fire fighting and hinted at disciplinary action after Union Minister Ananthkumar Hegde and another party MP from Karnataka Nalinkumar Katee
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My wife would never lie: Navjot Singh on wife's claim against Amarinder Si
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 17 (ANI): Punjab Minister and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu backed his wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu's claims that she was denied ticket due to state Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
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EC has one set of rules for opposition and another for ruling party: M K S
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu)[India], May 16 (ANI): Launching a scathing attack on the Election Commission of India for cutting short the campaign period in West Bengal, DMK chief M K Stalin on Thursday backed Trinamal Congress saying the EC has one set of rules for the opposition and another for
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Vijayvargiya urges EC to round up 'anti-social elements' backed by Mamata
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Wednesday lauded the Election Commission's decision to cut short the poll campaigning in West Bengal. He further urged the electoral body to round up all "anti-social elemen
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Asaduddin Owaisi backs Kamal Hassan's Hindu terrorist remark; supports KCR
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 14 (ANI): AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday backed actor-politician Kamal Hassan "first Hindu terrorist" remarks and said the person who shot dead the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi, should indeed be called a terrorist.
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Three-tier security arrangement for EVM, VVPAT machines: Haryana ADGP
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Panchkula (Haryana) [India], May 13 (ANI): A three-tier security arrangement, backed by CCTV, has been put in place for all EVMs and VVPAT machines used in the May 12 Lok Sabha election in Haryana, state Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Navdeep Singh Virk said on Monday.
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Rajiv Gandhi died due to their hatred: Ahmed Patel hits out at BJP
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for "abusing" former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and said Gandhi died due to the "hatred" of BJP-backed VP Singh government in 1991.
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Libya's GNA head Sarraj to meet with Macron in Paris
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], May 8 (ANI): In a bid to gather support in the European Union (EU) against Khalifa Haftar's offensive, Libya's UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez Sarraj, is poised to hold talks with French President Emmanuel Macron here on Wednesday.
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IPL 2019: Hetmyer, Gurkeerat shine as RCB register 4-wicket victory over S
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 5 (ANI): Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by four wickets in their Indian Premier League (IPL) clash here on Saturday, owing to a solid fourth-wicket partnership between Shimron Hetmyer and Gurkeerat Singh, backed by crucial bound
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