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SC should take note of politicians speaking language of hate: Manoj Jha
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 14 (ANI): Welcoming the Supreme Court's decision of requiring all political parties to publish details of criminal cases against candidates in parliamentary and Assembly elections, RJD leader Manoj Jha has said that politicians speaking the language of hate must also b
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Congress welcomes SC directions to parties to list candidates with crimina
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): The Congress on Thursday welcomed the directions of the Supreme Court towards decriminalising politics and said it was the vindication of a stance of party leader Rahul Gandhi.
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Kapil Sibal welcomes SC's directive to political parties to publicise cand
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court's direction to political parties to upload on their websites the reasons for selecting candidates with criminal antecedents.
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List candidates' criminal records on websites, social media: SC directs po
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): Taking note of the "alarming increase" in the number of candidates having criminal antecedents in the last four general elections, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed all the political parties to upload on their websites within 48 hours the details of crim
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SC directs political parties to list candidates' criminal records on websi
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday directed all political parties to upload on their websites the details of criminals records against their candidates in Parliamentary and Assembly elections, along with the reasons for the selection of those with criminal anteced
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Tej Pratap Yadav coins new slogan for Bihar elections
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Feb 13 (ANI): RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav on Wednesday coined a new slogan to promote his younger brother Tejashwi Yadav as the chief ministerial candidate of RJD for Bihar Legislative Assembly election 2020.
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AP decides to amend Panchayati Raj Act, three-year jail for corrupt practi
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Feb 12 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh government on Wednesday decided to make changes in the state Panchayati Raj Act and any candidate found guilty of luring voters will face a punishment of three years in jail, state transport minister Perni Venkatramaiah said on
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SC rejects plea by 11 Independent candidates against nomination rejection
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea filed by eleven Independent candidates who could not file nomination papers from New Delhi constituency in the Assembly elections.
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There was a shift in Delhi elections as people voted for winning candidate
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Feb 12 (ANI): Following party's drubbing in assembly polls, Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Wednesday asserted that his party had received more votes than Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in 2019 Lok Sabha elections but in assembly elections, Delhiites have chosen a can
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Democrat Andrew Yang ends 2020 presidential bid
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Feb 12 (ANI): Andrew Yang, the tech-savvy Democratic presidential candidate, who ran on a platform advocating universal basic income and warning against the threats of artificial intelligence, suspended his presidential campaign on Tuesday (local time).
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Delhi Assembly Polls: AAP's Bhupinder Singh Joon wins from Bijwasan by low
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 12 (ANI): Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party won the Assembly polls in Delhi with a massive mandate with some of the candidates winning from their respective seats by huge margin but there were constituencies where there was a neck-to-neck fight between contestants an
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Subash Chopra resigns as Delhi Congress chief following party's drubbing i
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 11 (ANI): Congress leader Subhash Chopra on Tuesday resigned from the position of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president following party's debacle in the Assembly polls in which it drew a blank and 63 out of 66 of its candidates forfeited their deposit.
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