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Cong declares candidate for by-polls to Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Puducherry [India], Sept 28 (ANI): The Congress party on Saturday declared the list of candidates contesting in the upcoming bye-elections to the Legislative Assembly of Puducherry.
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BJP, SAD to contest Punjab assembly by-polls together: Malik
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Sept 27 (ANI): A day after the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) announced to contest Haryana assembly elections on its own, Punjab's BJP unit president Shwait Malik on Friday said the two parties would be contesting the assembly bye-elections together in the state.
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Two oldest allies, BJP and SAD to contest Assembly polls against each othe
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 26 (ANI): Two of the oldest allies of the National Democratic Alliance, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will contest the forthcoming Haryana Assembly polls against each other.
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Prithviraj Chavan should contest Satara LS by-poll: Cong leader Vijay Wade
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 26 (ANI): Congress leader and Maharashtra legislator Vijay Wadettiwar on Thursday said that former Union Minister Prithviraj Chavan should contest the ensuing Satara Lok Sabha bypoll.
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JDS to contest in all 15 constituencies alone: Kumaraswamy
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mysuru (Karnataka) [India], Sept 24 (ANI): Ahead of the upcoming bypolls in Karnataka, former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Tuesday here reiterated that his party will contest in all 15 constituencies by themselves.
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JD (U) chalks out strategy for Delhi polls, to contest all seats
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Sept 24 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister and JD (U) national president Nitish Kumar on Monday met party's Delhi president Dayanand Rai to chalk out a strategy for the Delhi Assembly elections, scheduled to be held next year.
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SC refuses to stay HC order allowing parents with over two children to con
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Sept 23 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with an Uttarakhand High Court order setting aside a law which forbade parents with over two children from contesting Panchayat elections.
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SC notice to Karnataka Speaker on disqualified MLAs' plea to contest bypol
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 23 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Karnataka Assembly Speaker on an interim plea of 17 disqualified Congress-JD(S) MLAs, seeking its directions to allow them to contest Assembly bypolls scheduled on October 21 in the state.
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DMK, Congress to contest their seats in TN, P'cherry bye polls
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sept 21 (ANI): The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and Congress will contest one seat each in Tamil Nadu in the coming Assembly bye-elections while Congress will contest the lone seat in Puducherry bye-poll.
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Congress might face tough time from rebels in bye-elections in Karnataka
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Sept 21 (ANI): With Election Commission announcing Assembly bye-elections in Karnataka, Congress may face a tough time from its own rebel MLAs, who were disqualified during the political crisis last month, and may contest the bye polls.
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Haryana polls: Congress asks ticket aspirants to declare on wearing Khadi
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], Sept 20 (ANI): Ahead of Assembly elections in Haryana, the Congress party has asked its cadres and contestants to declare in an application form that they do not take intoxicating substances and wear Khadi clothes.
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Parents with more than 2 children can contest panchayat polls, rules Uttar
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Nainital (Uttrakhand) [India], Sept 19 (ANI): In a setback to the state government, the Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday allowed parents with more than two children before July 25, 2019, to contest the panchayat elections.
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