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Under proposed new Bangladesh citizenship law, expats may contest local po
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Feb.9 (ANI): Bangladesh's Law Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday announced that the government will soon come out with a draft of new citizenship law that will allow Bangladeshi expatriates to take part in local government elections, but not lawmakers, president or a Su
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Would be an 'interesting contest' against Bangladesh: Kumble
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad [India], Feb. 8 (ANI): India might be having a dominant history against Bangladesh, especially in Test cricket, but head coach Anil Kumble feels that it would be an 'interesting contest' when the two sides face each other in the lone Test beginning Thursday.
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Jayalalithaa didn't even consider Sasikala worthy of contesting on ML
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Voicing her dissent against the elevation of Sasikala Natarajan as chief minister, expelled AIADMK MP Sasikala Pushpa on Tuesday asserted that late Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalaithaa had never even considered the former worthy of holding any poli
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Sasikala must ensure to contest, win elections within six months: CPI
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 7 (ANI): Refraining to make an outright remark at the appointment of VK Sasikala as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, the Communist Party of India (CPI) on Tuesday said the AIADMK General Secretary must ensure to contest and win election to secure a seat in the state
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SP running away from real issues: BJP on Azam Khan's remark
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 6 (ANI): Condemning the comparison of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with 'Ravana' by senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said that the former's party doesn't want the assembly elections to be contested
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Punjab Polls: Voting begins across 22, 615 polling stations for 117 consti
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Patiala [India], Feb. 4 (ANI): Polling began in Punjab amid heavy security on Saturday morning, with 1,145 candidates contesting across 117 seats, and will conclude at 5 p.m.
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Uttarakhand BJP expels 17 members ahead of assembly polls
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Feb. 1 (ANI): Ahead of the assembly polls in Uttarakhand, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday expelled 17 members from the party for six years for contesting elections against their own party candidates.
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ECI issues advisory to parties, candidates to open current accounts
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 1 (ANI): After the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to withdraw the limits imposed on cash withdrawals, The Election Commission of India (ECI) issued an advisory to all political parties and candidates contesting for assembly poll to open current accounts.
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ECI set to ask candidates to open current accounts
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 30 (ANI): After the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to withdraw the limits imposed on cash withdrawals, the Election Commission of India (ECI) will most likely advise the electoral candidates contesting for assembly polls to open current accounts.
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Sacked SP minister joins BSP, to contest from Ballia
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan. 29 (ANI): Former Samajwadi Party minister Narad Rai, who was sacked by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav following tit-for-tat expulsions of his loyalists from the party, on Sunday joined the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
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EC requests RBI to enhance withdrawal limits of candidates contesting poll
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 29 (ANI): The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday yet again requested the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to enhance the cash withdrawal limit of the candidates contesting elections in the five poll bound states of Punjab, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Manipur.
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BJP doesn't have guts to break alliance with Shiv Sena: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 28 (ANI): As the Shiv Sena called off its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and expressed desire to contest the Mumbai civic polls alone, the Congress Party on Saturday said the saffron party has no guts to break the alliance as it would crumble the prese
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