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Congress is weaker than NCP, Shiv Sena, should not fight alone in Maharash
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): With Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole indicating that the party will contest the forthcoming polls alone and not as partners of Maha Vikas Aghadi Alliance,Union Minister Ramdas Athawale said that Congress is weaker than NCP and Shiv Sena and should avo
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Kerala BJP president denies offering Rs 10 lakh to CK Janu for contesting
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 3 (ANI): Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president K Surendran has denied the allegation that he gave Rs 10 lakh to Janathipathya Rashtriya Party (JRP) leader CK Janu to make her contest in the recently held assembly polls on behalf of National D
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Caitlyn Jenner announces she's contesting for California governor
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 23 (ANI): American reality TV star and former athlete Caitlyn Jenner on Friday (local time) that she is running for governor of California.
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81-year-old Rani Devi from Kanpur to contest UP Panchayat polls
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 7 (ANI): Showing immense grit and determination, an 81-year-old woman will be contesting the upcoming panchayat elections from Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district to ensure better facilities and development of her village.
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EVM in BJP candidate's car: CPI MP says incident brought autonomy of EC in
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): CPI MP Binoy Viswam wrote to the Chief Election Commissioner over the controversial incident involving an election official with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) who was found travelling in the vehicle of the BJP party member who is also contesting the elec
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Women in Kozhikode South constituency happy to see two female candidates c
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], March 21 (ANI) Women at Kozhikode South constituency were happy to see two female candidates contesting from their assembly seats and expected that issues related to women will be considered as they said that they did not feel safe here.
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SC agrees to hear PIL on providing details of candidates on EVMs and not j
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday refused to issue notice, but asked the petitioner, BJP leader and lawyer, Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, to serve a copy to the Attorney General (AG) K K Venugopal, on his plea seeking a direction to use the name, age, qualification and
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BJP's Tripura tribal wing hints at contesting TTAADC polls alone
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], March 9 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party's tribal wing Janajati Morcha in Tripura has hinted at contesting the April 4 Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) election on its own.
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TMC destroyed democracy in Darjeeling, Kalimpong districts since 2017: Raj
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], March 6 (ANI): After the TMC announced the names of 291 candidates contesting the Assembly election in West Bengal, Darjeeling MP Raju Bista released a statement accusing TMC of destroying democracy in Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts since 2017.
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After weeks of acrimony, polling for 37 seats of Pakistan's Senate underwa
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 3 (ANI): Polling for the 37 seats of Pakistan's Senate is underway via secret ballot as a total of 78 candidates are contesting from the federal capital and three provinces - Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
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No successor to Ahmed Patel for Congress in RS bypolls in Gujarat
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): The Congress is not contesting the Rajya Sabha bypolls from Gujarat and will not have a successor to late party leader Ahmed Patel from the state.
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Afghanistan's Saffron Diplomacy
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): Digging Deeper: The Afghan society and economy are witnessing some cumulative, yet, major transformations pertaining to its ever amplifying active participation of youth in the social, cultural, and political realms and its surging trade and commerce c
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