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ECI raises expenditure limit for candidates by 10 per cent
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 21 (ANI): Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced an increase in expenditure limit 10 per cent for candidates contesting Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
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BCCI AGM: Electoral Officer declares list of contesting candidates, Shukla
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI) With the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Electoral Officer on Saturday declaring the list of contesting candidates for the elections -- after no nomination application was withdrawn -- Rajiv Shukla is set to take over as the new vice presiden
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Woman from PoK contesting J-K DDC polls, says 'development is top priority
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 15 (ANI): Somia Sadaf, who was born in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) is among several female candidates contesting the first-ever District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Two women from modest backgrounds to contest GHMC election on TDP tickets
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], November 26 (ANI): Two women from modest backgrounds -- Farhana, wife of a cab driver, and Rekha, who irons clothes for a living, -- are contesting the upcoming Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) election on Telugu Desam Party (TDP) tickets.
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Kerala local body polls: BJP fields woman from Assam in CPI(M) stronghold
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kannur (Kerala) [India], November 22 (ANI): In the CPI(M) stronghold of Kannur, a woman from Assam, Munmi Gogoi is contesting local body polls as a BJP candidate.
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Congress has double standards on PAGD, says Haryana CM
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], November 21 (ANI): Slamming Congress for "adopting double standards", Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday said that while its Jammu and Kashmir unit claimed that they are not part of People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) but they are
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Trump showing 'incredible irresponsibility' by delaying transition process
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 20 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday said that President Donald Trump was showing "incredible irresponsibility" by contesting the results of the presidential election and delaying the beginning of a transition process.
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Congress capable of fighting BMC elections alone, says Ravi Raja
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 19 (ANI): Congress is capable of contesting Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections on its own, party leader Ravi Raja said on Thursday.
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UDF candidate K Girija Kumari dies after tree falls on her
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], November 11 (ANI): United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate K Girija Kumari who will be contesting in the upcoming local body polls died after a tree fell on her on Wednesday.
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Chirag burnt himself with his own lamp: Majhi
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], November 11 (ANI): Taking a dig at Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) President Chirag Paswan for contesting against the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the recently concluded Bihar Assembly election, Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi on Wednesday said h
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People want change, govt of the poor will be formed in Bihar: Subhashini R
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Madhepura (Bihar) [India], November 7 (ANI): Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) chief Sharad Yadav's daughter Subhashini Raj Rao, who is contesting as Congress candidate from Bihariganj, on Saturday said that people want change in Bihar and now a government of the poor will be formed.
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NDA, Mahagathbandhan may see division of votes due to presence of several
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 2 (ANI): The election campaign in Bihar has been at its peak for the past few days with hectic campaign by leaders of various parties and the scenario this time is quite different compared to 2015 with change in the composition of allies contesting under the banner
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