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Mamata slams EC's 'unfair', 'politically biased' decision
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): Hours after the Election Commission curtailed election campaign period in West Bengal for the final phase of Lok Sabha elections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused the poll body of acting at the behest of BJP and termed the decis
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Campaigning in WB to end tomorrow after EC's unprecedented action
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): In an unprecedented action, the Election Commission on Wednesday cut short the campaign period in West Bengal by a day for the final phase of Lok Sabha elections in view of the violence during BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow on Tuesday.
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'The Hundred': Squads for eight teams to be announced on October 20
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], May 15 (ANI): The squads for eight teams for the upcoming tournament "The Hundred" will be finalised on October 20, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Wednesday.
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TMC delegation meets EC, submits proof of BJP's hand in Amit Shah's roadsh
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): A Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation on Wednesday met the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday and submitted "evidence" to show that violence seen during BJP president Amit Shah's Kolkata roadshow on Tuesday was perpetrated by BJP workers.
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CPM says vandalisation of Vidyasagar's bust 'despicable', demands EC probe
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Wednesday strongly condemned the vandalisation of the bust of 19th-century social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar and demanded the Election Commission to launch an investigation into the violent clashes
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HC disposes of plea against Haasan over his remark on Godse
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Delhi High Court on Wednesday disposed of a petition filed against actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan over his controversial remark that Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse was a 'Hindu terrorist.'
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EC to hold meeting with WB observers on poll violence today
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 15 (ANI): Election Commission will hold a meeting with West Bengal observers on poll violence in the state at 11.30 am today via video conferencing.
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EC issues notice to Congress' Sanjay Nirupam for MCC violation
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday issued a notice to Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam for prima facie violation of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) in a speech he delivered in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi.
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EC seeks response from three media for displaying poll results survey
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) has received complaints against three media houses with respect to displaying poll surveys, predicting results of Lok Sabha elections, the poll body said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Meet Alexa Guard, the smartest house guard by Amazon
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
California [USA], May 14 (ANI): As homes turn smarter, the need to protect them also increases. To address the concern of smart homeowners when they leave their abode all by itself, Amazon has introduced Alexa Guard.
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Clashes in Amit Shah's roadshow: BJP urges EC to bar Mamata from poll-camp
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): The BJP on Tuesday urged the Election Commission of India to bar West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from campaigning in the last and final phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections alleging a breakdown of constitutional machinery on the state.
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BJP leader moves Delhi HC over Kamal Haasan's 'first Hindu terrorist' rema
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court seeking direction from Election Commission (EC) to take action against actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan, who stoked controversy by referring Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse as t
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