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Pak's former PM barred from leaving country
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Feb 6 (ANI): Pakistan's former Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani, has been barred from leaving the country due to the ongoing National Accountability Bureau (NAB) case against him.
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SC asks Election Commission to file reply on petition concerning EVM
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Supreme Court on Monday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to file its reply in four weeks and has fixed a date after six weeks for final disposal of a petition filed by a journalist, challenging the involvement of private players in checking EVMs
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Opposition parties visit EC, demand 50 per cent vote counting through pape
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Opposition parties led by Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday visited the Election Commission and requested the poll body to make mandatory the count of half of the votes of all electronic voting machines (EVMs) through paper trails.
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Kolkata episode echoes in Parliament, both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha not a
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi, Feb 4 (ANI) The face-off between the West Bengal government and the Centre echoed in Parliament which failed to function on Monday due to intense slogan-shouting and disruptions caused by various Opposition parties, particularly the Trinamool Congress.
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Farhan Akhtar flies to UK for launch of debut album ‘Echoes’
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai [Maharashtra], Feb 4 (ANI): Farhan Akhtar is all set to launch his debut album ‘Echoes’ and has flown to London, UK for it.
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Anything can happen in country until EC announces poll dates: Nitish Kumar
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, whose party JD(U) is an NDA ally, maintained a neutral stance on Monday over the tussle between the West Bengal government and the Centre, remarking that he does not comment on such issues.
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BJP delegation meets EC over West Bengal row
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 4 (ANI) A BJP delegation including Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Rajya Sabha MP Bhupendra Yadav met the Election Commission on Monday over the ongoing political slugfest in West Bengal.
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22 opposition parties to urge ECI to replace EVMs with ballot papers for c
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 4 (ANI): As many as 22 opposition parties will meet the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday, seeking the replacement of electronic voting machines (EVMs) with ballot papers for conducting the coming Lok Sabha polls, TMC leader and Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien
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TMC, 21 other Opposition parties to move ECI over EVM tampering issue
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 4 (ANI): For voicing their concern against the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, 22 opposition parties, including the Trinamool Congress (TMC), will visit the Election Commission on Monday.
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Memorandum signed by all Opposition parties to be submitted to EC: Mamata
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Amidst high political drama in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is currently on 'Save the Constitution' dharna, said that a memorandum has been signed by all the Opposition parties which will be submitted to the Election Commissi
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BJP to approach EC against Mamata Govt for blocking its rallies
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 3 (ANI): A delegation of senior BJP leaders will meet the Chief Election Commissioner on Monday to complain about the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government for blocking rallies of BJP leaders.
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Mamata defends Kolkata top cop, accuses BJP of 'political vendetta'
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Feb 03 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday defended Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar, who recently came under scrutiny after skipping a meeting with the Election Commission of India (ECI) and accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (B
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