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Dushyant Chautala renews offer of support to Cong, writes to Governor seek
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Amid the political crisis in Haryana brought on by the withdrawal of support to the BJP government by three Independent MLAs, former deputy chief minister and Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) supremo, Dushyant Chautala, wrote to Governor Bandaru Dattatreya on Thursday, seeking his urgent interv
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Chhattisgarh: BJP's Vijay Baghel eying 2nd consecutive win in Durg
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The BJP has once again reposed faith in its incumbent MP, Vijay Baghel, who, in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, won the Durg seat by a margin of around four lakh votes by trouncing its Congress rival Pratima Chandrakar. This time, the Congress has fielded Rajendra Sahu.
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Pakistan: Opposition boycotts Punjab assembly over wheat procurement polic
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Opposition members in the Punjab Assembly boycotted house proceedings on Friday to show solidarity with wheat growers. They also announced plans to launch a protest on Monday against what they termed the poor wheat procurement policy of the incumbent government.
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Karnataka Lok Sabha polls: Congress tries to appease SDPI for vote bank, s
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The BJP has named Brijesh Chowta, a former army officer and entrepreneur, as its replacement for incumbent Dakshina Kannada MP and former Karnataka BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel.
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Purnia constituency: Independent Pappu Yadav on hot seat against JDU, RJD
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Janata Dal (United) has fielded two-time incumbent sitting MP Santosh Kumar from the seat as part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
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Gautam Buddha Nagar constituency: BJP's incumbent MP Mahesh Sharma to face
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Gautam Buddha Nagar constituency will go to polls in the second phase on April 26 along with Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Aligarh, Mathura and Bulandshahr seats in Uttar Pradesh.
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Bernstein Report: As NDA eyes '400 paar', road to deliverance of promises
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
While the country is eyeing a change of guard at the Centre, with the first phase of polling already done to elect the 18th Lok Sabha, the optimism surrounding the incumbent government's performance has set the stage for high expectations, but a closer look at ground realities suggests that
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Tamil Nadu: BJP's Tamilisai Soundrajan casts her vote in South Chennai
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Soundararajan is pitted against DMK's incumbent MP Thamizhachi Thangapandian and AIADMK's J Jayavardhan.
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TN: Virudhunagar poised for fierce fight as incumbent Tagore pitted agains
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
As Tamil Nadu goes to the polls on April 19 for the 2024 Lok Sabha election, let's look at the contest at Virudhunagar constituency where the incumbent Congress MP B Manickam Tagore is pitted against two high profile candidates-actor and producer Radikaa Sarathkumar of the BJP; and V Vijaya
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US, China keenly await outcome of Solomon Islands polls
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
As voters cast their ballots for parliamentary elections on Wednesday, the first since the incumbent Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare signed a 'security pact' with China in 2022, the United States and China are keeping a close watch.
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Prudence versus populism, DBS on BJP and Congress election manifesto
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
As India is set to vote for a new government at the Centre, with the first of the seven phases of the election slated on Friday, the Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) has come out with a report analysing the poll promises made by the incumbent BJP-led government and the principal oppositio
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Chhindwara Lok Sabha seat: Nakul Nath to face BJP's Vivek Bunty Sahu on Co
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Chhindwara, one of the key Lok Sabha seat from Madhya Pradesh will witness the contest between the incumbent Congress MP Nakul Nath and BJP leader Vivek Bunty Sahu in the first phase of the General elections set to be held on April 19.
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