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Will decide on alliance with BJP for LS polls on Saturday: OP Rajbhar
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Om Prakash Rajbhar, UP minister and president of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP), on Tuesday said that he will take a decision on his party's course on an alliance with the BJP for Lok Sabha elections on Saturday.
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Over 25,000 ballot units for Nizamabad seats where 185 candidates are in f
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Nizamabad (Telangana) [India], Apr 2 (ANI): The Election Commission (EC) will use over 25,000 ballots units to conduct the Lok Sabha elections in Nizamabad, where 185 candidates are in the fray including Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's daughter Kalvak
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Ensure that examination dates do not clash with polling dates: DUSU Presid
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), April 2 (ANI): In the wake of ensuing Lok Sabha elections, Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) president Shakti Singh has written to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora, requesting him to issue advisory to all higher educational institutions across the nation
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JDS leader R Madan quits party
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Shimoga (Karnataka) [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Janata Dal (Secular) vice president for Thirthahalli Taluk, R Madan, resigned on Tuesday amid an alleged rift in the party.
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Poll officials seize Rs 6.65 lakh cash in Ramanathapuram
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Apr 2 (ANI): The Election Commission's Flying Squad on Tuesday seized over Rs 6.65 lakh cash from a vehicle during routine checking in Ramanathapuram.
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LS polls: CPM alleges MCC violations by BJP, writes to EC
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 2 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Tuesday shot off a letter to the Election Commission (EC) over what it called certain "brazen" violations of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), barely about a week before the 17th L
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Some 'Congress friends' conspired against removal of AFSPA, says Omar Abdu
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Welcoming as "better late than never" the Congress poll promise of amending the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said earlier "some friends" in the grand old party had "conspire
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Congress promises to launch probe into Rafale deal if elected to power
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 2 (ANI): The Congress on Tuesday promised to initiate an investigation into the alleged irregularities in the Rafale deal if the party is voted to power in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.
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Congress promises to amend AFSPA Act if voted to power
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 2 (ANI): The Congress, which released its election manifesto on Tuesday, promised to amend the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or the AFSPA, that grants special powers to the Indian armed forces in 'insurgency-hit areas', if the party came to power after the ensui
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Rahul Gandhi contesting from Wayanad will get Kerala national recognition:
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Apr 2 (ANI): All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Oommen Chandy on Monday said Kerala will get recognition at the national level as Congress President Rahul Gandhi is set to contest Lok Sabha elections from Wayanad parliamentary constituency in the st
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Janta maaf nahi karegi: BJP unveils advertisement targetting Congress
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 2 (ANI): As political climate heats up in the country in the run-up to the 17th Lok Sabha polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday unveiled an advertisement titled 'Janta maaf nahi karegi (people will not forgive)' which was one of the popular electoral sl
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Rahul Gandhi's decision to contest LS polls from Wayanad will help BJP: CP
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Wayanad (Kerala) [India], Apr 2 (ANI): CPI leader PP Suneer on Monday said that Congress president Rahul Gandhi's decision to contest from Wayanad seat in upcoming Lok Sabha election will help BJP. However, Suneer claims that the only contest in the region is between LDF and UDF.
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