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Direct political parties to stop using the services for political gains: E
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 12 (ANI): A group of retired officers of the Army, Navy and Air Force has written a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind, urging him to urgently direct all political parties to stop using the services to further their political agenda.
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LS polls: RJD, Congress may contest as rivals from Bihar's Madhubani
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Madhubani (Bihar) [India], April 12 (ANI): Former union minister and Congress leader Shakeel Ahmad might contest from Madhubani parliamentary constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
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Lok Sabha elections: 72.19% polling recorded in Jammu
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 12 (ANI): Peaceful and incident free polling was conducted in two of the total six constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir which went to polls in first phase of elections on Thursday.
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Violence mars polls in Andhra Pradesh
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 12 (ANI): Polling in Andhra Pradesh was marred with violence, as multiple clashes broke out between workers of Telugu Desam Party and YSR Congress across the state.
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First phase of polling remains peaceful; WB, Tripura witness over 80 pc vo
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 11 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) said that the first phase of polling for the Lok Sabha elections ended in a "peaceful manner" on Thursday barring a few incidents of clashes. West Bengal and Tripura witnessed over 80 per cent voter turnout till 5 pm.
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72.16 % polling in Jammu and over 35 % in Baramulla in J-K.
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Apr 11 (ANI): In the first phase of polling in Jammu and Kashmir, 72.16 per cent of polling took place for the Jammu parliamentary constituency while over 35 per cent polling was witnessed for the Baramulla parliamentary constituency.
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Twitter lights up with poll day tweets; 1.2 mn tweets recorded on April 11
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), April 11 (ANI): Conversations and debates on elections filled Twitter on Thursday with the social media platform recording over 1.2 million tweets related to the Lok Sabha elections on a single day on 11 April, as the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections ended with pe
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Manipur records highest polling percentage at 78.20 per cent in first phas
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Apr 11 (ANI) : In the first phase of polling for the Lok Sabha elections Manipur recorded the highest polling percentage at 78.20 per cent (upto 5 pm), followed by Assam at 68 per cent, Lakshadweep at 65.9 per cent, Meghalaya at 62 per cent, Telangana 60.57 per cent fol
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Clashes between TDP and YSRCP workers mar polling in Andhra Pradesh
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Amravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr 11 (ANI): Violence marred polling in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday, which claimed the life of one Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader - S Bhaskar Reddy, while many others were injured in the poll-related clashes.
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Just like Indira Gandhi, PM Modi too deserves credit for giving befitting
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Mahasamund (Chhattisgarh) [India], Apr 11 (ANI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should be given credit for giving befitting reply to Pakistan just like the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was praised for the 1971 war and dividing Pakist
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Security personnel resort to aerial firing in Shamli
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Shamli (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 11 (ANI): Security personnel had to fire shots in the air after a few people tried to cast their vote without proper identification cards at a polling booth in Shamli on Thursday.
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TDP leader S Bhaskar Reddy killed in clashes in AP
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Anantapuram (Andhra Pradesh)[India], Apr 11 (ANI): While the state is busy in polling amidst the first phase of the Lok Sabha Elections, a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader got killed during clashes in Tadipatri town here on Thursday.
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