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Ahead of LS polls, Odisha gets 24-hr control room to monitor unaccounted c
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Mar 12 (ANI): The Odisha government on Tuesday set up a 24-hour control room at the Income Tax department in Bhubaneswar to facilitate quick inflow of information regarding the movement of cash during the Lok Sabha elections.
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Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil's son Sujay to join BJP today
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 12 (ANI): In an embarrassment to the Congress party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Maharashtra's Leader of Opposition Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil's son Sujay is all set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today.
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Discussion about Ramzan and elections totally disgusting: Javed Akhtar
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 12 (ANI): Veteran lyricist-screenwriter Javed Akhtar on Tuesday said that he finds the discussion about Ramzan coinciding with the Lok Sabha elections "totally disgusting".
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BJP betrayed people of Delhi, its manifesto won't have demand for full sta
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi (India), March 11 (ANI): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has alleged that BJP has betrayed the people of Delhi and its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections will not have the demand for the full statehood for Delhi.
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Modi stands exposed, not going to be PM for second term: Digvijaya Singh
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Mar 11 (ANI): Expressing confidence over the Congress winning in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, senior party leader Digvijaya Singh on Monday asserted that Narendra Modi is not going to become the Prime Minister for the second term.
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Pawar not contesting LS poll is first victory for us, says BJP leader Subh
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 11 (ANI): The decision of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar to not contest the ensuing Lok Sabha elections is the first victory for us, said BJP leader Subhash Deshmukh here on Monday.
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Political parties in West Bengal meet EC officials, discuss LS poll-relate
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Mar 11 (ANI): Representatives of various political parties on Monday met the officials of State Election Commission (EC) here to discuss issues related to the ensuing Lok Sabha elections, slated to be held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19.
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Yogi Adityanath donates over Rs 2.5 lakh to BJP's 'Samarpan Kosh'
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Uttar Pradesh [India], Mar 11 (ANI): A day after the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the dates for the 17th Lok Sabha elections, commencing from April 11, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday donated a huge amount of Rs 2.51 lakh from his salary to the BJP’s ‘S
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Elections have been held during Ramzan in past too: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi (India), March 11 (ANI): Amid a controversy over Lok Sabha poll dates coinciding with Ramzan, senior BJP leader and Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said that in the past also elections have been held during the Muslim holy period.
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Lok Sabha polls: Sharad Pawar won't contest, grand nephew Parth to be laun
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 11 (ANI): In a surprise announcement, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar said on Monday that he will not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, less than a month after declaring that he would enter the poll fray.
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EC can't expect Muslims to queue up in scorching heat of May-June to vote:
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Amravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Mar 11 (ANI): AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh that it is unfair on the part of the Election Commission to expect Muslims who will be on fast during the month of Ramzan, to queue up and wait for hours under the scorching heat of May-June to exe
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Full month cannot be excluded : EC on Lok Sabha polls coinciding with Ramz
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi (India), Mar 11 (ANI): Amid the uproar over ensuing Lok Sabha elections being held during the holy month of Ramzan, Election Commission (EC) has clarified that polls are conducted as a full month cannot be excluded from conducting polls.
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