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Will form government in K'taka within 24 hours if we win 22 LS seats: Yedd
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Belagavi (Karnataka) [India], March 11 (ANI): Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president BS Yeddyurappa has said that if his party wins 22 seats in the Lok Sabha elections, they will form a government in the state within 24 hours of having secured the votes.
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Kerala CEO Meena urges political parties not to invoke Sabarimala issue du
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Mar 11 (ANI): Kerala Chief Electoral Officer T R Meena on Monday urged political parties not to use Sabarimala issue in their elections campaign and action will be taken if anybody violated Model Code of Conduct (MCC) which came into effect after Election
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Bragging not required on surgical strikes: KTS Tulsi
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 11 (ANI): Congress Rajya Sabha MP and senior lawyer KTS Tulsi on Monday said that surgical strikes are amiss if the objective for peace on the borders is not attained.
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I will not contest Lok Sabha elections, says NCP chief Sharad Pawar
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 11 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar announced on Monday that he will not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
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Polling percentage of Muslims will increase during Ramzan, controversy unn
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 11 (ANI): AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday asked political parties not to create controversy on the issue of holding Lok Sabha polls during Ramzan and said there will be greater participation of Muslim community in the democratic exercise dur
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Air strike was decisive step showing India can go to any extent fighting t
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Union Minister VK Singh on Monday said that the IAF strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed camp in Pakistan's Balakot on February 26, was a decisive step and paradigm shift reflecting that India can go to any extent to fight terrorism.
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Decision against simultaneous polls in J-K indicates 'failure' of Modi gov
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 11 (ANI): BSP supremo Mayawati on Monday said the decision against holding Assembly polls along with Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir indicated the "failure" of the Kashmir policy of the Narendra Modi government.
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Markets rally after Lok Sabha elections announcement
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 11 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices rallied in early trading on Monday after some poll predictions showed the ruling NDA alliance is likely to come close of winning a simple majority in Parliament following the general elections beginning on April 11.
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Air Strike, interim budget will benefit BJP in LS polls: Psephologist Bhaw
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 11 (ANI): Psephologist Bhawesh Jha on Sunday opined that air strike carried out by the Indian Air Force in Pakistan and the interim budget presented by the central government will benefit the BJP in upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
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EC appoints 3 former civil servants as special observers for LS polls in J
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 11 (ANI): Election Commission on Sunday appointed three former civil servants Amarjit Singh Gill (IPS 1972 Batch, Former DG, CRPF), Noor Mohammad (IAS 1977), and Vinod Zutshi (IAS 1982) as special observers for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
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cVIGIL to keep tab on violators of Model Code of Conduct during LS polls
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi (India), March 10 (ANI): In order to empower citizens in the Lok-Sabha polls 2019, the Election Commission (EC) has introduced cVIGIL app at pan India level whereby citizens can record on his mobile any violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) and send it to the election autho
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UP government makes key appointments ahead of LS poll schedule announcemen
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 10 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday swiftly announced the names of top office holders in various commissions, councils, and corporations, hours ahead of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections came into effe
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