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NCC volunteers beat drums, shower flower petals to greet voters
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Baghpat (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 11 (ANI): National Cadet Corps (NCC) volunteers beat drums and showered flower petals to greet voters as they reached a polling station under the Baghpat Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday morning.
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Dantewada: Surrendered Naxals all set vote
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 11 (ANI): Many former Naxals who have surrendered before the government are all set to participate in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
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CEC urges people to vote in large numbers to 'strengthen democracy'
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 10 (ANI): The Election Commission of India on Wednesday appealed to people to vote in large numbers to strengthen democracy. The first phase of the Lok Sabha polls is scheduled to be held on Thursday.
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Yogi Aditynath accuses Congress of doing politics of appeasement
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Fatehpur Sikri (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 10 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday accused the Congress party of doing the politics of appeasement.
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Mufti, Omar take a jibe at Modi supporters over Pak PM's remarks
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 10 (ANI): Congress, PDP, National Conference, AAP and CPI (M) were among opposition parties who on Wednesday took a swipe at BJP after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan remarked that if his counterpart Narendra Modi wins the Lok Sabha polls, some kind of settlement
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From jail, Lalu calls upon people to chase off 'anti-reservation, anti-con
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Apr 10 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday called upon the people of the state to chase off alleged "anti-reservation and anti-Constitution" Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha polls.
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Winner Rahul went to Wayanad, I stayed in Amethi despite losing in 2014: I
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 10 (ANI): Union Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday said that Congress president Rahul Gandhi chose Wayanad as his first choice even as he won Amethi parliamentary constituency in 2014 but she chose to stick to the area despite losing the polls.
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Jaitley slams Oppn for alleging political vendetta in MP, Karnataka raids
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 10 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has hit out at the Opposition for alleging political vendetta behind Income Tax (IT) raids, claiming that an "institutional mechanism" of corruption prevails in Madhya Pradesh and funds were round-tripped for a "political purp
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LS polls: Border sealed, security heightened as Tripura West gears up to v
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Apr 10 (ANI): Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, adequate security measures have been taken for a peaceful election in Tripura West parliamentary constituency, said a senior police official.
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Another IPS officer transferred in Andhra Pradesh
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr 10 (ANI): The Election Commission has issued orders for the transfer of yet another IPS officer in Andhra Pradesh, just two days before the state is set to go for polls.
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Telangana: Security beefed up in Naxal hotbeds ahead of polls
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Apr 10 (ANI): In the wake of the impending Lok Sabha polls, security has been tightened in the state and special arrangements have been made by Telangana Police in Naxal-dominated areas of the state.
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Rahul can do 'ILU-ILU' with terrorists, but BJP government will give a bef
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Apr 9 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi can do 'ILU, ILU' with terrorists, but the BJP government will give a befitting reply to them, said BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday, while addressing an election rally here.
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