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Bhabanipur by-polls: BJP's Priyanka Tibriwal to contest against Mamata Ban
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded Priyanka Tibriwal as its candidate in the upcoming Bhabanipur bypolls pitting her against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on September 30.
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UK PM Johnson to call on G7 leaders to step up support for Afghan people
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be calling on G7 leaders to step up support for Afghan people after the war-torn country fell into the hands of the Taliban last week, said British High Commission in India on Tuesday through an official statement. Read More
"US dependence on Pakistan against Taliban is a nightmare"
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 8 (ANI): The US dependence on Pakistan to negotiate a peace deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan is a gamble pitting hope against history.
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Gourav Vallabh thanks Congress for pitting him against Raghubar Das, says
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 17 (ANI): Congress national spokesperson Professor Gourav Vallabh on Sunday thanked the party and its workers for pitting his name against Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das from Jamshedpur East assembly seat for the upcoming assembly polls in the state.
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Poonam Sinha joins SP, to contest against Rajnath Singh from Lucknow
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)[India], Apr 16 (ANI): Poonam Sinha, wife of actor-politician Shatrugan Sinha on Tuesday joined the Samajwadi Party (SP), who is pitting her from Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow parliamentary constituency against Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
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Congress pits daughter against father in Andhra's Araku
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Araku (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Congress party on Sunday fielded Shruti Devi from Araku Lok Sabha constituency pitting her against her father Vairicharla Kishore Chandra Deo who left Congress to joined Telugu Desam Party (TDP) weeks ago.
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Sharp divisions in Opposition over PM candidate
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Over 20 non-BJP parties may have gotten together at a rally to project unity, but the issue of prime ministerial candidate remains a sticky one as various parties are pitting their own leaders for the coveted post.
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Manmohan Singh hits out at PM Modi for pitting Nehru against Patel
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], December 2 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Manmohan Singh on Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for pitting two great leaders, Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel, against each other.
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Sylvester Stallone sues Warner Bros. over fraud and 'dishonesty'
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Los Angeles [US], Apr. 13 (ANI): Pitting against a major Hollywood studio over the 1993 science-fiction movie 'Demolition Man', Sylvester Stallone is suing Warner Bros., claiming that the studio covered up how much money the film made and bilked his production company out of its fa
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Obama vetoes 9/11 lawsuit bill that allows families to sue Saudi Arabia
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington, DC [USA], Sept. 24 (ANI): President Barack Obama has vetoed a bill that would have allowed the families of 9/11 victims to sue the Government of Saudi Arabia, pitting him against the Congress.
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