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Punjab elections: party-hoppers, turncoats take the centre stage
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 23 (ANI-NewsVoir): With less than two weeks left for the high-octane Punjab assembly polls; fear of turncoats playing spoilsport, is giving trouble to all major political parties. On one side, Congress is facing grave situation with 30 candidates going independent; on
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ANP asks Pak Govt to take parties into confidence over revival of military
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 23 (ANI): Addressing a large crowd of Pashtun supporters on the occasion of the death anniversaries of Khudai Khidmatgar Tehreek leader Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, and his son Khan Abdul Wali Khan, and days after a bomb blast claimed the lives of 25 people in Parchin
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Nepal: Major political parties agree on announcing poll dates
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Jan. 22 (ANI): The ruling Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) and main opposition parties have agreed on the announcement of the civic poll dates in three to four days, however, they stuck to their old stances on the Constitution Amendment Bill.
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Fate of Punjab's ageing leaders in hands of state's young voters
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan.19 (ANI): Young voters will decide the fate of ageing leaders Prakash Singh Badal and Captain Amrinder Singh who are the chief ministerial faces of two rival political parties - the Akali Dal and the Congress in Punjab this year.
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Opposition condemns Sangeet Som for showing 'riot' documentary a
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 19 (ANI): After Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Sangeet Som was booked for allegedly screening footage from the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots as part of a documentary in the crucial poll-bond Uttar Pradesh, Political parties like Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj par
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Not just SP but other political parties also see bright future in Akhilesh
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 19 (ANI): Rooting for Akhilesh Yadav as the chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh polls, Samajwadi Party leader Gaurav Bhatia on Thursday said not just their party, but other like-minded political parties also see a bright future in Akhilesh.
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Jallikattu row: Centre appeals to students, political parties to keep anti
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Jan. 18 (ANI): Union Minister for Road Transport and Shipping Pon Radhakrishnan on Wednesday appealed to students and political parties to keep anti-social elements at bay while protesting over the issue of the banning of the traditional practice of Jallikattu.
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Tripura tribal forms forum against Citizenship Bill
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura)[India], Jan. 18 (ANI): With just a year left for the assembly election in Left-ruled Tripura, two tribal-based political parties, Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT) and Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) have declared the formation of a new forum
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Grand alliance in UP will defeat pro-rich forces: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 17 (ANI): The Congress on Tuesday said it looks forward to a grand alliance in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh between the political parties working in the interest of the poor and farmers to defeat the forces favouring the rich and industrialists.
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BJP files complaint with EC against Rahul Gandhi for "hurting religio
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan. 13 (ANI): Days after the Election Commission warned all political parties from making statements based on religion or face stern action, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday filed a complaint with the poll panel against Congress vice president Rahu
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SC to hear plea seeking no tax exemption for political parties
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 11 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear the plea filedby advocate Manohar Lal Sharma seeking not to provide any tax relief to political parties.
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EC warns all political parties, says won't be "silent spectator&
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 10 (ANI): Ahead of the upcoming polls in five states, the Election Commission on Tuesday issued an advisory to all political parties calling on them to refrain from making statements based on religion, or face stern action.
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