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BJP-led NDA will cross 400 seats in Lok Sabha polls: Hema Malini
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Actor-turned-politician Hema Malini on Saturday expressed confidence of BJP-led NDA getting over 400 seats in the Lok Sabha elections, saying that the target set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be fulfilled as the people are with the ruling alliance at the Centre
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Gambia parliament votes to reverse its landmark ban on Female Genital Muti
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Politicians in the West African nation's parliament voted 42 to four to advance the controversial bill, which would repeal a landmark 2015 ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) that made the practice punishable by up to three years in prison.
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Bihar: Lovely Anand, wife of gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan, joins
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Hours after the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) reached a seat-sharing agreement in Bihar for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, Lovely Anand, wife of gangster turned politician Anand Mohan, joined the Janata Dal (United) on Monday.
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Supreme Court grants bail to Mukhtar Ansari's son Abbas in arms license ca
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's son, Abbas Ansari in an arms license case.
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Try 'One Election, One Phase' before 'One Nation, One Election': Kamal Haa
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan took a dig at the central government over the announcement of the Lok Sabha poll dates by the Election Commission in seven stages, saying that before implementing the idea of 'One Nation, One Election', at least one election should be held in a single pha
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Odia actor Arindam Roy joins BJP, claims wasn't allowed to meet CM
Updated : 2 years ago IST
In a blow to the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) days ahead of the simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections in the state, popular Odia actor-turned-politician Arindam Roy joined the BJP on Friday.
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Netherlands: Geert Wilders to forgo premiership due to 'lack of support',
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Geert Wilders, the hard-right politician who won a surprising victory in the last Dutch elections, announced that he was willing to forgo becoming the prime minister of the Netherlands for now to increase chances of forming a 'right-wing' coalition, the New York Times reported.
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Supreme Court seeks MP leader Raghav's reply in alleged unnatural sex case
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Supreme Court has sought Madhya Pradesh politician Raghav and the state government's reply to a petition challenging the High Court order quashing proceedings against the leader in connection with an alleged unnatural sex case.
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"Brajwasi are with us; will help us cross 400 seat mark": BJP MP Hema Mali
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Speaking to ANI at the Viksit Bharat-Modi's Guarantee programme, the actor-turned-politician said, "The people of Mathura, "Brajwasi are with us, and they will 100 per cent help the BJP cross the 400-seat mark."
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Varanasi Court awards life term to gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansa
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari on Wednesday was awarded life imprisonment in a three-decade-old case by the MP/MLA Court in Varanasi. Additionally, the court has imposed a substantial fine of Rs 2 lakh and 2 thousand on the gangster.
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Birender Singh has been giving one ultimatum after another, says Dushyant
Updated : 2 years ago IST
"Ask Birender Singh first that it has been one year since he threatened to quit the party if they break the coalition. He has not left since last year. I don't think there is a politician like him in Haryana or the entire country. Just like Sunny Deol's movie where "Tarik pe Tarikh" (date af
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Actor Kamal Haasan joins DMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu, secures one seat
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM), the political party founded by actor-politician Kamal Haasan, has decided not to contest in the upcoming Lok Sabha (LS) election and instead support the DMK, a prominent political force in Tamil Nadu.
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