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Heavyweights cast vote in seventh phase of Lok Sabha polls
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Patna/Gorakhpur/Kolkata [India], May 19 (ANI): With polling for seventh phase of elections underway in 59 parliamentary constituencies of the country, many political heavyweights voted in their respective constituencies.
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Delhi: Leaders queue-up as voters seal their fate in sixth phase of pollin
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): With voting for the sixth phase underway in Delhi, many prominent leaders including Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, former chief minister Sheila Dikshit and BJP state president Manoj Tiwari exercised their democratic
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EC not strict against leaders using derogatory language for women: Mayawat
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 11 (ANI): Continuing bitter criticism of the Congress party, BSP supremo Mayawati on Saturday alleged that the party's government in Rajasthan attempted to suppress the case of gang-rape with a Dalit woman in Alwar till elections in the state. The form
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Washington: Activists, politicians voice concern over human rights violati
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 5 (ANI): Human Rights activists and politicians have shown concern over the growing state-run violations of human rights in Sindh and other provinces of Pakistan at a seminar here on Saturday.
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RBI governor, politicians, celebrities, Anil Ambani cast ballot
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Apr 29 (ANI): RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, industrialist Anil Ambani, several politicians and celebrities on Monday thronged polling stations to exercise their franchise in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections.
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Himachal village boycotts polls; demands road
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Apr 23 (ANI): Residents of Laharu Teeka village of Naura Panchayat have decided to boycott the Lok Sabha elections unless roads are built in their village. Villagers have put up several banners around the village urging politicians not to come askin
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Apply mind before you speak: Defence Minister's advise to politicians on s
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 17 (ANI): Empathising with BJP candidate and actor Jaya Prada, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said political leaders should apply their minds before they speak about women-related issues.
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Personal remark on female politicians, a trend refusing to die
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 15 (ANI): When they can't outwit powerful women fair and square, they use offensive language in a vain attempt at trying to put them down. That is the current dichotomy of politics in India, where personal and insensitive remarks on women have become an integral par
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Youth of braveheart soldier's village in Sambhal appeals politicians to no
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 14 (ANI): Just nine days ahead of Lok Sabha polls in Sambhal parliamentary constituency, the youth of slain soldier Sudesh Kumar's Pansukha Milak village has appealed politicians to not politicise the Army as it demoralises them.
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Kaila Devi temple: Mulayam Singh Yadav's lucky charm
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 13 (ANI): To win elections politicians leave nothing to chance. There are many religious places as well which are known for their importance in politics. Maa Kaila Devi Mandir in Sambhal district is one such place.
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PM Modi covers 22,000 km election travel during Navratras
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 13 (ANI): With temperature soaring- both literally and figuratively with the daily war of words between politicians, leaders had a difficult time to maintain the usual schedule during Navratra fasts.
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PIL seeking ban on Farooq, Omar, Mehbooba from LS polls dismissed
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 12 (ANI): A plea seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to ban Jammu and Kashmir politicians Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti from participating in the Lok Sabha elections was 'dismissed as withdrawn' by another bench of Delhi Hig
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