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Faizabad/Ayodhya: In birthplace of Ram Lalla, BJP, SP battle for poll swee
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
For decades a sleepy town that came into the national spotlight only in the wake of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement of 1980, the now infamous Rath Yatra taken out by BJP stalwart Lal Krishna Advani on October 30, 1990 to push for a Ram Temple in Ayodhya and the police firing on Kar Sevaks ju
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"Would have made Hirak Rani": Amit Shah invokes Ray classic to take epic d
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Addressing a public meeting in the Hooghly district on Wednesday, ahead of the fifth phase of polling in Bengal on May 20, Shah said the legendary filmmaker would have helmed a sequel to 'Hiraj Rajar Deshe' titled 'Hirak Rani', if he were alive today.
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"Kashmiris want to move ahead with ballot, not bullet": BJP's Tarun Chugh
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir (J-K), which voted in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 13 (Monday), recorded a voter turnout of around 38 per cent, which as per the Election Commission is more than "double" the 14.43 pc polling in the 2019 general elections.
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Tripura: SEC begins preparation for three-tier Panchayat polls
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Tripura State Election Commission (SEC) has started preparations for conducting the Three-tier Panchayat elections in the state by initiating the process of compiling the voter list and finalizing polling stations.
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Himachal Pradesh: Election Commission flags off cycling expedition to worl
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Election Commission of India has launched an awareness campaign to increase voter turnout in north Indian hill state, Himachal Pradesh, with young cycling enthusiasts. The Chief Electoral Officer of Himachal Pradesh, Manish Garg, flagged off a cycling exercise with a campaign to make vo
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YSRCP MLA slaps voter after casteist slurs amid polls in Andhra
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
"The man in question was drunk, was creating a nuisance, and was abusing me and my wife. He accused me of supporting the BC, SC, ST, and Minority communities despite being a Kamma. I got enraged over his baseless accusations and the yellow media blew the incident out of proportion without kn
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Srinagar records 38 pc polling in LS polls, highest in many decades
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
As the fourth phase of polling for the Lok Sabha elections concluded on Monday, the Srinagar parliamentary constituency in Jammu and Kashmir recorded a voter turnout of 38 per cent, according to Election Commission data
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After fourth phase, polling completed in 379 Lok Sabha constituencies in 2
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Polling has also been completed in assembly polls in Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh and in 28 assembly seats of Odisha state assembly
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BJP leader Shazia Ilmi defends Madhavi Latha, says she has a right to chec
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
After a video surfaced on social media showing BJP candidate Madhavi Latha, contesting from the Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat, checking the identities of Muslim women voters at a polling station, BJP leader Shazia Ilmi supported Latha and said that as a candidate, she has a right to check the ide
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Ram Charan casts vote in Hyderabad with wife Upasana Kamineni
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Actor Ram Charan and his wife Upasana Kamineni cast their votes at a polling booth in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad.
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Lok Sabha elections: 63.41 pc voter turnout recorded in Phase 4 so far
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Polling in the fourth phase of general elections, which commenced at 7 am on Monday simultaneously across 96 parliamentary constituencies, recorded an approximate voter turnout of 63.41 per cent as per the latest data issued by the Election Commission of India.
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YSRCP, TDP workers clash near polling station in Andhra's Palnadu, police
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
YSRCP and TDP workers clashed near Narasaraopet Municipal High School polling station in Palnadu district of Andhra Pradesh and police fired rubber bullets to control the situation here on Monday.
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