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Senator Elizabeth Warren wants to contest US Presidential elections
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Massachusetts [USA], Jan 1 (ANI): Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren on Monday announced her intent to run for the post of President in the 2020 elections.
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Prakash Raj to contest 2019 Lok Sabha elections
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 1 (ANI): Actor Prakash Raj has announced that he will be contesting in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as an independent candidate.
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Akhilesh bats for federal front to oust BJP from power at Centre
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 26 (ANI): Giving a clarion call to oust BJP from power at the Centre in 2019 Lok Sabha elections, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday batted for the formation of a federal front to contest
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BJP to contest 17 LS seats in Bihar
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 23 (ANI): BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday announced that his party would contest on 17 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, while an equal number of seats will go to the Janata Dal-United. Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan led Lok Jantantrik Party (LJP) will contest on six sea
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Election campaign won't distract me during Windies ODIs: Mashrafe Mortaza
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec 5 (ANI): Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza, who is all set to contest the 11th parliamentary election of the country, has assured that the election campaign would not be a source of distraction for him during their upcoming three-match ODI series against West Indies beginn
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Tripura CPIM protests over attack on candidates during nomination filling
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Dec 3 (ANI): The Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M) in Tripura brought out a protest procession in Agartala against the alleged organized attack by ruling Bharatiya Janata Party- Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (BJP-IPFT) state government on oppositio
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Cricketer Mashrafe Mortaza to contest Bangladesh parliamentary polls
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Nov 26 (ANI): Bangladesh ODI skipper Mashrafe Mortaza is all set to contest the 11th parliamentary elections of the country on ruling party Awami League's ticket.
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Aiming to be voice for the weak, Rajasthan barber to contest polls
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Nov 24 (ANI): Bhagwan Das is a barber by profession with daily earnings of around Rs 250 to 400 and lives in a rented one-room set with his family. Das is also contesting in the upcoming Rajasthan Assembly Elections from Jaipur's Malviya Nagar constituency as a Ja
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1st transgender files nomination in poll-bound Telangana
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana)[India], Nov 21, (ANI): In a first, a transgender woman is all set to contest the upcoming assembly polls in the state of Telangana.
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Sushma Swaraj not to contest 2019 LS polls due to health reasons
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Nov 20 (ANI): External Affairs Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) senior leader Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday announced that she will not contest next year's Lok Sabha elections.
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Rajasthan polls: Sitting MLA Gyandev Ahuja resigns from BJP
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Nov 19 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) sitting MLA from Ramgarh constituency Gyandev Ahuja has decided to contest as an independent candidate after the party declined to give him ticket.
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Fed up with corruption, Infosys techie decides to contest Telangana polls
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Nov 18 (ANI): Ravinder Uppula, a software engineer with IT major Infosys will be contesting as an Independent candidate from the Serilingampally constituency in the upcoming Telangana polls.
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