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Trinamool's Corruption Has Taken Away Happiness of 26,000 Families, Says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday slammed the Mamata government, saying that the massive corruption unleashed by Trinamool Congress in West Bengal has ultimately resulted in the loss of peace and happiness of around 26,000 families in the state.He said this in...
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After Casting Vote, Union Minister Shekhawat Makes Voters' Slips outside Polling Booth
Union Jal Shakti Minister and BJP candidate Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Friday was seen making voters' slips at a polling booth in Rajasthan's Jodhpur after exercising his franchise.The Minister, who is also the candidate from Jodhpur, cast his vote at New Government Senior...
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Maha: Polling Impacted in Marathwada, Vidarbha Due to Technical Glitches
Polling was impacted in Maharashtra's Marathwada and Vidarbha districts due to technical snags in the EVMs.After EVMs malfunctioned in Marathwada's Hingoli and Nanded constituencies, and Vidarbha's Akola, Amaravati and Wardha constituencies, the district election personnel...
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Cong-INDI Alliance's 'hidden Agenda' Is to Snatch Rights of SC, ST, OBC and Give to Muslims: JP Nadda
Launching a scathing attack against the Congress and INDIA bloc, BJP National President J. P. Nadda on Friday said the opposition's "hidden agenda" is to "snatch" the rights of Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and other backward classes and give them to...
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Ex-Raj CM Vasundhara Raje Votes in Jhalawar, Says PM Modi Will Get 3RD Term
BJP leader and former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje said on Friday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will get a third term at the Centre as the people want development.She said this after casting her vote at a polling booth in Jhalawar.While speaking to the...
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Ailing Maratha Leader Manoj Jarange-Patil Goes in Ambulance to Cast Vote in Jalna
Shiva Sanghatana leader Manoj Jarange-Patil left in an ambulance from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad) for neighbouring Jalna to exercise his franchise on E-day, on Friday.Jarange-Patil, who had rattled the Maharashtra Mahayuti government with his serial Maratha quota...
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BJP, Cong Candidates in Darjeeling Will Not Be Able to Cast Votes for Themselves
Raju Bista and Dr Munish Tamang, the BJP and Congress candidates respectively from Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency, one of the three in West Bengal going to polls in the second phase on Friday, will not be able to cast their votes for themselves.This is because neither...
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Voting Underway in Five Lok Sabha Seats in Assam
Voting is underway for five Lok Sabha seats in Assam in the second phase of polls. Elections are taking place in Nagaon, Darrang-Udalguri, Diphu, Silchar and Karimganj parliamentary constituencies.There are 62 candidates in the fray with Assam minister Parimal Suklabaidya,...
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Voters from Border Areas Come Out in Large Numbers in Jammu-Reasi LS Seat
Voting started in the Jammu-Reasi Lok Sabha constituency on Friday with enthusiastic voters reaching the booths in their traditional Dogra dresses to exercise the franchise.Voters in the cities and urban areas came out in twos and fours while those in the border areas came...
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Voting for 14 LS Seats Underway in K'taka; Rahul Dravid, FM Nirmala Sitharaman among Early Voters
Former cricketer Rahul Dravid and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman cast their votes in Bengaluru polling stations after voting for Karnataka's 14 Lok Sabha seats began on Friday.Rahul Dravid arrived at the Sriraksha School in Malleshwaram locality of Bengaluru,...
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Voting Underway for 13 LS Seats in Rajasthan, Long Queues at Polling Booths
Voting was underway for 13 seats in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections in Rajasthan on Friday.Voting was being held in Jodhpur, Barmer, Pali, Jalore, Rajsamand, Ajmer, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Udaipur, Banswara, Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, Kota, Jhalawar-Baran. A total of 152...
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Voting Underway in MP'S Six LS Seats
The second phase of general elections in six constituencies of Madhya Pradesh began at its scheduled time of 7 a.m. on Friday.The constituencies where voting is taking place are: Khajuraho, Tikamgarh, Damoh (all three in Bundelkhand region), Rewa, Satna (both in Vindhya...
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Polling Begins for 3 LS Seats in Bengal; State BJP Chief in Fray
Polling for three Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal -- Darjeeling, Raiganh and Balurghat -- started on Friday morning under tight security cover.In the first 30 minutes since the polling began, reports of voters' intimidation started surfacing from the Balurghat Lok Sabha...
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Polling for All 20 LS Constituencies Underway in Kerala
Friday morning dawned in Kerala with people having an important task for the day as the state goes to the polls to elect 20 new Lok Sabha members.At several polling booths, voters were seen queuing up before the official start of polling at 7 a.m. and all those who stand in...
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Phase-2 LS Polls: Voting Begins in 88 Constituencies; Rahul Gandhi, Hema Malini in Fray
Polling for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections started in 88 parliamentary constituencies across 12 states and a Union Territory.While 89 constituencies were slated to go to polls in the second phase, voting in Madhya Pradesh's Betul was advanced to the third phase...
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Voting for Eight Lok Sabha Seats Begins in UP
Polling for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections began on Friday in Uttar Pradesh's eight parliamentary constituencies.The seats where polling is underway include Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Mathura and Amroha.The Bharatiya...
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Polling Begins for Tripura East LS Constituency
Polling for the Tripura East Lok Sabha seat started on Friday morning under strict security arrangements.Election officials said that around 14 lakh electorate, including 6.94 lakh female voters, are eligible to cast their votes in 1,664 polling stations in different...
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Voting Begins in Remaining Part of Outer Manipur LS Seat
Voting for the remaining part of the Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituency began on Friday morning amidst heavy security covers.Friday's polling being held in the remaining 13 Assembly segments under the Outer Manipur parliamentary constituency, while voting for 15 of the 28...
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Rahul, Priyanka's 'proposed' Visit to Ayodhya Evokes Sharp Reactions from Saints
Saints in Ayodhya have reacted strongly amidst reports that Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi are planning to visit the holy city to offer prayers at the Ram temple.Mahant Raju Das of Hanuman Garhi temple said that Rahul Gandhi first need to go to the...
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Tripura BJP Served Show-cause Notice for Campaigning through Audio Messages in Silence Period
The Election Commission has served a show-cause notice to the BJP in Tripura for campaigning through audio messages on mobile phones during the silence period violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).Tripura Chief Electoral Officer Puneet Agarwal also asked the ruling...
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People Will Give Befitting Reply to Cong: Raj CM on Phone-tapping Accusations against Gehlot by Ex-aide
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma said on Thursday that people are ready to give a befitting reply to the Congress on issues like "corruption, paper leaks and its policy of appeasement".Chief Minister Sharma made the remarks reacting to the phone-tapping...
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PM Modi's Rally in Goa Will Increase Our Vote Count, Says Pramod Sawant
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday said the party's vote count and lead in both the Lok Sabha seats in the state will increase after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally on April 27.BJP leaders on Thursday took stock of the preparation for PM Modi's public meeting...
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Congress Tied Hands of Our Soldiers, We Gave Them Full Freedom to Retaliate: PM Modi
Accusing the Congress party of "tying the hands of soldiers" in the past, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday, said that it is his government that has given full freedom to the armed forces to retaliate in a befitting manner."We have asked our jawans to fire 10...
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Cong to Snatch Reservation from Dalits, Says Union Minister Pralhad Joshi
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Thursday said Congress is all set to take away the reservation rights of Dalits and give them to Muslims.Speaking to reporters in Karnataka's Hubballi, Minister Joshi said the Congress, which vouched for its commitment towards 'AHINDA'...
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Opposition Involved My Sisters in Conspiracies, Says Andhra CM Jagan
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday alleged that his rivals have ganged up and even involved his two sisters in orchestrating conspiracies against him.The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) chief was addressing a public meeting in Pulivendula, where he...