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  • Shiv Sena BJP seat sharing formula

    Maharashtra Polls: Shiv Sena to contest on 124 seats, BJP on 150

    Oct 04, 2019, 08:36 PM IST

    Maharashtra Polls 2019: Shiv Sena-BJP alliance has sealed the deal as it aims to retain power in Maharashtra in upcoming legislative polls. Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray addressed a joint press conference and declared the seat sharing formula.

  • Rahul, Sonia, Priyanka, Manmohan feature in Congress' list

    Rahul, Sonia, Priyanka, Manmohan in Congress' list of star campaigners

    Oct 04, 2019, 07:16 PM IST

    The Congress party has released its list of star campaigners for upcoming Haryana assembly elections. Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh featured among prominent names in the list of star campaigners. Ashok Tanwar, who resigned on Thursday from all election committees of the party, was also named in the list.

  • Maharashtra Assembly Polls 2019

    Maharashtra Polls 2019: All things you'd want to know

    Oct 05, 2019, 12:04 AM IST

    Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Elections 2019: Assembly elections in Maharashtra are just around the corner. Politically, Maharashtra is one of the major states in the country. As Election Commission of India announced on September 21, Maharashtra Assembly Elections will be held on October 21. All 288 legislative assembly seats will go to polls in a single phase on October 21.

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  • Sonia Gandhi (File Image)

    Why Sonia's Rae Bareli may soon be 'Congress-Mukt'

    National | Oct 04, 2019, 04:08 PM IST

    Rae Bareli may soon be 'Congress-Mukt'. No, this is not a rhetorical claim by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It, indeed, is supported by facts. Two Congress legislators are all set to join the BJP. Not to forget, Rae Bareli is the parliamentary constituency of Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi.   

  • From Maharashtra to Haryana, dissent in Congress is out in

    From Maharashtra to Haryana, dissent in Congress is out in the open

    National | Oct 03, 2019, 11:26 PM IST

    From Maharashtra to Haryana, infighting and dissent in Congress is out in the open ahead of the upcoming assembly elections. A day after protesting outside Congress President Sonia Gandhi's residence in Delhi over alleged irregularities in ticket distribution, former Haryana Congress chief Ashok Tanwar quit the election committees of the party but said he would continue to work as an ordinary party worker. In Maharashtra, fissurs surfaced as its former chief Sanjay Nirupam declared he would not take part in the party's campaign after the name he had recommended was "rejected."

  • Jolt for Congress: Sanjay Nirupam refuses to campaign in

    Jolt for Congress: Sanjay Nirupam refuses to campaign in Maha polls

    Oct 03, 2019, 07:00 PM IST

    ​In a pre-poll jolt for the Congress in Maharashtra, senior party leader Sanjay Nirupam declared on Thursday that he will "not campaign" in the October 21 Assembly elections.

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  • Lalu's son-in-law Chiranjeev Rao files nomination in

    Haryana: Lalu's son-in-law Chiranjeev files nomination on Cong ticket

    Oct 03, 2019, 06:49 PM IST

    Lalu Prasad Yadav's son-in-law Chiranjeev Rao will contest on a Congress ticket in the upcoming assembly elections in Haryana.     

  • Political leaders set to be released one by one, J&K admin

    Political leaders set to be released one by one, J&K admin says

    National | Oct 03, 2019, 06:29 PM IST

    Political leaders from Kashmir who are under preventive detention after the abrogation of Article 370 will be released soon, Jammu and Kashmir administration said on Thursday.

  • Ahmed Patel's stinging question to Hooda sends Congress in

    Haryana video talk: Where has the [Congress] party gone?

    Oct 03, 2019, 04:57 PM IST

    In the video, Ahmed Patel, Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Ghulam Nabi Azad can be seen having a discussion on ticket allocation outside the Parliament building.

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  •  TikTok star Sonali Phogat gets BJP ticket

    Haryana assembly election: TikTok star Sonali Phogat gets BJP ticket

    Oct 03, 2019, 04:02 PM IST

    TikTok star Sonali Phogat has been fielded as a BJP candidate for the upcoming Haryana assembly election. Phogat will contest against Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi.

  • Deepak Nikalje

    Maharashtra assembly election: Chhota Rajan's brother gets RPI ticket

    Oct 02, 2019, 07:16 PM IST

    Union Minister Ramdas Athawale's Republican Party of India (RPI) has fielded Chhota Rajan's brother as a party candidate in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly election. Deepak Nikalje will contest from Phaltan assembly constituency in Maharashtra. RPI is an ally of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

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    Maharashtra assembly election: Congress releases list of 52 candidates

    Oct 01, 2019, 11:12 PM IST

    The Congress Party on Tuesday released a list of 52 candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections. Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan will contest from Karad South constituency.

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  • Raj Thackeray MNS first candidate list

    Raj Thackeray's MNS releases first candidate list for Maha elections

    Oct 01, 2019, 08:46 PM IST

    Raj thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena has released its first candidate list for the upcoming Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections. Maharashtra Legislative Assembly polls are due on October 21

  • Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut

    Aaditya for CM: Sanjay Raut wants Shiv Sena's 'Suryayaan' in CM office

    Sep 30, 2019, 07:36 PM IST

    Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said something that may be a start for party's renewed bid for Maharashtra CM's office post Maharashtra elections.

  • Maharashtra Polls Aaditya Thackeray

    Yes I will contest Maharashtra elections, declares Aaditya Thackeray

    Sep 30, 2019, 06:43 PM IST

    Shiv Sena's youth wing president and grandson of Bal Thackeray Aaditya Thackeray confirmed on Monday (September 30) that he will contest upcoming Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Elections. He was speaking at a rally in Mumbai.

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    Complete list of BJP candidates from Haryana

    Sep 30, 2019, 06:32 PM IST

    The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday announced a list of 78 names for the October 21 Haryana assembly election. BJP announced key names and the seats they are contesting from. BJP's central election committee has repeated 38 MLAs and dropped seven of them for the polls to the 90-member assembly. The assembly will go to the polls on October 21, while the results will be declared on October 24. Here is the complete list of BJP candidates in Haryana assembly polls.  

  • Babita Phogat, dadri, Yogeshwar Dutt, baroda, bjp candidate list, bjp announcement, Haryana assembly

    Babita Phogat to contest from Dadri; Yogeshwar Dutt is Baroda nominee

    Sep 30, 2019, 06:10 PM IST

    Wrestler Babita Phogat will contest Haryana assembly election as a BJP candidate from Dadri, the Bharatiya Janata Party said in an official announcement today.   

  • Sacked BSF trooper Tej Bahadur Yadav to contest against CM

    Sacked BSF trooper Tej Bahadur Yadav to contest against CM Khattar

    Sep 30, 2019, 05:49 PM IST

    Tej Bahadur Yadav, sacked BSF trooper, will contest against Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in the October 21 Assembly elections.   

  • Congress president Sonia Gandhi along with Rahul Gandhi

    Congress announces candidates for assembly by-elections

    National | Sep 28, 2019, 11:29 PM IST

    The Congress on Saturday announced its candidates for the upcoming assembly by-elections in Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Kerala and Puducherry.

  • A Shiv Sainik as Maharashtra CM: Uddhav recalls his promise

    A Shiv Sainik as Maharashtra CM: Uddhav recalls his promise to father

    Sep 28, 2019, 07:15 PM IST

    As assembly polls in Maharashtra approach, Uddhav recalled a "promise" he had made to his late father Bal Thackeray. And that was to see a 'Shiv Sainik' (Shiv Sena worker) as chief minister of Maharashtra. His statement comes at a time when the BJP top brass is repeatedly stressing that incumbent Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis would helm the state once again.

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