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  BJP poll manifesto in Jharkhand promises mobile handset for farmers, job for every BPL family

  November 27, 2019 18:02 IST

  Every student of Classes 9 and 10 will receive Rs 2,200 and that of Classes 11 and 12 Rs 7,500 as scholarships, said the manifesto, which was released by Prasad here, in the presence of Chief Minister Raghubar Das, Union Tribal Minister Arjun Munda and BJPs state unit president Laxman Gilua.

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  Jharkhand Assembly Polls: JMM manifesto promises 67 per cent reservation for ST, OBC, SC

  November 27, 2019 11:11 IST

  The JMM, the main opposition party in Jharkhand, which has formed an alliance with the Congress and the RJD, said it would provide 28 per cent reservation to Scheduled Tribes, 27 per cent to Other Backward Classes and 12 per cent to Scheduled Castes.

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  Bengal BJP president accused of violating poll code

  November 26, 2019 6:35 IST

  "Dilip Ghosh is no longer an MLA. He is an MP now and is not even a voter of Kharagpur. So what he was doing for the entire day managing party control room. Did he take the permission of the EC for staying at Kharagpur? The answer is no. For the entire day he kept on giving bytes to television channels just to vitiate the poll atmosphere," TMC candidate Pradip Sarkar told reporters.

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  West Bengal bypolls: BJP candidate roughed up, over 75% polling

  November 25, 2019 20:38 IST

  "The average voting percentage was 75.48 per cent. The turnout was 77.17 per cent in Kaliaganj, 67.62 in Kharagpur Sadar and 81.23 in Karimpur," the EC said.

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  Congress, allies driven by lust for power: PM Modi's jibe at Jharkhand poll rally

  November 25, 2019 15:55 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a blistering attack on the Congress-JMM-RJD alliance in Jharkhand. The prime minister alleged that their "self seeking" past governments were driven by the "lust for power" and exploited the mineral-rich state's resources while neglecting its people. He accused the previous Congress governments at the Centre of procrastinating resolution of the Kashmir tangle and the vexed Ayodhya dispute.

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  Congress kept Article 370, Ayodhya Ram Mandir pending: PM Modi

  November 25, 2019 14:43 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the Congress kept the removal of article 370 and Ram temple dispute pending for 70 years. He was addressing a public rally in Palamau in the poll-bound Jharkhand.

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  By-elections: Voting begins in 4 assembly seats of West Bengal, Uttarakhand

  November 25, 2019 9:57 IST

  Polling for by-elections in four assembly constituencies began on Monday morning amid tight security. The polling began in three in West Bengal and one in Uttarakhand. The constituencies going to by-polls today are Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand and Kaliaganj (SC), Karimpur and Kharagpur Sadar in West Bengal.

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  Religious polarisation, NRC key factors in upcoming West Bengal bypolls

  November 24, 2019 22:04 IST

  Religious polarisation, National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the vote-catching capacity of a renewed Congress-Left Front alliance could be the game changers as principal rivals Trinamool Congress and the BJP battle it out in the bypolls to three Assembly seats in West Bengal to be held on Monday.

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  Hardeep Singh Puri says Manoj Tiwari will be Delhi CM, retracts later

  November 24, 2019 20:36 IST

  AAP Spokesperson Raghav Chadha told the media here that with Tiwari being projected as the BJP's chief ministerial face, it is now clear in the minds of people of Delhi that the upcoming election is essentially a contest between "Arvind Kejriwal vs Manoj Tiwari."

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  Jharkhand Assembly Polls: Congress manifesto promises jobs, loan waiver, Metro

  November 24, 2019 18:11 IST

  The manifesto promises giving maximum jobs to women, free bus fare to women travelling alone, Rs 2 lakh loan waiver to farmers, Metro line in Ranchi, free cycles to girls whose family income is less than Rs 10,000, strict law for mob lynching, Minimum Support Price of paddy at Rs 2,500 per quintal, decreasing VAT on petrol and diesel, and internet facilities in each Gram Sabha, among others.

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  Hemant Soren to contest from two seats

  November 24, 2019 17:35 IST

  JMM on Sunday released its fifth list of 13 candidates. Hemant will fight the assembly polls from Dumka and Barhet. He is currently legislator from Barhet.

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  West Bengal bypolls: Litmus test for TMC, BJP ahead of 2021 Assembly elections

  November 24, 2019 13:04 IST

  It will be the first electoral contest between the two parties since this year's Lok Sabha polls, which saw the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as the main opposition in the state, with 18 of the 42 seats in its kitty, just four less than that of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC).

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  Jharkhand polls: Ex-IPS officer M K Das appointed special police observer, says CEC

  November 23, 2019 7:02 IST

  The Election Commission on Friday appointed former IPS officer M K Das as special police observer for the assembly polls in the state

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  Congress releases final list, gets battle-ready for Jharkhand

  November 22, 2019 23:06 IST

  The Congress on Friday announced its final list of candidates for the five-phase Jharkhand Assembly elections slated to start on November 30.

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  Video: Bommai refuses to stop car at check post, violates model code of conduct in Karnataka

  November 21, 2019 15:30 IST

  The by-elections in Karnataka will be held in Athani, Kagwad, Gokak, Yellapura, Hirekerur, Ranibennur, Vijaynagara, Chickballapura, K.R. Pura, Yeshwanthpura, Mahalakshmi Layout, Shivajinagara, Hosakote, K.R. Pete and Hunsur. 

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  Rabri Devi to campaign for RJD candidates in Jharkhand

  November 20, 2019 17:01 IST

  After Lalu's incarceration, his party is in turmoil. RJD did not win even a single seat in 2019 general elections. Political analysts say that RJD is trying hard to win a few seats in Jharkhand to make its political presence felt in the state. It is fighting on 7 seats in alliance with the JMM and the Congress.  

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  Jharkhand Assembly Election 2019: JD(U) to support rebel Saryu Roy from Jamshedpur East

  November 19, 2019 18:32 IST

  Singh, who said JD(U) is contesting the Jharkhand assembly elections on its own "with all its might", has withdrawn its prospective candidate from the Jamshedpur (East) to support Roy.

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  Ensure delivery of voter slips to electors: Jharkhand CEO

  November 19, 2019 12:15 IST

    The five-phase assembly elections in the state are scheduled to end on December 20 and counting will take place on December 23.

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  Rajasthan civic polls: Counting of votes begins

  November 19, 2019 10:08 IST

  The counting of votes for 49 civic urban local bodies in Rajasthan began on Tuesday. The counting began at 8 am amid tight security arrangements.

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  Karnataka by-polls: 248 candidates in fray for assembly elections

  November 19, 2019 6:41 IST

  "The 248 candidates have filed 353 nominations by November 18 evening, which was the last date for submitting the papers to contest in the by-elections across the state," the poll official told IANS on Monday night.

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  Proximity with Nitish could be one reason for denying me ticket: Saryu Rai

  November 18, 2019 19:05 IST

  At least three members of the BJP Parliamentary Board, that approved candidates list, told me that release of my book by "friend" Nitish Kumar in 2017 was strongly resented and probably this cost me the party nomination, Rai told PTI.

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  Jamshedpur East: Gourav Vallabh vs CM Raghubar Das has all the ingredients of a high-voltage clash

  November 18, 2019 16:44 IST

  SEAT WATCH: Jamshedpur East is all set to be the most-watched constituency in upcoming Jharkhand Assembly elections, Congress Party's young spokesperson will be taking on five-time MLA and Chief Minister Raghubar Das from this seat.

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  Mahagathbandhan will come to power in Jharkhand: Sanjay Paswan

  November 18, 2019 9:42 IST

  Jharkhand Congress Working President Sanjay Paswan has claimed that the 'Mahagathbandhan' will come to power in the mineral-rich state as the people have witnessed that the BJP-ruled government has not been able to deliver on any front in the last five years.

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  Congress names three more candidates for Jharkhand polls

  November 17, 2019 23:19 IST

  Congress on Sunday announced the names of three candidates for the Jharkhand Assembly election. Party General Secretary Mukul Wasnik, in a statement, said the Central Election Committee has selected Sona Ram Sinku for contesting the Jagnanthpur Assembly seat, Suresh Baith from Kanke and Sunny Toppo from Mandar.  

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  Jharkhand Assembly polls: AJSU Party announces third list of candidates

  November 17, 2019 20:02 IST

    Jharkhand's ruling NDA constituent, the AJSU Party, on Sunday announced a third list of eight candidates for the upcoming Jharkhand Assembly polls, taking the total number of nominees to 27.  

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  BJP allies deserting the 'sinking ship' in Jharkhand: Hemant Soren

  November 17, 2019 14:21 IST

  Soren, a former chief minister and the working president of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), accused the BJP of raising emotive issues such as nationalism to divert attention from their "misrule", and asserted that the elections will be fought on state issues such as land acquisition and unemployment

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  Jharkhand Assembly polls: Congress leaves Ranchi for JMM to fight BJP

  November 17, 2019 12:10 IST

  The BJP has been winning the seat continuously for the past six elections and this time the Congress has decided not to field its candidate, but to support the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) candidate as part of the opposition alliance.

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  Congress fields Gourav Vallabh against Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das

  November 17, 2019 7:26 IST

  The Congress on Saturday fielded party spokesperson Gourav Vallabh against Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das from Jamshedpur East in the five-phased Assembly elections in the state starting November 30. The name of Vallabh was announced in Congress' fifth candidates' list released here by party General Secretary Mukul Wasnik on Saturday night.