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  SP, BSP and Congress looted public resources: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

  May 12, 2019 22:13 IST

  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday accused the Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and the Congress of looting public resources and building big bungalows for themselves using government funds.

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  LS polls: 63% voting in sixth phase; BJP candidate attacked in Bengal, poll official beaten up in UP

  May 12, 2019 22:07 IST

  Elections were held in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 10 seats in Haryana, eight constituencies each in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, four in Jharkhand and seven seats in Delhi where votes were cast by a number of public figures, including President Ram Nath Kovind, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

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  No model code violation by Niti Aayog in sharing district level data with PMO: EC

  May 12, 2019 22:05 IST

  The Election Commission has found no violation of the poll code in Niti Aayog sharing data with the prime minister's office on places where PM Narendra Modi was set to campaign for the Lok Sabha elections.

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  Dynasty can make you party chief, but it doesn't bring vision, wisdom: Modi's dig at Rahul

  May 12, 2019 22:07 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi was addressing a rally in Indore in Madhya Pradesh.

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  TRS announces candidates for MLC by-polls

  May 12, 2019 21:53 IST

  Telangana Rashtra Samithi on Sunday announced the names of the party candidates for the coming by-elections to fill three vacancies in the State Legislative Council.

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  Mayawati accuses Cong, BJP of 'failing' to solve country's problems

  May 12, 2019 21:51 IST

  Addressing an election rally here, she hit out at the Congress for "failing" to implement reservation policy to the poor and Dalits in the proper manner.

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  Delhi records 59.8% voter turnout

  May 12, 2019 20:21 IST

  Over 1.43 crore people in Delhi were eligible to vote in this election. Out of total 164 candidates, 18 are women while there are 43 Independent candidates.

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  PM doing 'dirty politics' over Alwar gang rape case: Mayawati

  May 12, 2019 19:39 IST

  Hours after the prime minister's remarks at election rallies in Kushinagar and Deoria earlier in the day, Mayawati said, "In the wake of this incident, Modi is doing dirty politics."

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  Election shocker: Digvijay Singh skips casting his vote

  May 12, 2019 19:19 IST

  Congress Lok Sabha candidate from Bhopal, Digvijaya Singh was unable to cast his vote on Sunday.

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  CPI-M writes to EC, demands action against PM for Balakot claim

  May 12, 2019 19:13 IST

  In the letter addressed to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury accused the Prime Minister of making "outrageous claims" on the Balakot air strike in a television channel.

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  EVM malfunctioning reported in several areas in Delhi

  May 12, 2019 18:32 IST

  Complaints about malfunctioning EVMs poured in from several places in the national capital on Sunday where voting is underway.

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  No 'hate' comments if Modi had done 'tapasya': Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

  May 12, 2019 18:30 IST

  Interacting to reporters after casting her vote along with her husband, Robert Vadra, she said: "If he (Modi) had done even 50 hours of tapasya, he would not have made such hate-filled comments."

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  Cong hatched 'Hindu terror' conspiracy to defame religious heritage: Modi

  May 12, 2019 18:11 IST

  Modi also referred to Congress leader Sam Pitroda's "hua to hua" (whatever happened, has happened) remark on the anti-Sikh riots in 1984, saying it showed the Opposition party's mentality.

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  Poll staff enthused by 'pink booths'; North East RO says it drew lot of Muslim women voters

  May 12, 2019 18:01 IST

  Such booths are aimed at empowering women and increasing their participation in the electoral process, officials said.

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  Samajwadi Party lodges complaint against polling official in Azamgarh

  May 12, 2019 17:20 IST

  The SP said that according to EC provisions, in case of any difficulty, the family members of such people must assist in voting.

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  BJP, RSS activists entering WB sporting uniform of central forces: Mamata Banerjee

  May 12, 2019 16:44 IST

  I do not disrespect the central forces. But they are being instructed to influence the voters. On the pretext of deploying central forces in West Bengal, the BJP is forcefully pushing BJP and RSS activists here.

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  LS polls in Haryana: EVMs to be stored in 90 strong rooms

  May 12, 2019 16:30 IST

  Ninety strong rooms have been set up at 30 locations in Haryana to store the EVMs and VVPAT machines safely after completion of voting in the ten Lok Sabha constituencies, State's Joint Chief Electoral Officer Inder Jeet said on Sunday.

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  Modi presents his report card to people

  May 12, 2019 16:22 IST

  "My report card is before you. Today some people are seeking my caste certificate but when they were in power, they made crores of money for themselves," Narendra Modi said

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  HP BJP women's wing chief asks Sidhu to apologise for 'anti-women' remarks

  May 12, 2019 16:22 IST

  Indu Goswami said the Congress, by issuing such statements, wants to show that the women, who constitute around half of the country's population, are "weak".

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  Don't shed crocodile tears, withdraw support to Congress govt in Rajasthan: PM to Mayawati

  May 12, 2019 16:05 IST

  Addressing election meetings in Kushinagar and Deoria in eastern Uttar Pradesh, Narendra Modi said, "Please do not shed crocodile tears. If you are serious, why don't you withdraw support from the Congress government in Rajasthan."

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  EC couldn't take adequate punitive steps in Bengal: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

  May 12, 2019 15:58 IST

  Accusing Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress of trying to turn the state into a hub of "misrule and hooliganism", Naqvi said it was possible that the administration was not fully cooperating with the EC to maintain law and order during the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.

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  It is clear BJP govt is going: Priyanka after casting vote

  May 12, 2019 15:49 IST

  Priyanka Gandhi hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said, "He doesnt reply to any of the issues that our party raised, and just talks about random things."

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  Modi's cloud comments painfully embarrassing: Mehbooba

  May 12, 2019 15:44 IST

  Mehbooba wondered whether the prime minister authorising the operation in bad weather by overruling the advice of the IAF led to the strikes "failing" to hit the intended target.

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  BJP to scrap Art 370 if voted back to power: Shah

  May 12, 2019 15:28 IST

  Targeting Pitroda further, the BJP chief said, "If you ask a question regarding the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, the Congress says 'hua to hua'. If you ask a question regarding the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai and migration of Kashmiri Pandits, Congress says 'hua to hua.'

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  Delhi records 34.48 percent voting till 1 PM

  May 12, 2019 15:26 IST

  President Ram Nath Kovind, Congress president Rahul Gandhi, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj were among those who cast their vote.

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  Over 55% votes polled in 6 hrs in West Bengal

  May 12, 2019 15:00 IST

  BJP's Ghatal candidate Bharati Ghosh was allegedly attacked by locals twice when she tried to visit polling stations in Keshpur in.

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  Delhi sets up 17 ‘Pink Polling Booths’ to boost women voter turnout

  May 12, 2019 14:33 IST

  Out of the 17 booths, 10 have been set up in East Delhi constituency, two in Chandni Chowk and one each in rest of the constituencies -- North East Delhi, West Delhi, South Delhi, New Delhi and North West Delhi.

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  BJP candidate Bharati Ghosh attacked twice in WB, CEO seeks report

  May 12, 2019 14:27 IST

  One of her security guards was injured in stone pelting in one of the two incidents of attack. The state CEO has sought reports from the WestMidnapore district magistrate about the incidents.