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  Lok Sabha Elections: No vote cast in 90 booths in Srinagar parliamentary seat

  April 18, 2019 21:29 IST

  The National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah, who is the sitting MP from this constituency, is again contesting from this seat for the 17th Lok Sabha. 

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  Nearly 65 per cent polling in Udhampur, 15 per cent in Srinagar

  April 18, 2019 20:24 IST

  No major untoward incident was reported during polling which was being held amid tight security due to militant threats and a boycott call by separatists in Kashmir. 

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  Polling in Phase 2 of Lok Sabha Election 2019 concludes: Srinagar records 13.43% voter turnout

  April 18, 2019 19:36 IST

  Puducherry saw a high voter turnout of 78 per cent while in Manipur, the polling percentage was nearly 75, sources in the election office said.

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  Farmers' budget will declare MSP in advance, says Rahul Gandhi

  April 18, 2019 19:01 IST

  Addressing a campaign rally at Vanthli in Junagadh district, he also accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of applying different rules to the rich and the poor.

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  Voter smashes EVM in Maharashtra's Akola

  April 18, 2019 18:49 IST

  The incident occurred at around 1 p.m. at the Balapur polling station no. 29 where polling was underway for the second phase of elections in 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state, said an Election Commission official.

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  Mayawati terms EC anti-dalit; says NYAY jumla of Congress

  April 18, 2019 18:44 IST

  She also claimed that BJP leaders are taking the Army's name in their poll speeches violating the model code of conduct, but the EC is keeping mum.

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  Couple in wedding attire reaches polling booth to vote in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur

  April 18, 2019 18:39 IST

  The couple reached the polling booth in a flower-decked sedan with groom Sourav Sharma sporting a headgear and a cream 'achkan' over red churidars with his bride Manisha, attired in a red 'salwar-kameez' and donning gold jewellery.

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  Lok Sabha polls phase two: 61.12 % voter turnout till 5 pm, West Bengal tops list with 75%

  April 18, 2019 19:01 IST

  Jammu and Kashmir recorded the lowest voter turnout of 42%. Politically significant Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra recorded 58% and 55% voter turnout in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections respectively.

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  Malegaon blast victim's father approaches NIA court to bar Sadhvi Pragya Thakur from contesting LS polls

  April 18, 2019 18:15 IST

  The applicant, the father of a blast victim, has questioned Thakur's candidature citing she had got bail on the ground of her poor health, but "she is healthy enough to fight the election."

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  Used as 'human shield' last time Kashmir voted to elect MP, Farooq Ahmed Dar now on poll duty

  April 18, 2019 18:08 IST

  "Farooq Ahmad Dar is working on consolidated terms as sweeper in the Health Department. He has been posted on election duty," said Budgam Chief Medical Officer Nazir Ahmad.  

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  Maneka Gandhi files nomination for Sultanpur Lok Sabha constituency

  April 18, 2019 18:01 IST

  The Union Cabinet Minister for Women and Child Development performed a 'puja' at her Shastri Nagar residence in the morning and then drove to the Collectorate in a procession to file her papers along with senior party leaders.

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  Congress linked Hindus with terror, harassed me: Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur

  April 18, 2019 17:52 IST

  Thakur is an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case in which seven people were killed. She was in jail for nine years and is presently out on bail.

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  Consume almonds: Mehbooba Mufti tells Omar Abdullah in Twitter debate

  April 18, 2019 17:27 IST

  It began with a tweet from the People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader, Mehbooba Mufti, on Wednesday slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) decision to name Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur as its Lok Sabha poll candidate from Bhopal.

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  If Congress voted to power, indebted farmers will not be sent to jails: Rahul Gandhi

  April 18, 2019 17:23 IST

  Rahul Gandhi said the Congress after forming government in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan fulfilled its promise of farm loan waivers.   

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  Mukesh Ambani, Kotak endorse Deora for Mumbai South LS seat

  April 18, 2019 19:05 IST

  The backing of Ambani, Reliance Industries Limited chairman, to the Congress leader comes at a time when the party has been unrelenting in attack on his industrialist- brother Anil Ambani over the Rafale deal.

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  Once arch-rivals, Mulayam, Mayawati to share stage at Mainpuri rally

  April 18, 2019 16:46 IST

  Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mayawati have been bitter rivals since 1995 when SP cadres allegedly attacked the state guest house where the BSP chief had been camping with her supporters.

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  Kerala Congress candidate K Sudhakaran's campaign ad draws flak on social media

  April 18, 2019 16:39 IST

  The video posted by Sudhakaran, on Facebook, has had people calling out his ‘evident sexism’ and seeking removal of the advertisement.

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  EC lets off Union minister Naqvi with warning for 'Modiji ki sena' remark

  April 18, 2019 16:32 IST

  The Election Commission Thursday let off Minority Affairs Minister and BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi with a light rap for his 'Modiji ki sena' remark and "warned" him against using the armed forces for political propaganda.

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  Will 'Dreamgirl' Hema Malini make it to Lok Sabha 2019 amid Mathura's caste arithmetic?

  April 18, 2019 16:26 IST

  Although she won by a margin of over 3 lakh votes in 2014 Lok Sabha election, it is not going to be a cakewalk for her this time. We tell you how.

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  Won't seek Mamata's support to form govt: WB Congress chief

  April 18, 2019 15:32 IST

  West Bengal Congress president Somen Mitra said his party won't seek support from Mamata Banerjee-led TMC to form the next government or support her bid to become the prime minister in case the general election results throw up a hung Parliament.

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  GVL Narasimha Rao is not the first leader to get attacked with a shoe

  September 28, 2019 22:13 IST

  This is not the first time an Indian politician has faced the wrath of a protestor in the form a precisely aimed shoe. We give you a brief list.

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  Kashmir integral part of India, can't be separated: Amit Shah

  April 18, 2019 15:32 IST

  Addressing an election rally in Raigarh district headquarters in Chhattisgarh, he said when the Modi government is re-elected at the , Centre, infiltrators will be identified across the country and deported.

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  AIADMK complaints EC against MK Stalin, Dayanidhi Maran for viotaling MCC

  April 18, 2019 15:03 IST

  In its complaint, the AIADMK referred to Stalin and Maran's comments to the media wherein they said they had voted for a change of government and requested the public to do the same.

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  H D Deve Gowda defends Nikhil Kumaraswamy and Prajwal Revanna's candidature for Lok Sabha polls 2019

  April 18, 2019 14:52 IST

  Speaking to reporters after casting his vote in Hassan, Gowda said his opponents accused him of indulging in family politics but his rise in politics was possible because of God and voters, whom his family served to the best of its ability.

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  EC bans Congress' 'Chowkidaar Chor Hai' advertisement, orders end to its broadcast

  April 18, 2019 14:38 IST

  The Election Commission in Madhya Pradesh has banned the 'Chowkidar Chor Hai' advertisement of the Congress party and ordered an end to its broadcast.  

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  Akhilesh Yadav asks Election Commission to rectify malfunctioning EVMs immediately

  April 18, 2019 14:36 IST

  Akhilesh Yadav said people are not able to depend on the technology and the EC as well as the government should assure the people about it.   

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  Lok Sabha elections 2019 phase 2 polling | This village refrains from voting: Here’s why

  April 18, 2019 14:30 IST

  "Nobody has turned up to vote till now," ANI quoted polling official of booth number 41 as saying on Thursday which also happens to be the day when polling for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections 2019 is underway.

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  Sardar Patel's statue not built to 'belittle' Jawaharlal Nehru: PM Narendra Modi

  April 18, 2019 14:17 IST

  Speaking at an election rally here, Modi said though the Congress says Patel was their leader, no leader of that party has visited the statue so far.