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  Lok Sabha Elections 2019: What first-time voters want

  March 25, 2019 11:55 IST

  Young and restless, anxious and ambitious, first time voters in urban India are going into this election with a clear vision for the country’s future and say they expect political leaders to focus on "real issues" such as jobs, women's safety and farmer distress

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  Lok Sabha elections 2019 | Jana Sena and BSP will fight together in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana: Mayawati

  March 15, 2019 14:33 IST

  “Seats have almost been finalized,” ANI reported Mayawati as saying.

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  Not a big leader: Rahul Gandhi downplays Tom Vadakkan's exit from Congress

  March 15, 2019 14:13 IST

  Vaddakkan, who hails from Kerala, was a part of the first media group formed by Sonia Gandhi in the late 1990s when she became the President of the INC

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  Lok Sabha Polls 2019: Vehicles carrying reserved EVMs, VVPATs to be fitted with GPS trackers

  March 15, 2019 14:19 IST

  Instructions have been issued to all state chief electoral officers to carefully monitor 'end-to-end' movement of all reserved EVMs and paper trail machines.

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  Lok Sabha elections 2019: DMK announces list of LS constituencies allotted to self, allies

  March 15, 2019 13:41 IST

  The pro-Dalit VCK has been given Villupuram and Chidambaram (SC) segments. The Vaiko-led MDMK has been allotted the Erode constituency.  

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  Lok Sabha Election 2019: Besides Amethi, Rahul Gandhi may contest from Karnataka seat too

  March 15, 2019 13:27 IST

  Amid demands from party activists, Congress President Rahul Gandhi may contest the Lok Sabha polls from a seat in Karnataka apart from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh where his candidature has already been announced.  

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  LS elections 2019 | Mayawati to seek votes for Mulayam Singh Yadav

  March 15, 2019 12:42 IST

  Lok Sabha elections 2019 will begin on April 11 and continue for over a month till May 19 across seven phases, followed by counting of votes on May 23, the Election Commission announced on Sunday.

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  SC seeks EC's response on Opposition leaders' plea for tallying of 50 per cent of EVMs with VVPAT

  March 15, 2019 11:59 IST

  The plea was filed by several opposition leaders, including Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and others.

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  EC to hold all-party meeting in Kolkata today

  March 15, 2019 10:14 IST

  Also, there are around 47 complaints dropped by Returning Officers (ROs) after an investigation. There were 28 complaints which were correct and action have been taken on them.

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  SC to hear opposition plea on EVMs today

  March 15, 2019 6:29 IST

  In the plea, they requested the court that 50 per cent of results of electronic voting machines (EVMs) must be matched and cross-checked with VVPATs before the declaration of results in the general elections.

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  Priyanka Gandhi's effort to put women first in her first speech almost goes unnoticed. Here's how she reacted.

  March 14, 2019 16:34 IST

  Hitting the home-run from the get go, Priyanka addressed the crowd at CWC meeting Gandhinagar as Beheno aur Bhaiyon (sisters and brothers) instead of Bhaiyon aur Beheno (brothers and sister). Her effort to put women first was noticed by her party's legislator Sushmita Dev.

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  Nana Patole, Priya Dutt headline in Congress’ 2nd list of candidates

  March 14, 2019 15:02 IST

  LS elections 2019 will begin on April 11 and continue for over a month till May 19 across seven phases, followed by counting of votes on May 23.

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  Lok Sabha elections 2019 | Let a new, better leadership take over: Shatrughan Sinha to PM Modi

  March 14, 2019 14:35 IST

  Sinha, who is likely to be fielded by the Congress or the RJD, has indicated that the same would be announced by March 22. The BJP is yet to announce its candidate for Patna Sahib.

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  Sonia Gandhi's close aide Tom Vadakkan quits Congress, joins BJP ahead of Lok Sabha Election 2019

  March 14, 2019 13:58 IST

  Days ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha Election 2019, Congress leader Tom Vadakkan on Thursday quit the party to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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  Rahul Gandhi promises separate ministry for fishermen if Congress voted to power

  March 14, 2019 12:13 IST

  "My commitment to you is that the moment we win the 2019 elections, all the fishermen of the country will get their own dedicated ministry in Delhi," Gandhi said.   

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  J&K Assembly polls likely before Amarnath Yatra

  March 14, 2019 11:48 IST

  The general consensus is that the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections can be held with adequate security deployments before this year's Amarnath Yatra which begins on July 1

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  Trinamool Congress MLA Arjun Singh joins Bharatiya Janata Party

  March 14, 2019 13:24 IST

  The polling will be held on April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19 for 543 Lok Sabha seats across the country in which nearly 90 crore voters would be eligible to vote, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said.

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  Noida: 'Raahgiri' to educate citizens about their voting rights

  March 14, 2019 10:15 IST

  Noida, which is part of the Gautam Buddh Nagar parliamentary constituency, will go for polls on April 11 in the first of the seven-phased Lok Sabha election.

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  BJP seals alliances in Northeast, aims 22 LS seats

  March 14, 2019 7:16 IST

  The alliances have been finalised under the North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance's political coalition with the regional parties of the region.

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  West Bengal poll battle heats up, BJP wants EC to declare it as ‘sensitive state’ citing violence

  March 13, 2019 18:42 IST

  The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has been at loggerheads with the BJP in West Bengal. Earlier on Wednesday the BJP said that they had met the Election Commission and requested it to declare West Bengal a ‘sensitive state’ pointing out how violence killed many people during the panchayat elections.

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  I learn from Modi, I don’t hate him: Rahul Gandhi in Chennai

  March 13, 2019 18:33 IST

  Wearing a jeans and T-shirt, Rahul Gandhi faced a range of questions from the students about the Congress-led UPA's plans for economic growth, bringing peace in Jammu and Kashmir, on charges against his brother-in-law Robert Vadra, views about the Modi government and the reason for hugging Modi in Parliament.

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  Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Know the polling date in your constituency

  March 25, 2019 11:58 IST

  The upcoming national elections are set to be held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19. Check when is your state or constituency going to vote in the Lok Sabha election 2019. Election results will be declared on May 23.

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  Kerala: No solicitation of votes in name of Sabarimala temple, says EC

  March 13, 2019 16:08 IST

  Tikka Ram Meena, who on Monday faced the BJP's ire after he issued a statement to this effect, on Wednesday briefed the media that it had been made clear to all political parties that under no cost should the name of Lord Ayyappa be used in election campaign.

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  Cabinet approves notification for Lok Sabha elections

  March 13, 2019 15:56 IST

  The Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the notification.

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  Lok Sabha Election 2019: Election Commission calls meeting of Chief election officers on Thursday

  March 13, 2019 23:23 IST

  Election Commission had called meeting of Chief election officers (CEO) of States & all observers tomorrow in order to brief about the election details.

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  'Delhi kise k baap ki nahe hai,' says Arvind Kejriwal; BJP raises question on CM's language

  March 13, 2019 13:58 IST

  He also announced that in the national capital, the Aam Admi Party (AAP) will fight all alone.

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  UP voters will deliver 'final strike' in BJP's favour in LS polls: Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya

  March 13, 2019 13:05 IST

  Exuding confidence that the voters of Uttar Pradesh would deliver their "final strike" in favour of the BJP in the Lok Sabha election, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said Wednesday the saffron party would win more than 300 seats across the country.

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  Ignoring opposition, AGP ties up with BJP in Assam

  March 13, 2019 13:03 IST

  Despite opposition from its grassroots workers, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has decided to contest the Lok Sabha elections in Assam together with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Bodoland Peoples' Front (BPF).