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  NRIs can't vote online in Lok Sabha polls, Election Commission clarifies

  February 22, 2019 10:00 IST

  A bill to extend proxy voting rights to NRIs was passed in Lok Sabha recently but is pending in Rajya Sabha. It is set to lapse on the dissolution of the present Lok Sabha.

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  TDP begins announcing candidates for Andhra Assembly polls

  February 22, 2019 7:04 IST

  Naidu began the consultations by taking up Rajampet Lok Sabha constituency. Out of seven Assembly constituencies that fall under this parliamentary seat, Naidu declared candidates for five seats.

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  Sankalp Rally in Bihar: Witness NDA's show of strength on March 3; Modi-Nitish to share dais

  February 21, 2019 16:48 IST

  The party enthusiasts are busy campaigning in villages, panchayats, blocks, sub-divisions and district headquarters to garner the largest numbers ever to congregate at the Gandhi Maidan.

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  Battlefield UP: Akhilesh-Mayawati announce seat division for Lok Sabha polls, Mulayam slams son

  February 21, 2019 23:46 IST

  The Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party and Mayawati-led Bahujan Samajwadi Party have arrived at seat division in Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2019.

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  Kejriwal says, 'tired of trying to convince Cong for alliance'; 'He hasn't talked about it,' clarifies Dikshit

  February 21, 2019 14:26 IST

  Lok Sabha polls are scheduled to take place in the months of April-May.

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  LS Polls: Congress leader Suryaprakash Reddy to join TDP

  February 21, 2019 11:10 IST

  A three-time Lok Sabha member from Kurnool, Suryaprakash Reddy is considered a Congress strongman in Kurnool district. Political observers say his joining the TDP would help it to consolidate in the region.

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  AAP tired of convincing Congress for alliance for LS polls but it doesn't understand: Arvind Kejriwal

  February 21, 2019 8:31 IST

  Kejriwal claimed that the BJP is going to lose 10 per cent votes this time as compared to the 2014 Lok Sabha polls when it got 46 percent votes in Delhi.

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  TRS to back Asaduddin Owaisi in Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency

  February 21, 2019 7:00 IST

  The K Chandrasekhar Rao-led TRS returned to power with 88 seats in the 119-member Assembly. AIMIM had bagged seven seats.

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  Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP, Shiv Sena differ on sharing CM post two days after inking pre-poll deal

  February 20, 2019 20:24 IST

  Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday had said that he had rejected the formula proposing that the party winning maximum number of seats in assembly elections would get the post of chief minister.

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  Lok Sabha elections 2019: Congress leader Mukul Wasnik to meet DMK chief MK Stalin to have talks on alliance

  February 20, 2019 12:59 IST

  The BJP will get 5 out of the 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu while the AIADMK and others will get the rest.

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  Rahul Gandhi appoints secretaries to assist Priyanka, Scindia in UP

  February 20, 2019 11:48 IST

  The release said that Prakash Joshi and Naseeb Singh have been relieved from their duties as AICC secretaries.  

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  Union Cabinet takes 23 decisions, CCEA five ahead of polls' announcement

  February 20, 2019 9:13 IST

  It also approved banning of unregulated deposit schemes ordinance, which is expected to find a mention in poll speeches in West Bengal.   

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  Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP gets 5 seats in alliance led by AIADMK

  February 19, 2019 19:15 IST

  Goyal also said that the BJP will contest on five seats in Tamil Nadu during the 2019 general elections. The two parties will fight the polls together in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

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  PM Narendra Modi's big development push in Varanasi | 10 points

  February 19, 2019 12:48 IST

  Prime Minister also laid the foundation stone of Guru Ravidas Birth Place Development Project at Shri Guru Ravidas Janmasthan Temple, Seergoverdhanpur.

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  LS polls: Formal announcement of alliance between BJP and AIADMK likely today in Tamil Nadu

  February 19, 2019 12:51 IST

  Ending weeks of speculation and tottering on the brink, ruling allies BJP and Shiv Sena on Monday announced seat-sharing arrangement for the Lok Sabha and assembly elections, resolving to contest both together.

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  AAP leadership weakening me, alleges Alka Lamba

  February 19, 2019 8:36 IST

  She claimed that Chief Minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal will hold a public meeting near Jama Masjid in her constituency on February 20 but she has not been informed of it.  

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  Lok Sabha elections 2019: Shah-Thackeray seal the deal; BJP to fight on 25 seats in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena gets 23

  February 18, 2019 23:37 IST

  Earlier on Monday, BJP president Amit Shah met Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai.

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  Alliance landscape set for change for LS poll in Telangana

  February 18, 2019 14:07 IST

  In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the TRS bagged 11 seats and the Congress two, while the BJP, TDP, YSRCP and AIMIM won in one constituency each.

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  Suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad joins Congress in presence of party president Rahul Gandhi

  February 18, 2019 11:29 IST

  It is pertinent to mention here that just a few months ahead of the general polls, Azad has joined the grand old party.

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  ‘After oiling body and slapping thighs, one shouldn’t back out’: Kamal Haasan takes a jibe at Rajinikanth

  February 18, 2019 8:19 IST

  In a surprise announcement, Rajinikanth, who had floated an outfit Rajini Makkal Mandram (RMM) as a precursor to launching a political party, on Sunday said that he will not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

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  Priyadarshini Scindia's 9-day Guna visit begins from today

  February 18, 2019 8:05 IST

  "After visiting Gwalior, Raje will reach Shivpuri on Monday afternoon and participate in several women's meetings. She will be in Guna till Feburary 26," said state Congress General Secretary Harveer Raghuvanshi.

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  Lok Sabha elections 2019: Amit Shah to visit Jaipur today

  February 18, 2019 6:35 IST

  LS polls are scheduled to take place in the months of April-May.

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  Rajinikanth says his party Rajini Makkal Mandram won't contest Lok Sabha 2019 elections

  February 17, 2019 14:37 IST

  Although Rajinikanth is yet to officially float his party, the superstar has converted his fan clubs into the 'Rajini Makkal Mandram' - a political outfit that is putting together a framework for the party.

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  Lok Sabha elections 2019: Congress begins selection of candidates in Madhya Pradesh

  February 17, 2019 11:39 IST

  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had swept the state with 27 seats out of 29 in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, while the Congress had won only two. 

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  Sharad Pawar to contest Lok Sabha elections from Maharashtra's Madha

  February 14, 2019 6:27 IST

  The NCP and the Congress on Wednesday finalised the seat-sharing agreement for their alliance in Maharashtra after Sharad Pawar and Rahul Gandhi met in Delhi.

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  Parliament session ends: Modi counts achievements, anti-BJP front sets agenda

  February 14, 2019 0:00 IST

  Modi government and a united Opposition sounded poll bugle in the national capital today as last Parliament session of the 16 Lok Sabha ended today.

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  Will fight against BJP along with Congress, Left at national level: Mamata

  February 14, 2019 0:00 IST

  Addressing a mega rally organised by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, Mamata continued her attack on PM Narendra Modi and said that 'Democracy has become Namocracy' in the country.

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  'Muqabla' is on between Rahul and PM Modi, says Priyanka Gandhi after holding marathon meeting with party workers

  February 14, 2019 0:00 IST

  When asked by reporters about a 'muqabla’ (contest) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the newly appointed AICC office bearer said, "Kar to rahe hein Rahulji, Modiji se muqabla (Rahul Gandhi is already taking on Modi)."