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  Man with blade, poison held as UP Minister Sidharth Nath Singh goes for nomination filing

  February 03, 2022 13:54 IST

  Police have arrested the person and further investigations are on.

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  After BJP, SP fields another candidate from Lucknow Cantt; Rita Bahuguna's son left out

  February 03, 2022 13:33 IST

  Elections for the 403 Assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases starting February 10.

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  Punjab Election 2022: Will Channi be Congress' CM face? Here's what party survey reveals

  February 03, 2022 13:32 IST

  In this survey of Congress, there are three questions in Punjabi language and they are being asked to give their opinion by pressing the button on the option of their choice on the IVR.

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  Anupriya Patel's sister is Akhilesh's bet against Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya in Sirathu

  February 03, 2022 13:31 IST

  Polling in Sirathu will take place in the fifth phase on February 27. The fifth will cover 60 assembly seats including Sirathu in 11 districts. Result will be declared on March 10.

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  Road rage case: Trouble for Navjot Singh Sidhu as Supreme Court to hear review petition today

  February 03, 2022 10:36 IST

  The hearing in Supreme Court comes just weeks before Punjab goes to polls. Navjot Singh Sidhu is contesting from the Amritsar East constituency.

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  Assembly Election 2022 LIVE Updates: Shots fired at Asaduddin Owaisi's convoy near Ghaziabad

  February 03, 2022 23:25 IST

  The Election Commission has already announced the dates and all the political parties have started flexing their muscles in the poll-bound states -- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab.

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  Rahul Gandhi may announce Congress' Punjab chief ministerial face on Feb 6: Sources

  February 02, 2022 23:45 IST

  Rahul Gandhi had announced during his last visit to Punjab on January 27 that the Congress will go into the Punjab Assembly election with a CM face and the decision on it will be taken soon after consulting party workers.

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  Ahead of Cong's decision on CM face in Punjab, Sidhu visits Vaishno Devi

  February 02, 2022 20:25 IST

  Meanwhile, party leader Sachin Pilot on Friday said that the announcement regarding Congress's CM face in Punjab will be made soon after consultation with party workers.

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  UP Election: Adityanath sharpens attack on 'do ladkon ki jodi' Akhilesh, Jayant

  February 02, 2022 17:50 IST

  Yogi Adityanath alleged that the previous Akhilesh Yadav government pushed Uttar Pradesh into violence as he held the former CM responsible for the Muzaffarnagar riots.

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  Mafias in Uttar Pradesh can be found in jails or candidate list of Samajwadi Party: Amit Shah

  February 02, 2022 17:33 IST

  Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday launched a scathing attack at the Samajwadi Party (SP) ahead of the forthcoming elections saying mafias in Uttar Pradesh can only be found in jails or in the candidate list of the SP.

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  Trinamool Congress will contest 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh, announces Mamata Banerjee

  February 02, 2022 16:11 IST

  TMC will stay out of the race in the upcoming UP assembly elections, and will support Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party.

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  Will support Sidhu if Congress names him CM candidate, says CM Channi | EXCLUSIVE

  February 02, 2022 17:03 IST

  Punjab Election 2022: State party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has made it apparent on several occasions that he wants the party to declare him as the official CM candidate.

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  Channi or Sidhu - Who will be Congress' CM face in Punjab? Announcement likely today

  February 02, 2022 15:37 IST

  If reports are to be believed, incumbent CM Charanjit Singh Channi is the frontrunner while the party's state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu is at the second spot.

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  UP polls: Rahul Gandhi shares 'fake video' to corner BJP over Hindutva - Watch

  February 02, 2022 14:28 IST

  Notably, Rahul has been relentlessly attacking the BJP and RSS over the issue of Hindutva for several months in the run-up to the Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.   

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  Goa polls 2022: AAP candidates sign affidavits promising no corruption, defection

  February 02, 2022 14:26 IST

  Elections to all 40 Assembly seats in Goa are scheduled on Feb 14 and results will be declared on Mar 10.

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  'Don't want to be Hema Malini': Jayant Chaudhary on BJP's 'doors are open for him' offer

  February 02, 2022 14:35 IST

  The RLD leader also took a swipe at the BJP over the death of farmers during over year-long farmers protests and also demanded resignation of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni over the Lakhimpur Kheri incident.

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  UP polls 2022: Not leaving BJP, says UP minister Swati Singh after party denies her ticket

  February 02, 2022 13:32 IST

  On not being given ticket in this Assembly election, Swati Singh said, "I am in BJP since I was 17 years old and will remain in the saffron party."

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  Punjab polls: Channi was least favoured for CM post after Captain stepped down, claims Sunil Jakhar

  February 02, 2022 13:02 IST

  In September last year, Charanjit Singh Channi was sworn in as Chief Minister of Punjab while Sukhjinder Randhawa and OP Soni took oath as deputy chief ministers.

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  UP polls: SP denies Swami Prasad Maurya ticket from stronghold Padrauna, fields him from Fazilnagar

  February 02, 2022 13:20 IST

  Swami Prasad Maurya had joined the BJP before the 2017 assembly polls after leaving the BSP. He is a sitting MLA from Padrauna. He quit the BJP recently and joined the Samajwadi Party.

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  Nirmala Sitharaman's 'typical UP-type' remark angers Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi

  February 02, 2022 12:11 IST

  Priyanka Gandhi, who is spearheading Congress' campaign in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, asked Nirmala Sitharaman to tender an apology to the people of UP for her 'typical UP-type' remark.

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  UP polls: Congress fields gangster Vikas Dubey's relative from Kalyanpur seat in Kanpur

  February 02, 2022 11:40 IST

  In Uttar Pradesh, the first phase of polling will be held on February 10, the second phase on February 14, the third phase on February 20, the fourth phase on February 23, the fifth phase on February 27, the sixth phase on March 3 and the seventh phase on March 7.

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  UP polls: After BJP's denial, SP likely to field Rita Bahuguna Joshi's son from Lucknow Cantt

  February 02, 2022 11:04 IST

  Rita Bahuguna Joshi had joined BJP in 2016 after serving Congress for 24 years. She joined the party in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and contested elections on BJP ticket from Lucknow Cantt seat in 2017.

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  UP polls: BJP ends suspense over Lucknow Cantt seat; Aparna Yadav, Rita Bahuguna's son left out

  February 02, 2022 11:00 IST

  Incumbent Lucknow (central) MLA and minister Brijesh Pathak has been fielded from the Lucknow Cantonment seat. He had won elections in 2017 from Lucknow Central.

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  Assembly Election 2022: PM's 2nd virtual rally in UP on Feb 4; Cong releases 7th list of candidates

  February 02, 2022 23:36 IST

  The Election Commission has already announced the dates and all the political parties have started flexing their muscles in the poll-bound states -- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab.

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  UP Polls: BJP fields ex-ED official Rajeshwar Singh from Sarojini Nagar

  February 01, 2022 23:44 IST

  Rajeshwar Singh on Monday took to Twitter to share that his request for voluntary retirement (VRS) from the service of the Government of India has been approved and he will soon join politics.

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  UP polls: Like vaccine, BJP in UP will provide double dose ration every month, says CM Yogi

  February 01, 2022 23:22 IST

  Yogi also spoke on UP's vaccination record on vaccinating all eligible population with the first dose of Covid 19. He said that 135 crore people got free vaccination, free COVID care, free tests under PM Narendra Modi's leadership.

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  UP polls: Cong decides to field no candidate against Akhilesh, Shivpal

  February 01, 2022 22:32 IST

  A Congress party spokesperson said the party pitted no candidates against the two in a reciprocal gesture of the SP which too had fielded no one on Rae Bareilly and Amethi Lok Sabha seats against INC leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the 2019 general elections.

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  After pledging to go independent, upset Congress leader Jagmohan Kang joins AAP with sons

  February 01, 2022 23:03 IST

  Jagmohan Singh had earlier expressed his disappointment over CM Channi's decision for giving Kharar a ticket to a liquor contractor and not him. He had threatened to go independent if Congress doesn't reconsider their decision.