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  UP polls: AAP candidate tries self-immolation over rejection of his poll nomination papers

  January 24, 2022 20:08 IST

  After his failed suicide bid, Singh sat on a dharna before the district magistrate’s office, alleging that he was not given an opportunity to rectify his mistake in filling his nomination paper.

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  Uttar Pradesh Election 2022: Full list of Samajwadi Party candidates

  February 08, 2022 23:43 IST

  Full List of Samajwadi Party candidates: Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections will be held in seven phases starting from February 10 and will end on March 7. The results will be out on March 10.

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  Good that Adityanth not entering poll fray from Ayodhya: Ram Mandir chief priest

  January 24, 2022 18:05 IST

  Acharya Satyendra Das, the chief priest of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, said he had earlier suggested that Adityanath should contest from Gorakhpur.

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  Pak PM sent request to reinstate his 'old friend' Sidhu in Punjab govt, claims Amarinder Singh

  January 24, 2022 17:55 IST

  Captain Amarinder Singh, who has floated a new party after leaving Congress and is fighting Punjab assembly polls in an alliance with BJP, said he was told that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will be grateful if he can keep Sidhu in the government.

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  '65-37-15': 'Big brother' BJP seals Punjab seat sharing deal with Amarinder, Dhindsa's parties

  January 24, 2022 17:19 IST

  The three parties -- BJP, Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) of Captain Amarinder Singh and SAD (Sanyukt) of Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa will announce manifesto for the Punjab polls together.

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  Punjab polls: Sidhu questions Bhagwant Mann as AAP's CM face, calls Kejriwal 'masquerader'

  January 24, 2022 15:55 IST

  Bhagwant Mann will contest from Dhuri constituency in Sangrur district in the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections.

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  Pakistan 'gatecrashes' UP polls, courtesy Akhilesh: Will it be the ammunition BJP was waiting for?

  January 24, 2022 17:25 IST

  After Akhilesh's recent remarks, the BJP mounted a blistering attack on Samajwadi Party president for his statement in which he reportedly said that it is China and not Pakistan which is India's real enemy.

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  Goa Elections 2022: 'Double engine govt' slogan hints at dictatorship,' says Yashwant Sinha

  January 24, 2022 14:33 IST

  "I want to tell you a serious thing. A very serious issue. If the central government or the BJP speaks about a double engine government, it means they want to run a dictatorship in Goa," Yashwant Sinha said.

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  'Dinner with Arvind Kejriwal': Delhi CM launches AAP's new campaign for poll-bound states

  January 24, 2022 13:51 IST

  Arvind Kejriwal said that the AAP government in Delhi has done a number of good works like providing free electricity and water and asked Delhiites to urge voters in poll-bound states to give a chance to the AAP.

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  Why UP polls causing ripples within Nitish Kumar's JD-U in Bihar

  January 24, 2022 13:34 IST

  The JD-U has shortlisted 51 candidates and 26 of them have been announced so far. These 26 candidates are contesting on those seats where BJP is either having a strong hold or having sitting MLAs.

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  UP polls: BJP trying to take credit for work initiated by BSP govt, claims Mayawati

  January 24, 2022 12:00 IST

  Slamming the Yogi Adityanath dispensation, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief said it is very sad that state is lagging behind.

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  'Jinnah se jo kare pyaar...': BJP blasts Akhilesh Yadav over 'Pakistan political enemy' remark

  January 24, 2022 13:05 IST

  BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said that Akhilesh Yadav should express remorse and apologise for his 'Pakistan political enemy' remark.

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  Old pension scheme stopped by Samajwadi govt: Yogi Adityanath

  January 24, 2022 10:50 IST

  Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav had last week announced that the SP government will restore the old pension scheme, benefitting lakhs of state government employees.

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  Assembly Election 2022 Updates: Akhilesh Yadav to contest from Karhal, Shivpal from Jaswant Nagar

  January 24, 2022 23:40 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: EC's norms flouted during Amit Shah's door-to-door campaign, alleges SP

  January 23, 2022 23:44 IST

  During the door-to-door campaign led by Amit Shah, he interacted with the people of Kairana who had left the city in 2014 but have now resettled back.

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  BJP MLA from Agra's Fatehabad Jitendra Verma resigns ahead of polls, joins SP

  January 23, 2022 22:23 IST

  Verma's name did not figure in the list of candidates released by the BJP for the first phase of elections. He was replaced by Chhotelal Verma.

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  Punjab polls: Amarinder calls Sidhu incompetent, says he has 'no brains'

  January 23, 2022 22:12 IST

  Amarinder Singh also said he did not act against Channi in a #MeToo case as the woman IAS officer did not pursue her complaint.

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  BJP eyeing two-third majority in upcoming assembly polls: Manipur CM

  January 23, 2022 22:13 IST

  BJP will double its tally and get a two-third majority in the forthcoming assembly elections in the state, PTI quoted Manipur CM as saying.

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  Who is Dharmendra Pratap Singh, India's tallest man who joined SP?

  January 23, 2022 22:13 IST

  Dharmendra Pratap Singh, the 46-year-old resident of Narharpur Kasiyahi village in Pratapgarh district has his name in the Guinness World Records and is also seen as one of the tallest men in Asia.

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  Goa polls: After quitting BJP, ex-CM Laxmikant Parsekar says he will contest as independent

  January 23, 2022 18:06 IST

  At the time of his resignation from BJP, Parsekar was the head of the ruling party's manifesto committee for the February 14 Assembly polls.

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  Navjot Sidhu's principal strategic advisor Mustafa booked for 'communal' remarks

  January 23, 2022 17:00 IST

  "An FIR has been lodged under IPC Section 153-A and Section 125 in The Representation of the People Act," said Malerkotla Senior Superintendent of Police, Ravjot Kaur Grewal. 

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  Punjab elections 2022: Captain Amarinder Singh announces first list of 22 candidates

  January 23, 2022 22:13 IST

  The PLC has been allotted 37 to contest out of the 117 seats in the state as part of its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and SAD (Sanyukt), with discussions still in progress on possibly another five seats for the party, he said.

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  UP polls: CM Yogi holds door-to-door campaign in Ghaziabad, questions SP's free electricity claim

  January 23, 2022 16:35 IST

  Yogi Adityanath slammed the opposition (Congress, SP, BSP) for its absence as UP fought against Covid- 19. He claimed that 'only BJP' workers contributed to the fight against the virus.

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  ED planning to arrest Satyendar Jain, claims Arvind Kejriwal; says 'won't cry like Punjab CM Channi'

  January 23, 2022 13:34 IST

  Taking a swipe at Punjab Chief minister Charanjt Singh Channi, AAP national convenor said that he will not cry like him on ED raids.

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  UP assembly polls: Aditi Singh dares Priyanka to contest from Rae Bareli

  January 23, 2022 13:16 IST

  Former Congress MLA, Aditi Singh, recently joined the BJP ahead of polls.

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  UP polls: Mulayam Singh Yadav, Jaya Bachchan among Samajwadi Party's star campaigners

  January 23, 2022 11:59 IST

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

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  'Those promising free electricity kept UP in dark': CM Yogi's dig at Akhilesh Yadav

  January 23, 2022 10:02 IST

  Yogi Adityanath further reminded the Samajwadi Party that when its govt was formed in the year 2012, the first they did was to withdraw the cases of terrorists who attacked Shri Ram Janmabhoomi.

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  'Majithia dancing to BJP tunes': Punjab CM Channi refutes 'frivolous' sand mining allegations

  January 23, 2022 7:05 IST

  Calling ED's raid and opposition scurrilous attacks a 'political vendetta' ahead of Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections, CM said, "BJP is using central agencies to take revenge from me."