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  Goa polls: Mamata Banerjee's TMC not even in race, says Kejriwal

  December 22, 2021 13:42 IST

  The AAP had contested the 2017 Goa Assembly elections, but did not win a single seat in the 40-member House. The TMC has announced that it will contest all the 40 seats in the forthcoming elections in the coastal state.  

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  Punjab Election 2022: PM Modi to address mega rally in January; BJP to contest on 70 seats

  December 22, 2021 13:23 IST

  The BJP, which has so far contested elections in Punjab with Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), will contest 70 of the 117 Assembly seats.

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  UP Election 2022: Arvind Kejriwal to address rally in Lucknow on January 2

  December 22, 2021 12:13 IST

  AAP's Rath Yatras in UP will start right after the January 2 mega rally which will be held in Lucknow and will be addressed by AAP national convenor and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.

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  From 17 seats to mere 2, Congress faces desertion blues in Goa ahead of polls

  December 22, 2021 10:27 IST

  The biggest jolt the Congress came in 2019 when a group of its 10 MLAs, led by then leader of opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar,  left the party together and joined the ruling BJP. 

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  Assembly Election 2022 Highlights: BJP to enrol one lakh 'cyber yoddhas' for Uttarakhand polls

  December 23, 2021 0:07 IST

  Besides Goa, four other states -- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Manipur will go to polls early next year.

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  No one raises issue of hiking MSP for sugarcane out of fear: Varun Gandhi

  December 22, 2021 8:33 IST

  Varun Gandhi also said he is a "revolutionary" leader and cannot see injustice being done to people. 

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  BJP will retain power in Uttar Pradesh under CM Yogi, PM Modi leadership: Nitin Gadkari

  December 21, 2021 19:17 IST

  Responding to the opposition's charge of government tapping their phones, Gadkari denied allegations saying they are not tapping anyone's phone, these are baseless claims.

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  Punjab Elections 2022: Congress MLA Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi joins BJP

  December 21, 2021 18:36 IST

  Sodhi, who represents Guru Har Sahai constituency in Punjab Assembly, joined the BJP in the presence of party's Punjab in-charge Gajendra Singh Shekhawat at BJP headquarters in the national capital today.

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  Centre's decision to raise girl's marriage age to 21: '...Only some are troubled by this decision'

  December 21, 2021 18:48 IST

  Addressing a rally in Prayagraj, he also said that 25 lakh of the 30 lakh houses given under Prime Minister Awas Yojana are registered in the name of women in Uttar Pradesh.

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  Not only phone tapping, Govt hacking Instagram accounts of my children, alleges Priyanka Gandhi

  December 21, 2021 16:21 IST

  The Congress leader made the allegation while speaking to reporters on PM Modi's Prayagraj visit where he attended a program dedicated to women empowerment.

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  Goa polls 2022: After resigning from Congress, Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco joins TMC

  December 21, 2021 13:49 IST

  After Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco's resignation, the Congress' strength in the 40-member Goa Assembly has been reduced to two.

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  Mohan Bhagwat, Mulayam Singh Yadav in one frame! This photo sets tongues wagging ahead of UP polls

  December 21, 2021 13:42 IST

  RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and veteran Samajwadi Party leader, former Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav were seen sitting together at the wedding function of Vice President Venkaiah Naidu's granddaughter.

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  Assembly Election: Decision to raise women's marriage age to 21 upsetting for some: PM Modi

  December 21, 2021 23:42 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday at a programme here transferred Rs 1,000 crore to bank accounts of self help groups to benefit around 16 lakh women.

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  Students of classes 10, 12 in government schools to get tablets: Uttarakhand CM

  December 20, 2021 23:58 IST

  For free tablets, money will be transferred to students' accounts through DBT.

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  PM to visit Prayagraj today, to transfer Rs 1000 cr to SHGs benefitting 16 lakh women | 10 points

  December 20, 2021 23:54 IST

  The programme is being held as per the vision of the Prime Minister to empower women, especially at the grassroots level, by providing them with the necessary skills, incentives, and resources. In this endeavor to support women.

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  Trouble for BJP in UP as Nishads fume over delay in reservation

  December 20, 2021 17:42 IST

  The Nishads were looking forward to an announcement in this regard by the union Home Minister Amit Shah at the joint BJP-Nishad party rally in Lucknow last week.

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  Rajya Sabha Opposition works with "mantra of disturbance and disruption", alleges BJP

  December 20, 2021 16:44 IST

  These parties, including the Congress, Trinamool Congress and the Shiv Sena, have argued that the government should have called the entire opposition for the meeting as they have been together in protesting the suspension of these members over their alleged unruly conduct in Rajya Sabha during the last session.

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  'Sacrilege accused should be hanged in public': Navjot Sidhu

  December 20, 2021 16:03 IST

  Navjot Singh Sidhu has condemned the alleged sacrilege attempts at the Golden Temple in Amritsar and at a gurdwara in Kapurthala, saying conspiracies are being hatched to disturb peace in Punjab.

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  Big jolt for Congress in Goa as MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco resigns

  December 20, 2021 14:51 IST

  Two other Congress leaders had also recently resigned as MLAs in the state, where elections are due early next year.

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  Ahead of polls, UP govt announces free smartphones, tablets to 1 crore students

  December 20, 2021 14:34 IST

  One lakh smartphones and tablets will be given to final year students at Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on December 25, said an official statement issued on Monday.

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  UP elections 2022: PM Modi to visit Prayagraj tomorrow, to participate in women empowerment program

  December 20, 2021 14:07 IST

  As per the PMO, the programme is being held as per PM Modi's vision to empower women, especially at the grassroots level, by providing them with necessary skills, incentives and resources.

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  Punjab Elections 2022: Navjot Singh Sidhu dares 'masquerader' Arvind Kejriwal to debate on polls

  December 20, 2021 13:39 IST

  In a sharp tweet, Sidhu accused the Delhi Chief Minister of colluding with the Badals of Akali Dal and also targeted him over the controversial farm laws recently scrapped by the Centre. Sidhu also accused the AAP chief of "running" the liquor mafia with former Shiromani Akali Dal MLA Deep Malhotra.

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  Uttar Pradesh elections 2022: Samajwadi Party to field maximum Brahmin candidates

  December 20, 2021 11:53 IST

  Senior Samajwadi leader and former Speaker, Mata Prasad Pandey, said that SP president Akhilesh Yadav would field maximum Brahmin candidates, particularly in eastern UP, to ensure return to power. 

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  Assembly Elections Highlights: 70 BJP leaders to take part in Vijay Sankalp Yatra in Uttarakhand

  December 20, 2021 23:30 IST

  Five poll-bound states are Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab. Elections in these states will be held in February-March next year.

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  After Ayodhya and Kashi, Mathura will hopefully get grand temple, says Hema Malini

  December 20, 2021 6:50 IST

  While addressing media, Hema Malini said, “After the restoration of Ram Janmabhoomi and Kashi, naturally Mathura is also very important.”

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  'Hindutvavadis believe all Indians...': Rahul Gandhi takes swipe at RSS chief

  December 19, 2021 18:49 IST

  Rahul Gandhi's comments have come after Mohan Bhagwat during an event said that for over 40,000 years, DNA of all people in India has been the same adding he was not faffing.

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  Yogi defends IT raids on Akhilesh's aides, asks 'can someone's wealth grow 200 times in 5 years'

  December 19, 2021 18:29 IST

  The comments came a day after Akhilesh Yadav's personal aide and other associates were raided by Income Tax officials.

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  Akhilesh Yadav alleges phone tapping, I-T raids by Yogi govt

  December 19, 2021 19:19 IST

  Akhilesh Yadav's allegations came a day after four of his close associates were raided by Income Tax officials in Uttar Pradesh. Yadav said that the raids were an indication that the BJP was going to lose the election.