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  Telangana Council polls: TRS to field Ex-PM PV Narasimha Rao's daughter

  February 22, 2021 7:19 IST

  Former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao's daughter S. Vani Devi will contest for the Telangana Legislative Council as the candidate of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).

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  Final phase of Panchayat polls underway in Andhra

  February 21, 2021 14:43 IST

  Polling was underway peacefully for the fourth and final phase of Panchayat elections in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday.

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  Voters will establish Gujarat as BJP's stronghold, says Amit Shah on local body polls

  February 21, 2021 11:50 IST

  Union Home Minister Amit Shah expressed confidence that the people of the state will establish Gujarat as the stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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  Bengal Election 2021: Mamata Banerjee becomes 'beti' from 'didi' in TMC's new poll slogan

  February 21, 2021 7:37 IST

  Party sources said that the slogan aims at reaching out to the women voters, who comprise nearly 49 per cent of an estimated 7 crore electorate

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  Gujarat civic polls: Voting for 575 seats underway across 6 major cities

  February 21, 2021 7:22 IST

  The Aam Aadmi Party has claimed it would be an effective alternative to the BJP and Congress, while Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM will make its local bodies poll debut having fielded 21 candidates in six wards in Ahmedabad.

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  ECI to deploy 125 companies of central forces in West Bengal for assembly polls

  February 19, 2021 23:07 IST

  ​The Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to deploy 125 companies of central forces in West Bengal by February 25 for the ensuing assembly elections, a senior official said on Friday.

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  Cause of worry for BJP? Nitish Kumar's JD-U to contest Bengal polls solo

  February 18, 2021 19:01 IST

  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to campaign for JD-U candidates in Bengal. 

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  Biennial polls to five seats of Andhra Pradesh legislative council on March 15

  February 18, 2021 15:57 IST

  Biennial elections to five seats of the Andhra Pradesh legislative council will be held on March 15, the Election Commission said on Thursday.

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  Attack on Jakir Hossain a 'conspiracy', was being pressured to join another party: Mamata Banerjee

  February 18, 2021 12:53 IST

  Banerjee, who went to the SSKM hospital to inquire after his condition following Wednesday''s incident, slammed the railways for its "lack lusture" way of functioning.

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  Vadodara Municipal Corporation election: Congress manifesto promises to build 'dating destinations'

  February 18, 2021 12:01 IST

  The Congress party has promised to build 'dating destinations' in Vadodara if it wins in the Municipal Corporation election. 

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  Bengal polls 2021: Amit Shah promises to put Gangasagar on international tourist map

  February 18, 2021 15:40 IST

  The BJP and ruling Trinamool Congress, headed by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, are spearheading intense election campaign in West Bengal with the saffron party deploying its enviable political machinery to capture power in the state which it has never ruled.

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  Bengal polls 2021: Stones hurled at BJP's march in Kolkata, several injured

  February 18, 2021 10:45 IST

  The BJP and ruling TMC are spearheading intense election campaign in West Bengal with the saffron party deploying its enviable political machinery to capture power in the state which it has never ruled.

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  Bengal polls 2021: Amit Shah, Mamata Banerjee to address rallies in South 24 Parganas today

  February 18, 2021 11:10 IST

  The BJP and ruling Trinamool Congress are spearheading intense election campaign in West Bengal with the saffron party deploying its enviable political machinery to capture power in the state.

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  Bengal polls: ISF's Abbas Siddique ditches Owaisi, joins Congress-Left alliance

  February 17, 2021 13:08 IST

  The Indian Secular Front (ISF) of Pirzada Abbas Siddiqui has joined the Congress-Left alliance for the upcoming Assembly polls in West Bengal.

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  Punjab civic body poll results 2021 LIVE: Congress sweeps 7 municipal corporations

  February 17, 2021 14:09 IST

  Punjab civic body poll results 2021 LIVE: The SAD and the BJP fought the elections separately after the former walked out of the NDA over the farm laws issue last year.

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  Counting of votes for 116 urban local bodies underway in Punjab

  February 17, 2021 9:21 IST

  The counting began for seven municipal corporations -- Abohar, Bathinda, Batala, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur, Pathankot and Moga -- and 109 municipal councils and municipal panchayats. A total of 9,222 candidates were in fray for 2,302 wards.

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  Battleground Kerala: Fight for Hindu votes, Sabarimala back in spotlight

  February 16, 2021 20:36 IST

  The assembly elections in Kerala are expected in April-May, so the Congress lost no time in making public a draft of the legislation, and the BJP has planned to hold discussions with the people before making the land issue a part of its election manifesto. 

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  TMC wants to turn West Bengal into Bangladesh: Suvendu Adhikari

  February 15, 2021 15:12 IST

  BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has alleged that the TMC wants to turn West Bengal into Bangladesh by importing Jai Bangla slogan.

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  BJP names former Bodoland People's Front member its Rajya Sabha candidate from Assam

  February 15, 2021 13:49 IST

  The BJP on Monday named Biswajit Daimary, who had joined it after quitting his Rajya Sabha seat as a Bodoland People's Front MP, as its candidate for the by-election to the Upper House from Assam.

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  Andhra Pradesh urban local bodies polls to be held on March 10

  February 15, 2021 13:24 IST

  Elections to urban local bodies (ULBs) in Andhra Pradesh would be held on March 10, the State Election Commission announced on Monday. 

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  'We will play and you will watch': Dilip Ghosh trains guns on TMC over 'Khela hobe' slogan

  February 15, 2021 9:43 IST

  Bengal polls 2021: Dilip Ghosh said that those trying to harm the BJP workers will face retribution. He also accused the TMC of atrocities against opposition workers.

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  Polling for civic body elections underway in Punjab; over 9,000 candidates in fray

  February 14, 2021 9:01 IST

  Out of the total candidates, 2,832 are contesting as independents, 2,037 are of the ruling Congress while 1,569 are Akali Dal nominees. 

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  Andhra Pradesh panchayat polls: 82% voter turnout in 2nd phase

  February 13, 2021 20:46 IST

  The second phase of polling for 2,786 panchayats in Andhra Pradesh ended peacefully with 81.61 per cent voter turnout. The State Election Commission (SEC), in a statement on Saturday, however, did not provide the total number of eligible voters.

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  Andhra Pradesh panchayat polls: Second phase voting begins in 18 revenue divisions

  February 13, 2021 13:38 IST

  The second phase of Panchayat elections in Andhra Pradesh kicked off on Saturday as voting began at 6.30 a.m. in 18 revenue divisions.

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  When will assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry be held? Election Commission's big remark

  February 12, 2021 18:44 IST

  There would be zero tolerance to misuse of money power and illegal distribution of freebies and other inducements to voters,  Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said.

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  Gujarat local polls: BJP fields 31 Muslim candidates in Bharuch

  February 12, 2021 18:25 IST

  According to Marutisinh Atodariya, district BJP chief, this is for the first time that the party has fielded so many candidates from the Muslim community in the district.

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  Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation mayoral elections: TRS wins Mayor, Deputy Mayor posts

  February 11, 2021 15:45 IST

  The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on Thursday won the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) mayoral elections.

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  TMC 'goons' cannot stall BJP's march to power in West Bengal: Amit Shah

  February 11, 2021 15:17 IST

  Amit Shah said that Mamata Banerjee gets angry at 'Jai Shri Ram' slogan, but she will herself begin chanting it by the time assembly polls are over.