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  Election Commission to buy 16 lakh VVPAT machines in 2 years, issues letter of intent to manufacturers

  April 23, 2017 14:56 IST

  New Delhi: The Election Commission has issued a letter of intent for purchase of 16,15,000 Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail ( VVPAT) machines in the next two years to be used in all polling stations in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The Commission issue

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  MCD polls 2017: Polling in two wards postponed after death of Samajwadi Party candidates

  April 23, 2017 11:23 IST

  Polling for elections to two wards in Delhi have been postponed due to the death of two Samajwadi Party candidates.

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  Yogi Adityanath govt downgrades security cover for Mulayam, Akhilesh, Mayawati

  April 23, 2017 11:02 IST

  Yogi Adityanath-led government in UP has downgraded security cover of several opposition leaders, including former chief ministers Mulayam Singh Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati.

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  PM Narendra Modi to address 13 BJP chief ministers today

  April 23, 2017 8:36 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address chief ministers of 13 BJP-ruled states today.

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  MCD polls 2017: What’s at stake for AAP, BJP and Congress

  April 23, 2017 8:37 IST

  The voting for high-octane Delhi municipal polls is now underway with three main players -- the AAP, the BJP and the Congress -- vying for control over three municipal bodies in the capital.

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  MCD polls: Congress complains to Delhi SEC against publication of opinion poll

  April 23, 2017 8:07 IST

  Delhi unit of Congress on Saturday lodged a complaint with Delhi SEC against publication of an opinion poll by a leading newspaper and a news channel.

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  Anyone opposing ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ and ‘Jai Sri Ram’ will become history: Bengal BJP chief

  April 23, 2017 7:25 IST

  Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh stoked yet another controversy on Saturday by saying that anyone opposing the chants of "Bharat Mata ki Jai" and "Jai Sri Ram" in the country will become history.

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  272 wards, 2537 candidates: 10 important facts about MCD polls 2017

  April 23, 2017 11:14 IST

  The polling for 272 wards of three Delhi municipal bodies -- SDMC, NDMC and EDMC -- will take place today.

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  BJP files police complaint against Arvind Kejriwal over his dengue comment

  April 23, 2017 6:53 IST

  The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday filed a police complaint against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for asking voters not to vote for the saffron party if they want to get rid of dengue.

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  MCD polls 2017: 54 pc turnout recorded, exit polls predict BJP sweep

  April 24, 2017 0:13 IST

  The voting for three Delhi municipal bodies will take place today. While NDMC and SDMC have 104 wards each, EDMC has 64.

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  I fear tampering with EVMs in MCD polls too: Kejriwal

  April 22, 2017 18:31 IST

  Saying he was "100 per cent" sure EVM tampering prevented an AAP victory in Punjab, Kejriwal said that this would be tried on Sunday too in Delhi's municipal elections.

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  LG fires one bullet at me every day, says Delhi CM Kejriwal

  April 22, 2017 18:05 IST

  Noting that his government tries to coordinate on various issues related to the development of the national capital, both with the Lt Governor as well as the Centre, the Delhi Chief Minister said "the firing" has intensified just before the MCD polls

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  Uma Bharti says, there is no conspiracy to prevent Advani from becoming President

  April 22, 2017 17:04 IST

  The saffron sanyasin went on to say: "Why should Modi ji conspire? ..God willing Advani should live for 125 years, but let me tell you, there is no conspiracy about preventing him from becoming President. "

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  Congress slams Arunachal CM Pema Khandu for his Tibet statement

  April 22, 2017 16:21 IST

  The Arunachal Pradesh unit of the Congress party today slammed state Chief Minister Pema Khandu for saying that the Indian state shares a border with Tibet and not China.

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  Delhi Police question Dinakaran for attempting to bribe EC officials

  April 22, 2017 16:15 IST

  Sidelined AIADMK Deputy General Secretary TTV Dinakaran was today questioned by Delhi Police for allegedly attempting to bribe Election Commission officials in a case related to the party's poll symbol.

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  BJP's Himanta Biswa Sarma predicts Congress' downfall in Meghalaya

  April 22, 2017 16:03 IST

  BJP’s poll strategist and Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sharma has predicted that his party will win the people’s mandate in Meghalaya in 2018 Assembly elections.

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  Thaw in AIADMK merger move; both camps set up panels

  April 22, 2017 15:29 IST

  Rajya Sabha MP R Vaithilingam will head the panel set up by the Palaniswami group while the Panneerselvam camp on Friday named senior leader and former minister K P Munusamy as the head of a seven-member committee.

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  At late night meeting, CM Adityanath takes decisions to revamp health services

  April 22, 2017 15:09 IST

  The Chief Minister ordered officials to ensure quality health services are provided to the people of state and people from all sections of the society are included in the government’s schemes.

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  Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu suspends SDO Sewerage Board for negligence of duty

  April 22, 2017 14:51 IST

  During the visit, Sidhu found laxity in working of SDO Jugal Kishore and took the decision to suspend him.

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  Time for Mehbooba Mufti to snap ties with BJP and make peace with people of J&K : P Chidambaram

  April 22, 2017 14:12 IST

  Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today said that Mehbooba Mufti should snap ties with alliance partner BJP as clamour is growing for the imposition of President’s rule in J&K.

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  United opposition against PM Modi not easy now, says Sheila Dikshit

  April 22, 2017 13:47 IST

  Senior Congress leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today said that it is not easy for now to forge a united opposition against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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  Alwar lynching: Congress demands CBI probe into Pehlu Khan's killing

  April 22, 2017 13:32 IST

  The Rajasthan Congress on Friday met state Governor Kalyan Singh and demanded a CBI probe into Alwar lynching leading to the killing of Pehlu Khan allegedly by the cow vigilantes.

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  SIT issues second summons to former Goa CM Digambar Kamat in illegal mining case

  April 22, 2017 12:59 IST

  Goa Crime Brach's Special Investigation Team (SIT) has summoned former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on Monday in connection with investigations into the illegal mining scam.

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  Expelled Congress leader Barkha Singh joins BJP

  April 22, 2017 13:22 IST

  Expelled Congress leader Barkha Shukla Singh is all set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party today.

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  ‘Muslims don't vote for BJP, but we gave them sanctity’: Ravi Shankar Prasad

  April 22, 2017 12:32 IST

  Ravi Shankar Prasad acknowledged that Muslims do not exercise their franchise in favour of the BJP, but this didn’t mean that the ‘government victimised them’.

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  Congress rubbishes speculations over Kamal Nath joining BJP

  April 22, 2017 10:29 IST

  The Indian National Congress (INC) on Friday denied media reports of veteran Congress leader Kamal Nath planning to join the the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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  Maharashtra civic polls: BJP scores stunning victory in Congress citadel Latur, Chandrapur

  April 22, 2017 10:13 IST

  Continuing its winning march in Maharashtra, BJP on Friday emerged victorious in two out of three civic bodies that went to polls on April 19.

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  ‘All good people should join hands to take on BJP’: Arvind Kejriwal joins chorus for a united opposition

  April 22, 2017 8:25 IST

  Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal has also come out in favour of all opposition parties joining hands to stop the BJP juggernaut marching ahead under the leadership of PM Modi.