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  Delhi Polls: 'It's a tough road ahead' my father told me, says Sharmistha Mukherjee

  Politics | January 24, 2015 16:04 IST

  New Delhi:  Confident about winning her maiden election from the prestigious Greater Kailash Assembly constituency, President Pranab Mukherjee's daughter Sharmistha is going by her father's valued advice of putting in “hard work” and “being patient”.“My

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  Parliamentary board to decide on naming CM candidate for Bihar polls: Amit Shah

  Politics | January 24, 2015 14:46 IST

  Patna:  The BJP parliamentary board will decide on whether to name the chief ministerial candidate for the Bihar assembly polls later this year, party president Amit Shah said here Saturday."It is for the BJP parliamentary

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  Delhi Polls: 230 nominations rejected, 693 candidates remain in fray

  Politics | January 23, 2015 7:54 IST

  New Delhi: A total of 693 candidates remained in the the fray for the February 7 Delhi Assembly polls after the Election Commission cancelled nomination of 230 candidates during the scrutiny of papers today.  The

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  BJP poll panel meets, discusses strategy, candidates

  Politics | January 16, 2015 7:54 IST

  New Delhi: The Election Committee of Delhi BJP on thursday deliberated on the strategy for assembly polls as well as probable candidates.In its first meeting, the committee decided to hold street plays in different parts

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  Delhi polls: Election officials gear up, panels formed for Assembly elections

  Politics | January 13, 2015 9:09 IST

  New Delhi: With the declaration of the date for Assembly polls in Delhi, the Model Code of Conduct on Monday came into force even as election officials set up various committees to look into issues

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  Assembly polls in Delhi likely to be held by mid-Feb

  Politics | January 04, 2015 20:10 IST

  New Delhi: The Assembly elections in Delhi, where the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are raring for another face off, are likely to be held by the middle of February.Authoritative sources in the

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  Poll debacle: Rahul to meet AICC general secretaries tomorrow

  Politics | December 23, 2014 23:33 IST

  New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has called a meeting of AICC general secretaries tomorrow in the backdrop of the party suffering reverses in assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand.Sources said that

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  Modi government's record contributed to BJP's success in assembly polls: Amit Shah

  Politics | December 23, 2014 17:21 IST

  New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah Tuesday gave credit for party's good showing in Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir elections to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that people's faith in him, and performance of his

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  J&K Polls: Countdown begins for final phase tomorrow

  Politics | December 20, 2014 0:00 IST

  Jammu: Stage is set for the fifth and final leg of Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir tomorrow in which several high-profile candidates, including Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand, will try their luck in 20

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  J&K Polls: Amit Shah to address two public rallies today

  Politics | December 11, 2014 9:50 IST

  Srinagar: As the state of Jammu and Kashmir heads toward its 4th phase of Assembly polls, BJP President Amit Shah will address two election rallies here today in Shopian and Srinagar.According to sources, he is

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  Eyes on 2017 Assembly polls,Samajwadi Party tries to woo Dalits

  Politics | December 07, 2014 12:15 IST

  Lucknow:  Sensing an opportunity in the dismal showing by BSP in the Lok Sabha elections earlier this year, Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party is silently working towards weaning away its arch-rival's Dalit vote bank with

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  J& K Polls: PM Modi to campaign in 3rd phase on Dec 8

  Politics | December 04, 2014 21:54 IST

  Jammu:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will campaign in Srinagar and Samba on December 8 for third phase of the five-stage assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.  “The Prime Minister will campaign on December 8 for

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  Second phase of polls in J-K, Jharkhand tomorrow

  Politics | December 01, 2014 18:26 IST

  Srinagar/Ranchi: Stage is set for second phase of elections in 18 seats in Jammu and Kashmir and 20 spread across seven Maoist-hit tribal districts of Jharkhand tomorrow which will seal the fate of several high-profile

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  Political instability keeping Jharkhand behind

  Politics | November 28, 2014 10:41 IST

  Ranchi: With the five-phase Assembly polls underway in Jharkhand to elect the 10th government in 14 years, instability is the issue that is uppermost in the minds of voters.Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also flagged

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  J&K polls: 195 candidates file nominations for 4th phase

  Politics | November 26, 2014 23:46 IST

  Jammu: A total of 195 candidates have filed their nominations for the fourth phase of polls to be held in 18 Assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir on December 14.As the deadline for the filing

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  Manjhi says he'll remain CM till next Assembly polls

  Politics | November 24, 2014 23:37 IST

  Patna: Undeterred by a section of JD(U) leadership expressing displeasure over his recent controversial remarks, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today said he would continue in his post till the Assembly polls in November

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  Jharkhand Polls: Congress misusing state machinery: BJP

  Politics | November 24, 2014 13:25 IST

  Jamshedpur: BJP today alleged that Congress had been misusing the state machinery for getting electoral gain in the five-phase Assembly polls in Jharkhand beginning tomorrow.The arrest of party candidate from Daltongunj Manoj Kumar Singh within

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  I will be BJP's face for next assembly polls: Parsekar

  Politics | November 11, 2014 22:07 IST

  Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar today claimed that he would be the party's face for the 2017 Legislative Assembly elections in the state.  “Since I am the Chief Minister, definitely I will be the

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  J&K polls: Ghulam Nabi Azad appointed Congress campaign chief

  Politics | November 08, 2014 7:48 IST

  Srinagar: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad was Friday appointed as the Chairman of its campaign committee for Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, which gets underway on November 25.The appointment of Azad, who is

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  Congress releases list of candidates for JK polls

  Politics | November 07, 2014 6:55 IST

  New Delhi: Salman Anees Soz, son of President of the Jammu and Kashmir PCC Saifuddin Soz, figured in the list of the 23 Congress candidates for the Assembly polls, announced by the party tonight.The US-educated