Election
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India gears up for robot campaigners in Assembly polls 2022
India | Jun 20, 2021, 12:04 PM ISTOnestand India Pvt Ltd has developed a humanoid robot called 'DOOT' for this purpose, which can communicate and deliver the impression of a human being with excellent voice recognition, face recognition and gestures.
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Super 100: DMK returns to power in Tamil Nadu after 10 years
News | May 03, 2021, 09:20 AM ISTIt was a well-fought battle, defying predictions of a “clean sweep” and springing quite a few surprises in the process. Out of power for a decade, the DMK finally managed to dethrone its Dravidian rival by a comfortable margin. MK Stalin, who has been waiting in the sidelines for the last several years, is all set to swear-in as the eighth Chief Minister of the State
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Congress alliance will sweep Assam: Ripun Bora dismisses exit polls
News | Apr 30, 2021, 07:20 PM ISTDismissing the exit polls for Assam assembly elections which indicate return of BJP alliance in the state, Assam Congress President Ripun Bora on April 30 expressed confidence that the party with its allies will get a thumping majority and will form next government in Assam.
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Bengal: 35 constituencies to go to polls in final phase amid raging Covid wave
Elections | Apr 29, 2021, 12:00 AM ISTOver 84 lakh voters in West Bengal will decide the political fate of 283 candidates on Thursday, when 35 assembly constituencies go to polls in the eighth and final phase, amid a raging second wave of COVID-19.
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Bengal polls 2021: EC warns Suvendu Adhikari for making derogatory remarks at Nandigram rally
India | Apr 13, 2021, 02:40 PM ISTThe Election Commission of India warned BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari against making derogatory remarks at Nandigram rally
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Kerala polls: Congress promises Ministry of Happiness in manifesto
News | Mar 20, 2021, 05:20 PM ISTSoon after Congress-led UDF releases election manifesto for poll bound Kerala, Congress leader and Member of Parliament from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor pitched for Ministry of Happiness in their election manifesto.
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BJP to approach EC after former allege TMC of hurling bombs in North 24 Parganas
News | Mar 18, 2021, 09:40 AM ISTAs West Bengal elections are approaching, BJP on March 18 alleged that three people hurled bombs at around 15 places and destroyed CCTV cameras in North 24 Parganas' Jagaddal area leaving 3 injured.
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Kerala polls: PC Thomas quits NDA, to join UDF
News | Mar 17, 2021, 05:40 PM ISTPC Thomas, who heads Kerala Congress (Thomas), on March 17 announced that the party has quit the NDA (National Democratic Alliance), saying that they have not been given a single seat in the upcoming assembly elections.
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Puducherry Elections 2021: Voting date, result - Full Schedule
Elections | Feb 26, 2021, 05:36 PM ISTPuducherry Election 2021: The Election Commission on Friday announced the poll schedule for assembly elections in Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and the Union Territory Puducherry. The assembly election in Puducherry will be held in a single phase on April 6.
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Gujarat local body polls: Congress releases first list of 142 candidates
Elections | Feb 01, 2021, 11:14 PM ISTThe Congress on Monday released its first list of 142 candidates for various wards in five municipal corporations, except Ahmedabad, for the local bodypolls scheduled to be held in two phases later this month.
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JP Nadda to launch BJP’s poll campaign for Bengal farmers on Saturday
News | Jan 08, 2021, 11:43 PM ISTBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda will launch the party’s first campaign aimed at farmers in poll-bound West Bengal when he visits East Burdwan district, which is considered as the state’s rice bowl, on Saturday.
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After Suvendu Adhikari his younger brother Soumendu also joins BJP
News | Jan 01, 2021, 05:20 PM ISTTMC leader Soumendu younger brother of Suvendu Adhikari also joins BJP.
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Rajasthan Panchayat Samiti, Zila Parishad poll results: BJP wins 1,833 constituencies, Congress 1713
India | Dec 08, 2020, 10:05 PM ISTThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won as many as 1,833 constituencies in Rajasthan Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad elections, the state election commission said today. The Congress party grabbed about 1,713 constituencies in the polls.
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Voting underway for first phase of Bodo Territorial Council election
Elections | Dec 07, 2020, 01:25 PM ISTPolling for the 40-member Bodo Territorial Council (BTC) began on Monday morning in the first phase, with election officials and only a section of voters adhering to COVID-19 protocols.
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Plea in SC to nullify election results if maximum votes in favour of NOTA
India | Nov 29, 2020, 09:21 PM ISTA PIL seeking directions to the Election Commission to nullify the election results and hold fresh polls if maximum votes have been polled in favour of NOTA in a particular constituency has been filed in the Supreme Court.
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GHMC Polls: BJP leader says 'will do surgical strike to remove Pakistanis', Owaisi hits back
India | Nov 24, 2020, 09:18 PM ISTAhead of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) polls, war of words between political competitors is also getting intense in the city. In one such incident, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has hit out at a BJP leader who in a statement talked about conducting a surgical strike in the old city if they wins polls.
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Gilgit-Baltistan assembly election concludes amid tight security; counting begins
World | Nov 15, 2020, 09:06 PM ISTVoters donning face masks cast their ballots on Sunday in Gilgit-Baltistan in northern Pakistan amidst tight security in the third legislative assembly election, believed to be the most hotly contested polls the region has ever seen.
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Gilgit-Baltistan polls are not will of people but of Islamabad
World | Nov 14, 2020, 06:40 PM ISTWhen Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on November 1 that Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) would formally be absorbed as Pakistans fifth province, he put global spotlight on a region which his country had taken through bloodshed from the Maharaja of Kashmir in 1947.
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Bihar Election Result: RJD-led alliance narrows gap, but NDA still has the edge
Politics | Nov 10, 2020, 08:01 PM ISTAs per the latest data, the NDA alliance is leading in 120 seats as opposed to the Grand Alliance, which is ahead in 115 seats. The majority mark in the 243-member Bihar Assembly is 122.
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Bihar Election 2020: Campaign ends for first phase, polling on Oct 28
Elections | Oct 26, 2020, 08:09 PM ISTCurtain came down on Monday over campaign for 71 assembly segments of Bihar which go to polls on October 28, in the first phase of elections. Leading the NDA charge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew down to address as many as three rallies where he urged the voters to vote Chief Minister Nitish Kumar back to power.