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  Kamal Haasan urges party workers to maintain decorum, not to be drawn into violence

  May 17, 2019 8:27 IST

  Haasan had stoked a controversy on Sunday by saying "free India's first extremist was a Hindu", referring to Nathuram Godse who killed Mahatma Gandhi.

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  Scary opposition scenario will lead to its rout: Arun Jaitley

  India | May 16, 2019 18:28 IST

  The "frightening and scary" scenario that the opposition promises will be responsible for its rout in the Lok Sabha elections, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday.

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  Is polarisation helping BJP in West Bengal?

  May 16, 2019 15:06 IST

  The state, which has witnessed the most bitter electioneering this time between the TMC and the Bharatiya Janata Party, will have polling on the remaining nine of the 42 Lok Sabha seats on Sunday, the seventh and last phase of elections

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  Rahul Gandhi is cannon, I am AK-47: Navjot Singh Sidhu

  May 16, 2019 13:16 IST

  Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu today said that the party president Rahul Gandhi is a cannon and touted himself as AK-47 rifle.

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  Mayawati accuses PM Modi, Amit Shah of targeting Mamata Banerjee

  Elections | May 16, 2019 11:10 IST

  Mayawati accuses PM Modi, Amit Shah of targeting Mamata Banerjee

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  Modi government first to have six women cabinet ministers: Sushma

  May 16, 2019 8:03 IST

  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Wednesday that Modi government is the first government after Independence to have six women Cabinet Ministers with two of them as members of the Cabinet Committee on Security.

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  Mamata conducts protest march against vandalism

  May 16, 2019 8:05 IST

  Banerjee, also the chief minister, said she had never seen this type of EC which is "biased and full of RSS people".

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  Modi govt is 'magroor' not 'mazboot', says Priyanka

  May 15, 2019 20:08 IST

  Addressing an election rally in Deoria in support of Congress' Salempur candidate Rajesh Mishra, Priyanka claimed that no development works were carried out in Varanasi, the constituency represented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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  No BJP, NDA government after polls: Azad

  May 15, 2019 19:58 IST

  Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said that neither the BJP nor the NDA it leads will be able to form a government after the Lok Sabha elections.

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  RSS-BJP systematically attacking Bengal: Sitaram Yechury on desecration of Vidyasagar statue

  May 15, 2019 18:55 IST

  Accusing the BJP-RSS of systematically attacking Bengal and its ethos, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury Wednesday said the saffron party was opposed to the very ideas propagated by social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, whose statue was desecrated in the violence during BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata.

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  'BJP goons' damaged Vidyasagar's statue, will submit video proof to EC: TMC

  May 15, 2019 15:33 IST

  The reaction from the TMC came close on the heels of BJP president Amit Shah accusing the West Bengal's ruling party of indulging in violence in the state and alleged that the Election Commission has been a "mute spectator". 

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  Amit Shah to hold roadshow in UP on May 16

  May 15, 2019 14:22 IST

  Bharatiya Janata Party national President Amit Shah will hold a roadshow here on Thursday, a party official said.

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  Congress stands with 'tukde-tukde' gang: PM Modi in Patna

  May 15, 2019 13:52 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi complained to the public that those people have been hurling abuses at him and trying to damage his image and defame him.

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  Lok Sabha polls, May 15: As it happened

  May 17, 2019 21:49 IST

  In order to garner the votes for the party candidate Ajay Rai, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra held a mega roadshow in Varanasi, the Lok Sabha constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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  Modi not ready for Rafale debate due to fear: Rahul Gandhi

  May 14, 2019 18:36 IST

  "The chowkidar is a thief and is frightened since he will be exposed in the debate. He will not be able to show his face to the country," Rahul Gandhi said.

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  Lok Sabha election: 30 crorepatis in fray in last phase Bengal polls

  May 14, 2019 18:16 IST

  "Out of 111 candidates analysed, 23 candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves," the study said.

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  ‘Divider in-chief' title to Modi is right: Kamal Nath

  May 14, 2019 12:19 IST

  "The title given to him by the Time magazine is absolutely correct. I say they were in fact very kind to Modi." said Kamal Nath

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  Mayawati seeks ban on temple visits of candidates

  May 14, 2019 11:44 IST

  She said that holding roadshows and visiting temples have become a ‘fashion' during elections and a huge amount of money is spent on this.  

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  UP CM Yogi Adityanath offers prayers at Varanasi's Kashi Vishwanath temple

  Elections | May 14, 2019 8:49 IST

  UP CM Yogi Adityanath offers prayers at Varanasi's Kashi Vishwanath temple

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  EC removes District Magistrate of Bengal's Bankura

  May 13, 2019 18:54 IST

  Mukta Arya has been asked to take charge on Monday and the state government directed to send a compliance report by 10 a.m. on Monday.