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  BJP welcomes poll schedule announcement

  Politics | March 05, 2014 14:08 IST

  New Delhi: The BJP Wednesday welcomed the announcement of the schedule for the Lok Sabha polls and said people wanted a change of government.Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said there was a rise

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  We want to contest LS polls under Rahul Gandhi: Manish Tewari

  Politics | January 14, 2014 14:46 IST

  New Delhi:  Calling Rahul Gandhi the natural leader of Congress, Union Minister Manish Tewari today said that partymen want to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections under his leadership.“We have repeatedly and consistently said that

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  Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani ready to contest LS Polls on Congress ticket

  Politics | January 11, 2014 13:55 IST

  New Delhi: Ending speculation about his foray into politics, billionaire Infosys co-founder and head of Aadhar programme Nandan Nilekani Friday said he would join the Congress and was ready to contest the Lok Sabha polls."Certainly.

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  Modi will be BJP's PM candidate irrespective of how many seats party gets: Rajnath Singh

  Politics | December 04, 2013 19:43 IST

  New Delhi:  BJP president Rajnath Singh has made it clear that Narendra Modi will be the party's PM candidate irrespective of how many seats the party gets in Lok Sabha polls. "It doesn't matter how

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  Regional parties hold key as NDA overtakes UPA, predicts India TV-C Voter survey

  Politics | October 17, 2013 11:23 IST

  New Delhi: A hung parliament with the NDA overtaking UPA has been projected in the India TV-Times Now-C Voter seat projections made after a State of the Nation survey done this month (October). The survey

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  BJP promises auctioning of mines if voted to power in LS polls 2014

  Politics | October 11, 2013 14:01 IST

  Panaji:  Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today said the BJP will prefer auctioning of mining resources on the lines of the 3G spectrum auction if it comes to power at the Centre in 2014 Lok

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  Will Nandan Nilekani contest LS polls from South Bangalore on a Congress ticket?

  Politics | September 18, 2013 12:06 IST

  New Delhi: Nandan Nilkeni, Infosys co-founder and the main architect of UPA govt's ambitious ‘Aadhar ‘ project, is  seriously considering  to join Congress  formally and is willing to contest upcoming Lok Sabha polls in 2014

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  LS polls 2014: Akhilesh govt to spend 20 pc of all welfare funds on minorities

  Politics | August 21, 2013 13:26 IST

  Lucknow: Akhilesh Yadav led SP govt in UP has decided to spend 20 percent of all welfare funds on religious minorities.  The decision was taken by UP government on Tuesday. The move assumes significance as