Maharashtra Polls
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Maharashtra polls: Parties take social media route to woo voters
National | Oct 09, 2014, 10:06 AM ISTMumbai: Taking a cue from the success of BJP's online campaign in Lok Sabha election, the other parties have opened up their war chest to spend on social media to expand the reach of their
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Narendra Modi: Time to wash away sins of Congress-NCP governments
National | Oct 07, 2014, 02:48 PM ISTJalgaon (Maharashtra): Slamming successive Congress-NCP governments in Maharashtra for being steeped in “corruption”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said time has come to wash away its “sins of 15 years”.“15th October is the festival of
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Maharashtra polls: Anti-BJP rhetoric shows Shiv Sena has lost the battle, says Rudy
National | Oct 10, 2014, 11:12 AM ISTMumbai: Shiv Sena's attack on BJP shows that the party founded by late Bal Thackeray has “lost the battle” ahead of the October 15 Maharashtra Assembly elections, senior BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy said here
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Maharashtra polls: Narendra Modi to address five election rallies today
National | Oct 07, 2014, 10:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: Campaigning in poll bound Maharashtra is picking momentum with top leaders of different parties holding several public meetings in different parts of the state.Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to address five election
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Maharashtra polls: Nitin Gadkari in row over alleged 'bribe' remarks; EC sends notice
National | Oct 07, 2014, 06:41 AM ISTMumbai/New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has stoked a controversy by allegedly asking voters at a public meeting in poll-bound Maharashtra to accept bribes, prompting the Election Commission to issue him a show cause notice
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Maharashtra polls: Shiv Sena takes a jibe on Narendra Modi's tribute to Bal Thackeray
National | Oct 10, 2014, 11:16 AM ISTMumbai: The Shiv Sena has launched a blistering attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), blaming it for the end of their 25-year-old alliance and questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'new-found' respect for late Bal
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Election Commission to revise photo electoral rolls
India | Oct 05, 2014, 02:16 PM ISTAgartala: The Election Commission has ordered all states to do a special summary revision of photo electoral rolls with January 1, 2015 as the qualifying date to get enrolled, an official said on Sunday."The special
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Maharashtra polls: What have you done in 60 years, Modi asks Sonia at Beed rally
National | Oct 04, 2014, 05:34 PM ISTBeed (Maharashtra): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hit back at Congress chief Sonia Gandhi for accusing his government of not fulfilling poll promises, saying those seeking account of his performance in four months in power,
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Would you prefer to go to Tihar jail for getting work done, Modi asks people in Karnal rally
National | Oct 04, 2014, 03:39 PM ISTKarnal: Prime Minister today addressed his first election rally in Haryana to seek votes for his party in upcoming assembly elections.Targeting INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala who has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in
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'Bahus' and 'Betis' trying their luck in Maharashtra and Haryana assembly elections
National | Oct 07, 2014, 08:33 AM ISTIn a democracy, political dynasties are commonly heard of. Earlier, sons had the monopoly over taking forward the family's political legacy but nowadays trends is changing slowly but surely.But recently, also with sons putting on
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Maharashtra Polls to see parties 'fight alone' after quarter century
National | Oct 03, 2014, 12:31 PM ISTMumbai: The October 15 elections for the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly will be the first in over quarter of a century when major political parties will slug it out in the poll arena sans erstwhile alliance
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Maharashtra polls: I won't say 'No' if party asks me to become CM, says Pankaja Munde
National | Oct 04, 2014, 03:33 PM ISTParli: Pankaja Munde, daughter of late Gopinath Munde, is now preparing herself to take the mantle left behind by her father.The 35 year old MLA, seeking re-elected from a constituency that had been nurtured by
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BJP may have post-poll alliance with Shiv Sena: Kalraj Misra
National | Oct 02, 2014, 12:00 PM ISTMirzapur: Union Minister Kalraj Misra claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will emerge as the largest party in the upcoming Assembly polls in Maharashtra and said there may be a post-poll alliance with Shiv
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Maharashtra polls: Relatives to slug it out in Assembly elections
National | Oct 01, 2014, 03:38 PM ISTMumbai: Maharashtra will witness many politicians battling it out against their relatives who are contesting as candidates of rival parties to enter the Assembly.Ashish Deshmukh, nephew of NCP leader and Food and Civil Supplies minister
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Maharashtra polls: Congress to kick start campaign from Tuljapur
National | Oct 01, 2014, 03:38 PM ISTTuljapur: Former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan and MPCC president Manikrao Thakre are all set to kick start the first leg of election campaign for the Congress by holding a public rally in the pilgrim
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Maharashtra polls: 27 women from Congress, 21 from BJP in the electoral battle
National | Sep 30, 2014, 01:16 PM ISTMumbai: Ex-Chief Minister Ashok Chavan's wife Ameeta, who is making her electoral debut in Maharashtra Assembly polls, and late BJP leader Gopinath Munde's daughter Pankaja Munde are among the key women legislators testing their luck
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Prithviraj Chavan lacked coalition mindset, says Sharad Pawar
National | Sep 30, 2014, 01:10 PM ISTMumbai: Firing a salvo at his estranged ally Prithviraj Chavan, NCP President Sharad Pawar has criticised the former Congress Chief Minister for not having a "coalition mindset" and accused him of indulging in "diversionary tactics".Stepping
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Union cabinet approves President's rule in Maharashtra
National | Sep 27, 2014, 09:55 PM ISTNew Delhi: Union cabinet has approved the imposition of President's rule in Maharashtra.It means that elections for state assembly will be held under President's rule .It should be recalled that Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan had
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Maharashtra polls: List of BJP candidates
National | Sep 27, 2014, 11:31 PM ISTMumbai: The BJP has released the list of its candidates for the Maharashtra assembly elections:Following is the list:002 Shahada ST Udaysingh Kachru Padvi003 Nandurbar ST Dr Vijaykumar Gavit004 Navapur ST Anil Mohan Wasave005 Sakri ST
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Maharashtra, Haryana polls: Last day of filing nominations today
National | Oct 01, 2014, 03:39 PM ISTNew Delhi: Today is the last day of filing the nominations for the upcoming Maharashtra and Haryana assembly elections, which will take place on October 15. The filing of nominations will end at 3 pm.Maharashtra