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  Election Commission to revise photo electoral rolls

  India | October 05, 2014 14:16 IST

  Agartala: 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

  Politics | October 04, 2014 17:34 IST

  Beed (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

  Politics | October 04, 2014 15:39 IST

  Karnal: 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

  Politics | October 07, 2014 8:33 IST

  In 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

  Politics | October 03, 2014 12:31 IST

  Mumbai: 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

  Politics | October 04, 2014 15:33 IST

  Parli: 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

  Politics | October 02, 2014 12:00 IST

  Mirzapur: 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

  Politics | October 01, 2014 15:38 IST

  Mumbai: 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

  Politics | October 01, 2014 15:38 IST

  Tuljapur: 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

  Politics | September 30, 2014 13:16 IST

  Mumbai: 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

  Politics | September 30, 2014 13:10 IST

  Mumbai: 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

  Politics | September 27, 2014 21:55 IST

  New 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

  Politics | September 27, 2014 23:31 IST

  Mumbai: 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

  Politics | October 01, 2014 15:39 IST

  New 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

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  Maharashtra polls: List of Shiv Sena candidates released

  Politics | September 26, 2014 14:38 IST

  Mumbai: Following is the list of Shiv Sena candidates released for Maharashtra assembly elections from Mumbai and adjoining areas. All these candidates have also filed their nominations: Mahim  - Sada SarvankarBandra East-  Bala SawantShivdi - Ajay

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  Maharashtra polls: BJP rules out post-poll alliance with NCP

  Politics | September 26, 2014 15:21 IST

  Mumbai:  A day after ending its 25-year-old alliance with Shiv Sena, BJP today ruled out a post-poll tie-up with the Sharad Pawar-led NCP after the October 15 Maharashtra Assembly elections.“The question doesn't arise,” BJP general

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  NCP also parts ways, calls off alliance with Congress

  Politics | September 26, 2014 8:13 IST

  Mumbai: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Thursday called off its 15-year-old alliance with the Congress in Maharashtra. The announcement was made by state NCP chief Sunil Tatkare."We have decided to chart our independent path along

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  Maharashtra polls: MNS releases list of 153 candidates

  Politics | September 25, 2014 18:43 IST

  Mumbai: Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena today released its first list of 153 candidates for the Maharashtra assembly elections. Raj Thackeray has already announced that he would not contest this time.Following is the list of

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  Maharashtra polls: Congress-NCP stand-off continues

  Politics | September 25, 2014 16:02 IST

  Mumbai:  With Congress announcing its first list of candidates amid continuing stalemate over seat sharing for Maharashtra Assembly polls, the NCP leadership has gone into a huddle to decide its future course of action.All senior

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  3 'Mahayuti' parties quit alliance after accusing Sena-BJP of betrayal

  Politics | September 24, 2014 16:42 IST

  Mumbai:  Upset over ‘paltry' allocation of seats for the October 15 Maharashtra Assembly polls, three small parties of the Shiv Sena-BJP led ‘Mahayuti' today said they have decided to quit the combine and accused the