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"Prashant Kishor Met Me At Least 60 Times": Navjot Sidhu On Joining Congress
Cricketer-turned politician Navjot Sidhu today said that his crossing over to the Congress happened after around 60 visits by election strategist Prashant Kishor, who was helping craft the party's campaign ahead of the 2017 state elections.
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Rape Convict Dera Chief Ram Rahim Allowed To Leave Jail For 21 Days
Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh - serving a life term for the murder of his manager in 2002 and also convicted for the rape of two women in 2017 - is expected to walk out of jail this evening after being given furlough for 21 days.
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Sonia Gandhi Asks Punjab Congress MPs To Work Unitedly, Repeat 2017 Victory
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked Punjab Congress MPs to work unitedly and repeat the victory of 2017 Assembly Polls in the state, said party leader and MP Gurjeet S Aujla on Monday.
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MCD Election 2017: What Are The Chances For AAP In Municipal Polls
For the Aam Aadmi Party which is coping with loss in Rajouri Garden by-poll and assembly polls in Punjab and Goa, the MCD election on April 23 is crucial. It will be seen as a report card for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's government that he formed two years ago after winning 67 out of 70 assembly seats.
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By-Election Results 2017: For Arvind Kejriwal And AAP, Another Election Loss - No 3 In Delhi
Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party, which held west Delhi's Rajouri Garden assembly constituency, has lost Delhi, placing a faraway number three in by-elections held to the state on Sunday.
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Introspect, Don't Blame EVMs For Punjab: Election Commission Tells AAP
The Election Commission or EC yesterday hit out at the AAP for levelling "unfair" allegations of EVM-tampering and asked it to introspect on the reasons for its defeat in the Punjab polls, a response described as "unfortunate" by the party.
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Political Parties Spent Rs 5,500 Crore On Uttar Pradesh Poll Campaign: Study
The Uttar Pradesh elections saw a total of over Rs 5,500 crore spent on campaign by various parties, including about Rs 1,000 crore towards 'note for vote', with nearly one-third voters admitting to cash or liquor offer, a survey claimed. According to the CMS pre-post poll study, more than Rs 5,500 crore were spent by major political parties in the...
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Arvind Kejriwal Alleges EVM Tampering. Do Vipassana, Says Harsimrat Kaur
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today alleged there has been rigging in the assembly polls in Punjab, saying the number of votes polled by his party were far less in some areas than the number of volunteers the party had. The party, he said, was expected to win the elections and even some exit polls had predicted it. "What then, went wrong?" h...
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Punjab Election Results 2017: AAP One Of The 'Toughest Competitors,' Says Prashant Kishor
Prashant Kishor, one of the key strategists of the Congress which is on its way to winning Punjab, today said the Aam Aadmi Party was one the toughest competitors his team has faced. Arvind Kejriwal's AAP, which had contested in Goa and Punjab in a bid to go national, is leading in only 23 of the state's 117 seats - the third position in a three-co...
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Punjab Election Results 2017: PM Modi Congratulates Amarinder Singh On Poll Win
The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party combine received a major drubbing in these Assembly elections.
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Punjab Election Results 2017: Why Arvind Kejriwal Lost, According To Navjot Singh Sidhu, Celebrating Victory
Navjot Singh Sidhu today credited his victory and that of his Congress party to Rahul Gandhi, Captain Amarinder Singh and Priyanka Gandhi, and launched into his characteristic stream of quotable quotes.
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Punjab Election Results 2017: Happy Birthday, Amarinder Singh. Congress Set For Comeback
Captain Amarinder Singh could not have hoped for a better 75th birthday. His party, the Congress, is making a comeback in Punjab after 10 years and he is expected to return as Chief Minister.
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Assembly Elections Result 2017: AAP Ka Kya Hoga? Second In Punjab, Zero In Goa
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) began its day with celebrations that were not meant to be. The tricolour balloons and AR Rahman's "Jai Ho" blaring on loudspeakers outside chief Arvind Kejriwal's home in Delhi vanished two hours into the counting of votes for five states including Punjab and Goa, where AAP had anticipated victories. AAP workers were seen ...
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Punjab Election Results 2017: Who Will Win - AAP Or Congress?
Will Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) bring an end to Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (SAD-BJP)? While five exit polls called it a close fight between the Congress and the debutant AAP, all speculation will come to an end once the election results are announced on Saturday, March 11. Counting of votes for 117 assembly seats in Punjab will begin at ...
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Blog: Exit Polls May Prove Wrong - But On Modi, They're Clear
Whatever else the exit polls may or may not say, they do confirm the big election story - that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has almost single-handedly lifted the BJP in Uttar Pradesh from the depths of despair to one where they are predicted to win outright or at least emerge as the largest single party.
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"Prashant Kishor Met Me At Least 60 Times": Navjot Sidhu On Joining Congress
Cricketer-turned politician Navjot Sidhu today said that his crossing over to the Congress happened after around 60 visits by election strategist Prashant Kishor, who was helping craft the party's campaign ahead of the 2017 state elections.
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Rape Convict Dera Chief Ram Rahim Allowed To Leave Jail For 21 Days
Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh - serving a life term for the murder of his manager in 2002 and also convicted for the rape of two women in 2017 - is expected to walk out of jail this evening after being given furlough for 21 days.
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Sonia Gandhi Asks Punjab Congress MPs To Work Unitedly, Repeat 2017 Victory
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked Punjab Congress MPs to work unitedly and repeat the victory of 2017 Assembly Polls in the state, said party leader and MP Gurjeet S Aujla on Monday.
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MCD Election 2017: What Are The Chances For AAP In Municipal Polls
For the Aam Aadmi Party which is coping with loss in Rajouri Garden by-poll and assembly polls in Punjab and Goa, the MCD election on April 23 is crucial. It will be seen as a report card for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's government that he formed two years ago after winning 67 out of 70 assembly seats.
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By-Election Results 2017: For Arvind Kejriwal And AAP, Another Election Loss - No 3 In Delhi
Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party, which held west Delhi's Rajouri Garden assembly constituency, has lost Delhi, placing a faraway number three in by-elections held to the state on Sunday.
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Introspect, Don't Blame EVMs For Punjab: Election Commission Tells AAP
The Election Commission or EC yesterday hit out at the AAP for levelling "unfair" allegations of EVM-tampering and asked it to introspect on the reasons for its defeat in the Punjab polls, a response described as "unfortunate" by the party.
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Political Parties Spent Rs 5,500 Crore On Uttar Pradesh Poll Campaign: Study
The Uttar Pradesh elections saw a total of over Rs 5,500 crore spent on campaign by various parties, including about Rs 1,000 crore towards 'note for vote', with nearly one-third voters admitting to cash or liquor offer, a survey claimed. According to the CMS pre-post poll study, more than Rs 5,500 crore were spent by major political parties in the...
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Arvind Kejriwal Alleges EVM Tampering. Do Vipassana, Says Harsimrat Kaur
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today alleged there has been rigging in the assembly polls in Punjab, saying the number of votes polled by his party were far less in some areas than the number of volunteers the party had. The party, he said, was expected to win the elections and even some exit polls had predicted it. "What then, went wrong?" h...
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Punjab Election Results 2017: AAP One Of The 'Toughest Competitors,' Says Prashant Kishor
Prashant Kishor, one of the key strategists of the Congress which is on its way to winning Punjab, today said the Aam Aadmi Party was one the toughest competitors his team has faced. Arvind Kejriwal's AAP, which had contested in Goa and Punjab in a bid to go national, is leading in only 23 of the state's 117 seats - the third position in a three-co...
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Punjab Election Results 2017: PM Modi Congratulates Amarinder Singh On Poll Win
The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party combine received a major drubbing in these Assembly elections.
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Punjab Election Results 2017: Why Arvind Kejriwal Lost, According To Navjot Singh Sidhu, Celebrating Victory
Navjot Singh Sidhu today credited his victory and that of his Congress party to Rahul Gandhi, Captain Amarinder Singh and Priyanka Gandhi, and launched into his characteristic stream of quotable quotes.
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Punjab Election Results 2017: Happy Birthday, Amarinder Singh. Congress Set For Comeback
Captain Amarinder Singh could not have hoped for a better 75th birthday. His party, the Congress, is making a comeback in Punjab after 10 years and he is expected to return as Chief Minister.
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Assembly Elections Result 2017: AAP Ka Kya Hoga? Second In Punjab, Zero In Goa
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) began its day with celebrations that were not meant to be. The tricolour balloons and AR Rahman's "Jai Ho" blaring on loudspeakers outside chief Arvind Kejriwal's home in Delhi vanished two hours into the counting of votes for five states including Punjab and Goa, where AAP had anticipated victories. AAP workers were seen ...
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Punjab Election Results 2017: Who Will Win - AAP Or Congress?
Will Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) bring an end to Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (SAD-BJP)? While five exit polls called it a close fight between the Congress and the debutant AAP, all speculation will come to an end once the election results are announced on Saturday, March 11. Counting of votes for 117 assembly seats in Punjab will begin at ...
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Blog: Exit Polls May Prove Wrong - But On Modi, They're Clear
Whatever else the exit polls may or may not say, they do confirm the big election story - that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has almost single-handedly lifted the BJP in Uttar Pradesh from the depths of despair to one where they are predicted to win outright or at least emerge as the largest single party.
