Assemply Polls

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  After Goa, Manipur Congress' 'Loyalty Oath' In Temple, Mosque And Church

  Congress candidates for the Manipur assembly election visited major religious places in the state today. Reason: a loyalty oath.

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  18 AK-47 Rifles, 5 Pistols Recovered in Keran Ahead of Jammu and Kashmir Polls: Army

  In one of the biggest arms hauls in recent times, Army today seized 18 AK-47 rifles and five pistols from a militant hideout in forests near the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district of poll-bound Jammu and Kashmir.

• Congress emerges largest party in Uttarakhand by one seat

  Uttarakhand elections: The Congress has emerged as the single largest party in Uttarakhand with 32 seats, ahead of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by a notch in the 70-member Uttarakhand assembly. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which was routed in the neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, holds the key to the government formation in the hill state where it ...

• Rival Kerala fronts face problems

  With assembly elections just three weeks away, Kerala's main rival fronts are besieged by problems of varying kinds.While the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) has announced names of candidates in all but one of the 140 seats, the Congress-led opposition is yet to release its list.The reason is predictable. The Congress' seat sharing talks with al...

• Millionaires to ex-militants in Assam poll fray

  From millionaires to former separatist militants and charge-sheeted politicians, candidates of all hues are in the fray for the April 4 first phase of assembly elections in Assam.The candidate for the Sootea assembly seat of Assam's main opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), Padma Hazarika, is by far one of the richest among the 529 nominations rece...

• Need more industries to create jobs: Buddhadeb

  With assembly elections around the corner, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee called for "more and more" industries in order to generate employment and promised a pension scheme for labourers."We need more and more industries in order to generate employment for the youth of Bengal. Where will these young people go for jobs," Bhattac...

• IUML announces candidates name for 22 assembly constituencies

  Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) on Friday announced the list of candidates for 22 constituencies out of the 24 the party had been allotted for April 13 Kerala Assembly polls .Disclosing the candidates list, IUML state president Panakkad Syed Hyderali Shihab Thangal said candidates for Guruvayoor and Iravipuram constituencies would be announce lat...