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In Srinagar, Farooq Abdullah Fights Election On "Special Status" Plank
With election fever gripping Kashmir, women were seen singing and dancing as National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah reached Nagam village as part of his poll campaign. This was in complete contrast to the 2017 bypolls, when Farooq Abdullah contested from here and nobody would come out to root for him. The bypolls had recorded a dismal 7% voting,...
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See Difference In Response To 26/11 And Uri, Says PM In Gujarat: 10 Facts
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today compared the previous Congress government's response to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks nine years ago to his own government's response to the attack by Pakistani terrorists on a military base in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri last year, which provoked surgical strikes by India. "India was attacked on 26/11 and in Uri. Y...
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In Gujarat, Nirmala Sitharaman Raises Kashmir To Attack Congress
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman flagged off the last leg of the BJP's mega campaign in Gujarat today, in which the party plans to carpet-bomb the state with 26 cabinet ministers, 6 Chief Ministers and a dozen parliamentarians. At a press conference in Ahmedabad, the Defence Minister, who never campaigned in Gujarat, took on the Congress, alleg...
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By-Election Results 2017: BJP Wins 5 Of 10 Assembly Seats In By-Elections - 10 Points
The BJP has won five of 10 assembly seats in eight states for which by-elections were held, retaining three and gaining two from other parties, including Delhi's Rajouri Garden, where last time's winner Aam Aadmi Party has lost its deposit ahead of key civic elections. The Congress has won three, two in Karnataka and one in Madhya Pradesh, all seat...
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Kashmir By-Elections 2017: Srinagar Election, Which Saw Just 7% Turnout, Could Be Cancelled- 10 Facts
An election in Kashmir, scheduled for Wednesday, must be cancelled, the ruling People's Democratic Party has said. Its candidate for the by-election for the Lok Sabha in Anantnag is Tasaduq Mufti, the brother of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. The call to postpone the election comes after Srinagar, just 59 kms away, witnessed unprecedented violence...
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By-Elections 2017: Kashmir Sees 7% Turnout, 200 Instances Of Violence - 10 Facts
A record low turnout and a high incidence of violence were witnessed on Sunday during the by-election in the parliamentary seat of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir. As nearly 200 instances of violence were recorded in Kashmir, in which eight people died and about 100 security personnel were injured, the turnout was found to be 7 per cent - the lowest ...
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UP Election Results 2017: At This Rate, Forget 2019, Think 2024. Omar Abdullah's Take On BJP's UP Success
Political parties need to shift their strategy from criticism to finding a positive alternative if they want to beat the BJP, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Saturday as results showed the BJP heading for a massive victory in Uttar Pradesh.
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'UP Will Turn Into Kashmir:' BJP Lawmaker Yogi Adityanath Attacks Akhilesh Yadav
Yogi Adityanath, lawmaker and top BJP crowd puller, today said Western Uttar Pradesh will "turn into Kashmir and will see a mass exodus," if Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party is not removed from power.
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In Srinagar, Farooq Abdullah Fights Election On "Special Status" Plank
With election fever gripping Kashmir, women were seen singing and dancing as National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah reached Nagam village as part of his poll campaign. This was in complete contrast to the 2017 bypolls, when Farooq Abdullah contested from here and nobody would come out to root for him. The bypolls had recorded a dismal 7% voting,...
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See Difference In Response To 26/11 And Uri, Says PM In Gujarat: 10 Facts
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today compared the previous Congress government's response to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks nine years ago to his own government's response to the attack by Pakistani terrorists on a military base in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri last year, which provoked surgical strikes by India. "India was attacked on 26/11 and in Uri. Y...
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In Gujarat, Nirmala Sitharaman Raises Kashmir To Attack Congress
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman flagged off the last leg of the BJP's mega campaign in Gujarat today, in which the party plans to carpet-bomb the state with 26 cabinet ministers, 6 Chief Ministers and a dozen parliamentarians. At a press conference in Ahmedabad, the Defence Minister, who never campaigned in Gujarat, took on the Congress, alleg...
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By-Election Results 2017: BJP Wins 5 Of 10 Assembly Seats In By-Elections - 10 Points
The BJP has won five of 10 assembly seats in eight states for which by-elections were held, retaining three and gaining two from other parties, including Delhi's Rajouri Garden, where last time's winner Aam Aadmi Party has lost its deposit ahead of key civic elections. The Congress has won three, two in Karnataka and one in Madhya Pradesh, all seat...
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Kashmir By-Elections 2017: Srinagar Election, Which Saw Just 7% Turnout, Could Be Cancelled- 10 Facts
An election in Kashmir, scheduled for Wednesday, must be cancelled, the ruling People's Democratic Party has said. Its candidate for the by-election for the Lok Sabha in Anantnag is Tasaduq Mufti, the brother of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. The call to postpone the election comes after Srinagar, just 59 kms away, witnessed unprecedented violence...
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By-Elections 2017: Kashmir Sees 7% Turnout, 200 Instances Of Violence - 10 Facts
A record low turnout and a high incidence of violence were witnessed on Sunday during the by-election in the parliamentary seat of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir. As nearly 200 instances of violence were recorded in Kashmir, in which eight people died and about 100 security personnel were injured, the turnout was found to be 7 per cent - the lowest ...
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UP Election Results 2017: At This Rate, Forget 2019, Think 2024. Omar Abdullah's Take On BJP's UP Success
Political parties need to shift their strategy from criticism to finding a positive alternative if they want to beat the BJP, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Saturday as results showed the BJP heading for a massive victory in Uttar Pradesh.
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'UP Will Turn Into Kashmir:' BJP Lawmaker Yogi Adityanath Attacks Akhilesh Yadav
Yogi Adityanath, lawmaker and top BJP crowd puller, today said Western Uttar Pradesh will "turn into Kashmir and will see a mass exodus," if Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party is not removed from power.
