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Telangana Government Reserves 85 Per Cent MBBS Category B Seats For State Students
The decision will open up an additional 1068 MBBS seats for local students at the state's 24 private medical institutions.
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Past Trends Show Kasganj Seat In UP Has Key For Government Formation
In the city of temples locals believe that whoever wins in Kasganj forms the government in Lucknow even while the constituency has never been a stronghold of any political party.
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In Chennai Civic Polls, Order Allocating More Seats For Women Struck Down
The Madras High Court on Tuesday struck down a notification of the Tamil Nadu government, which allocated more than 50 per cent of seats to women in the upcoming election to Chennai city local body.
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Covid Curbs Take A Back Seat In Crowded Trains Of West Bengal
Commuters were seen travelling in crowded local trains on Monday, thumbing their noses to the restrictions imposed by the state government a day ago to curb the spread of COVID-19.
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Local Trains In Bengal To Run At Half Capacity From Oct 31; Night Curfew Relaxed
Local trains can operate at 50 per cent seating capacity from Sunday - almost six months after services were stopped to check the spread of the disease - as the West Bengal government on Friday extended COVID-19 restrictions till November 30 with add
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Filing Review Plea On Top Court's OBC Quota Ruling An Option: Ajit Pawar
Moving the Supreme Court with a review petition against its ruling that reservations to Other Backward Classes cannot exceed 50 per cent of the seats in local bodies reserved for SCs, STs and OBCs taken together, was an option before the Maharashta government, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said in the Assembly on Friday.
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Delhi Election Results 2020: The Mega Victory Of Arvind Kejriwal
Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party surged to power in Delhi for a third term on Tuesday , boosted by a massive mandate of 62 seats - just a shade lower than its record 67 seats of 2015. "I love you Delhi," the Chief Minister declared from the party office, predicting the beginning of a "new kind of politics" focussed on local issues and the governme...
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First "Darbar Move" Since Bifurcation, Civil Secretariat Reopens In Jammu
Amid tight security arrangements, the Civil Secretariat, which is the seat of Jammu and Kashmir government and other offices, reopened on Monday in Jammu after functioning for six months in Srinagar as part of the nearly 150-year-old practice locally known as ''Darbar Move''.
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"We Are Ready," Says BJP. "So Are We," Adds Mehbooba Mufti On State Polls
Amid rumours that the BJP was averse to holding the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir along with the Lok Sabha polls due by May, the ruling party has sounded the election bugle for the state. Ram Madhav, the BJP general secretary, today announced the party will contest all 87 seats in the state and form a stable government with "some friends"...
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Centre Forms Panel To Assess How To Reserve Seats In Assam Assembly
The government has set up a high-level committee to assess the appropriate level of reservation of seats in the Assam assembly and local bodies for the Assamese people, besides providing other safeguards. The move came days after the union cabinet took a decision as per the 1985 Assam Accord. The committee will be headed by former union tourism sec...
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Landslide Win For Sheikh Hasina In Bangladesh, Opposition Seeks New Vote
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League party won Sunday's controversial general election, local TV said.
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BJP Targets Over 50 Seats To Win In Jammu And Kashmir Assembly Polls
Buoyed by the Urban Local Bodies (ULB) election results in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP today said it is hopeful to win over 50 assembly seats in the next elections and form a government on its own in the state.
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Jammu And Kashmir Urban Local Body Polls Highlights: Voting Underway Amid Heavy Security
Under a heavy security blanket, Jammu and Kashmir witnesses the first phase of civic polls today - an election made controversial after the two key parties in the Valley, National Conference and Mehbooba Mufti's People's Democratic Party, pulled out. With the central government insistent on the election, voting is taking place in 422 of the state's...
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Congress-JDS Beat Us Again, Cedes BJP On Karnataka Urban Polls: 10 Facts
The Congress and alliance partner Janata Dal Secular have together outstripped the BJP in the elections for Karnataka's urban local bodies -- seen as a test for the coalition government formed in May. Of the 2,709 seats countng is over in 2670 seats. The Congress won 988 seats, the BJP 929, the Janata Dal Secular has won 375 seats and Independents ...
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Slim Lead For Congress In Closely-Fought Karnataka Urban Body Polls
Karnataka urban local body election result: The Congress had an edge halfway through counting of votes this afternoon for 102 urban local bodies in Karnataka where polls took place last week. This is the first election after the Janata Dal Secular-Congress coalition government took power in May.
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Telangana Government Reserves 85 Per Cent MBBS Category B Seats For State Students
The decision will open up an additional 1068 MBBS seats for local students at the state's 24 private medical institutions.
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Past Trends Show Kasganj Seat In UP Has Key For Government Formation
In the city of temples locals believe that whoever wins in Kasganj forms the government in Lucknow even while the constituency has never been a stronghold of any political party.
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In Chennai Civic Polls, Order Allocating More Seats For Women Struck Down
The Madras High Court on Tuesday struck down a notification of the Tamil Nadu government, which allocated more than 50 per cent of seats to women in the upcoming election to Chennai city local body.
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Covid Curbs Take A Back Seat In Crowded Trains Of West Bengal
Commuters were seen travelling in crowded local trains on Monday, thumbing their noses to the restrictions imposed by the state government a day ago to curb the spread of COVID-19.
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Local Trains In Bengal To Run At Half Capacity From Oct 31; Night Curfew Relaxed
Local trains can operate at 50 per cent seating capacity from Sunday - almost six months after services were stopped to check the spread of the disease - as the West Bengal government on Friday extended COVID-19 restrictions till November 30 with add
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Filing Review Plea On Top Court's OBC Quota Ruling An Option: Ajit Pawar
Moving the Supreme Court with a review petition against its ruling that reservations to Other Backward Classes cannot exceed 50 per cent of the seats in local bodies reserved for SCs, STs and OBCs taken together, was an option before the Maharashta government, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said in the Assembly on Friday.
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Delhi Election Results 2020: The Mega Victory Of Arvind Kejriwal
Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party surged to power in Delhi for a third term on Tuesday , boosted by a massive mandate of 62 seats - just a shade lower than its record 67 seats of 2015. "I love you Delhi," the Chief Minister declared from the party office, predicting the beginning of a "new kind of politics" focussed on local issues and the governme...
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First "Darbar Move" Since Bifurcation, Civil Secretariat Reopens In Jammu
Amid tight security arrangements, the Civil Secretariat, which is the seat of Jammu and Kashmir government and other offices, reopened on Monday in Jammu after functioning for six months in Srinagar as part of the nearly 150-year-old practice locally known as ''Darbar Move''.
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"We Are Ready," Says BJP. "So Are We," Adds Mehbooba Mufti On State Polls
Amid rumours that the BJP was averse to holding the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir along with the Lok Sabha polls due by May, the ruling party has sounded the election bugle for the state. Ram Madhav, the BJP general secretary, today announced the party will contest all 87 seats in the state and form a stable government with "some friends"...
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Centre Forms Panel To Assess How To Reserve Seats In Assam Assembly
The government has set up a high-level committee to assess the appropriate level of reservation of seats in the Assam assembly and local bodies for the Assamese people, besides providing other safeguards. The move came days after the union cabinet took a decision as per the 1985 Assam Accord. The committee will be headed by former union tourism sec...
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Landslide Win For Sheikh Hasina In Bangladesh, Opposition Seeks New Vote
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League party won Sunday's controversial general election, local TV said.
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BJP Targets Over 50 Seats To Win In Jammu And Kashmir Assembly Polls
Buoyed by the Urban Local Bodies (ULB) election results in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP today said it is hopeful to win over 50 assembly seats in the next elections and form a government on its own in the state.
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Jammu And Kashmir Urban Local Body Polls Highlights: Voting Underway Amid Heavy Security
Under a heavy security blanket, Jammu and Kashmir witnesses the first phase of civic polls today - an election made controversial after the two key parties in the Valley, National Conference and Mehbooba Mufti's People's Democratic Party, pulled out. With the central government insistent on the election, voting is taking place in 422 of the state's...
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Congress-JDS Beat Us Again, Cedes BJP On Karnataka Urban Polls: 10 Facts
The Congress and alliance partner Janata Dal Secular have together outstripped the BJP in the elections for Karnataka's urban local bodies -- seen as a test for the coalition government formed in May. Of the 2,709 seats countng is over in 2670 seats. The Congress won 988 seats, the BJP 929, the Janata Dal Secular has won 375 seats and Independents ...
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Slim Lead For Congress In Closely-Fought Karnataka Urban Body Polls
Karnataka urban local body election result: The Congress had an edge halfway through counting of votes this afternoon for 102 urban local bodies in Karnataka where polls took place last week. This is the first election after the Janata Dal Secular-Congress coalition government took power in May.
