Poll Bound States

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  Drugs, Cash, Liquor Worth Over Rs 1,760 Crore Seized In 5 Poll Bound States

  The Election Commission on Monday said over Rs 1,760 crore worth of freebies, drugs, cash, liquor and precious metals aimed at inducing voters in the five poll-going states have been seized so far.

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  High Court Allows Kerala To Distribute Rice To Non-Priority Ration Card Holders

  The Kerala High Court on Monday allowed the state government to distribute rice to non-priority ration card holders through ration shops in the poll bound state.

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  Panic In Trinamool Is Proof It Can't Win In Bengal: BJP

  BJP West Bengal President Dilip Ghosh on Sunday said that Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Tapas Roy's speech at Bankura asking Congress and Left parties to join Trinamool Congress is proof that his party has realised that they cannot win alone and ''parivartan'' is bound to happen.

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  Opinion: Karnataka Polls Will Motivate BJP To Get Revenge In Maharashtra

  The victory of the BJP in Karnataka is bound to have its impact on Maharashtra, where, too, the state is governed by an unnatural coalition that has been trumped up in violation of the people's mandate.

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  Rahul Gandhi To Meet Leaders Of Poll Bound States, Raising Congress Hopes

  Congress's Rahul Gandhi will hold several meetings with party leaders from states headed for assembly elections, sources said.

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  Rahul Gandhi To Visit Shillong Today To Start Congress' Meghalaya Election Campaign

  Congress president Rahul Gandhi will kick off the election campaign of the party in poll bound Meghalaya today with a musical festival showcasing the cultural diversity of the state and will also hold meeting with religious heads and chiefs of traditional institutions.

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  EPFO To Launch Housing Scheme Next Month: Report

  "The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has firmed up a housing scheme for it subscribers. The scheme is likely to be launched anytime after March, 8 when voting in five poll bound states would be over," a source said.

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  A Look At The Health And Nutrition Status of Five Poll-bound States

  By Oommen C. Kurian, Shalini Rudra, Rhea Colaco and Raushan Tara Jaswal/ IndiaSpend While healthcare has largely been a neglected issue in past general elections, major parties started talking about health in their manifestos from 2004. In some states, there’s evidence it is becoming increasingly important, a 2014 Lancet report said, citing the R...

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  83 Crores Cash, 7 Lakh Litre Of Liquor Seized In Poll-Bound States

  Over Rs 83 crore cash, 7 lakh litres of liquor worth Rs 12.65 crore and narcotics valued at Rs 10.30 crore have been seized, mostly from Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, by Election Commission-appointed surveillance and expenditure monitoring teams in the five poll-bound states.

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  Court Asks Poll Panel To Hold By-Polls In 13 Municipal Wards Of Delhi By April 30

  The Delhi High Court today directed the State Election Commission (SEC) to hold bye-elections to vacant seats in 13 municipal wards of the national capital by April 30. "You are bound to hold the elections to vacant seats in municipal wards under the statute. You will have to conduct bye-elections by April 30," a bench comprising Chief Justice G Ro...

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  10 Promises the BJP Has Made to Bihar in Its Vision Document

  The BJP's vision for Bihar comes bound in a 14-page booklet that has on the cover Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah and some state party leaders. It focuses on farmers, students, women and the underprivileged.

• PM Narendra Modi Meets Lawmakers From Northern States

  BJP MPs from northern region including poll-bound Haryana today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and shared their views on a range of issues, including those related to party organisation, government functioning and their experiences as people's representatives.

• Exit polls banned by Election Commission till December 4

  The Election Commission has banned the publication and dissemination of exit polls of any kind in the five poll bound states from November 11 till December 4.

• Poll panel makes huge seizure of unaccounted cash in Uttar Pradesh

  Seizure of about Rs.40 lakh from two places in poll bound Uttar Pradesh on Friday took the recovery of unaccounted money in the state to Rs.27 crore in the past few days.

• Election Commission to set up 24-hour call centres in poll-bound states

  The Election Commission will set up for the first time 24-hour call centres to redress election-related complaints in all the five poll-bound states.