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"There'll Be Detailed Scrutiny": Bengal Poll Body Official On Violence
Bengal State Election Commissioner (SEC) Rajiva Sinha on Saturday promised to look into complaints of vote tampering and to take a decision on possible re-polling after receiving reports from observers and returning officers.
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"Sankalp Patra Is Jhoota Patra...": Akhilesh Yadav On BJP's UP Manifesto
Akhilesh Yadav took on the BJP on Wednesday - hours before the UP election begins - telling NDTV the ruling outfit "should observe two minutes' silence (for failing to deliver on its promises) before commenting on those made by his party.
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Delay UP Elections, Ban Rallies: Court Urges Poll Body, PM Over Omicron
The Allahabad High Court today requested the Election Commission to postpone the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections by a month or two.
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"Will Stop Counting Of Votes...": High Court Shreds Election Commission
The Election Commission is singularly responsible for the second wave of Covid and should probably be booked for murder, the Madras High Court observed today.
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"Polling Not Disrupted": Election Commission On Nandigram Chaos
The huge tension at Nadigram's Boyal -- from where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had to be rescued by the Central forces -- found no mention in the investigation report sought by the Election Commission. The two general observers sent by the Commis
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Election Commission Makes "Record Rs 331 Cr Seizure" In Poll-Bound States
A record Rs 331 crore in seizures of cash, liquor, drugs and other goods have been seized in the poll-bound states of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and Kerala, and the Union Territory of Puducherry, the government said today. The seizures already surpasses the total amount caught in the assembly elections to these state and the Union Territory in...
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No Conspiracy, Mamata Banerjee Injured Accidentally: Poll Observers' Report
The incident in Bengal's Nandigram in which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was injured was an accident and not a planned attack, according to the report of two poll observers submitted before the Election Commission (EC) on Saturday.
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Election Commission To Take Call On Mamata Banerjee Injury Report Today
The Election Commission will take a call on Sunday on the reports submitted by the West Bengal chief secretary and two special poll observers on the injuries sustained by Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader, Mamata Banerjee, sources said.
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Cops Kept At Bay, Central Forces To Oversee Bengal Voting In Phase 5
Only central security personnel will oversee the voting process in Bengal during the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 6, State Special Police Observer Vivek Dubey has said, adding that the state police will not be allowed within 100 metres of the booths.
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Senior Cop, On Poll Duty In Tamil Nadu, Suspended Over Firing Incident
An officer posted as an election observer at Tamil Nadu's Ariyalur was suspended by the Haryana government on Monday for reportedly firing in the air from a constable's gun. IGP officer Hemant Kalson, a 2001-batch officer, was sent on election duty in view of the April 18 Lok Sabha election in Tamil Nadu.
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Jairam Thakur Will Be Chief Minister In Himachal Pradesh, Says BJP
Five-time legislator Jairam Thakur will be the new Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, BJP lawmakers decided today after a meeting to pick their chief, attended by the party's Central observers Nirmala Sitharaman and Narendra Singh Tomar. He will take oath on December 27, the BJP has announced.
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Elections Won, BJP To Send Top Leaders To Prep For Naming Chief Ministers
The BJP has postponed to tomorrow its meeting of party MPs held every Tuesday when parliament is in session. Many parliamentarians, sources said, were involved in hectic electioneering in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh and the meeting was rescheduled to give the party a day to regroup
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Nitish Kumar May Skip Mulayam Singh Yadav's Party's Anniversary Bash: Sources
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to give a miss to the Samajwadi Party's big anniversary bash on Saturday to which he has been invited by party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, sources close to the Chief Minister have said.
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Samajwadi Party to hold state executive meeting today
With an eye on the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the Samajwadi Party will hold its state executive meeting today. 150 members of the state executive will meet to give its feedback on the reports filed by its 58 election observers. These observers were given the task to identify candidates for the Lok Sabha polls.
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If Priyanka is a frog, so am I, says Rahul Gandhi
"If Priyanka is a frog, so am I, because I am her brother". This was how a smiling Rahul Gandhi disarmed a reporter at his press conference today generating mirth and laughter when he was asked to respond to his sister Priyanka's observation that she was like a 'barsati maindak' - a frog which appears only during the rainy season.
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"There'll Be Detailed Scrutiny": Bengal Poll Body Official On Violence
Bengal State Election Commissioner (SEC) Rajiva Sinha on Saturday promised to look into complaints of vote tampering and to take a decision on possible re-polling after receiving reports from observers and returning officers.
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"Sankalp Patra Is Jhoota Patra...": Akhilesh Yadav On BJP's UP Manifesto
Akhilesh Yadav took on the BJP on Wednesday - hours before the UP election begins - telling NDTV the ruling outfit "should observe two minutes' silence (for failing to deliver on its promises) before commenting on those made by his party.
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Delay UP Elections, Ban Rallies: Court Urges Poll Body, PM Over Omicron
The Allahabad High Court today requested the Election Commission to postpone the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections by a month or two.
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"Will Stop Counting Of Votes...": High Court Shreds Election Commission
The Election Commission is singularly responsible for the second wave of Covid and should probably be booked for murder, the Madras High Court observed today.
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"Polling Not Disrupted": Election Commission On Nandigram Chaos
The huge tension at Nadigram's Boyal -- from where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had to be rescued by the Central forces -- found no mention in the investigation report sought by the Election Commission. The two general observers sent by the Commis
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Election Commission Makes "Record Rs 331 Cr Seizure" In Poll-Bound States
A record Rs 331 crore in seizures of cash, liquor, drugs and other goods have been seized in the poll-bound states of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and Kerala, and the Union Territory of Puducherry, the government said today. The seizures already surpasses the total amount caught in the assembly elections to these state and the Union Territory in...
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No Conspiracy, Mamata Banerjee Injured Accidentally: Poll Observers' Report
The incident in Bengal's Nandigram in which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was injured was an accident and not a planned attack, according to the report of two poll observers submitted before the Election Commission (EC) on Saturday.
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Election Commission To Take Call On Mamata Banerjee Injury Report Today
The Election Commission will take a call on Sunday on the reports submitted by the West Bengal chief secretary and two special poll observers on the injuries sustained by Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader, Mamata Banerjee, sources said.
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Cops Kept At Bay, Central Forces To Oversee Bengal Voting In Phase 5
Only central security personnel will oversee the voting process in Bengal during the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 6, State Special Police Observer Vivek Dubey has said, adding that the state police will not be allowed within 100 metres of the booths.
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Senior Cop, On Poll Duty In Tamil Nadu, Suspended Over Firing Incident
An officer posted as an election observer at Tamil Nadu's Ariyalur was suspended by the Haryana government on Monday for reportedly firing in the air from a constable's gun. IGP officer Hemant Kalson, a 2001-batch officer, was sent on election duty in view of the April 18 Lok Sabha election in Tamil Nadu.
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Jairam Thakur Will Be Chief Minister In Himachal Pradesh, Says BJP
Five-time legislator Jairam Thakur will be the new Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, BJP lawmakers decided today after a meeting to pick their chief, attended by the party's Central observers Nirmala Sitharaman and Narendra Singh Tomar. He will take oath on December 27, the BJP has announced.
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Elections Won, BJP To Send Top Leaders To Prep For Naming Chief Ministers
The BJP has postponed to tomorrow its meeting of party MPs held every Tuesday when parliament is in session. Many parliamentarians, sources said, were involved in hectic electioneering in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh and the meeting was rescheduled to give the party a day to regroup
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Nitish Kumar May Skip Mulayam Singh Yadav's Party's Anniversary Bash: Sources
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to give a miss to the Samajwadi Party's big anniversary bash on Saturday to which he has been invited by party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, sources close to the Chief Minister have said.
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Samajwadi Party to hold state executive meeting today
With an eye on the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the Samajwadi Party will hold its state executive meeting today. 150 members of the state executive will meet to give its feedback on the reports filed by its 58 election observers. These observers were given the task to identify candidates for the Lok Sabha polls.
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If Priyanka is a frog, so am I, says Rahul Gandhi
"If Priyanka is a frog, so am I, because I am her brother". This was how a smiling Rahul Gandhi disarmed a reporter at his press conference today generating mirth and laughter when he was asked to respond to his sister Priyanka's observation that she was like a 'barsati maindak' - a frog which appears only during the rainy season.
