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EPS, Stalin Lead List Of Big Names On The Ballot In Tamil Nadu Polls
Tamil Nadu politics has been dominated by the DMK and AIADMK, with the two Dravidian giants traditionally swapping terms to keep national parties from power. However, this election could buck that trend, with new faces challenging the older ones.
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Actor Vijayashanti Likely To Swap Congress For BJP Ahead Of Hyderabad Polls
Actor and senior Congress leader Vijayashanti is set to join the BJP, becoming the second big name - after former Union Minister Sarve Satyanarayana - to swap parties just days before the prestigious Hyderabad municipal election
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Nishad Party Leader, Giant-Killer Of Gorakhpur, Swaps Sides; Joins BJP
The giant-killer of Gorakhpur, Praveen Nishad, today joined the BJP, the party over which he had won a surprise victory in by-polls last year. The twist in one of BJP's safest seats in Uttar Pradesh, facilitated by the unlikely alliance of arch-enemies Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), set a template for the opposition gathbandhan for ...
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More Than One Surprise In BJP's Latest List Of Candidates In UP
The latest list of candidates announced by the BJP for the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh throws in more than one surprise.
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In Nitish Kumar vs Tejashwi Yadav In Jokihat Bypoll, Some See Desperation
Nitish Kumar deployed half his cabinet and all his political aides in this one assembly seat in east Bihar that votes next week. He figures the outcome in Jokihat will be seen as an indicator of his popularity, and his political capital, which rival Tejashwi Yadav insists, has depleted ever since Mr Kumar swapped his alliance partners after dumping...
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Nitish Kumar Swaps Allies, Takes Charge After Dramatic Break-Up: 10 Facts
Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for the sixth time on Thursday morning, 14 hours after he resigned from that position, ending his two-year-old alliance with Lalu Yadav and the Congress. He is back with the BJP, whose Sushil Modi was also sworn in; he gets his old post of Deputy Chief Minister back. Other new ministers will take oath ...
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Cong expects snap poll in Karnataka, getting ready with candidates
The opposition Congress in Karnataka will complete the process of identifying probable candidates in 150 assembly segments in the state by March-end in anticipation of a snap poll this year. Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President G Parameshwara said observers from All India Congress Committee (AICC) are already on the job.
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EPS, Stalin Lead List Of Big Names On The Ballot In Tamil Nadu Polls
Tamil Nadu politics has been dominated by the DMK and AIADMK, with the two Dravidian giants traditionally swapping terms to keep national parties from power. However, this election could buck that trend, with new faces challenging the older ones.
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Actor Vijayashanti Likely To Swap Congress For BJP Ahead Of Hyderabad Polls
Actor and senior Congress leader Vijayashanti is set to join the BJP, becoming the second big name - after former Union Minister Sarve Satyanarayana - to swap parties just days before the prestigious Hyderabad municipal election
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Nishad Party Leader, Giant-Killer Of Gorakhpur, Swaps Sides; Joins BJP
The giant-killer of Gorakhpur, Praveen Nishad, today joined the BJP, the party over which he had won a surprise victory in by-polls last year. The twist in one of BJP's safest seats in Uttar Pradesh, facilitated by the unlikely alliance of arch-enemies Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), set a template for the opposition gathbandhan for ...
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More Than One Surprise In BJP's Latest List Of Candidates In UP
The latest list of candidates announced by the BJP for the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh throws in more than one surprise.
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In Nitish Kumar vs Tejashwi Yadav In Jokihat Bypoll, Some See Desperation
Nitish Kumar deployed half his cabinet and all his political aides in this one assembly seat in east Bihar that votes next week. He figures the outcome in Jokihat will be seen as an indicator of his popularity, and his political capital, which rival Tejashwi Yadav insists, has depleted ever since Mr Kumar swapped his alliance partners after dumping...
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Nitish Kumar Swaps Allies, Takes Charge After Dramatic Break-Up: 10 Facts
Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for the sixth time on Thursday morning, 14 hours after he resigned from that position, ending his two-year-old alliance with Lalu Yadav and the Congress. He is back with the BJP, whose Sushil Modi was also sworn in; he gets his old post of Deputy Chief Minister back. Other new ministers will take oath ...
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Cong expects snap poll in Karnataka, getting ready with candidates
The opposition Congress in Karnataka will complete the process of identifying probable candidates in 150 assembly segments in the state by March-end in anticipation of a snap poll this year. Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President G Parameshwara said observers from All India Congress Committee (AICC) are already on the job.
