EC seeks report on Yogi calling Indian Army ‘Modi ji ki sena’

The Election Commission sought a report after Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath called the Indian Army “Modiji ki Sena” at an election rally. The poll panel has asked for a factual report from the Ghaziabad district election office and asked it to submit it by Tuesday. Read More
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Rahul Gandhi to contest from Wayanad, leaves CPM angry

In addition to Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi, the Congress, on Sunday, announced the party president, Rahul Gandhi, will also contest from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, in Kerala. The decision infuriated the Left. Read More
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Video of Patra eating meal cooked on smoke stove kicks row

After Sambit Patra shared the video of him eating food cooked over a smoke stove, social-media users started taking pot shots at Patra asking what happened to the Prime Minister’s Ujjwala Yojana scheme that provides gas connections to poor households. Read More
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SP calls off tie-up with Nishad Party over Gorakhpur LS seat

Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party confirmed the end of its alliance with the Nishad Party in the eastern UP over the dispute over Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat, where Nishad Party’s Praveen Nishad pulled off a sensation victory with the help of SP and Mayawati’s BSP in the 2018 bypoll. Read More
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Over 100 filmmakers appeal against voting for BJP in LS poll

Artists Unite India, an informal collective of the artists fraternity from across the country, on Friday, urged people not to vote for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the upcoming Lok Sabha election, in a public appeal published on its website. Read More
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EC gives a clean chit to Modi on A-SAT TV and radio speech

The Election Commission said PM Narendra Modi television and radio address on the successful demonstration of the anti-satellite missile capability did not violate the election model code of conduct, which is enforced since the announcement of the Lok Sabha poll dates. Read More
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I-T raids: HDK, Siddaramaiah stage protest in Bengaluru

After the I-T department expanded their searches and raids in Karnataka and reached the state junior irrigation minister CS Puttaraju’s house, chief minister HD Kumaraswamy and former chief minister Siddaramaiah led a group of senior state cabinet ministers and staged a protest. Read More
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Urmila to be Congress’s LS candidate from Mumbai North

Urmila Matondkar joined the party after meeting Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday, and had later said that she was “here to stay”. She is pitted against BJP MP Gopal Shetty, who defeated former Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam in the 2014 Lok Sabha poll. Read More
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Hardik’s LS poll hopes diminish as HC won’t stay his conviction

Hardik Patel’s hopes of fighting the upcoming Lok Sabha election has been dealt a big blow as the Gujarat high court dismissed the patidar leader’s plea plea to stay his conviction in a 2015 rioting case. Read More
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Congress promises to abolish ‘angel tax’ if voted to power

The Congress president, Rahul Gandhi, in an interview said new ventures will not require any regulatory permissions for three years and will get easy access to bank credit if his party is voted to power. Read More
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