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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EC: PMO didn’t seek nod for Modi’s A-SAT TV announcement

The Election Commission said the investigation into the claims that Prime Minister Narendra Modi violated the election model code of conduct when he announced on TV the success of an anti-satellite missile test (A-SAT) will be completed by Friday. Read More
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Muslim women demand law against mob lynching, hate crimes

The other demands made by the women are repeal of restrictions on slaughter and sale of cows, 33% reservation for women in Parliament, implementation of the Sachar Committee report recommendations and ending female genital mutilation among Bohra Muslim women. Read More
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On Facebook, BJP, its supporters top list of political advertisers

While the campaigning for general election picks up, the Bharatiya Janata Party and its supporters continued top the list of spenders on political advertisements on Facebook. Read More
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Mamata promises to probe demonetization if voted to power

While releasing her party manifesto at her Kalighat residence in south Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee also made an “appeal” to the prime minister, Narendra Modi, to engage in an open debate with an opposition leader ahead of the general election. Read More
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