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A Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA who is supporting the Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh has demanded the immediate transfer of two officials posted at the Damoh district jail for allegedly extorting money from the inmates there.

The Maharashtra Assembly election 2019 took place on October 21 and the election result will be declared today. This year, the Congress-NCP attempts to unseat the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena combine. In 2014 polls, ahead of which the major alliances splintered, the BJP emerged as the single-largest party with 122 seats.Haryana assembly elections took place on October 21, Monday and the results date is October 24.The poll of exit polls shows an easy victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party or the BJP. In Haryana, poll of exit polls predicted the BJP is likely to win 66 of 90 seats while the Congress scores 14.

The counting of votes will begin at 8 am for Maharashtra and Haryana where the ruling BJP is seeking a second term.A BJP win will be seen as an endorsement of the Narendra Modi government's policies after its re-election -- including the move to scrap special status of Jammu and Kashmir and the National Registry of Citizens -- which were the central themes of its campaign. Counting of votes for bypolls in 17 states and one union territory will also be held today.

The result for the Maharashtra assembly election 2019 will be declared today. Counting begins at 8 am. Election was held for 288-member Maharashtra assembly was held on October 21. The BJP contested 150 seats and the Shiv Sena 124. The rest had gone to the smaller allies.

Who will rule Maharashtra and Haryana for the next five years will be revealed today as the counting of assembly election votes begins at 8 am. The BJP, which is in power in both states - Maharashtra in alliance with the Shiv Sena - hopes to reinforce its national election victory with two more wins, with the opposition, especially the Congress and its Maharashtra ally Nationalist Congress Party of Sharad Pawar, seen to put up a weak fight. Exit polls have predicted a BJP victory in both states. A BJP win will be seen as an endorsement of the Narendra Modi government's policies after its re-election -- including the move to scrap special status to Jammu and Kashmir and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) -- which were the central themes of its campaign. Counting of votes for bypolls in 17 states and one union territory will also be held today.

Congress's Disciplinary Action Committee has issued show cause notice to five leaders of its Delhi unit for issuing a statement against senior party leaders, days after they had hit out at party's state in-charge P C Chacko and demanded his removal.

The Central Pollution Control Board has asked agencies to ensure effective ground-level action against sources that cause air pollution, especially road dust, open dumping, burning of waste, construction among others.

After a BJP MLA in Karnataka said lessons on the 18th century ruler of the erstwhile Mysore kingdom Tipu Sultan must be removed from textbooks, a descendant of the king said that it is shameful that he being targeted for vote bank politics.

Will the Manohar Khattar led BJP government be able to retain power in Haryana or will the Jat-powered BS Hooda manage to trounce the BJP in the state? The answer will be out soon as counting of votes begins for the 90 seats in the state today.

The 17 disqualified Karnataka MLAs told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that they have an "indefeasible right" to resign as members of the Assembly and the decision by the then Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar to disqualify them smacks of "vengeance".

Defending the team that probed the Kathua rape and murder case last year, Jammu and Kashmir police chief Dilbag Singh on Wednesday said no witnesses were tortured and but the court's order to file a First Information Report against the investigating police officials would be followed.

To provide relief to people of the national capital from high tomato prices, the Centre has asked state-run Mother Dairy to reduce the vegetable's rates by Rs 2-3 per kg from Thursday.

Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Wednesday said the Centre will not accept the renaming of ''Ayushman Bharat'' scheme by the Congress government in Rajasthan.

In a relief to a Uttarakhand TV journalist, the Supreme Court has stayed the criminal proceedings in three cases lodged against him and others by the state police after the channel headed by him last year conducted a sting operation allegedly exposing corruption at the highest level.

India's institutions, including the Supreme Court which is examining the government's decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, are working, a top US official has said at a Congressional hearing during which concerns were raised over the humanitarian crisis and the human rights situation the Valley.