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Telangana Cabinet Approves 42% Backward Classes Reservation in Local Body Polls
In a move aimed at empowering Backward Classes (BCs) and fulfilling a key poll promise, the Telangana Cabinet, led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, on Thursday, approved a proposal to extend 42% reservation to BCs in local body elections.
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"Trinamool Will Be Buried Deep In Next Election In Bengal": BJP
The BJP on Wednesday said it has improved its tally in the West Bengal panchayat polls from 2018 despite facing "brutal oppression" and claimed that signs are "ominous" for the ruling Trinamool Congress which will be "buried deep" in the
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Made "Huge Mistake" By Boycotting Panchayat Polls In 2018: Farooq Abdullah
National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Monday said boycotting the panchayat polls in 2018 was "a huge mistake" and the party must contest every future election in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Over 13,000 Panchayats To Go For Polls In Punjab Today
The polling to elect sarpanchs and panchs for 13,276 villages in Punjab will be held Sunday amid tight security arrangements.
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Will Yogi Adityanath Campaign For Yoonus Khan In Tonk: Sachin Pilot
Pitted against the BJP's lone Muslim candidate in the state assembly polls, Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot has a poser for BJP -- Will Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath come to Tonk to seek votes for Yoonus Khan. On his campaign trail covering nine Panchayats and the city throughout Wednesday, Mr Pilot accused BJP of playing polit...
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Voting Underway For Fourth Phase Of Jammu And Kashmir Panchayat Polls
Voting for the fourth phase of the Jammu and Kashmir panchayat elections is underway at over 2,600 polling stations in the state, officials said today.
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Second Phase Of Panchayat Elections Underway In Jammu And Kashmir
Voting for the second phase of the Jammu and Kashmir panchayat elections is underway at over 2,100 polling stations in the state.
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Despite Naxal Threat, Chhattisgarh Poll Officers Firm On Executing Duties
Crossing rivers barefoot, wading through jungles just sanitised by the accompanying security personnel and even airdropped by choppers into the Naxal-affected interiors, many on poll duty in Chhattisgarh feel like the real-life version of the protagonist from Bollywood dark comedy "Newton", while some feel more like a revolutionary like Bhagat Sing...
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Six Killed In Clash After Heated Argument Over Panchayat Poll In Gujarat
Six people were killed in a clash in Gujarat's Kutch district after a dispute over village panchayat elections, police said today.
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"Shocking": Top Court Questions Bengal Panchayat Seats Going Uncontested
The Supreme court on Tuesday took a dim view of West Bengal panchayat election, saying thousands of seats going uncontested shows that democracy is not working in the state.
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Bengal BJP To Submit Lok Sabha Vision Targeting 26 Seats To Amit Shah
Buoyed by its performance in the rural polls, the West Bengal BJP unit is set to submit its Lok Sabha blueprint, targeting 26 Parliamentary seats in the state, to party president Amit Shah during his visit to the state this week.
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Mamata Banerjee's Retort At PM's Jibe On Violence-Hit Bengal Panchayat Polls
The complete panchayat poll results were yet to be declared. But West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said in Kolkata on Thursday evening, despite a united opposition and huge propaganda against it, the Trinamool Congress was set to win 90 per cent of the rural seats in the state.
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On Video, Mass False Voting In Violence-Hit Bengal Panchayat Polls
Shocking video footage have emerged from a poll booth in Bengal that shows blatant false voting took place in the recent panchayat elections, during which violence swept the state. Counting of votes is on today, in which the ruling Trinamool Congress is way ahead. The polls were held on Tuesday after days of court battle and opposition allegations ...
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West Bengal Panchayat Poll Results: Trinamool Congress Leads, BJP Distant Second
The Trinamool Congress reinforced its dominant position in rural West Bengal's local bodies, elections of which were hit by rampant violence leaving several dead. Mamata Banerjee's party bagged 9,270 seats in gram panchayats, while the BJP emerged as the main challenger in most districts, according to results available till 2 pm today.
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West Bengal Panchayat Election Results Highlights: Trinamool Congress Wins Over 2,400 Seats, Counting Under Way
Amid fear of violence, counting for the West Bengal panchayat election 2018 began at 8 am today. In Monday's polling, more than 20 people had died and 50 others got injured in election-related clashes. Reacting to the violence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called the election a "murder of democracy", a charge dismissed by the ruling Trinamool C...
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Telangana Cabinet Approves 42% Backward Classes Reservation in Local Body Polls
In a move aimed at empowering Backward Classes (BCs) and fulfilling a key poll promise, the Telangana Cabinet, led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, on Thursday, approved a proposal to extend 42% reservation to BCs in local body elections.
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"Trinamool Will Be Buried Deep In Next Election In Bengal": BJP
The BJP on Wednesday said it has improved its tally in the West Bengal panchayat polls from 2018 despite facing "brutal oppression" and claimed that signs are "ominous" for the ruling Trinamool Congress which will be "buried deep" in the
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Made "Huge Mistake" By Boycotting Panchayat Polls In 2018: Farooq Abdullah
National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Monday said boycotting the panchayat polls in 2018 was "a huge mistake" and the party must contest every future election in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Over 13,000 Panchayats To Go For Polls In Punjab Today
The polling to elect sarpanchs and panchs for 13,276 villages in Punjab will be held Sunday amid tight security arrangements.
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Will Yogi Adityanath Campaign For Yoonus Khan In Tonk: Sachin Pilot
Pitted against the BJP's lone Muslim candidate in the state assembly polls, Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot has a poser for BJP -- Will Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath come to Tonk to seek votes for Yoonus Khan. On his campaign trail covering nine Panchayats and the city throughout Wednesday, Mr Pilot accused BJP of playing polit...
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Voting Underway For Fourth Phase Of Jammu And Kashmir Panchayat Polls
Voting for the fourth phase of the Jammu and Kashmir panchayat elections is underway at over 2,600 polling stations in the state, officials said today.
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Second Phase Of Panchayat Elections Underway In Jammu And Kashmir
Voting for the second phase of the Jammu and Kashmir panchayat elections is underway at over 2,100 polling stations in the state.
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Despite Naxal Threat, Chhattisgarh Poll Officers Firm On Executing Duties
Crossing rivers barefoot, wading through jungles just sanitised by the accompanying security personnel and even airdropped by choppers into the Naxal-affected interiors, many on poll duty in Chhattisgarh feel like the real-life version of the protagonist from Bollywood dark comedy "Newton", while some feel more like a revolutionary like Bhagat Sing...
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Six Killed In Clash After Heated Argument Over Panchayat Poll In Gujarat
Six people were killed in a clash in Gujarat's Kutch district after a dispute over village panchayat elections, police said today.
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"Shocking": Top Court Questions Bengal Panchayat Seats Going Uncontested
The Supreme court on Tuesday took a dim view of West Bengal panchayat election, saying thousands of seats going uncontested shows that democracy is not working in the state.
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Bengal BJP To Submit Lok Sabha Vision Targeting 26 Seats To Amit Shah
Buoyed by its performance in the rural polls, the West Bengal BJP unit is set to submit its Lok Sabha blueprint, targeting 26 Parliamentary seats in the state, to party president Amit Shah during his visit to the state this week.
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Mamata Banerjee's Retort At PM's Jibe On Violence-Hit Bengal Panchayat Polls
The complete panchayat poll results were yet to be declared. But West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said in Kolkata on Thursday evening, despite a united opposition and huge propaganda against it, the Trinamool Congress was set to win 90 per cent of the rural seats in the state.
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On Video, Mass False Voting In Violence-Hit Bengal Panchayat Polls
Shocking video footage have emerged from a poll booth in Bengal that shows blatant false voting took place in the recent panchayat elections, during which violence swept the state. Counting of votes is on today, in which the ruling Trinamool Congress is way ahead. The polls were held on Tuesday after days of court battle and opposition allegations ...
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West Bengal Panchayat Poll Results: Trinamool Congress Leads, BJP Distant Second
The Trinamool Congress reinforced its dominant position in rural West Bengal's local bodies, elections of which were hit by rampant violence leaving several dead. Mamata Banerjee's party bagged 9,270 seats in gram panchayats, while the BJP emerged as the main challenger in most districts, according to results available till 2 pm today.
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West Bengal Panchayat Election Results Highlights: Trinamool Congress Wins Over 2,400 Seats, Counting Under Way
Amid fear of violence, counting for the West Bengal panchayat election 2018 began at 8 am today. In Monday's polling, more than 20 people had died and 50 others got injured in election-related clashes. Reacting to the violence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called the election a "murder of democracy", a charge dismissed by the ruling Trinamool C...
