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Poll-Day Maoist Attacks A Reminder Of Deadly 2013 Strike In Chhattisgarh's Bastar
Despite a tight security blanket thrown over Chhattisgarh's Maoist-hit Bastar, the region's Sukma district has seen two encounters and an explosion that have left several security personnel injured.
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Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2018: 13 Women Elected As MLAs
A total of 13 women have been elected to the Chhattisgarh Assembly in 2018, a rise from the 10 and 11 women who became MLAs after the 2013 and 2008 polls respectively, a state election official said today.
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Congress Set To End Raman Singh's Record Run In Chhattisgarh
The ruling BJP lagged behind the Congress as votes were counted in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. Three-term Chief Minister Raman Singh of the BJP was briefly trailing in his constituency, but is now leading. As the Congress widened the gap with the BJP in Chhattisgarh, Raman Singh was locked in a tough fight in Rajnandgaon seat, where his rival is Congr...
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Nearly 72 Per Cent Voting In Second Phase Of Chhattisgarh Polls: 10 Facts
Nearly 72 per cent voting was recorded as polling came to a close in the second and final phase of Chhattisgarh assembly elections, the Election Commission announced this evening, taking the overall turnout in the two phases to 74.17 per cent so far. However, the number is likely to go up as the second phase figures are provisional. The 2013 electi...
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High Voter Turnout Shows There's No Anti-Incumbency In Chhattisgarh: BJP
The ruling BJP in Chhattisgarh has claimed the turnout in the first phase polling, which increased marginally from the last assembly election, was a sign that there was no anti-incumbency against its dispensation as propagated the opposition. The turnout in the first phase assembly election in 18 seats on November 12 was recorded at 76.28 per cent,...
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BJP Tickets To 14 Candidates Who Lost 2013 Chhattisgarh Elections
The BJP has reposed faith in most of its sitting lawmakers for the upcoming Chhattisgarh assembly polls and it has given tickets to 14 leaders who lost the last state elections in 2013. In its first list released on Saturday, 77 candidates were announced out of the total 90 seats in the state. The BJP has given tickets to 32 sitting lawmakers, incl...
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Op-Ed: What's Wrong With the Congress
As the pathetic performance of the Congress brings out the claws in everybody who's anybody within the party, I thought back to the time last month when I was roaming around the towns of Chhattisgarh covering election rallies.
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Congress poll debacle is Rahul Gandhi's defeat: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Thursday said the poor show by Congress in the recent Assembly Polls is the defeat of Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi because he was the face of the party's poll campaign.
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Chhattisgarh Congress blames 'internal sabotage' for poll losses
Upset over the defeat of several of sitting MLAs of the Congress in the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, state Congress chief Charandas Mahant blamed it on "internal sabotage" yesterday.
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Congress introspects, identifies price rise, factionalism as reasons for poll debacle
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday got into a huddle with senior leaders to analyse the poll debacle which the party suffered in four out of the five states where Assembly elections were held.
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Poll-Day Maoist Attacks A Reminder Of Deadly 2013 Strike In Chhattisgarh's Bastar
Despite a tight security blanket thrown over Chhattisgarh's Maoist-hit Bastar, the region's Sukma district has seen two encounters and an explosion that have left several security personnel injured.
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Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2018: 13 Women Elected As MLAs
A total of 13 women have been elected to the Chhattisgarh Assembly in 2018, a rise from the 10 and 11 women who became MLAs after the 2013 and 2008 polls respectively, a state election official said today.
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Congress Set To End Raman Singh's Record Run In Chhattisgarh
The ruling BJP lagged behind the Congress as votes were counted in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. Three-term Chief Minister Raman Singh of the BJP was briefly trailing in his constituency, but is now leading. As the Congress widened the gap with the BJP in Chhattisgarh, Raman Singh was locked in a tough fight in Rajnandgaon seat, where his rival is Congr...
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Nearly 72 Per Cent Voting In Second Phase Of Chhattisgarh Polls: 10 Facts
Nearly 72 per cent voting was recorded as polling came to a close in the second and final phase of Chhattisgarh assembly elections, the Election Commission announced this evening, taking the overall turnout in the two phases to 74.17 per cent so far. However, the number is likely to go up as the second phase figures are provisional. The 2013 electi...
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High Voter Turnout Shows There's No Anti-Incumbency In Chhattisgarh: BJP
The ruling BJP in Chhattisgarh has claimed the turnout in the first phase polling, which increased marginally from the last assembly election, was a sign that there was no anti-incumbency against its dispensation as propagated the opposition. The turnout in the first phase assembly election in 18 seats on November 12 was recorded at 76.28 per cent,...
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BJP Tickets To 14 Candidates Who Lost 2013 Chhattisgarh Elections
The BJP has reposed faith in most of its sitting lawmakers for the upcoming Chhattisgarh assembly polls and it has given tickets to 14 leaders who lost the last state elections in 2013. In its first list released on Saturday, 77 candidates were announced out of the total 90 seats in the state. The BJP has given tickets to 32 sitting lawmakers, incl...
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Op-Ed: What's Wrong With the Congress
As the pathetic performance of the Congress brings out the claws in everybody who's anybody within the party, I thought back to the time last month when I was roaming around the towns of Chhattisgarh covering election rallies.
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Congress poll debacle is Rahul Gandhi's defeat: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Thursday said the poor show by Congress in the recent Assembly Polls is the defeat of Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi because he was the face of the party's poll campaign.
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Chhattisgarh Congress blames 'internal sabotage' for poll losses
Upset over the defeat of several of sitting MLAs of the Congress in the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, state Congress chief Charandas Mahant blamed it on "internal sabotage" yesterday.
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Congress introspects, identifies price rise, factionalism as reasons for poll debacle
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday got into a huddle with senior leaders to analyse the poll debacle which the party suffered in four out of the five states where Assembly elections were held.
