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Parliament Session Over, Amit Shah Crafts BJP's Poll Push in South
The monsoon session of Parliament wrapped up, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has shifted focus to the southern battlegrounds of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, signalling the BJP's intent to expand its footprint in southern states.
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Bill For Greater Bengaluru Governance In Monsoon Session: Sources
The ambitious and controversial plan to restructure the civic administration of Karnataka capital Bengaluru is likely to be tabled in the state assembly in the monsoon session.
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Opinion: NDA Thunder, I.N.D.I.A. Whimper Mark No-Trust Motion
The Monsoon Session, perhaps the last sitting to be held at the old parliament building, has witnessed the transformation of India's apex legislature from being a forum of discussion, debate and decisions to a poll campaign arena.
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A 2012 Letter By LK Advani Surfaces Amid Row Over Bill On Poll Appointments
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh shared a 2012 letter by LK Advani to then PM Manmohan Singh amid controversy over a proposed bill by the centre that will exclude the Chief Justice of India from the process to appoint the country's top election officers
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Mamata Banerjee To Meet Trinamool MPs To Discuss Plan For Vice President Poll
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee convened a meeting with party MPs on July 21 to discuss the party's strategy for the upcoming Parliament session and the vice presidential election.
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In First Election Since Kashmir And NRC, BJP Targets Haryana, Maharashtra
Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana, announced today by the Election Commission for October 21, will be the first in the country since Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the BJP to success in Lok Sabha polls in May. Nearly 11 crore people will vote across the two states in an election that is also the first since PM Modi's government pushed...
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Karnataka's Mandya May Witness Actor vs Actor Clash In Lok Sabha Polls
Mandya in South Karnataka is fertile and green. In years of good monsoon, this land of sugarcane and paddy is irrigated by the Krishnarajasagara Dam. It is also the heartland of the Vokkaligas, a dominant caste from which Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal (Secular) hails.
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MK Stalin Criticises Poll Body For Not Announcing Tamil Nadu By-Polls
DMK chief MK Stalin on Sunday hit out at the Election Commission for not announcing by-elections to two Tamil Nadu assembly constituencies citing monsoon as the reason and said it was not a 'justifiable' decision.
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Foreign Media On First No-Confidence Vote In India In 15 Years
No-confidence motion: The era of India's coalition politics is back. With Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 2014 wave of popularity receding, polls show the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party may fall short of a full majority in next year's federal election, prompting the opposition parties to put aside their ideological differences and unite.
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With Hours To Go For No-Confidence Vote, BJP Plans Lunches, Dinners
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's four-year-old government faces its first no confidence vote tomorrow, at a time all parties are prepping for state polls and the 2019 national elections, and the ruling BJP is leaving nothing to chance despite numbers.
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Foreign Media On PM Modi Facing No-Confidence Motion Ahead of 2019 Polls
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government faces a no-confidence vote on Friday as the opposition uses the new monsoon session of India's parliament to challenge his administration ahead of general elections early next year.
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Good Monsoon news in election season
A "near normal" monsoon is the what the India Meteorological Department predicts for 2009.
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Parliament Session Over, Amit Shah Crafts BJP's Poll Push in South
The monsoon session of Parliament wrapped up, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has shifted focus to the southern battlegrounds of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, signalling the BJP's intent to expand its footprint in southern states.
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Bill For Greater Bengaluru Governance In Monsoon Session: Sources
The ambitious and controversial plan to restructure the civic administration of Karnataka capital Bengaluru is likely to be tabled in the state assembly in the monsoon session.
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Opinion: NDA Thunder, I.N.D.I.A. Whimper Mark No-Trust Motion
The Monsoon Session, perhaps the last sitting to be held at the old parliament building, has witnessed the transformation of India's apex legislature from being a forum of discussion, debate and decisions to a poll campaign arena.
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A 2012 Letter By LK Advani Surfaces Amid Row Over Bill On Poll Appointments
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh shared a 2012 letter by LK Advani to then PM Manmohan Singh amid controversy over a proposed bill by the centre that will exclude the Chief Justice of India from the process to appoint the country's top election officers
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Mamata Banerjee To Meet Trinamool MPs To Discuss Plan For Vice President Poll
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee convened a meeting with party MPs on July 21 to discuss the party's strategy for the upcoming Parliament session and the vice presidential election.
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In First Election Since Kashmir And NRC, BJP Targets Haryana, Maharashtra
Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana, announced today by the Election Commission for October 21, will be the first in the country since Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the BJP to success in Lok Sabha polls in May. Nearly 11 crore people will vote across the two states in an election that is also the first since PM Modi's government pushed...
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Karnataka's Mandya May Witness Actor vs Actor Clash In Lok Sabha Polls
Mandya in South Karnataka is fertile and green. In years of good monsoon, this land of sugarcane and paddy is irrigated by the Krishnarajasagara Dam. It is also the heartland of the Vokkaligas, a dominant caste from which Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal (Secular) hails.
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MK Stalin Criticises Poll Body For Not Announcing Tamil Nadu By-Polls
DMK chief MK Stalin on Sunday hit out at the Election Commission for not announcing by-elections to two Tamil Nadu assembly constituencies citing monsoon as the reason and said it was not a 'justifiable' decision.
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Foreign Media On First No-Confidence Vote In India In 15 Years
No-confidence motion: The era of India's coalition politics is back. With Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 2014 wave of popularity receding, polls show the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party may fall short of a full majority in next year's federal election, prompting the opposition parties to put aside their ideological differences and unite.
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With Hours To Go For No-Confidence Vote, BJP Plans Lunches, Dinners
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's four-year-old government faces its first no confidence vote tomorrow, at a time all parties are prepping for state polls and the 2019 national elections, and the ruling BJP is leaving nothing to chance despite numbers.
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Foreign Media On PM Modi Facing No-Confidence Motion Ahead of 2019 Polls
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government faces a no-confidence vote on Friday as the opposition uses the new monsoon session of India's parliament to challenge his administration ahead of general elections early next year.
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Good Monsoon news in election season
A "near normal" monsoon is the what the India Meteorological Department predicts for 2009.
