Punjab Assembly Election 2017
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Introspect, Don't Blame EVMs For Punjab: Election Commission Tells AAP
The Election Commission or EC yesterday hit out at the AAP for levelling "unfair" allegations of EVM-tampering and asked it to introspect on the reasons for its defeat in the Punjab polls, a response described as "unfortunate" by the party.
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Punjab Election Results 2017: AAP One Of The 'Toughest Competitors,' Says Prashant Kishor
Prashant Kishor, one of the key strategists of the Congress which is on its way to winning Punjab, today said the Aam Aadmi Party was one the toughest competitors his team has faced. Arvind Kejriwal's AAP, which had contested in Goa and Punjab in a bid to go national, is leading in only 23 of the state's 117 seats - the third position in a three-co...
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Live News UP Election Results, Punjab 2017, and Other States: How to Get Updates Online
Punjab, UP election results 2017 and live trends Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur. What time does counting start, and results come in - live election results 2017.
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Punjab Elections 2017: 'I Didn't Parachute', Says General JJ Singh On Patiala Battle
Former Indian Army chief General JJ Singh, the Akali Dal's candidate pitted against Congress' Captain Amarinder Singh in Punjab's Patiala city, was among the first to cast his vote on Saturday. Asked by NDTV, Gen Singh who is fighting his first electoral battle, insisted that he wasn't a parachute candidate.
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Punjab Elections 2017: 35 Per Cent Voter Turnout Across State Till 1 PM
Brisk polling was going on as around 35 per cent of the total 1.98 crore electors exercised their franchise till 1 PM in the high-stakes Punjab Assembly elections, wherein 1,145 candidates are in the fray.
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Punjab Elections 2017: Akali Dal-BJP Will Score A Hat-Trick. 100 per cent, Says Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal today exuded confidence that the SAD-BJP would be re-elected in Punjab. She hit out at the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party for making "false promises" to lure voters.
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Punjab Has A 'Cancer Train'. Few Political Parties Talk Of The Disease
A Sikh man and his wife are sitting on one of the corner benches of platform number 1 at Bhatinda's Railway station. Sukhpal and Magar are waiting to board the train to Bikaner, Rajasthan -- something they do at least once every month.
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Punjab Elections 2017: Arvind Kejriwal's AAP May Have Found Its Face For Chief Minister in Punjab
Bhagwant Mann for Punjab Chief Minister? The Aam Aadmi Party lawmaker who made headlines and earned the wrath of his colleagues last year by live-streaming his arrival at parliament, is drawing massive crowds while campaigning across the state and his party's leaders are reportedly weighing projecting him for the state's top job.
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On Mission To 'Save Punjab', Navjot Sidhu Enthralls People With One-Liners
The battle for Amritsar east assembly seat remains the most keenly watched ever since former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu threw his hat in the ring as a Congress candidate. 53-year-old Mr Sidhu has claimed that he is on a mission to "save Punjab" from the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal led by Badals who "looted" the state. His entry has overshadowed other...
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Arun Jaitley's 3 Reasons For BJP-Akali Winning Punjab Factors In AAP
The addition of the Aam Aadmi Party in a traditionally bipolar contest will help the ruling BJP-Akali Dal alliance in the upcoming Punjab assembly elections next month, Union Minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley said, also taking shots at "absentee" representatives in an apparent jab at cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu who defe...
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Union Home Ministry Provides 85,000 Paramilitary Personnel For Poll Duties
As many as 85,000 paramilitary personnel have been made available to the Election Commission for deployment in the upcoming assembly elections in five states, including in politically-crucial Uttar Pradesh, beginning February 4.
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Punjab Elections 2017: 1,941 Candidates File Nominations
With assembly elections in Punjab less than a month away, the process of filing nomination papers came to an end on Wednesday with 1,941 candidates filing nominations for the 117 assembly constituencies in the state. Congress's newest recruit Navjot Singh Sidhu, state Congress chief Amarinder Singh and the Aam Aadmi Party's Bhagwant Mann were among...
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Arvind Kejriwal In Punjab's Malwa To Unite Factions, Reach Out To Voters
The Aam Aadmi Party's campaign in Punjab is full swing with party chief Arvind Kejriwal on a 5-day tour of the Malwa region. Despite having a model in next-door Delhi, where the party swept the assembly polls in 2015, the AAP chief his task cut out: In face of severe factionalism, he has to unite the party cadre, hold public meetings with local can...
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Congress Manifesto Offers To End VIP Culture In Punjab
The Congress manifesto for the Punjab assembly elections was released today by former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in New Delhi. The manifesto was released simultaneously in six other cities of the state.
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Congress Releases First List Of Candidates For 2017 Punjab Polls, Amarinder Singh To Contest From Patiala
Congress today released the first list of 61 candidates who will contest the upcoming Assembly polls in Punjab. State unit chief Amarinder Singh, Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, CLP leader Charanjit Singh Channi and Sunil Jakhar all feature in the first list as was expected. The party has retained 31 sitting MLAs, while dropping only three, including Prenee...
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Introspect, Don't Blame EVMs For Punjab: Election Commission Tells AAP
The Election Commission or EC yesterday hit out at the AAP for levelling "unfair" allegations of EVM-tampering and asked it to introspect on the reasons for its defeat in the Punjab polls, a response described as "unfortunate" by the party.
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Punjab Election Results 2017: AAP One Of The 'Toughest Competitors,' Says Prashant Kishor
Prashant Kishor, one of the key strategists of the Congress which is on its way to winning Punjab, today said the Aam Aadmi Party was one the toughest competitors his team has faced. Arvind Kejriwal's AAP, which had contested in Goa and Punjab in a bid to go national, is leading in only 23 of the state's 117 seats - the third position in a three-co...
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Live News UP Election Results, Punjab 2017, and Other States: How to Get Updates Online
Punjab, UP election results 2017 and live trends Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur. What time does counting start, and results come in - live election results 2017.
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Punjab Elections 2017: 'I Didn't Parachute', Says General JJ Singh On Patiala Battle
Former Indian Army chief General JJ Singh, the Akali Dal's candidate pitted against Congress' Captain Amarinder Singh in Punjab's Patiala city, was among the first to cast his vote on Saturday. Asked by NDTV, Gen Singh who is fighting his first electoral battle, insisted that he wasn't a parachute candidate.
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Punjab Elections 2017: 35 Per Cent Voter Turnout Across State Till 1 PM
Brisk polling was going on as around 35 per cent of the total 1.98 crore electors exercised their franchise till 1 PM in the high-stakes Punjab Assembly elections, wherein 1,145 candidates are in the fray.
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Punjab Elections 2017: Akali Dal-BJP Will Score A Hat-Trick. 100 per cent, Says Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal today exuded confidence that the SAD-BJP would be re-elected in Punjab. She hit out at the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party for making "false promises" to lure voters.
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Punjab Has A 'Cancer Train'. Few Political Parties Talk Of The Disease
A Sikh man and his wife are sitting on one of the corner benches of platform number 1 at Bhatinda's Railway station. Sukhpal and Magar are waiting to board the train to Bikaner, Rajasthan -- something they do at least once every month.
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Punjab Elections 2017: Arvind Kejriwal's AAP May Have Found Its Face For Chief Minister in Punjab
Bhagwant Mann for Punjab Chief Minister? The Aam Aadmi Party lawmaker who made headlines and earned the wrath of his colleagues last year by live-streaming his arrival at parliament, is drawing massive crowds while campaigning across the state and his party's leaders are reportedly weighing projecting him for the state's top job.
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On Mission To 'Save Punjab', Navjot Sidhu Enthralls People With One-Liners
The battle for Amritsar east assembly seat remains the most keenly watched ever since former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu threw his hat in the ring as a Congress candidate. 53-year-old Mr Sidhu has claimed that he is on a mission to "save Punjab" from the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal led by Badals who "looted" the state. His entry has overshadowed other...
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Arun Jaitley's 3 Reasons For BJP-Akali Winning Punjab Factors In AAP
The addition of the Aam Aadmi Party in a traditionally bipolar contest will help the ruling BJP-Akali Dal alliance in the upcoming Punjab assembly elections next month, Union Minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley said, also taking shots at "absentee" representatives in an apparent jab at cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu who defe...
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Union Home Ministry Provides 85,000 Paramilitary Personnel For Poll Duties
As many as 85,000 paramilitary personnel have been made available to the Election Commission for deployment in the upcoming assembly elections in five states, including in politically-crucial Uttar Pradesh, beginning February 4.
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Punjab Elections 2017: 1,941 Candidates File Nominations
With assembly elections in Punjab less than a month away, the process of filing nomination papers came to an end on Wednesday with 1,941 candidates filing nominations for the 117 assembly constituencies in the state. Congress's newest recruit Navjot Singh Sidhu, state Congress chief Amarinder Singh and the Aam Aadmi Party's Bhagwant Mann were among...
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Arvind Kejriwal In Punjab's Malwa To Unite Factions, Reach Out To Voters
The Aam Aadmi Party's campaign in Punjab is full swing with party chief Arvind Kejriwal on a 5-day tour of the Malwa region. Despite having a model in next-door Delhi, where the party swept the assembly polls in 2015, the AAP chief his task cut out: In face of severe factionalism, he has to unite the party cadre, hold public meetings with local can...
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Congress Manifesto Offers To End VIP Culture In Punjab
The Congress manifesto for the Punjab assembly elections was released today by former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in New Delhi. The manifesto was released simultaneously in six other cities of the state.
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Congress Releases First List Of Candidates For 2017 Punjab Polls, Amarinder Singh To Contest From Patiala
Congress today released the first list of 61 candidates who will contest the upcoming Assembly polls in Punjab. State unit chief Amarinder Singh, Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, CLP leader Charanjit Singh Channi and Sunil Jakhar all feature in the first list as was expected. The party has retained 31 sitting MLAs, while dropping only three, including Prenee...
