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Jahangir Khan: Rural Politician To Bengal Talking Point After 'Singham' Row
Khan -- the candidate for the Falta constituency -- was one of the small-time politicians in rural Bengal, though well-known in his area, the South 24 Parganas. His rise started with the election of Abhishek Banerjee to Lok Sabha
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Uttarakhand Panchayat Polls Begins, Pushkar Singh Dhami To Cast Vote
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday arrived in Khatima to cast his vote as the first phase of the three-tier panchayat elections commenced across the state.
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz Is Kamala Harris' Running Mate
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday, choosing a progressive policy champion and a plain speaker from America's heartland to help win over rural, white voters, said peo
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Xochitl Galvez, Former Candy Seller, Is Mexico Opposition's President Pick
As a child growing up in a poor rural town, Xochitl Galvez sold homemade candy to help her family. Now she is a successful entrepreneur hoping to be Mexico's first woman president.
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Congress MP Writes To Mamata Banerjee Over Threat To Rural Poll Winners
Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee requesting her "urgent intervention to stop the intimidation and abduction of the elected opposition candidates prior to the formation of Panchayat boards".
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From "Eating" Votes To Ballot Box Relay Race: Bizarre Bengal Polls Scenes
The panchayat elections in West Bengal, though marred by violent clashes between rivals, also featured bizarre acts by candidates desperate to win and unwilling to accept defeat.
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Bengal Rural Polls: Body Of BJP Candidate's Brother-In-Law Found
Amid the violence in the run-up to the July 8 panchayat polls in West Bengal, the body of a BJP candidate's brother-in-law was found in the Cooch Behar district.
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Sarpanch Candidates In Odisha Appear For Entrance Test Before Rural Polls
Days ahead of the three-tier panchayat polls in Odisha, residents of a tribal-dominated village in Sundergarh district reportedly organised "oral and written entrance tests" for all the sarpanch candidates to boost their confidence.
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"In Politics, One Must Accept Challenges": Governor-Turned-BJP Candidate
BJP's Agra rural seat candidate Baby Rani Maurya today said that the party was confident of winning all nine assembly seats in Agra.
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Election Commission Transfers Top Bengal Cop As Wife Set To Contest Polls
The Election Commission on Wednesday transferred Superintendent of Police, Howrah (Rural) Saumya Roy to a non-election related post since his wife has been declared Trinamool Congress's candidate for Sonarpur Dakshin assembly seat.
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Jahangir Khan: Rural Politician To Bengal Talking Point After 'Singham' Row
Khan -- the candidate for the Falta constituency -- was one of the small-time politicians in rural Bengal, though well-known in his area, the South 24 Parganas. His rise started with the election of Abhishek Banerjee to Lok Sabha
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Uttarakhand Panchayat Polls Begins, Pushkar Singh Dhami To Cast Vote
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday arrived in Khatima to cast his vote as the first phase of the three-tier panchayat elections commenced across the state.
-
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz Is Kamala Harris' Running Mate
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday, choosing a progressive policy champion and a plain speaker from America's heartland to help win over rural, white voters, said peo
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Xochitl Galvez, Former Candy Seller, Is Mexico Opposition's President Pick
As a child growing up in a poor rural town, Xochitl Galvez sold homemade candy to help her family. Now she is a successful entrepreneur hoping to be Mexico's first woman president.
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Congress MP Writes To Mamata Banerjee Over Threat To Rural Poll Winners
Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee requesting her "urgent intervention to stop the intimidation and abduction of the elected opposition candidates prior to the formation of Panchayat boards".
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From "Eating" Votes To Ballot Box Relay Race: Bizarre Bengal Polls Scenes
The panchayat elections in West Bengal, though marred by violent clashes between rivals, also featured bizarre acts by candidates desperate to win and unwilling to accept defeat.
-
Bengal Rural Polls: Body Of BJP Candidate's Brother-In-Law Found
Amid the violence in the run-up to the July 8 panchayat polls in West Bengal, the body of a BJP candidate's brother-in-law was found in the Cooch Behar district.
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Sarpanch Candidates In Odisha Appear For Entrance Test Before Rural Polls
Days ahead of the three-tier panchayat polls in Odisha, residents of a tribal-dominated village in Sundergarh district reportedly organised "oral and written entrance tests" for all the sarpanch candidates to boost their confidence.
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"In Politics, One Must Accept Challenges": Governor-Turned-BJP Candidate
BJP's Agra rural seat candidate Baby Rani Maurya today said that the party was confident of winning all nine assembly seats in Agra.
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Election Commission Transfers Top Bengal Cop As Wife Set To Contest Polls
The Election Commission on Wednesday transferred Superintendent of Police, Howrah (Rural) Saumya Roy to a non-election related post since his wife has been declared Trinamool Congress's candidate for Sonarpur Dakshin assembly seat.
