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Punjab polls: Video for cartoon, share for share, in social media contestSubscriber Only
January 9, 2017 03:12 IST
The social media contest began long before the poll date was announced last week. Each of the four parties is running a war room with a young team, and each car claims to have surpassed the other.
SYL divides Haryana leaders over campaigning in PunjabSubscriber Only
January 9, 2017 02:31 IST
Since the Nov ruling, which says Punjab cannot terminate the SYL agreement, parties across Haryana have demanded implementation while the Punjab government has said the state has no water to spare.
A year after desecration and deaths in police firing, the anger persistsSubscriber Only
January 9, 2017 02:12 IST
Families of two killed say they will seek justice from ‘new govt’, villagers keep cards close to their chest
Punjab polls: Stones hurled at Sukhbir Singh’s convoy
January 9, 2017 01:41 IST
He was leaving Kandh Wala Hazar Khan after one such meeting when the stone-pelting took place
Day before EC test, Mulayam Singh says he is still Samajwadi Party president
January 9, 2017 10:22 IST
On the other hand, Ram Gopal asserted that the faction headed by Akhilesh is the real party.
UP polls: BSP declares final list of candidatesSubscriber Only
January 9, 2017 01:26 IST
On Sunday, BSP chief Mayawati met party coordinators and office-bearers to discuss strategy for the polls. She asked them to “expose” the SP govt on lawlessness and the Centre on demonetisation.
Mulayam Singh visits SP office to make presence feltSubscriber Only
January 9, 2017 01:21 IST
This was Mulayam’s first visit to the party office after UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav replaced him as SP’s national president in a party convention called by Ram Gopal Yadav on January 1.
JD(U) demands Sakshi Maharaj’s arrest, expulsion from BJP
January 8, 2017 22:34 IST
Noting that Maharaj's comments were first such remarks after the Supreme Court outlawed seeking votes in the name of religion or caste, JD(U) spokesperson K C Tyagi alleged the BJP MP was "trying to polarise voters on religious grounds" in the poll-bound state.
Congress list of candidates for Uttarakhand polls by Jan 16: Harish Rawat
January 8, 2017 23:22 IST
Rawat's remarks have come in the backdrop of talks doing the rounds that there is a discord between him and Congress state unit chief Kishore Upadhyaya over ticket allotments for the February 15 polls.
AAP to contest Amritsar Lok Sabha by-election
January 8, 2017 22:22 IST
"We will contest by-elections and will announce our candidate in a day or two," AAP's senior leader Sanjay Singh said.
AAP does not have money to fight Punjab, Goa polls: Arvind Kejriwal
January 8, 2017 21:53 IST
"This time people will vote for AAP which will win 28-32 seats in Goa (out of 40)," he said.
Uttarakhand: Prashant Kishor steps in, Harish Rawat calls him Chyawanprash
January 8, 2017 21:48 IST
He said the strategy of the party will now have an edge and added that Kishor is giving providing his services to the party.
Manmohan Singh to release Congress Punjab manifesto tomorrow
January 8, 2017 21:43 IST
Amarinder Singh had earlier met former prime minister Manmohan Singh to seek time for the document release.
E-ballot system for defence voters in Punjab
January 8, 2017 21:13 IST
Service voter eligible for Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot can cast their vote through this system, he said.
Akali Dal fields Ranjit Gill from Kharar seat
January 8, 2017 21:08 IST
From Kharar seat, AAP has fielded former journalist Kanwar Sandhu while Congress has nominated Jagmohan Singh Kang.
Brother of Congress candidate from Dera Baba Nanak seat joins APP
January 8, 2017 21:05 IST
APP president Sucha Singh Chhotepur said, "We have high regard for the individuals who have a vision and believe in taking the state to a new height."
Sukhbir begins poll campaign, promises interest-free loan for youth
January 8, 2017 20:23 IST
Telling people to measure him by works done, Sukhbir said, "I will be campaigning in the entire state and might be away for long period of time. It is for you to make my campaign yours."
Shiromani Akali Dal leader Ranjit Singh Nikra joins Congress
January 8, 2017 19:24 IST
Nikra, who was also the national president of the Anti Drug Federation of India (ADFI), has been appointed as the Chairman of the Anti Narcotic Cell of PPCC.
Fielding candidates for all 403 assembly seats in UP: Congress
January 8, 2017 18:58 IST
Babbar has not been in favour of any alliance with SP, though senior Congress leader and incharge of UP Ghulam Nabi Azad is not averse to such a tie-up.
Uttarakhand Congress chief meets Prashant Kishore
January 8, 2017 18:31 IST
The party has given the responsibility of coordinating with Prashant to the party's state secretary Vinod Chauhan under the leadership of state party vice-president Jot Singh Bisht, Upadhyay said.
Mulayam calls himself Samajwadi Party chief, says Ram Gopal Yadav sacked for six years
January 8, 2017 22:37 IST
Mulayam Singh Yadav said that Ramgopal Yadav has been expelled from the party for six years.
Former bureaucrats, cops, army men try luck in Punjab polls
January 8, 2017 18:10 IST
All major political parties, including Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), have fielded them.
BSP’s final candidate list: 12 more Muslims this time
January 8, 2017 17:08 IST
Since Muslims account for nearly 20 per cent of the voters in UP, Mayawati decided to field more candidates of that community, playing her Dalit-Muslim consolidation card to come back to power.
Goa Assembly polls likely to witness three-cornered contest
January 8, 2017 16:12 IST
For the Congress party, Goa elections are an important opportunity to salvage its political fortunes which sunk to the lowest level during the 2012 state polls.
Samajwadi Party symbol may be frozen if EC can’t take decision before January 17
January 8, 2017 15:53 IST
After the split in the party last week, the factions led by Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh had approached the Commission staking claim over the party and the symbol
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