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In the EVMs era, for reasons best known to it, the ECI's continues the old and faulty ‘manual recording and tabulation’ of votes, where there is huge scope for maneuvering.

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EC officials can influence poll results despite EVMs

May 18, 2019

Mumbai: As the Opposition parties' apprehensions on glitches in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) continue to simmer, a new spectre looms ...

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Only 48 per cent Lok Sabha candidates have graduate degrees

May 16, 2019

New Delhi: Only 48 per cent of the candidates contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha polls have declared graduation and above ...

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BJP candidate from Kerala has 240 criminal cases

May 15, 2019

New Delhi: K. Surendran, the Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate from Kerala's Pathanamthitta parliamentary constituency, has declared 240 criminal cases against ...

Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman, Jitendra Singh, Vijay Goel and Harsh Vardhan wore black bands and put fingers on their lips while sitting on the podium.

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BJP holds protest in Delhi over Kolkata violence

May 15, 2019

New Delhi: The BJP staged a silent protest at the Jantar Mantar here Wednesday to condemn the violence in Kolkata ...

She was released at 9.40 am from the Alipore jail after five days following a Supreme Court order.

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BJP activist won’t apologise for sharing Mamata’s photo

May 15, 2019

Kolkata: BJP youth wing activist Priyanka Sharma, who walked out of jail on Wednesday after being arrested for posting a ...

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Modi’s legacy as Gujarat CM black spot on country’s history: Mayawati

May 15, 2019

Lucknow: BSP president Mayawati Wednesday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's legacy as the Gujarat chief minister is a black ...

As per the victim’s complaint, Dharmendra had asked his cousin to vote for the BJP but Raja had voted for Congress.

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Man shoots cousin for not voting for BJP

May 15, 2019

Jhajjar (Haryana): A man from the Silana village in the Jhajjar district of Haryana shot his cousin for not voting ...

Supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) fought pitched battles on the streets of Kolkata during a massive road show by former's president Amit Shah.

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TMC seeks audience with EC following Shah roadshow violence

May 15, 2019

New Delhi: The TMC Tuesday sought a meeting with the Election Commission over the destruction of a statue of Bengali ...

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Pushing for new language in politics which does not use violence, hatred: Rahul Gandhi

May 15, 2019

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi said Tuesday that he was pushing for a new language in politics which does ...

A study by the Centre for Socio-Economic and Political Research (CSEPR) in Delhi at the conclusion of Phase VI of polling suggests that the NDA as a pre-poll alliance could muster 231 seats as compared to 174 seats of the UPA.

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BJP slow down but no UPA gain in Elections 2019: Pollsters

May 13, 2019

New Delhi: A survey of voters undertaken by institutions and calculations by independent psephologists have indicated a surprising unanimity of ...

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Trouble For Iran

June 18, 2025

The escalating conflict between Israel and Iran has plunged the Middle East into deeper turmoil, with ramifications stretching far beyond...

June 17, 2025

The people of South Korea have shown their maturity as votaries of democracy by recently gifting a landslide victory to...

Iran's private message to Israel: ‘Can intervene if military campaign continues in Gaza’

June 16, 2025

For decades, current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been warning about the “existential threat” that a nuclear-armed Iran poses...

June 15, 2025

On 12 June, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional and lasting ceasefire in Gaza....

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