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Owaisi files nomination for 4th term from Hyderabad

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Congress bags 31 of the 59 reserved seats in Rajasthan; BJP falls from 53...

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net बिहार चुनाव के नतीजे आ चुके हैं,देर रात तक चली मतगणना के बाद एनडीए ने 125 सीट लाकर बहुमत हासिल किया और...

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Elections are nothing more than a drama here: The view from Shopian, J&K

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Malegaon blast victim’s father prays to court to disallow Pragya’s nomination for LS

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In Yogi’s UP, Muslim poll nominees face arrests, externment and criminal cases

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Congress to form MP government as Shivraj Singh Chouhan resigns

Bhopal, Dec 12 (IANS) The path for the formation of a Congress government in Madhya Pradesh was cleared with Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan...

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UP elections: No homes for families displaced by Muzaffarnagar riots

Nearly a decade after scores of Muslim families were displaced by the Muzaffarnagar riots in 2013, they still live amid poor living conditions and...

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Polling begins amid tight security in Mizoram

Aizawl, Nov 28 (IANS) Amid tight security, polling began at 7 am for the 40-member Mizoram assembly election on Wednesday, officials said. According to senior...

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India’s Hindu nationalist movement intrudes into Maryland’s gubernatorial election

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TCN News Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi won the Hyderabad parliamentary constituency for the fifth consecutive term, securing 6,61,981 votes. His closest...

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SP names 5 more candidates for Lok Sabha polls

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Chandigarh, Jan 31 (IANS) Establishing it grip on state politics just ahead of the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, Haryana's ruling BJP won the...

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TCN News wioth IANS inputs The election commission has decided to hold polling once more in booth No 83 of Kalamassery Assembly constituency in Ernakulam. Polling...

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