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National call to protest against EVMs on 30th May

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Congress to stay away from Telangana Council polls due to unethical practices of KCR

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A widow’s vote: A photo essay

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Gender Representation Declines: India Elects 74 Women MPs in 2024, Down from 78 in...

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TCN News New Delhi: In the aftermath of the recent elections, several women politicians have come under intense scrutiny for their controversial actions and statements...

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Mehbooba accuses Congress, NC of weakening Art 370

Srinagar, April 27 (IANS) Former Chief Minister and President of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday accused the Congress and the...

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Empowering Change: Women Candidates Challenge the Status Quo in J&K Elections

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YSR Congress defers first list of candidates

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BJP’s Madhavi Latha’s Arrow Backfires, Owaisi Secures Fifth Straight Term

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...

65 Lakh Voters Dropped in Bihar: SC Opens Reapplication Route, But Disenfranchisement Fears Persist

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Voting ends for final phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly polls

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West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021: Eradicating child marriage still doesn’t make the cut in...

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Dalit Movements felicitate two elected Dalit MPs from Tamil Nadu

TCN News Of the seven elected MPs from Tamil Nadu, two MPs are from the Dalit community from VCK (Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi). These two MPS Dr...

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Four states to have Assembly and Lok Sabha elections simultaneously

TCN News The election commission has announced that asembly and lok sabha election in 4 states i.e., Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim will...

Pre-polling: What voters in Goa and Solapur feel

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Delhi Elections 2025: Okhla – A Glimpse of Neglect in City’s Development Race

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

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National Election Watch: Preliminary Analysis of Candidate List released by BJP & INC for...

TCN News: The National Parties, BJP and INC announced the list of candidates for Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 2018 recently.INC (Indian National Congress) has declared...

Delhi Elections 2025: Shifa Ur Rahman’s Wife Nooreen Calls for Justice at the Ballot...

TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter New Delhi: The air is thick with political tension in the bustling lanes of Delhi's Okhla constituency as the assembly elections in...

Muslim representation in Indian Parliament

TCN News This year again, the number of parliamentarians elected from the Muslim community are 27  as compared to previous Lok Sabha elections when there...

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

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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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TCN Special Correspondent New Delhi: Sambhal is one among the Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh where polling will be held on May 7 — third...

Not all AIMIM party activists favour the split with VBA in Maharashtra

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What led to BJP’s defeat in Delhi assembly election 2020?

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Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of assembly’s seats (403) for any state in the country. Parts of UP voted on Monday (February 14)...

‘Nothing Can Fill This Gap’: Families of AIMIM Candidates Shifa, Tahir Share Heartfelt Pleas...

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Mohammad Aatif Ammad Kanth, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) was founded in 1941 by Syed Abdul Ala Maududi. Inspired by the Muslim Brotherhood, the organisation was...

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