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Youngest candidate in Jharkhand is also the richest |
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Saurabh Narayan Singh is the youngest candidate for the Lok Sabha elections from Jharkhand. He is also the richest candidate in the fray. |
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DMK announces poll line-up, fields Azhagiri from Madurai |
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The ruling DMK Sunday announced candidates for 21 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu. Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's elder son M K Azhagiri has been fielded from the Madurai seat. |
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Nafisa Ali is SP candidate from Lucknow |
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Actress and socialite Nafisa Ali is the Samajwadi Party candidate for the Lucknow Lok Sabha seat. |
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Varun Gandhi refuses to meet investigating officer |
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi, currently in prison for his reported hate speeches, Sunday refused to meet the investigating officer who visited Etah jail to record his statement in connection with the cases lodged against him. |
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Chidambaram gets poll panel notice |
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The Election Commission Sunday issued notice to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram for allegedly offering electoral incentives during a security review meeting in Rajasthan and asked him to reply by Monday.
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Humanist Party to field candidates across India |
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More than two decades after it was formed, the party of "honest members" - the Humanist Party is struggling to make a mark in national politics. |
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Third Front allies will not desert after polls: Yechury |
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Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury has discounted the possibility of its allies in the so-called Third Front embracing the Congress or the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the Lok Sabha polls. |
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BJP committed to creating smaller states |
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday said it was committed to the creation of smaller states, as it justified its support to the demand of a separate Gorkhaland state in West Bengal and Telangana in Andhra Pradesh. |
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Sushma Swaraj '101 percent' sure of NDA getting majority |
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj, who faced flak for her recent statement that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) might not get a clear majority in the Lok Sabha polls, Saturday said she was "101 percent" confident that the group would get a clear majority. |
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Bollywood stars shy away from poll campaigns |
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Getting Bollywood stars to canvas for votes is proving to be an uphill task for political parties as many actors are shying away from the frenzy of Lok Sabha poll campaigns - even though many contestants are themselves members of the film fraternity. |
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