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TopicHaryana assembly polls

Topic: Haryana assembly polls

How parole to rape & murder convict Ram Rahim days before Haryana polls might benefit BJP

His Dera Sacha Sauda is mobilising its followers to vote en masse, it is learnt. Some are labeling his timely release as 'desperate push' by BJP, others say it's unlikely to change outcome.

Months before assembly polls, Haryana CM Saini declares 10% Agniveer quota in police, mining guard jobs

Agnipath scheme was major poll issue in Haryana, Rajasthan, UP. ‘People want rollback of scheme, not reservation in jobs,’ says Congress's Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

Modi calls assembly poll results ‘exceptional’ despite falling short in Haryana

PM Narendra Modi congratulates CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Manohar Lal Khattar. Amit Shah says Modi’s leadership had led BJP from strength to strength.

Manohar Lal Khattar summoned by BJP high command as JJP celebrates Haryana poll results

The BJP, which set a target of 75 seats, is leading in just 37 while the Congress is leading in 35. The JJP, contesting its first elections, has won 3 seats and is leading in 7.

Gopal Kanda, millionaire debtor & accused in 2 suicides, tries luck in Haryana polls again

When Haryana goes to polls on 21 October, Gopal Kanda will contest from his home constituency of Sirsa, which he had won in 2009 but lost in 2014.

BJP’s 2014 spend on Maharashtra, Haryana poll campaign was 4 times that of Congress: Report

The report, prepared by the Association for Democratic Reforms, comes days before Haryana and Maharashtra go to polls again.

Manohar Lal Khattar’s bank balance grew 10-fold since 2014 but he still doesn’t own a car

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar declared his assets Tuesday while filing his nomination papers from Karnal.

Sportspersons, 11 turncoats in BJP’s first list of 78 candidates for Haryana elections

Wrestler Babita Phogat, former Indian hockey captain Sandeep Singh & Olympic medalist Yogeshwar Dutt will contest from Dadri, Pehowa and Baroda, respectively.

Congress has a test for warring Haryana leaders eyeing CM chair — ace Lok Sabha polls first

The Congress' Haryana unit is said to be ridden with factionalism, with several leaders in the fray for a chief ministerial nomination.

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3 top ULFA-I leaders ‘killed’ in Myanmar, Indian Army denies role as insurgent group alleges involvement

The banned group claimed their leaders & cadres were killed in ‘drone strikes’ by the Indian Army. Guwahati Defence PRO denies any such operation.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.