Sun, 17 Mar 2019 19:59:58
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah Sunday announced that his son, Omar Abdullah, will be the party's chief ministerial candidate.
Kick-starting the party's campaign for the Lok Sabha polls here, the party chief said he will represent Jammu and Kashmir in Parliament.
"I will not be the chief minister. The chief minister will be Omar Abdullah as he is young. I am old and I cannot
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Sun, 17 Mar 2019 19:58:05
Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's health condition is extremely critical, his office said Sunday.
Parrikar, 63, is suffering from a serious pancreatic ailment, and is currently at his private residence at Dona Paula near here.
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Sun, 17 Mar 2019 18:10:41
The three NDA constituents in Bihar -- BJP, JD(U) and LJP -- Sunday announced the names of candidates for the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies for the coming general elections.
As per the announcement made at a joint press conference of the three parties here, the BJP and the JD(U) will contest 17 seats each and the LJP in six.
An agreement on the seat sharing had already been reached between th
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Sun, 17 Mar 2019 18:07:53
The main opposition in Andhra Pradesh the YSR Congress Sunday released its full list of candidates for 25 Lok Sabha and 175 Assembly constituencies in the state that will go to polls on April 11.
Only two candidates, who were elected as party MPs in 2014, have been re-nominated while new candidates have been chosen by the party for the remaining 23 seats.
YSRC dropped Mekapati Rajamohan Redd
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Sun, 17 Mar 2019 18:01:29
To woo allies in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh, the Congress in a reciprocal gesture on Sunday announced that it will leave more than a dozen Lok Sabha seats for other parties, including seven seats for the SP, BSP and RLD alliance in the state.
Apart from this, the grand old party of India also announced that it will leave two seats for the Apna Dal, and entered into an electo
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Sun, 17 Mar 2019 17:56:51
Former IAS officer Shah Faesal launched a new political party at an impressive public rally here on Sunday. Scores of supporters from different parts of the Valley attended the launch of the Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement (JKPM), whose slogan is "Hawa Badlegi" (winds of time will change).
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students' leader Shehla Rashid and some other prominent persons acro
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Sun, 17 Mar 2019 17:52:40
The BJP Sunday stepped up its 'Main bhi chowkidar' campaign with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other party leaders, including its president Amit Shah, prefixing the word 'chowkidar' to their names in their Twitter profile as they sought people's support in the Lok Sabha elections.
Party leaders, many of them Union ministers and chief ministers, also put out short advertisement videos sho
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Sun, 17 Mar 2019 17:50:22
At least 50 people have been killed by flash floods in Indonesia's eastern Papua province, an official said Sunday, as rescuers raced to find more victims of the disaster.
The floods in Sentani, near the provincial capital of Jayapura, were triggered by torrential rain and subsequent landslides on Saturday, and also left 59 people injured.
Dozens of homes were damaged by floodwaters, nationa
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Sun, 17 Mar 2019 17:46:34
Amid Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's deteriorating health, the BJP on Sunday said it is "already thinking on Goa political transit phase" even as the party asserted that the state government was "stable" and warned people against rumours.
Parrikar, 63, is suffering from a pancreatic ailment.
"Our BJP leadership in Delhi and Goa are very strong, stable and are already thinking on Goa politi
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