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Britons want May to face rivals on live TV
A majority of the British public wants Prime Minister Theresa May to go head-to-head with her rivals in live TV debates during the election campaign, a poll report said on Wednesday. According to the BMG Research survey, more than half of Britons want the live contests to go ahead. It came after May's outright refusal …
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April 26, 2017 -
Rare harmony
With a most bitter election campaign approaching boiling point, it was inevitable that there was limited scope for discussing other matters ~ and, of course, there is some truth to the charge that only the negative makes “news”. So, therefore, lost in the political thunderstorm was a rare instance of the fierce differences between the …
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March 10, 2017 -
Manipur polls 2017: Amid shutdown call, PM Modi launches campaign
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin his election campaign in Manipur on Saturday amid a statewide ‘shutdown’ call given by a group of militant outfits protesting against his visit. Tight security cordon has been thrown in and around the city, especially at the Langjing Achouba ground, the venue of Narendra Modi’s public meeting in the capital Imphal. …
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February 24, 2017 -
Manipur polls 2017: Amid shutdown call, PM Modi launches campaign
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin his election campaign in Manipur on Saturday amid a statewide ‘shutdown’ call given by a group of militant outfits protesting against his visit. Tight security cordon has been thrown in and around the city, especially at the Langjing Achouba ground, the venue of Narendra Modi’s public meeting in the capital Imphal. …
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February 24, 2017 -
Campaigning for phase-III of UP polls to end on Friday
Curtains will come down on Friday on the hectic campaign in 69 Assembly seats spread over 12 districts of Uttar Pradesh that will go to polls in the third phase on February 19. The districts are Farrukhabad, Hardoi, Kannauj, Mainpuri, Etawah, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur, Unnao, Lucknow, Barabanki and Sitapur. In the 2012 Assembly polls, …
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February 16, 2017 -
Campaigning for phase-III of UP polls to end on Friday
Curtains will come down on Friday on the hectic campaign in 69 Assembly seats spread over 12 districts of Uttar Pradesh that will go to polls in the third phase on February 19. The districts are Farrukhabad, Hardoi, Kannauj, Mainpuri, Etawah, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur, Unnao, Lucknow, Barabanki and Sitapur. In the 2012 Assembly polls, …
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February 16, 2017 -
Campaigning ends for second phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh
Campaigning for the second phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections came to an end on Monday evening at 5 pm. Voting will be held for 67 state assembly seats spread over 11 districts in the second phase on Wednesday. The first phase was held on February 11. The 11 districts going to the polls …
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February 13, 2017