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All parties fielded candidates with criminal history in UP: ADR

Those having serious criminal cases against them include 17 from SP, 15 from RLD, 22 from BJP, 11 from Congress, 16 from BSP and five from AAP

Forty-two MLAs wanted me to be Punjab CM after Amarinder's exit: Jakhar

Sunil Jakhar was among the front runners for the chief ministerial post, but the party preferred Charanjit Singh Channi, who became the first chief minister of Punjab from the SC community

Akhilesh govt will build Ayodhya temple faster, better: Ram Gopal Yadav

Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav on Wednesday refuted Home Minister Amit Shah's statements on the SP's stand on the construction of the Ram temple at Ayodhya

UP Assembly Elections: First phase is farmers' election, says Akhilesh

Addressing a joint press conference with Rashtriya Lok Dal president Jayant Chaudhary, the SP chief said that it was late Chaudhary Charan Singh who had awakened the farmers

Goa polls: AAP candidates sign affidavits promising no corruption

All 40 candidates of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the upcoming Goa Assembly polls on Wednesday signed affidavits promising that they will not indulge in corruption or defect.

UP Assembly polls: Samajwadi Party announces 3 seats, queers pitch for BJP

The Samajwadi Party has made the contest tough on three seats where it announced candidates on Wednesday

Cycle is punctured, hand pump redundant, says UP Deputy CM

The cycle and the hand pump are poll symbols of the Samajwadi Party and the RLD respectively

Battle for UP: Ex-IPS officer, now BJP candidate, booked for code violation

The notice has been served by the sub-district election officer after 15-16 children were found to be campaigning for the BJP candidate

Congress releases 2nd list of 10 candidates for Manipur assembly polls

Former minister Ningthoujam Biren Singh and legislator Pukhrem Sharatchandra Singh are among the nominees featured in the second list

Punjab elections: 931 candidates file nominations on last day

Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi filed his nomination papers from Chamkaur Sahib seat

Opposition leaders, their agendas will vanish after polls: Uttarakhand CM

CM Dhami made the following comments while addressing a public meeting at Paltan Bazar in Dehradun and sought votes for the BJP candidates

Battle for UP: Assembly speaker Hriday Narain Dixit denied ticket

Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Law Minister Brajesh Pathak, who had won from Lucknow Central in 2017, has been shifted to Lucknow Cantonment, denying ticket to the sitting BJP MLA Suresh Tiwari.

Battle for Uttar Pradesh: Lakhimpur Kheri farmers to use NOTA option

The farmers are yet to come to terms with the October 3 incident in which four farmers were allegedly mowed down by an SUV belonging to Union Minister Ajay Misra Teni's son Ashish Misra

Battle for UP: Congress withdraw candidates against Akhilesh, Shivpal

The Congress candidates in Karhal in Mainpuri and Jaswantnagar in Etawah have bowed out of the contest

Lalpura resigns as NCM chief after BJP fields him in Punjab Assembly polls

Lalpura was a BJP spokesperson and had also been an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer in the past

Samajwadi Party govts pushed UP onto violence, says CM Adityanath

UP CM Yogi Adityanath alleged that the previous SP governments pushed the state into violence as he held the party responsible for the Muzaffarnagar riots

Manipur polls: NPF to contest in 10 seats; Shiv Sena names 6 candidates

The regional Naga People's Front (NPF) which won four seats in the Manipur assembly elections in 2017 said it would contest in 10 constituencies this time.

Home Minister Shah using casteist terminology in electioneering: RLD chief

Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary accused Union Home minister Amit Shah of consistently using "caste-based terminology" during his election campaign in western Uttar Pradesh.

Punjab Assembly polls: Sukhbir Badal declares assets worth Rs 122.77 crore

Horses worth Rs 95.82 lakh, two weapons valued at Rs 3 lakh and immovable properties worth Rs 52.95 crore were part of the total assets of Rs 122.77 crore declared by SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal

Oldest at 94, Parkash Singh Badal files nomination for Punjab polls

A five-time MLA from the Lambi constituency, the elderly Badal was the president of the SAD from 1995 to 2008