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  Oct 22, 2018

  BJP releases first list of candidates for Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram

  JP Nadda said the BJP will contest the Mizoram Assembly elections on 13 seats. The party also released the list of 38 candidate for the upcoming Telangana Assembly polls.
  BJP Narendra Modi NewsTracker Bharatiya Janata Party Raman Singh JP Nadda Amit Shah Rajnandgaon Mizoram Assembly Election 2018 Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2018 Assembly Election 2018 Ramdayal Uike Telangana Assembly Election 2018 OP Chaudhary
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  Oct 22, 2018

  Arvind Kejriwal lashes out at BJP over Rakesh Asthana case, says it turned agency into a 'national disgrace'

  The CBI on Sunday announced filing the case against Asthana for allegedly accepting a bribe to settle a case of meat exporter Moin Qureshi.
  Delhi NewsTracker CBI Arvind Kejriwal Central Bureau of Investigation Aam Aadmi Party AAP Moin Qureshi Rakesh Asthana
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  Oct 22, 2018

  Imran Khan condemns killing of civilians in Kulgam, calls for dialogue with India to resolve Kashmir dispute

  Imran Khan's remarks came after seven civilians were killed in an explosion in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district on Sunday shortly after a gunfight had left three militants dead.
  Jammu and Kashmir Pakistan NewsTracker Imran Khan India Pakistan relations Kulgam
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  Oct 22, 2018

  Airtel to let you ask Google Assistant about data, best offers, recharge, more

  Currently available in English, the feature will also be rolled out in regional languages.
  Airtel artificial intelligence Google India Airtel India Google Assistant
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  Oct 22, 2018

  Supreme Court likely to deliver verdict on pleas seeking countrywide ban on firecrackers tomorrow

  The petitions filed in the Supreme Court have sought a ban on the manufacture, sale and possession of firecrackers across the country.
  NewsTracker Supreme Court Diwali Pollution Delhi Pollution Ban on firecrackers firecracker ban firecrackers verdict
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  Oct 22, 2018

  Congress has not officially declared Rahul Gandhi as prime ministerial candidate, says P Chidambaram

  Chidambaram said the prime minister's post was not an issue for the Congress and the party has asked its leaders not to speak about it.
  P. Chidambaram Congress BJP NewsTracker Bharatiya Janata Party Rahul Gandhi Chennai Lok Sabha 2019 election
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  Oct 22, 2018

  Posters describing Priyanka Gandhi as 'emotional blackmailer' appear in Rae Bareli; Congress terms them 'dirty trick'

  The posters said Priyanka Gandhi plays with the sentiments of the Rae Bareli people only to garner votes
  Uttar Pradesh Sonia Gandhi UPA Congress NewsTracker Rahul Gandhi Rae Bareli Priyanka Gandhi Priyanka Gandhi Vadra VK Shukla Lok Sabha 2019 Unchahar Tripula square Hardaspur
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  Oct 22, 2018

  NASA names gamma-ray constellations after comic superheroes Godzilla, Hulk

  The 21 constellation names also include landmarks from countries that worked on the Fermi telescope.
  Nasa Space SciTech Gamma-ray constellations Fermi Telescope Fermi Constellations
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  Oct 22, 2018

  Lok Sabha polls 2019: Opposition parties in Jharkhand agree to form alliance to defeat BJP

  The Congress, JMM and RJD had also fought in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls in alliance but it did not make much impact.
  Congress BJP New Delhi NewsTracker Jharkhand Rashtriya Janata Dal Ranchi Lok Sabha polls Jharkhand Assembly Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Hemant Soren Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik 2019 Lok Sabha polls Kishore Sahdeo Supriyo Bhattacharya
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  Oct 22, 2018

  Villagers in Bihar's Rohtas brand 70-year-old Dalit woman a witch, chop her tongue off; police probe underway

  Branding women as witches and torturing them, often to death, continues to prevail in parts of rural Bihar.
  NewsTracker Dalit bIhar Patna 1999 Rohtas Bihar Human Rights Commission Tilauthu police station Prevention of Witch Hunting Act