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Assembly Elections 2017: A results day without Arnab Goswami is like Sholay minus Amitabh Bachchan

The noisy presence of the opinionated television news anchor will be missed by many on March 11, when the results of the elections in five states will be out. But for others, it could be a day of having peaceful ears.

Mar 11, 2017

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Activist Fred Bauma warns there is no political will from either side to hold elections in the DRC

The prominent LUCHA member tells IBTimes UK how the UK, US and EU can help deliver democracy in the DRC.

Mar 10, 2017

Manipur Assembly Elections 2017: People in queue to vote

Manipur Assembly Elections 2017: How BJP is breathing fresh air into lifeless Manipur politics

According to the exit poll conducted by C-Voter, BJP has the chances of winning 25-31 seats, while Congress will get around 17-23.

Mar 10, 2017

Punjab poll results Updates: Congress will form government with 77 seats; Rahul Gandhi congratulates Captain Amarinder singh

The AAP has not performed as it had expected, and the SAD-BJP combine has managed to get more seats than predicted in exit polls.

Mar 11, 2017

Assembly election results Updates: Congress to form government in Punjab, fails to reach halfway mark in Goa and Manipur

Meanwhile, anti-AFSPA activist Irom Sharmila decides to quit politics after defeat in Manipur assembly elections saying that the "people didn't support me."

Mar 11, 2017

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Amal Clooney urges Iraq and UN to investigate Isis war crimes

International human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi victim of Isis, spoke at a United Nations event calling for Iraq to launch an investigation into war crimes committed by Isis. Clooney demanded for the UN to take action should Iraq fail to ask for help.

Mar 10, 2017

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Manipur, Goa election results 2017: Congress wins in Manipur, Goa; doesn't reach half-way mark

Manipur and Goa headed for a hung Assembly with neither BJP nor Congress winning majority.

Mar 11, 2017

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Uttarakhand election result 2017: BJP 'creates history' by winning 57 of the total 70 seats

Chief Minister Harish Rawat, who lost both the assembly seats he contested, has submitted his resignation to governor KK Paul.

Mar 11, 2017

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Assembly Elections 2017: What was Akhilesh Yadav thinking when he aligned with Rahul Gandhi?

As exit polls predict a drubbing for the Samajwadi Party, Akhilesh Yadav is feeling the scrutiny intensifying about his decision to ally with the Rahul Gandhi-led Congress for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

Mar 10, 2017

Assembly Elections 2017 results: 10 key constituencies to watch out for on Results Day

As results for the Assembly elections are due to be out on Saturday, March 11; here we take a look at the 10 key constituencies from five states that went to the polls in February and March.

Mar 10, 2017

Will Golden Girl Ramya follow in the footsteps of SM Krishna to join BJP?

Ramya might join BJP like her political mentor SM Krishna, who left Congress after close to five decades with the party.

Mar 10, 2017

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Assembly Elections 2017: Maurya, Parrikar, Trivendra are the top candidates for chief minister hotseat

While Keshav Prasad Maurya may get the chief minister's post in Uttar Pradesh, Trivendra Singh Rawat is the frontrunner in Uttarakhand. The names are quite out in the open in Punjab, Goa and Manipur.

Mar 10, 2017

Assembly elections 2017: Rahul Gandhi is now a liability not just for the Congress, but for its allies as well

After exit polls showed poor results for SP-Congress alliance in UP, one feels allying with Rahul Gandhi is proving to be a blunder. This has been proved in Jammu and Kashmir and West Bengal in the past.

Mar 10, 2017

Assembly elections 2017 results: 11 things you need to know about the tools EC will use to deliver counting updates and analysis on March 11

The live poll updates and results will be put up on the Election Commission website on Saturday, while visualised data will be available on Sunday.

Mar 10, 2017

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Exit Poll 2017: National parties BJP and Congress are eclipsing regional rivals

According to the exit polls for the five state Assembly elections, the BJP and Congress could be back at the centrestage. Are the regional parties fading out?

Mar 10, 2017

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