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Although the BJP and Shiv Sena have decided to hold separate rallies in the state, for Modi's public address in Mumbai Uddhav Thackeray is expected to share the stage with the PM.

Sarabjit Singh, 49, died after a brutal attack on him by fellow prisoners on April 26 inside Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail.

The EC on Tuesday had ordered the transfer of three top cops, which includes state intelligence chief AB Venkateswara Rao, and the police superintendents of Srikakulam and Kadapa districts, with immediate effect.

The poll panel would also seek a transcript of the Prime Minister’s speech, sources in the Election Commission said.

Mamata Banerjee said the Goods and Services Tax would also be reviewed, and said it would be kept if it is found to be helpful.

On how the Congress would identify beneficiary families, Chidambaram said there was enough data available gathered by state governments through crop insurance scheme and others like it.

"Like every drop of water fills an earthen pot, (your) donation of Re 1 to my campaign fund will help me to fight the election and take the voice of the marginalised and exploited to Parliament," he said.

Speculation is rife that Sinha, one of the most vocal critics of the central government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will join the Congress in the next few days and contest Lok Sabha poll from Patna Sahib.

The AIMIM chief on Saturday had taken a swipe at the Centre and asked PM Modi if he had “slept after eating beef biryani” while 40 CRPF men were killed.

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In the Assembly polls in 2017,the BJP was restricted at 99, the party's worst performance in the last two decades.

Though Tumkur was allotted to JDS under the electoral arrangement between Congress and JD(S), sitting Congress MP S P Muddahanume Gowda has filed his papers from the seat, making it clear that Deve Gowda may not have an easy going.

Haasan's decision comes days after he criticised Rajinikanth for not contesting in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

Naidu, who had earlier described Jagan, as the leader is popularly known, as the 'brand ambassador of crimes', alleged that the YSRCP President was the only leader in the country who had 31 criminal cases against him.

Prasad is likely to face Sinha in the upcoming elections as there are reports that the actor will contest as a Congress candidate.

MNS party chief Raj Thackeray, who had previously slammed BJP for sponsoring movies to promote its government schemes, has called the biopic a cheap tactic to gain prominence before elections.