4 days before Maharashtra polls, 5 Maoists killed in fierce encounter close to border – Times of India

RAIPUR: Four days before Maharashtra polls, five Maoists, including two women, were shot dead in a nearly daylong encounter with security forces in Abujhmarh forests of Bastar Saturday. The gunbattle took place in a jungle on the border of Kanker and Narayanpur, close to the Maharashtra border.Security personnel seized five automatic weapons, including an Insas…

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Maharashtra assembly polls: Election Commission inspects Amit Shah’s helicopter amid Uddhav Thackeray bag-checking row | India News – Times of India

Election commission inspects Union minister Amit Shah’s bag (Screenshot from video shared by the home minister) NEW DELHI: After Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, the Election Commission of India on Friday checked the helicopter of Union home minister Amit Shah after he arrived at Maharashtra‘s Hingoli for the campaign for the upcoming assembly election….

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Maharashtra polls: Major parties nominate less than 10 Muslims in all across Mumbai | Mumbai News – Times of India

Despite Muslims comprising approximately 20% of Mumbai’s population and dominating several constituencies, major parties like the Congress and NCP have fielded only a handful of Muslim candidates. MUMBAI: The Muslim population in Mumbai is roughly 20% and there are around 10 seats in the city where the community has a population going up to 25%…

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Scarred by Haryana loss, Congress focusing on ‘rebel factor’ in Maharashtra | India News – Times of India

Mallikarjun Kharge (left), and Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: Scarred by the Haryana debacle, Congress now is focusing on the “rebel factor” in the ensuing Maharashtra polls.Sources said the appointment of senior leaders as observers in each region of the state is for the primary objective of controlling disappointed ticket aspirants from turning rebels, and persuade…

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