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BJD, AIADMK take U-turn, warm up to BJP-led NDA ahead of poll results

While the BJD indicated that it might extend condition support to the NDA, an AIADMK leader too hinted that the party may end up joining the BJP-led alliance.



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Counting in Delhi: 8.2 million votes, 2,000 EVMs, 150 candidates

Counting of 8.2 million votes in Delhi will be done at seven counting centres where more than 7,000 security personnel drawn from Delhi Police and seven companies of a paramilitary force will be on duty, said a Delhi Election Commission official. A total of 2,000 electronic voting machines (EVM) have been under guard since balloting took place April 10.



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Heads of state and government are eligible for A1 visas: US on Modi visa

Continuing to maintain silence on granting a visa to BJP leader Narendra Modi, US has said the heads of state and government are eligible for A1 visas and no individual automatically qualifies for an American visa. "Heads of state and heads of government are eligible for A1 visa classification under the INA (Immigration and Nationality Act). No individual automatically qualifies for a US visa," the State Department Spokesperson, Jen Psaki, told reporters on Tuesday.



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BJP begins post poll planning, Modi to meet top leadership today

Confident of victory in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections with the exit polls giving the NDA a clear mandate, the Bharatiya Janata Party has now gone into a huddle to chalk out a post poll strategy. The BJP is also holding meetings to decide on who will be its Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's successor as the Gujarat Chief Minister.



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BJP's Giriraj Singh in a row again, asks why all terrorists belong to one community

It has barely been a month since BJP leader Giriraj Singh's controversial comments demanding Narendra Modi baiters go to Pakistan. He is now yet again in the line of fire for another controversial remarks. He asked why all terrorists belonged to one community.



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BJP may emerge as the single largest party, admits NCP's Praful Patel

Dismissing reports of an alliance with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel said the party has always been a part of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and will continue to maintain their alliance with the same. "It is laughable that such speculations are taking rounds. I have already said that we are part of the UPA," he reiterated the party's stand.



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LS polls: Rs 60,000 cr betting so far, Modi a hot favourite

This election season the verdict is being given not just by the voters, but actively by the bookies as well. In the satta bazaar (betting market), Bharatiya Janata Party Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi seems to be a hot favourite among the bookies as well.



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BJP MLAs felicitate Modi as exit polls predict NDA victory

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was on Tuesday felicitated by BJP MLAs against the backdrop of exit polls predicting that BJP-led NDA is set to form government at the Centre.



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Don't fear UPA's flagship programmes will be stopped: Jairam Ramesh

A non-Congress government at the Centre is unlikely to stop UPA's flagship programmes, Union minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday claimed saying BJP chief ministers Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Raman Singh have been biggest supporters of schemes like MNREGA.



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LS polls: EC's curbs on candidates in vote counting centres

A candidate with more than one securityman in toe cannot enter the vote counting centre on May 16, the day Lok Sabha elections will be declared. But a candidate enjoying SPG cover can enter the counting centre with just one securityman who is free to carry a concealed weapon.



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