Breaking News October 16: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) released its fifth list of candidates for 12 seats in the Gujarat Assembly elections due this year-end. With the new list, the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP has so far announced the names of 53 candidates for the upcoming polls to 182 Assembly seats in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled state. The ruling BJP and the opposition Congress have so far not announced names of any of their candidates for the polls. The latest names announced on Sunday of candidates are for 12 seats, four of which are reserved for the Scheduled Tribes (STs) and two for Scheduled Castes (SCs).Out of these 12 seats, six are currently held by the Congress, five by the BJP and one by the Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP), the Chhotu Vasava-led outfit which recently broke its alliance with the AAP. The AAP’s national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been aggressively campaigning in Gujarat, holding rallies and town halls and promising a host of pre-poll guarantees, including free electricity, better education and healthcare facilities.
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8:54 PM IST
Ahead of the party's Presidential polls tomorrow, Congress's Central Election Authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry states, "The Ballot Paper will have the names of two candidates (Mallikarjun Kharge & Shashi Tharoor) on it. Voters are instructed to put a 'tick' in the box…" pic.twitter.com/MQnU8PBPMU
— ANI (@ANI) October 16, 2022
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8:54 PM IST
Ahead of the party’s Presidential polls tomorrow, Congress’s Central Election Authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry states, “The Ballot Paper will have the names of two candidates (Mallikarjun Kharge & Shashi Tharoor) on it. Voters are instructed to put a ‘tick’ in the box…”
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8:38 PM IST
Congress Pres candidate Shashi Tharoor: Our party has been going through difficulties over past few yrs. A very famous & experienced leader left us recently, so I felt that something isn’t right… I believe that workers need to be listened to; this poll is a perfect opportunity
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8:17 PM IST
#WATCH | Maharashtra: A massive fire broke out at a godown in the Mumbra area of Thane city. 4 fire tenders & Mumbra police team on the spot. pic.twitter.com/njHhV1OEbh
— ANI (@ANI) October 16, 2022
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8:03 PM IST
Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturers Network (DCVMN) will hold its 23rd annual general meeting in Pune: Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturers Network (DCVMN) will hold its 23rd annual general meeting in Pune from October 20 to chalk out future path for pandemic response preparedness
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#WATCH | A wild elephant from Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary played & enjoyed as the animal stepped into a children's park in Narangi Army Cantt in Assam's Guwahati. pic.twitter.com/FCcKWWLhJ8
— ANI (@ANI) October 16, 2022
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7:55 PM IST
Union minister Piyush Goyal in Chennai| Apart from registering beneficiaries of central govt schemes, we had detailed discussions with exporters from across Tamil Nadu where we engaged in finding ways to increase exports from state. We also reviewed various development works.
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7:49 PM IST
Gwalior Airport to get a new terminal building with enhanced capacity, world-class facilities
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7:39 PM IST
Maharashtra| Thunderstorms& moderate rain with gusty winds reaching 30-40 kmph very likely at isolated places in districts of Nanded,Latur,Jalna, Aurangabad, Osmanabad,Latur, Beed,Parbhani,Kolhapur, Sindhudurg,Ratnagiri,Pune, Satara,Solapur,Hingoli during next 3-4 hrs: IMD Mumbai
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7:34 PM IST
#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh: Passengers crammed into jam-packed railway coaches in Moradabad amid a massive rush of UP PET 2022 exam candidates returning from their exam centres to their homes pic.twitter.com/i8OZG2x3tW
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) October 16, 2022