S1 Ep290: NEWS18 DAYBREAK (OCT 23)
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6m Oct 23, 2019
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S1 Ep290: NEWS18 DAYBREAK (OCT 22)
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7m Oct 22, 2019
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S1 Ep289: NEWS18 DAYBREAK (OCT 21)
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10m Oct 21, 2019
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S1 Ep288: NEWS18 DAYBREAK (OCT 18)
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8m Oct 18, 2019
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S1 Ep287: NEWS18 DAYBREAK (OCT 17)
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8m Oct 17, 2019
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S1 Ep286: NEWS18 DAYBREAK (OCT 16)
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8m Oct 16, 2019
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S1 Ep285: NEWS18 DAYBREAK (OCT 15)
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10m Oct 15, 2019
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S1 Ep284: NEWS18 DAYBREAK (OCT 14)
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7m Oct 14, 2019
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S1 Ep283: NEWS18 DAYBREAK (OCT 11)
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10m Oct 11, 2019
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S1 Ep282: NEWS18 DAYBREAK (OCT 10)
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9m Oct 10, 2019
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S1 Ep281: NEWS18 DAYBREAK
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8m Oct 09, 2019
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S1 Ep280: NEWS18 DAYBREAK
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14m Oct 08, 2019
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S1 Ep279: NEWS18 DAYBREAK WITH PATHIKRIT
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8m Oct 03, 2019
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S1 Ep278: News18 Daybreak | Yediyurappa Set for Today's Floor Test With an Advantage and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
Karnataka BS Yediyurappa, who took oath as Karnataka Chief Minister on Friday, had announced that he would seek trust vote of his government today. Ahead of a trust vote in the assembly, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Sunday said that he was confident of proving majority in the house. "On Monday, I will prove my majority 100%," he told reporters in Bengaluru. On Sunday, Karnataka As...
5m Jul 29, 2019
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S1 Ep277: News18 Daybreak | Karnataka Speaker Disqualifies 3 Rebel MLAs and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
KARNATAKA Two days after the collapse of the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) alliance government in the state, Karnataka Assembly speaker KR Ramesh Kumar on Thursday disqualified three rebel Congress MLAs under the anti-defection law, in a move that heightened the suspense over the exercise of government formation. Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, Kumar held that the resignation by the...
7m Jul 26, 2019
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S1 Ep276: News18 Daybreak | PM Modi Did Not Ask Trump to Mediate on Kashmir, Clarifies India After US President Offers 'Help' and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
PM Modi Did Not Ask Trump to Mediate on Kashmir, Clarifies India After US President Offers 'Help'
6m Jul 23, 2019
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S1 Ep275: News18 Daybreak | Mamata Banerjee to Arrive in Delhi for Modi's Swearing-in and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
Today's Big Story Day after 51 TMC leaders join BJP, Mamata Banerjee to arrive in Delhi for Modi's swearing-in West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will arrive today for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony in Delhi on May 30. Mamata said that it is her constitutional duty to attend the ceremony. She will be returning to Kolkata on May 31. This comes just a day after...
5m May 29, 2019
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S1 Ep274: News18 Daybreak | CBI Summons Former Kolkata Top Cop and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
Today's Big Stories CBI summons former Kolkata top cop Rajeev Kumar, arrest likely today Central Bureau of Investigation has summoned former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar to its Kolkata office today in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam. Earlier, on Tuesday, the Supreme Court had rejected Kumar’s petition requesting that his arrest shield be extended. Then on Sunday, the B...
5m May 27, 2019
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S1 Ep273: What Narendra Modi's Big Win Means For India's Polity
The world’s biggest democracy delivered a historic verdict this Thursday. It has brought back to power Narendra Modi led National Democratic Alliance for a second consecutive term. Modi’s emphatic victory is a sum of many big achievements, and marks a decisive shift in Indian polity. In this podcast we discuss how Modi-Shah duo trumped the opposition, how Modi-led NDA 2.0 will be different from...
21m May 23, 2019
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S1 Ep272: News18 Daybreak | After Exit Polls, BJP Demands Floor Test in MP and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
Trouble for Congress post poll results? The Lok Sabka election results may add a jolt to the Congress party, which is already facing a tough time keeping its flock together in the state. Trouble has already started brewing for the party with Madhya Pradesh BJP demanding a floor test. Boosted by favourable exit polls predictions, the BJP has written to the Madhya Pradesh governor claiming that...
5m May 21, 2019
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S1 Ep271: News18 Daybreak | Mamata, Modi Engage in War of Words over Bengal and Other Stories You Need to Watch out For
In Bengal, Mamata Banerjee & PM Modi engage in war of words as bitter poll campaign ends Kolkata police have set up a five-member Special Investigation Team to probe into the vandalism of a bust of social reformer Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar. The team was constituted even as PM Narendra Modi and Mamata Banerjee continued to trade charges over the incidence of violence and vandalism in Kolkata’s ...
5m May 17, 2019
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S1 Ep270: News18 Daybreak | Violent Clashes Mar Amit Shah's Bengal Rally and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
Today's Big Stories TMC and BJP trade barb after ABVP supporters vandalise college near Amit Shah’s Kolkata rally BJP chief Amit Shah’s roadshow on Tuesday ended in violence and arson after supporters of the saffron party clashed with student members of the Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad (TMCP). The members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad barged into the city’s Vidyasagar Coll...
5m May 15, 2019
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S1 Ep269: News18 Daybreak | KCR's Federal Front Express Reaches DMK Chief Stalin and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
Amit Shah to hold a roadshow in Kolkata today, even as his party’s run-ins with the West Bengal CM continue. After the tiff over Amit Shah’s chopper being refused permission to land, BJP alleges Yogi Adityanath has been denied clearance to hold a rally in the state. The BJP on Monday hit out at the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal, alleging the chief minister has replaced democracy wi...
6m May 14, 2019
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S1 Ep268: News18 Daybreak | 63% Voter Turnout Recorded in Phase 6 of Lok Sabha Polls and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
Today's Big Story 63.48% voter turnout recorded in phase 6 as violence mars polling in WB Phase six of the Lok Sabha elections recorded a 63% turnout in 59 seats across six state and the national capital. BJP candidate Bharati Ghosh was attacked in West Bengal and a poll officer was allegedly beaten up by an MLA of the saffron party in Uttar Pradesh during the Lok Sabha poll's sixth on Sunda...
5m May 13, 2019
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S1 Ep267: News18 Daybreak | SC to Look into Mediation Report on Ayodhya Dispute and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
Today's Big Stories SC to look into mediation report on Ayodhya land dispute today Almost two months after a mediation process was ordered, the Supreme Court today will be looking into the panel’s report on the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi land dispute. The hearing will reveal how much the mediation process has been able to achieve. A recap: A five-judge Supreme Court bench led by Chief Just...
5m May 10, 2019
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S1 Ep266: News18 Daybreak | SC to Hear Plea Over Rahul Gandhi's Citizenship and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
1. Left with no alternative to bail himself out of contempt proceedings, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday tendered his "unconditional apology" to the Supreme Court for attributing 'Chowkidar chor hai' jibe to the top court. "The Deponent further states that any such attributions were entirely unintentional, non-willful and inadvertent," read his second affidavit. However, this wil...
6m May 09, 2019
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S1 Ep265: News18 Daybreak | SC Dismisses ex-staffer's Right to Report in Sexual Harassment Case Against CJI and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
The Supreme Court today rejected a plea by 21 opposition parties that asked for counting of at least 25% per cent EVM paper trail machines - instead of only five - in every assembly segment. This was the second time the top court turned down their plea. "We are not inclined to modify our order," a bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said today. During a hearing on April 8, the Electi...
7m May 08, 2019
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S1 Ep264: News18 Daybreak | SC panel clears CJI Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment charges and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
SC panel clears CJI Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment charges The three-member in-house inquiry panel formed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi to probe the sexual harassment charges against himself by an ex-staffer has given him a clean chit. The panel, which remained reluctant to make the report public, said that it had found no “substance” in the allegations. The decision comes days after Justi...
6m May 07, 2019
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S1 Ep263: News18 Daybreak | Cyclone Fani to Make Landfall in Odisha's Puri Today and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
1. Ganjam: Over 10 lakh people have been evacuated to temporary shelters in Odisha as Cyclone Fani, the most severe cyclonic storm since the super cyclone of 1999, is set to make a landfall today close to the temple town of Puri. The Met Department warned of very heavy rainfall and “phenomenal sea conditions”. The wind speed is expected to be between 170 and 180 km an hour, which can even reac...
6m May 03, 2019
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S1 Ep262: News18 Daybreak | United Nations Designates JeM Chief Masood Azhar A Global Terrorist and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
'Extremely Severe' cyclone set to hit Eastern coast 1. At least 19 districts of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal are likely to be affected by "extremely severe" cyclonic storm Fani, which is expected to make landfall in Puri district on Friday afternoon. The wind speed before landfall has been estimated to be 185 kmph. The Odisha government has set up 900 cyclone shelters to house evacue...
6m May 02, 2019
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S1 Ep261: News18 Daybreak | Will China Lift Hold on Masood Azhar's Blacklisting? UN Meet Today and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
1. Cyclone ‘Fani’, which intensified into a 'severe cyclonic storm' on Monday evening, is now headed towards the Odisha coast, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said, adding that it could take the shape of an 'extremely severe cyclone' by Wednesday. The IMD has issued a formal cyclone alert for Odisha, West Bengal and parts of Andhra Pradesh, and suggested evacuation of coastal are...
7m May 01, 2019
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S1 Ep260: https://www.news18.com/news/india/news18-daybreak-pm-modi-to-file-nomination-from-varanasi-today-and-other-stories-you-need-to-watch-out-for-2117783.html
After mega roadshow, PM Narendra Modi to file nomination from Varanasi today A day ahead of his nomination filing, PM Narendra Modi on Thursday took his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi by a storm with a mega roadshow. He was joined by UP CM Yogi Adityanath and other senior BJP leaders. Thousands of people thronged the narrow streets to watch the Prime Minister’s convoy cover a seven-ki...
6m Apr 26, 2019
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S1 Ep259: News18 Daybreak | SC Asks Lawyer to Back Conspiracy Claims Against CJI in Second Affidavit and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
SC asks lawyer to back claim that sexual allegation case against CJI is a ploy The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked lawyer Utsav Bains to back his claims that three former employees of the top court had come together to frame CJI Ranjan Gogoi in the sexual harassment allegations. The bench had convened on the matter after Bains in an affidavit alleged that he had been offered money by some po...
5m Apr 25, 2019
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S1 Ep258: News18 Daybreak | SC Judges' Set-up Panel on Sexual Harassment Allegations Against CJI Gogoi and Other Stories You Need to Watch out For
A panel of three Supreme Court judges -- including a woman judge -- will look into the allegations of sexual harassment against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, levelled by a former employee of the court. According to sources, the decision to set up the panel was taken by a full court - attended by all the judges except Chief Justice Gogoi. Justice SA Bobde, who is next in seniority to Just...
7m Apr 24, 2019
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S1 Ep257: News18 Daybreak | Bombs Tear Through Sri Lankan Churches, Hotels on Easter Killing Over 250 and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
What to Watch Out For Sri Lanka rocked by 8 explosions on Easter Sunday; PM Wickremesinghe says govt had prior intel The island nation of Sri Lanka was left reeling on Sunday morning from a series of terrorist attacks which ripped through eight locations in the country, leaving over 200 people dead and more than 450 injured. Three Indian nationals were also confirmed to be among those killed...
8m Apr 22, 2019
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S1 Ep256: News18 Daybreak | The Political Drama Ahead of Tamil Nadu Elections and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
What to Watch out for: The Political Drama Ahead of Tamil Nadu Elections: I-T Officers Search Kanimozhi's House, DMK Cries Foul After conducting several raids on residences of opposition leaders in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the Income Tax department has now trained its guns at Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)’s Kanimozhi. Just less than 48 hours before the constituency hits the polls, a team ...
7m Apr 17, 2019
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S1 Ep255: News18 Daybreak | EC Bars Maneka Gandhi, Yogi Adityanath, Mayawati and Azam Khan from Campaigning and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
What to Watch Out For EC bars Maneka Gandhi, Yogi Adityanath, Mayawati and Azam Khan from campaigning In a scathing move, the Election Commission on Monday issued orders barring four top political leaders, Union Minister Maneka Gandhi, UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Samajwadi Party’s Azam Khan and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati from campaigning for a stipulated period of time. The poll body to...
6m Apr 16, 2019
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S1 Ep254: News18 Daybreak | Chandrababu Naidu Leads Oppn Offensive Against EVMs and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
What to Watch Out For Chandrababu Naidu leads Oppn offensive against EVMs, demands 50% verification of VVPAT slips As candidates posture themselves in the electoral battleground, the opposition parties have taken up another fight, one against the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). Following the controversy over EVM glitches, a united Opposition led by Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu in a...
6m Apr 15, 2019
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S1 Ep253: News18 Daybreak | BJP Releases its 'Sankalp Patra' for Lok Sabha 2019 Polls and Other Stories to Watch Out For
What to Watch Out For With just two days to go for the first phase of polls, the BJP on Monday released its much awaited-manifesto titled ‘Sankalpit Bharat, Sashakt Bharat’, which promised to deliver on 75 promises for the 75 years of Independence. The saffron party led with nationalism as its top priority in the elections manifesto, with PM Narendra Modi even stressing that “nationalism is o...
5m Apr 09, 2019
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S1 Ep252: News18 Daybreak | MP CM Kamal Nath Cries Foul Over I-T Raids on Aides' Residences and Other Stories to Watch Out For
What to Watch Out For Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath cries foul on I-T raids in aides' houses after cops clash with CRPF officials After West Bengal and Karnataka, the 'Centre versus state' tussle reached Madhya Pradesh on Sunday with Income Tax sleuths launching pre-dawn searches on at least 50 locations in Delhi, Indore and Bhopal against people linked to Chief Minister Kamal Nath on charges ...
7m Apr 08, 2019
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S1 Ep251: News18 Daybreak | LK Advani Says BJP Critics Aren't 'Anti-National' in First Blog and Other Stories to Watch Out For
What to Watch Out For Days after being dropped from Bharatiya Janata Party's list of Lok Sabha contenders, party veteran Lal Krishna Advani on Thursday wrote a blog titled ‘Nation First, Party Next, Self Last’, in which he emphasised that the saffron party advocates for freedom of choice and does not believe in branding people "anti-national" for their different political stand. Advani’s view...
7m Apr 05, 2019
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S1 Ep250: News18 Daybreak | Congress Promises Over 1 Crore Jobs, 'Kisan Budget' in Manifesto 2019 and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
In a much anticipitated reveal, the Congress on Tuesday released its manifesto for the upcoming general elections, promising “wealth and welfare” for all sections. The 54-page long manifesto titled “Congress Will Deliver” was released in a press conference attended by the party’s top brass including chief Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and veteran leader Manmohan Singh. Apart from NYAY, the party’...
7m Apr 03, 2019
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S1 Ep248: News18 Daybreak | PM Modi Blames Cong for Coining 'Hindu Terror' and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
What to Watch Out For Election season come and fiery exchanges between rival parties become a commonplace phenomenon. The latest in the series is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dismissal of Congress over its use of the term–“Hindu terror”. In his maiden election rally in Maharashtra for the upcoming polls, Modi slammed the party for “coining” the term ‘Hindu terror’. “The Congress attempted ...
7m Apr 02, 2019
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S1 Ep247: News18 Daybreak | Rahul Gandhi Chooses Kerala's Wayanad as Second Seat and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
What to Watch Out For Days after speculation arose of Rahul Gandhi contesting from Wayanad, the Congress on Sunday announced that the party chief will be filing his second nomination, after Amethi, from the Kerala constituency. The decision is seen as an attempt by the Congress to consolidate its electoral base in South India, especially Kerala which has 20 Lok Sabha seats. Going south: “Con...
7m Apr 01, 2019
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S1 Ep246: News18 Daybreak | PM Modi Sounds Poll Bugle With 'SARAB' Dig and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to launch the BJP’s campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections after the poll schedule was announced. Modi will address rallies in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, Rudrapur in Uttarakhand and Jammu — all constituencies which are going to polls in the first phase on April 11. BJP chief Amit Shah too will be holding a rally in Assam’s Jorhat.  Prime Minister Narendr...
7m Mar 29, 2019
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S1 Ep245: News18 Daybreak | EC Sets up Panel to Examine PM Modi's 'Mission Shakti' Address and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
In a surprise announcement on Wednesday, Prime Minister Modi confirmed that India had become the fourth nation (after the United States, Russia and China) to demonstrate anti-satellite missile capability by shooting down a satellite. Describing ‘Mission Shakti’ as a rare achievement he said, “In the journey of every nation there are moments that bring utmost pride and have a historic impact on...
8m Mar 28, 2019
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S1 Ep244: https://www.news18.com/news/india/news18-daybreak-two-mgp-legislators-switch-over-to-ally-bjp-in-goa-and-other-stories-you-need-to-watch-out-for-2079087.html
In a late-night development, two out of three of Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP)’s MLAs have pledged their allegiance to the BJP camp in Goa, which has 14 legislators in the current 36-member Goa Assembly House. The move comes only hours after MGP president Dipak Dhavalikar said a "conspiracy" by its rivals may force it to move out and align with the Congress to form a new government. Rec...
7m Mar 27, 2019
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S1 Ep243: News18 Daybreak | Congress' 'Ground-breaking' Poll Promise and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
Weeks before the national election, Rahul Gandhi has announced what he calls a "historic" minimum income guarantee scheme assuring R s.72,000 a year for India's poorest families if the Congress is voted back to power. "The final assault on poverty has begun," he said of the scheme named Nyuntam Aay Yojana (NYAY) by his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at a recent party conclave in Gujarat. The mon...
6m Mar 26, 2019
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S1 Ep242: News18 Daybreak | Congress Working Committee Meeting Today, BJP Likely to Finalise Lok Sabha Candidate List and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
What to Watch Out For Congress Working Committee to meet over elections preparedness and BJP likely to finalise LS candidate list today It’s the last day today for political parties to file nominations for the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls. The last few weeks have been marked by conflicts and controversies as the parties are leaving no stone unturned for the upcoming elections. While th...
6m Mar 25, 2019
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S1 Ep241: News18 Daybreak IBJP announced its first list of candidates for lok sabha elections 2019 and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
The battleground is ready for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as the BJP announced its first list of candidates. The party fielded Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi constituency and its president Amit Shah from Gandhinagar in place of L K Advani as it announced its first list of 184 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections. The Lok Sabha candidates list, released in a press conference...
6m Mar 22, 2019
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