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The Congress alleged that the hike is akin to a "pay back" by the state chief minister Narendra Modi to corporate houses "for funding his poll campaign".

Jayalalithaa faces charges of accumulation of over Rs 66 crore worth of assets disproportionate to her known sources of income.

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Total poll percentage in Monday's balloting in 18 constituencies of UP was 55.29 per cent and 55.34 per cent in Varanasi, EC officials said.

The committee is merely an expert and technical panel, which had no authority to finalise the location of the state's new capital.

BJP and JDU are contesting the election without each other's support for the first time since 1996 after breaking their 17-year-old alliance.

The four-bedroom bungalow with well-maintained lawns and office space meets the requirements of a former Prime Minister.

Leaders and supporters of BJP, Congress and AAP are taking potshots at each other by tweeting.

Amit Shah also alleged a Congress-BSP-SP collusion in UP, saying that the fight had boiled down to Narendra Modi vs the rest in the state.

Ramdev has also sought that the courts and police should be restrained from taking any coercive action against him in pursuance of the FIRs lodged against him.

The rising turnout is largely attributable to increased participation of younger and first-time voters, as well as women.

"You will get beaten up if you belong to any other party. You will be suppressed and work will not be done in a democratic way," Rahul said.

171 candidates are crorepatis (28 pc) and average assets of the candidate is Rs 8.5 crore.

Ramdev's statement that Gandhi goes to Dalit homes for "picnics and honeymoon" had kicked up a controversy recently.

The BJP has alleged that voter slips have been distributed on record but have not been delivered to households to reduce voter turnout.

RJD leader Rabri Devi is pitted against BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Singh Rudy.