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34 women including a 64-year-old have filed nominations in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district for BDC polls

Ahead of Assembly polls in Maharashtra, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis attended Mumbai walks with BJP rally at Marine Drive. 

A loss in his home turf Kalaburagi in the Lok Sabha election and now a tough challenge to oversee the Congress campaign in the Maharashtra Assembly election, Mallikarjun Kharge is no doubt walking a tight rope.  A win will stamp his authority on Karnataka Congress, but a loss could mean the end of his political career.

While addressing an election rally in Maharashtra's Buldhana, Union home minister Amit Shah revealed that PM Modi told US President Donald Trump not to interfere in the Kashmir issue as the BJP stands firm on its decision

After meeting victims of PMC Bank scam, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman assured action and stated that she was not in a position to commit on timeline. Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to India, around 2000 school students in Chennai wore his masks and made a formation to welcome him in the city. The second Informal Summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and him will be held between October 11-12 in Mahabalipuram. All this and more on MyNation in 100 seconds.

Union home minister Amit Shah, on Tuesday, reviewed the ground situation of Jammu and Kashmir during a meeting with state BJP leaders

A division bench of justice R Sudhakar and justice Aruna Jagadeesan of the Madras high court held that conducting Ayudha Puja or Saraswathi Puja in government offices is not a non-secular activity. Addressing an election rally, Shah also targeted Congress for not being able to repeal Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir over its long rule even as people of the country wanted to do so.Watch top news in 100 seconds only on MyNation

Before home minister Amit Shah addressed the election rally in Haryana, Karnataka Congress leader Mallikarjuna Kharge had termed defence minister Rajnath Singh's "Shastra Puja" for the Rafale jet as "Tamasha" (drama)

While the BJP had fielded 15 women in 2014, this time the party has issued tickets to 12. A famous wrestler, a Tik Tok star and a Miranda House alumnus are among women candidates fielded by the party in the upcoming Haryana Assembly elections.

An official communique from the BJP states that PM Narendra Modi, party's working president JP Nadda and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath would address the election gathering in Haryana

The BJP and the Shiv Sena are the two main constituents of the ruling alliance in Maharashtra ahead of the Assembly elections

Within TN BJP, there are a few who feel that the party is better off without the AIADMK as the omissions and commissions of the ruling dispensation in the state is being unfairly tainted on it (BJP). 

Shiv Sena leader and son of Uddhav Thackeray, Aaditya Thackeray is to make his electoral debut from the Worli constituency in Mumbai. Ahead of his nomination, the Shiv Sena candidate lead a roadshow. He is the first of his family to contest an election in fifty years. 
 

The BJP released the first list of candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections on October 21. Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis will contest from the Nagpur South West constituency while BJP Maharashtra chief Chandrakant Patil will contest from Kothrud and Pankaja Munde to contest from Parli. Centre's Niti Aayog has released the 'School Education Quality Index' (SEQI) report. The report revealed that among 20 large states, Kerala is rated the best performer with a score of 76.6% in school education. Catch the top stories of the country on MyNation in 100 seconds.

Issues relating to separate religion status for Lingayats and infighting in the state Congress led to the downfall of the party in the Lok Sabha and state elections, a report said.