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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP head Ajit Pawar on Monday filed his nomination from Baramati seat here for the November 20 state assembly polls. He reached the tehsil office in the Pune district to file the nomination while being accompanied by a large number of supporters who took out a rally as a mark of their show of strength.

A day before the deadline for filing of nominations, NCP (SP) head Sharad Pawar on Monday said the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has reached a consensus over 90 to 95 per cent of the total 288 seats in the state.

Speaking to reporters, Pawar, in a veiled attack on the BJP, said their fight was against those who engineered splits in rival political parties and those who compromised with their ideology. Those who are in power did not solve problems of the people, he claimed.

The Maharashtra assembly elections are scheduled on November 20 and votes will be counted on November 23.

Former Jharkhand Congress working president Manash Sinha on Monday joined BJP ahead of the assembly polls. He was welcomed into the saffron party by Jharkhand BJP working president Ravindra Rai and Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is also BJP's state election co-incharge, during a ceremony at the party's headquarters.

"I have served the Congress party and held different posts for the past 27 years. But, there is no respect left for dedicated workers in the party. So, I decided to join the BJP," Sinha said after joining the saffron camp. Following this, the Lucknow Police suspended.

The BJP on Monday released its second list for the Jharkhand assembly polls, announcing Gamliyel Hembrom as its nominee from Barhait seat against Chief Minister Hemant Soren.

Hembrom contested from Barhait in 2019 on an AJSU Party ticket and polled 2,573 votes. The assembly polls will be held in two phases on November 13 and 20 and counting will take place on November 23.

A class 6 student died after being taken ill at the Kasturba Gandhi Residential School in Sikheda here, officials said Monday.

An inquiry has been ordered into the matter that took place on Sunday. Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) Sandeep Kumar said that the girl's body has been sent for postmortem to ascertain the cause of death. "The cause of her death will be determined following the postmortem report," Kumar said.

According to the details, at around 07:00 AM on Monday, three terrorists fired some rounds on Army Vehicles in Batal village of Jammu and Kashmir's Akhnoor. 32 field regiment cordoned off the area and initiated the search operation.

Ahead of the Maharashtra assembly polls, former Union minister and senior BJP leader Raosaheb Danve's daughter Sanjana Jadhav has joined the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

She is likely to be fielded from the Kannad assembly segment in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district. Jadhav joined the Shiv Sena on Sunday.

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Jharkhand Minister and Congress candidate from Jamshedpur West, Banna Gupta held an election campaign in the constituency on Monday morning. He is contesting against JDU's Saryu Roy from Jamshedpur West.