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Panaji, March 30 Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal arrived in Goa on Monday to campaign for his party's candidate in the Ponda by-election scheduled for April 9.Party leaders said he will be meeting renowned spiritual leader Swami Brahmeshanand in Kundaim near Ponda and...

New Delhi, March 30 About 23 per cent of candidates contesting the Puducherry Assembly elections have declared criminal cases against their names, while 41 per cent are crorepatis, a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms said.The NGO working on electoral reforms analysed the...

March 29, New Delhi: The race for the Kerala Assembly elections is entering its final phase, with campaigning intensifying across the state.Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to join the campaign in the southern state and will hold high-profile events in Palakkad and Thrissur.Polling...

Guwahati, March 28 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a massive roadshow in Guwahati, Assam, on Saturday, intensifying the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections scheduled on April 9.The roadshow began at the Arya Vidyapeeth Playground and passed through...

Puducherry, March 26 Former president of the Puducherry unit of the Congress, A V Subramanian, submitted his resignation to the party on Friday.In a letter to the president of the Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee, V Vaithilingam, he stated that he was quitting the party due to "personal...

Chennai, March 27 TVK chief Vijay will announce the party's candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on March 29, the party announced on Friday.Elections to the 234 Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu will be held on April 23. Elections to the 30...

Guwahati, March 27 Union Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive in Guwahati on Saturday to campaign for BJP candidates ahead of the state assembly elections.Shah will land in the city in the evening and participate in a roadshow for the BJP's Guwahati Central candidate, Vijay Gupta.The roadshow...

Guwahati, March 25 The nomination papers of Barpeta's Congress candidate, Mahananda Sarkar, were rejected on Wednesday, while the documents submitted by the remaining three nominees in the constituency were found to be valid, election officials said.The scrutiny of nomination papers for both...

New Delhi, March 22 The BJP on Sunday announced another candidate for the April 9 Assembly elections in Puducherry, fielding M Arulmurugan from Karaikal South.On Saturday, the BJP had released a list of nine candidates for the elections, fielding Home Minister A Namassivayam for re-election...

Guwahati, March 22 Raijor Dal has announced its revised, final list of candidates for the Assam Assembly elections, withdrawing its nominees from three constituencies after forming an alliance with opposition parties in the state and agreeing to a seat-sharing arrangement as part of it.The...

Puducherry, March 20 AINRC and BJP reached an agreement on seat-sharing for the upcoming Assembly elections in the union territory on Friday.A single-phase polling for 30 seats in the union territory is scheduled for April 9.Puducherry Chief Minister and AINRC leader N Rangasamy held talks...

Guwahati, March 20 The wife and son of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who accompanied him while filing his nomination papers from the Jalukbari seat on Friday, said they were "very happy" to see a large number of people supporting him.His wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, described the...

Guwahati, March 19 An "exchange" of candidates for the Assam Assembly elections took place between NDA constituents, the BJP and the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), with leaders switching parties to join the other in order to contest as nominees of the ruling coalition.Two leaders from the BJP and...

Liverpool, March 19 – Galatasaray winger Noa Lang provided an encouraging update after undergoing successful surgery on his injured thumb, following a painful incident during the Champions League round of 16 match against Liverpool at Anfield on Wednesday.The 26-year-old Dutch player sustained...

New Delhi, March 18 As the Congress suffered another setback in Assam, a state heading for elections, with the resignation of its MP Pradyut Bordoloi, the party termed his decision as "unfortunate," while the BJP claimed that it reflected the weakening base of the opposition party.Bordoloi...

New Delhi, March 17 The Congress' Central Election Committee (CEC) met here on Tuesday and finalized the names of candidates for a significant number of seats in the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections.Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Congress general secretary in-charge organization, K...

New Delhi, March 16 The Election Commission appointed former bureaucrat Manjeet Singh as the special observer for the upcoming elections in Assam, with the responsibility of keeping the election panel updated on the state's preparedness for the polls.Polling in Assam is scheduled for April 9...

New Delhi, March 16 The BJP on Monday released its first list of 47 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Kerala, fielding former Union ministers Rajeev Chandrasekhar and V Muraleedharan from the Nemom and Kazhakoottam constituencies, respectively.The party also fielded former...

Bengaluru, March 15 The Election Commission announced on Sunday that by-elections for the vacant Davanagere South and Bagalkote assembly constituencies in Karnataka will be held on April 9.According to the official schedule, vote counting is scheduled for May 4.Chief Election Commissioner...