assembly election

Puducherry, April 9. Polling began smoothly across the Union Territory of Puducherry on Thursday morning, with voters steadily turning out at booths to elect representatives to the 30-member Assembly.Election officials reported a calm and orderly start, with no major disruptions in the early...

Guwahati, April 8 – Assam is set to witness a high-stakes election on Thursday, with polling for all 126 Assembly constituencies. The contest is largely shaping up as a direct battle between the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Congress-led opposition alliance.The ruling BJP...

Bengaluru, April 8 – Preparations are complete for polling in the Davanagere South and Bagalkot Assembly constituencies on April 9, with candidates making their final appeals to voters. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has urged voters to support Congress candidates, while the Bharatiya Janata Party...

New Delhi, April 8 Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday that the Congress is committed to ensuring statehood for Puducherry, as it should not be run from Delhi, while appealing to the people of the Union Territory to give his party an overwhelming majority.A day before the polling for the Puducherry...

Chennai, April 8 Tamil Nadu will become a regressive state if the "Sanghi group" and the AIADMK, "which is shielding it", win the April 23 Assembly election, DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin claimed on Wednesday.Using the word "Sanghi" in obvious reference to the BJP, the deputy chief minister...

Chennai, April 8 Tamil Nadu will become a regressive state if the "Sanghi group" and the AIADMK, "which is shielding it," win the April 23 Assembly election, DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin claimed on Wednesday.Using the word "Sanghi" in obvious reference to the BJP, the deputy CM also called...

Chennai, Apr 8 Tamil Nadu will become a regressive state if the "Sanghi group" and the AIADMK, "which is shielding it," win the April 23 Assembly election, DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin claimed on Wednesday.Using the word "Sanghi" in obvious reference to the BJP, the deputy CM also called upon...

In the narrow lanes and old mansions of Bhabanipur, where Gujarati businessmen, Bengali families, Punjabi households, and Muslim residents have lived side by side for decades, Mamata Banerjee is preparing to send a political message that mirrors the constituency itself.While BJP leader Suvendu...

Tiruvallur (Tamil Nadu), April 7 DMK deputy general secretary Kanimozhi said that the opposition AIADMK will make many promises to attract voters, but will not fulfill them.She said that the party had promised free mobile phones in the past, but had not provided them to anyone."The AIADMK...

Thane, April 7 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday expressed hope that the Congress party would respect "public sentiment" and ensure a unopposed election in the Baramati assembly constituency by withdrawing its candidate against Deputy CM and NCP president Sunetra Pawar...

New Delhi, April 7 – The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Madhya Pradesh government and the Election Commission of India (ECI) in response to multiple petitions filed by Congress leader Rajendra Bharti, who has been convicted and sentenced in a Rural Development Bank fraud case...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 7 – Alleging a series of “secret meetings” with top BJP leaders, AICC General Secretary K.C. Venugopal on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, releasing an open letter that raises ten pointed questions about alleged backroom deals and...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 7 A lively dance video featuring Kerala's CEO, Rathan U Kelkar, has gone viral on social media.As a novel initiative aimed at motivating young voters to participate in the April 9 Assembly elections, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar had launched the video...

Siwan, April 6 RJD MLA Osama Sahab, son of the deceased gangster-turned-politician Mohd Shahabuddin, has been named in a case lodged in Siwan district, following a clash that erupted between two groups after a jeep collided with an auto-rickshaw, police said on Monday.According to SP Puran...

Bengaluru, April 6 – The Karnataka High Court has ordered the re-verification of 279 postal ballots in the Sringeri Assembly constituency following a petition challenging the election of Congress MLA T.D. Rajegowda.The High Court, after hearing the matter on Monday, directed that the...

Alappuzha (Kerala), April 6 Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah held a massive roadshow in Haripad, a coastal district, on Monday, ahead of the April 9 Kerala Assembly polls, campaigning for NDA candidate Sandeep Vachaspati.Hundreds of NDA workers, many wearing party caps and...

Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu), April 6 Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Monday criticised Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for criticising Chief Minister M K Stalin over the language issue, stating that the state would never accept the three-language formula, but would...

Thanjavur/Pudukottai, April 5 Tamil Nadu currently stands as the leading state among India's developing regions, boasting a significant growth rate of 11.19 per cent, despite a significant lack of support from the BJP-led central government, Deputy Chief Minister Udhyanidhi Stalin said on...

New Delhi, April 5. Rajya Sabha MP from Kerala, John Brittas, has approached Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, seeking a grant of paid holiday for postal employees on the day of the Assembly election on April 9.In a letter addressed to the Union Minister, the Communist...

Kolkata, April 5 – Tensions escalated once again during Congress candidate Adhir Chowdhury’s campaign rally in Berhampore, Murshidabad district, West Bengal, on Sunday, where he encountered ‘go back’ slogans from Trinamool Congress supporters in three different locations.Incidentally, Chief...