assembly election

Thiruvalla (Kerala), April 4 Prime Minister Narendra Modi's journey to a rally here from a helipad in the nearby town of Changanassery turned into an unplanned roadshow as hundreds of people lined up on both sides of the approximately eight-kilometer-long route, surprising even him.Seeing the...

Guwahati, April 4 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday that the state government will provide one free LPG cylinder to each person during the Bihu and Durga Puja festivals.Addressing an election rally in the Mahmora constituency in the Charaideo district, Sarma clarified...

Alappuzha (Kerala), April 4 Former CPI(M) leader G Sudhakaran, contesting as an Independent backed by the UDF, alleged on Saturday that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s cabinet colleague Saji Cherian had struck a deal with the BJP.Addressing an election rally here, Sudhakaran dismissed claims...

Kolkata, April 4 – Tensions escalated in Berhampore, West Bengal, on Saturday morning after Congress candidate Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury allegedly faced physical obstruction from Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers during an election campaign.Chowdhury, who is contesting from the Berhampore assembly...

Sivaganga (Tamil Nadu), April 4 Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin appealed to the people on Saturday to defeat the Delhi team, arguing that it was "hostile" to the needs and development of the state.Addressing a campaign in support of the DMK candidate and state Cooperation...

Guwahati, April 3 Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday accused the Congress of encouraging infiltration to "sustain its vote-bank politics" in Assam and "compromising" the state's interests.Addressing back-to-back election rallies, the former chief minister also charged the grand old...

Kolkata, April 3 The BJP candidate from the Mathabhanga constituency in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district, Nishith Pramanik, has 16 criminal cases pending against him, including murder and rioting, according to his election affidavit.Pramanik, a former Union minister, has not been convicted...

Ahmedabad, April 3 The Congress announced Bhrugurajsinh Chauhan as its candidate for the April 23 by-election to the Umreth assembly constituency in Gujarat's Anand district.He will be contesting against BJP's Harshad Parmar, the son of MLA Govind Parmar, who died on March 6 after a brief...

Puducherry, April 3 Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a grand roadshow here on Friday and sought support for the AINRC-BJP alliance in the April 9 election to the territorial Assembly.The Prime Minister, accompanied by AINRC founder leader Chief Minister N Rangasamy and BJP leader, Home...

Puducherry, April 3 Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Friday to a warm welcome from BJP workers, who chanted slogans of 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' and 'Jai Shri Ram,' and he began his roadshow in the city ahead of the April 9 elections to the territorial Assembly.The Prime Minister...

Barpeta (Assam), April 3 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that only the NDA, led by the BJP, can free Assam of infiltrators and prevent demographic changes.Addressing a rally in Barpeta in support of AGP candidate Dipak Kumar Das, Adityanath alleged that the Congress...

New Delhi, April 3 The BJP on Friday announced the list of 27 candidates for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, fielding Union Minister L Murugan from the Avanashi seat and former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan from Mylapore.According to a list issued by the party, BJP Mahila...

Kozhikode (Kerala), April 3 The Election Commission has issued a notice to LDF convener T P Ramakrishnan, who is contesting from the Perambra assembly seat, seeking an explanation regarding a recorded announcement broadcast from a campaign vehicle of the Left front.A senior official from the...

New Delhi, April 2 Prime Minister Narendra Modi told BJP booth workers in Kerala on Thursday that the party's success in the Thiruvananthapuram local body elections reflects a growing wave of support ahead of the April 9 Assembly election.In a virtual interaction, Modi said it is evident that...

Manamadurai (Tamil Nadu), April 2 DMK leader Kanimozhi criticized the AIADMK on Thursday for its alliance with the BJP, saying that its leader, Edappadi K Palaniswami, would face the same fate as JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar, and that the party "at least" should be in the opposition.Addressing a...

Kolkata, April 2 – As many as 14 Bangladeshi infiltrators were arrested by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) in the Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal on the North-East Express train bound for New Delhi.The arrests were made late Wednesday night at the Jalpaiguri Road Station. Of the 14...

Pudukottai (Tamil Nadu), April 2 AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami has said that former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji will be the cause of an "unpleasant situation" for the ruling DMK, leading to that party's setback in the upcoming elections.Addressing a poll rally here, the Leader...

New Delhi/Bhopal, April 1 – An MP-MLA court in New Delhi on Wednesday convicted sitting Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti in connection with a case dating back over 28 years, related to a Cooperative Rural Development Bank in the Datia district of Madhya Pradesh.After convicting Bharti, who is the...

Chennai, March 31 TVK candidate for the Poonamallee Assembly constituency, Prakash alias Kutty, was booked in an alleged case of sexual harassment on Tuesday, police said.Police in the neighbouring Tiruvallur district booked him under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita following...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 31 BJP national president Nitin Nabin alleged on Tuesday that the CPI(M) and Congress were "match fixers" who had been "manipulating" the people of Kerala, and urged the public to vote for the saffron party in the April 9 Assembly elections.Nabin made the allegation...