assembly elections 2024

Pune, April 5 Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sushma Andhare claimed that 71 lakh women have been disqualified from Maharashtra's flagship Mukhyamantri Ladki Bahin Yojana, under which beneficiaries receive Rs 1,500 per month.Addressing a press conference on Saturday, Andhare said that Women and Child...

Kolkata, April 5 Police recovered approximately ₹38 lakh in cash from a vehicle in the Tollygunje area of Kolkata on Sunday, officials said.The cash was seized from an SUV parked near Plywood House More on N S C Bose Road in the Netajinagar area, a senior Kolkata Police officer said.The...

Chennai, April 4 – Amidst speculation that he would not be fielded in the April 23 Assembly elections, former Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai clarified on Saturday that he had withdrawn from the electoral race and attended a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which the party described...

Kolkata, April 2 Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee launched a sharp attack on the BJP on Thursday, alleging that the party was fielding "rejected elements" from other parties in the Assembly elections.Addressing an election rally in Taldangra, West Bengal’s Bankura district, the TMC national...

Chennai, March 27 TNCC president K Selvaperunthugai said on Friday that while the party has identified 23 constituencies for the April 23 Assembly elections, a final decision on five remaining seats remains the subject of ongoing negotiations with the DMK.Speaking to reporters after a...

Chennai, March 24 Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK on Tuesday allocated 10 seats to its ally, DMDK, for the April 23 Assembly polls.DMK President MK Stalin and DMDK general secretary Premalatha Vijayakanth signed an agreement at the DMK headquarters, 'Anna Arivalayam', confirming the 10 seats for the...

Chennai, March 21 The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has convened urgent meetings of its State Committee and State Executive Committee on Saturday, as uncertainty continues over seat-sharing arrangements within the DMK-led alliance for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.The...

Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi, March 18 Senior Congress leader V D Satheesan said on Wednesday that there was no difference within the UDF regarding seat distribution, unlike other fronts like the LDF and the BJP-led NDA.Satheesan also said that the remaining names of the Congress candidates...

Kollam (Kerala), March 16 RSP, a UDF ally, announced four candidates for the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections on April 9.Although the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) has sought five seats, the decision on the fifth seat is still under discussion, according to party leaders.RSP state...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 15 – The Communist Party of India-Marxist on Sunday announced its list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Kerala, fielding 75 nominees, including Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and nine members of his Cabinet.Shortly after the election schedule was...

Even before the official announcement of the Assembly elections, political activity had intensified across Kerala, where the LDF is looking to secure a record third consecutive win, while the opposition Congress-led UDF and NDA are keen to disrupt its plans.Local meetings and early campaigning...

Mumbai, March 6 Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray said on Friday that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) reached a consensus on fielding NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar for the Rajya Sabha polls from Maharashtra only after he sought clarifications on the proposed merger of the two Nationalist...

Mumbai, February 23 The Budget Session of the Maharashtra legislature, which begins on Monday, will be the first in the state's history without a Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in both the assembly and the council.The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has described this development as a...