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Chennai, March 29 DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin will launch his first phase of election campaign from the Tiruvarur constituency on March 31 for the upcoming Assembly polls, the party said on Sunday.Tiruvarur is the hometown of the late DMK patriarch and former Chief...

Malappuram (Kerala), March 29 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday said the CPI(M) has consistently maintained an uncompromising stance against communalism, while accusing the UDF of attempting to mislead the public for political gains.He said the Left party would not adopt an...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 28 Congress MP K. Sudhakaran reiterated on Saturday, after meeting with party leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi, that he remains firm on his stance regarding who should be the Chief Minister of Kerala if the UDF wins in the April 9 Assembly polls.However, the Congress...

Jaipur, March 27 The Rajasthan unit of the Congress on Friday criticized the Centre's "policy failures" regarding LPG supply, saying that while the government has raised concerns about it in Parliament, it denies any crisis elsewhere.Addressing a protest at Shaheed Smarak here against...

Kolkata, March 26 Clashes erupted between BJP and TMC supporters during an election campaign in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, with several police personnel also coming under attack while trying to control the situation.The incident occurred when BJP candidate from Basanti...

Kottayam (Kerala), March 25 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan reached out to the hill-region communities on Wednesday ahead of the April 9 Assembly polls and said his government has taken legal and financial measures to protect their lives and livelihoods, despite the challenges posed by...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 24 The arrival of a group of "sanyasis" (ascetics), including an aghori sadhu, during the election campaign of BJP candidate Rajeev Chandrasekhar for the April 9 assembly polls has sparked a debate in the Nemom constituency.The LDF and UDF candidates -- V Sivankutty...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 24 Ahead of the April 9 Assembly polls, Congress leader Sachin Pilot has alleged that the BJP-led alliance is "facilitating" the continuation of the Pinarayi Vijayan-led government in Kerala, and that "data" suggests the LDF is in "collusion" with the NDA.In an...

Kolkata, March 23 – As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prepares to release its manifesto this week for the upcoming two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal next month, the party's national president, Nitin Nabin, will be on a two-day visit to the state on March 24 and 25.A senior leader...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday criticized the Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing them of being the "B-team of BJP".Vijayan made the accusation during an interview withIn response to a query regarding Rahul's recent remark that...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 Union Minister Suresh Gopi has called for a stronger presence of the NDA in the Kerala Assembly, saying the coalition should have at least 25-30 MLAs after the April 9 Assembly polls.He alleged that both the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the opposition...

Kolkata, March 19 – The Election Commission sought a report from the West Bengal government on Thursday after it announced the grant of an ad hoc bonus to civic volunteers under both the West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police, as well as village police volunteers under the West Bengal Police, for...

New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, March 19 – With just three days left for filing nominations for the April 9 Assembly polls, the Congress on Thursday night unveiled its final list of candidates, covering 37 constituencies and bringing to a close four days of intense negotiations, debates, and...

Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi, March 19 Congress MP and party strongman K Sudhakaran said on Thursday that he will not contest in the upcoming Assembly elections in Kerala without the party's backing.Sudhakaran also ended speculation about him leaving the Congress to form another party or join...

Chennai, March 19 Actor-politician Kamal Haasan's MNM held its second round of seat-sharing talks with the ruling DMK here on Thursday for the upcoming Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu.Emerging from the meeting at DMK headquarters here, Makkal Needhi Maiam general secretary A Arunachalam said the...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 19 Congress leader A K Antony said on Thursday that he had urged party strongman K Sudhakaran to abide by the high command's decision, no matter how difficult, to ensure the defeat of the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF.Antony's request to Sudhakaran comes amidst reports of his...

New Delhi, March 19 Ahead of the Kerala Assembly polls, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said he is not a potential chief ministerial candidate as he is not a candidate in the election and believes that ideally the CM should be chosen from among the elected MLAs.In an...

Kolkata, March 19 – In a late-night development on Wednesday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) cancelled the rehabilitation of several Indian Police Service (IPS) officers in West Bengal who had been given alternative postings by the state government after being removed by the Commission...

New Delhi, March 18 The BJP's Central Election Committee held a meeting here on Wednesday to discuss and finalize the names of the party candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls in Assam and Puducherry.The meeting, presided over by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Nitin Nabin, was attended...

Kannur, March 17 – In Kannur, widely considered the strongest stronghold of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Tuesday presented two sharply contrasting images: one of mass mobilization and enduring leadership, and the other of internal dissent emerging ahead of the April 9 Assembly polls...