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Mumbai, April 8 Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Sunetra Pawar met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday to discuss the strategy and campaign for the April 23 Baramati assembly by-election she is contesting.Sources said Fadnavis assured Sunetra Pawar of full support...

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...

United Nations, April 7 Two women are in the running to become the next Secretary-General of the UN, nominated along with two male candidates, amid growing calls for the first woman to be elected as head of the global organization in its 80-year history.The process to elect the next...

New Delhi, April 6 The Supreme Court on Monday directed the 88-year-old grandson of the legendary artist Nandalal Bose to approach the Appellate Tribunal after his name was removed from the voters' list during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, which is...

Dharmapuri (Tamil Nadu), April 6: Details of PMK candidate Sowmiya Anbumani, who is contesting from the Dharmapuri Assembly constituency, have been made public following the filing of her nomination papers on the last day of submissions for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.According...

Kolkata, March 30 – Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, filed his nomination as a candidate for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from the Nandigram Assembly constituency in East Midnapore district of West Bengal on Monday.Adhikari has previously represented...

Kolkata, March 30 BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari filed his nomination for the Nandigram constituency on Monday and expressed confidence that the party would secure a decisive victory in the West Bengal Assembly elections.Adhikari submitted his papers before the sub-divisional officer (SDO) in...

Chennai, March 29 TVK chief Vijay announced his party's candidates for all 234 Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu for the April 23 elections, also announcing his own electoral debut from two seats, including Perambur in Chennai, a city considered the ruling DMK's stronghold.In his maiden...

Chennai, March 29 The AIADMK released its third list of candidates for the April 23 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu on Sunday, fielding its nominees for the Chennai City constituencies.Party General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami has nominated senior leader Aadhi Rajaram to contest from the...

New Delhi, March 27 – A total of 1,955 candidates are contesting the Assembly elections in two states and a Union Territory, along with by-elections in four states, scheduled to be held on April 9, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Friday.The poll panel said that 250 candidates...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 The BJP in Kerala alleged on Thursday that Minister V Sivankutty fielded a local CPI(M) leader as a proxy candidate for Rajeev Chandrasekhar from the Nemom assembly constituency, where both are contesting.In a statement, the BJP also said that it had filed a...

New Delhi, March 25 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Wednesday that the scrutiny of nomination papers for the 2026 Assembly elections and by-elections has been completed, solidifying the field of candidates in several key states that will go to the polls next month.The...

Kochi, March 24 The LDF on Tuesday alleged that Congress leader V D Satheesan submitted a false affidavit regarding his assets and income, along with his nomination papers, on Monday.A representative of CPI leader E T Taison Master, who is contesting against Satheesan from the Paravoor...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 23 – A total of 676 candidates have filed their nomination papers for the April 9 elections to the 140-member Kerala Assembly, setting the stage for a fiercely contested electoral battle.The deadline for filing nominations was 5 p.m. on Monday.The scrutiny of the...

Guwahati, March 22 The Trinamool Congress (TMC) announced its second list of candidates for the Assam Assembly elections on Sunday, naming Congress MLA Sherman Ali Ahmed from the Mandia constituency while withdrawing the candidature of the party's state senior vice-president Dulu Ahmed.The...

Kolkata, March 21 The Indian Secular Front (ISF) announced that it will contest 33 seats in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, including four constituencies where seat-sharing talks with the Left Front are yet to reach a consensus.ISF MLA Nawsad Siddiqui said the party has reached an...

The Congress has released another list of seven candidates for the upcoming Assembly Elections in Assam. The party has fielded Bidisha Neog from the Jalukbari seat, Jayanta Borah will contest from the Biswanath Assembly seat, while Raul Roy will be the party candidate from the Hailakandi...

Bengaluru, March 20 – The rift within the ruling Congress deepened on Friday after party ticket aspirant Samarth Shamanur filed his nomination for the Davanagere South Assembly constituency, even as the party is yet to officially announce its candidate.Amid the ongoing uncertainty, the move by...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 20 – With just two days remaining for the nomination deadline, Kerala's electoral battle has entered a high-stakes phase, with all three major fronts vying to secure candidates and maximize last-minute outreach.Kerala will go to the polls on April 9 to elect a new...

Guwahati, March 19 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday that national BJP leaders such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and party president Nitin Nabin will lead the assembly election campaign, which will begin on March 24, a day after the...