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Kottayam (Kerala), April 11 The Kottayam District Collector on Saturday dismissed media reports that CAPF personnel pointed guns at election officials at the strong room located in the Baselius College here.District Collector Chetan Kumar Meena, who is also the District Election Officer, in a...

Agartala, April 11 Preparations for the Tripura tribal council elections have been completed, with election officials being dispatched to booths with election materials, an official said on Saturday.Polling for the 28-seat Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) council is...

Chennai, April 10 As many as 4,610 candidates are in the running for the 234 Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, where elections are to be held on April 23, after the scrutiny process.A total of 529 candidates withdrew from the race, the election commission said on Friday.A total of 7,599...

Agartala, April 9 An estimated 79.84 per cent voter turnout was recorded as polling for the by-election to the Dharmanagar Assembly constituency in North Tripura ended at 5 pm on Thursday, officials said.The voting was peaceful, they said.Despite inclement weather, voters came out in large...

Bengaluru, April 9 Over 60 per cent voter turnout was recorded until 5 pm in both Assembly constituencies in Karnataka, where by-elections were held on Thursday.While the turnout in Bagalkot was 65.68 per cent, it was 63.04 per cent in Davanagere South.While the ruling Congress faces the...

Polling has begun for the state assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, and the Union Territory of Puducherry. Voting is taking place for all 126 seats in Assam, 140 in Kerala, and 30 seats in Puducherry in a single phase. Polling began at 7 this morning amid tight security. The Election Commission...

Bengaluru, April 9 At least 27.83 per cent of voters in Karnataka's Bagalkot, where polling for a by-election is underway, exercised their franchise by 11 am on Thursday.Davanagere South recorded a turnout of 22.01 per cent, the Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) office said on Thursday.The...

April 09, New Delhi – Voting is taking place in Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry for state assembly elections, with eligible voters turning out in large numbers to cast their votes.In Kerala, over 27 million electors will decide the fate of 883 candidates across 140 constituencies. So far, 38% of...

Kolkata, April 8 The Election Commission on Wednesday directed that civic, green, and student police personnel will not be deployed for any election-related duties during the West Bengal Assembly polls, an official said."They shall not be allowed to perform any duty in uniform," the poll panel...

Polling staff and security forces were deployed in Lakhimpur.In the Lakhimpur district, polling staff, returning officers, and security forces have been sent to five Assembly constituencies. They departed from the North Lakhimpur Government Higher Secondary School to reach their assigned...

New Delhi/Kolkata, April 4 The BJP announced its fifth list of five candidates for the West Bengal Assembly elections on Saturday.According to the list, Saurav Sikdar will contest from Dum Dum Uttar, Taraknath Chatterjee (Krishnanagar Uttar), Anupam Biswas (Kalyani), Anindya Raju Banerjee...

New Delhi, April 4 The BJP on Saturday announced its fifth list of five candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal.According to the list, Saurav Sikdar will contest the Dum Dum Uttar seat, Taraknath Chatterjee will contest from Krishnanagar Uttar, Anupam Biswas from Kalyani...

Kolkata, April 2 – Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi campaigned in Rampurhat, West Bengal, on Thursday in support of BJP candidates, calling for a "change" in the state.He stated, "Anga has changed, Kalinga has changed, now Bengal will also change."On that day, four BJP candidates...

Kolkata, March 31 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its fourth list of party candidates for the upcoming two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal on Tuesday.The fourth list includes a total of 13 new names. In addition, the BJP also changed the party candidate for the Maynaguri...

Agartala, March 29 The elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) on April 12 will see a multi-party contest, with all major political parties fielding candidates.The BJP and the Tipra Motha Party (TMP) have fielded candidates separately in all 28 seats of the...

Chennai, March 27 Two constituents of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) announced their candidates for the April 23 Tamil Nadu elections on Friday, with one contesting on the BJP's Lotus symbol and the other on the Two Leaves symbol of the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam...

Lurinjyoti Gogoi launches campaign in KhowangAhead of the upcoming Assembly elections, Lurinjyoti Gogoi, President of the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), has launched his election campaign in the Khowang constituency, Dibrugarh.He began the campaign by offering prayers at the historic Raidongia...

Puducherry, March 26 As many as 294 candidates will contest in the April 9 Assembly elections in Puducherry, officials said on Thursday.While there are 253 candidates remaining in the election battle in the union territory, which includes the Puducherry, Mahe, and Yanam regions, Karaikal has...

Kochi, March 26 As the summer heat intensifies in Kerala ahead of the April 9 elections, candidates are relying on simple routines – drinking fresh coconut water, eating light meals, and staying hydrated between campaign stops.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued warnings of...

New Delhi, March 25 The BJP on Wednesday released another list of 19 candidates for the West Bengal Assembly elections, fielding Arup Kumar Das from the Singur constituency and Madhumita Ghosh from Haripal.According to the list, Rathindra Nath Bose will contest from Coochbehar Dakshin...