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Guwahati, March 27 Only eight percent of the total 722 candidates contesting the Assam Assembly elections are women, with no third gender candidate in the race, an official statement said on Friday.Independent candidates account for over 250 of the total candidates, while the main opposition...

Kolkata, March 27 The sit-in by SFI at Presidency University over the demands for the university's own entrance tests and student union elections entered its fourth day on Friday.The student wing of the CPI(M) vowed to continue the protest until their demands are met by the university...

Alappuzha (Kerala), March 27 Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said on Friday that any alleged deal between the CPI(M) and the BJP would not work in the elections, asserting that the Congress has a "deal with the people."Speaking to reporters during an election campaign in Kayamkulam, Tharoor said if...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 27 BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Friday that the Centre has reduced the special excise duty on petrol and diesel to help consumers and urged Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to cut state taxes on the fuels.The BJP state chief also rejected the...

Agartala, March 27 – A multi-cornered contest is on the cards for the crucial April 12 elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), widely regarded as the state's second most important constitutional body after the Assembly.The tribal autonomous council comprises...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 27 CPI(M) state secretary M V Govindan on Friday alleged that the Congress had facilitated the BJP's victories in the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency in 2024 and the Nemom Assembly constituency in 2016.Responding to allegations of a CPI(M)-BJP deal raised by the UDF...

Kozhikode (Kerala), March 27 CPI(M) leader and CITU national general secretary Elamaram Kareem on Friday alleged that IUML leader M K Muneer was not fielded in the April 9 Assembly elections due to the intervention of Jamaat-e-Islami.The CPI(M) has been alleging links between the UDF and...

Jammu, March 27 The Jammu and Kashmir assembly was adjourned for half an hour on Friday as a commotion erupted soon after the budget session resumed after a five-week recess.Members from both the treasury and opposition benches stood up, raising slogans and disrupting the Question Hour despite...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 27 – The allegation of a tacit understanding between the BJP and the CPI(M) has escalated into a central flashpoint in Kerala’s Assembly election campaign, triggering a sharp exchange between Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan.This...

In Thrissur, Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan refuted Congress leader V. D. Satheesan’s claim that the RSS supported his victory in the 1977 election, accusing the opposition leader of spreading misinformation.The Congress and UDF have alleged a CPI(M)-BJP alliance in the upcoming...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 27 – The Kazhakootam Assembly constituency in the state capital district has become a fiercely contested battleground in this election, with the alleged Sabarimala gold heist case casting a long shadow over an already intense triangular contest.At the center of the...

Jammu, March 27 The Jammu and Kashmir assembly was adjourned for half an hour after a chaotic situation arose shortly after the budget session resumed on Friday, following a five-week break.Members from both the ruling and opposition benches stood up, raising slogans and disrupting the...

Kochi, March 27 – A large gathering of people holding BJP flags, marching behind a political figure standing in a jeep, and waving at them, is not a public rally by Prime Minister Narendra Modi or Home Minister Amit Shah, but an AI-generated video of a saffron party candidate contesting the...

Kolkata, March 27 – The Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government has put West Bengal "in a debt trap" by distributing handouts and funding festivals to win over voters, instead of creating jobs, alleged CPI(M)'s lone MP from the state, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya.In an interview with

Kochi/Kollam, March 26 Rahul Gandhi's claim that the LDF and BJP are colluding in the April 9 Assembly polls in Kerala drew a sharp rebuttal on Thursday from Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who said the Congress leader lacks even the insight of a regional leader.A day after Rahul claimed that...

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 26 The CPI(M) accused the Congress of becoming a "feeder organization" for the BJP on Thursday and criticized its leaders, Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, for "targeting" the Left instead of the saffron party in the election-bound state of Kerala.It stated that this...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 – The political battle between the ruling CPI(M) and the Congress-led opposition intensified on Thursday, with Leader of the Opposition, V.D. Satheesan, launching a sharp counter-attack against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over allegations of a BJP-CPI(M) nexus...

Kochi, March 26 AICC general secretary Sachin Pilot on Thursday claimed that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi follow similar political approaches, alleging that both are "not different, but one".Pilot also claimed that the attacks by CPI(M) leaders on Congress...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan posted an old photograph of V D Satheesan at an RSS event on Thursday, intensifying his attack on the Congress leader over claims of a CPI(M)–BJP "deal" ahead of the April 9 polls.Posting the photograph on his Facebook page...