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Malappuram (Kerala), April 4 – A person has been taken into custody after the gunman and driver of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor were allegedly attacked by a five-member group at Wandoor here, police said on Saturday.According to Wandoor Police, a case has been registered, and one person is...

Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu), April 3 – In a demonstration of strict enforcement of the election code of conduct, an Election Commission (EC) flying squad intercepted and searched the vehicle of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday while he was traveling to Tirunelveli for election...

Hyderabad, April 3 – Alleging that the Congress party has failed to implement the election promises made in Telangana, Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy has appealed to the people of Kerala not to believe the “false promises” of the party in the upcoming Assembly elections.In a...

Gandhinagar, April 3 – A political confrontation escalated in Gujarat on Friday after the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rejected allegations made by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal in a letter to Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. The BJP accused Kejriwal of...

Guwahati, April 3 – Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday over his remarks concerning popular Assamese singer Zubeen Garg, asserting that "politics should not be played" around the artiste.Addressing the media during a...

Asaduddin Owaisi campaigned in Goalpara and Dhubri, backing AIUDF candidates.AIMIM leader and Member of Parliament Asaduddin Owaisi campaigned in Assam's Goalpara on Friday in support of AIUDF candidate Hafiz Bashir Ahmed Qasimi for the Goalpara East constituency.Addressing a campaign rally...

Kochi, April 3 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged Bharatiya Janata Party workers in the poll-bound state of Kerala to draw inspiration from cricketer Sanju Samson's remarkable turnaround performance in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026, describing it as a lesson in overcoming...

Chennai, April 3 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday announced its list of candidates for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections, naming nominees for 27 constituencies as part of the AIADMK-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).The announcement, made by the party’s...

New Delhi, April 3 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to intensify the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) campaign in the South with a two-day visit to Chennai and Puducherry, starting on Friday, in the run-up to the Assembly elections scheduled in Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory.The...

Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), April 2 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President MK Stalin on Thursday alleged that it was the AIADMK that copied his party's flagship schemes in its manifesto and claimed that the more the visits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the...

Guwahati, Apr 2 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday targeted Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) candidate Kunki Chowdhury, alleging that her mother had made social media posts supporting Pakistan and hurting the sentiments of 'Sanatani' people.Sarma claimed that Chowdhury’s mother...

Patna, April 2 Union Minister Chirag Paswan said on Thursday that RJD national working president Tejashwi Yadav should "feel ashamed" for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Bihar at an election rally in Kerala.The LJP (Ram Vilas) leader claimed that Yadav had described Bihar as one of...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 2 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kerala on April 4 as part of the NDA's election campaign for the state assembly, BJP sources said on Thursday.The Prime Minister is scheduled to attend a public meeting in Thiruvalla and participate in a roadshow in...

Kolkata, April 2 The Trinamool Congress described Thursday's multi-city searches at premises linked to the executives of political consultancy firm I-PAC as the BJP's "desperate attempt" to derail the TMC's election campaigns in West Bengal.The TMC, a client of I-PAC, accused the BJP...

Trichy, April 2 TVK chief Vijay filed his nomination for the Trichy East constituency for the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections on Thursday.The actor arrived at the Ariyamangalam Zonal Office in the Palakkarai area around 12:30 pm and submitted his papers to the Assistant Returning...

Chennai, April 2 – Nearly 3,000 police personnel have been deployed across Chennai as part of extensive security arrangements for the two-day visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will arrive in the city on Friday to campaign ahead of the elections.According to official sources, the Prime...

Kolkata, April 1 BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari faced protests from TMC supporters while campaigning in his Nandigram constituency in Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal and later in Bhabanipur in South Kolkata.Adhikari, who is also the leader of the opposition in the state Assembly, is...

Davanagere (Karnataka), April 1 – Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah began his campaign in Davanagere on Wednesday after arriving from Bagalkot for the upcoming by-elections in the state for the two crucial Assembly constituencies.Responding to the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) claims that...

Kochi, April 1 Senior BJP leader and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday alleged that "God was not safe in Kerala," referring to the state, known as "God's Own Country," and the ruling LDF's betrayal of Lord Ayyappa in connection with the Sabarimala gold smuggling cases.Speaking at a...

Kolkata, April 1 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's helicopter could not land at Nabagram in Murshidabad district on Wednesday due to a sudden thunderstorm during her election campaign, officials said.The helicopter was forced to return to Burwan as a thunderstorm accompanied by...