election campaign

Chennai, March 28 TVK chief Vijay will launch his party's election campaign for the upcoming Tamil Nadu polls from Perambur here on March 30, EC sources said on Saturday.Vijay had met with Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Archana Patnaik at the Secretariat earlier in the day to submit a...

Palakkad, March 28 – Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan launched a sharp attack on former Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader P.K. Sasi on Saturday, who is now contesting in Ottapalam with the backing of the United Democratic Front, calling him a "traitor" and asserting that "history...

Guwahati, March 28 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a massive roadshow in Guwahati, Assam, on Saturday, intensifying the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections scheduled on April 9.The roadshow began at the Arya Vidyapeeth Playground and passed through...

Pathanamthitta (Kerala), March 28 In an unexpected turn, a satirical song has become a central topic in Kerala’s political discourse, sparking debate about faith, freedom of expression, and campaign strategies."Pottiye, Kettiye...", popularized by Congress candidate Pazhakulam Madhu from...

Chennai, March 28 Amid intensifying political activity ahead of the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, Congress MP S. Jothimani from Karur has publicly criticised the party’s seat-sharing and candidate selection process within the DMK-led alliance, alleging a complete lack of transparency...

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.Muneer, however, denied the allegation, claiming that the...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 27 – Kerala's Leader of the Opposition, V. D. Satheesan, launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday, accusing him of frequently shifting positions for electoral gains and fostering both majority and minority communalism.Speaking to the media...

Palakkad (Kerala), March 27 A woman has filed a complaint with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the police, alleging sexual assault by a Congress councillor, officials said on Friday.The complainant, who belongs to a Scheduled Tribe community, has accused Prashob C Valsan, a Congress...

Malappuram (Kerala), March 27 Sopana Sangeetham artist Njeralath Harigovindan joined the IUML here on Friday.IUML state president Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal welcomed him into the party at Panakkad.Speaking to reporters, the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi award winner said he was drawn...

Guwahati, March 27 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to launch a fresh round of campaigning in Assam, starting with a high-profile roadshow in Guwahati on Saturday, as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) intensifies its efforts ahead of the Assembly elections.According to party sources, Home...

Chennai, March 27 TVK chief Vijay claimed on Friday that the state administration and the police are blocking his party's election campaign in Chennai, a move he described as a "fascist attack on democracy".The TVK was denied permission to hold a campaign at Mullai Nagar Junction in the...

Dhakuakhana (Assam), March 27 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday that his government will "crush" the Bangladeshi Myas community in the state if the BJP-led coalition returns to power in the upcoming election.He asserted that the government will work to build a "strong...

Kochi, March 27 – The Kerala High Court on Friday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to consider within two months a representation alleging communal remarks made by BJP leader B. Gopalakrishnan during the ongoing Assembly election campaign in Guruvayur.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas...

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...

In Kochi, a wall painting from the 1980 film "Mela," urging voters to support A.K. Saseendran, is now a prominent topic on social media.The painting depicts a village in north Kerala, where Saseendran, then the NCP (SP) leader and State Forest Minister, was contesting in the 1980 election...

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...

Kolkata, March 27 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday claimed that the violence and clashes in Basanti, in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, in which a police sub-inspector was also attacked by a group of miscreants allegedly linked to the ruling Trinamool Congress, were a...

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...

Kathmandu, March 27 Barely 26 minutes of speeches across five political meetings during a two-week campaign across Nepal.For the rapper-turned-politician, Balendra Shah 'Balen,' who is set to become Nepal's youngest elected prime minister on Friday, this was enough to garner 5.2 million votes...

In Kerala, the final list of voters for the upcoming Assembly elections was released last night. According to the final electoral roll, Kerala has a total of 27,142,952 voters. The list also includes 466,408 new voters under the age of 19. Notably, there are 54 voters over the age of 110 in the...