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Chennai, April 6 AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami announced on Monday that his assets were worth Rs 50.86 lakh, including cash and bank accounts.His wife, P Radha, had total assets worth Rs 5.61 crore.According to the affidavit submitted to the Election Commission during the filing of his...

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...

New Delhi, April 6 The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over cases related to the gherao of seven judicial officers in Malda, observing that the bureaucracy's credibility was being lowered and politics was being injected into the West Bengal...

Kolkata, April 6 The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal appointed IAS officer Vibhu Goel as the additional CEO with immediate effect, entrusting him with crucial coordination responsibilities related to the SIR exercise, according to an official order.Goel will serve in his new role...

Kolkata, April 6 To ensure peaceful polling in West Bengal, the Election Commission has decided to deploy 3,000 armed police personnel from other states, primarily from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh, to supplement the already substantial presence of central forces for the first phase...

Kolkata, April 6 The Kolkata Police have filed an FIR against TMC candidate from the Behala West Assembly constituency, Ratna Chattopadhyay, and six others in connection with alleged vandalism in the Parnasree area of South Kolkata, officials said on Monday.The case was registered on April 5...

Kolkata, April 6 – A man allegedly committed suicide after his name was removed from the electoral rolls in West Bengal following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, police said on Monday.The deceased, identified as Anarul Sheikh (32), a resident of Nalhati in Birbhum district, was...

Kolkata, April 5 Congress candidate Mohtab Sheikh, whose name had been placed in the "adjudication cases" column of the final electoral roll on February 28, was a happy man on Sunday evening after a tribunal ordered that his name be reinstated.A relieved Sheikh told reporters, "Justice has...

Thrissur (Kerala), April 5 Allegations of BJP distributing kits triggered a controversy in this district on Sunday, with clashes erupting between activists of the saffron party and the UDF and LDF in Manaloor constituency ahead of the April 9 Assembly polls.Activists of the two fronts...

The Election Commission has stated that seizures related to cash, liquor, drugs, and other inducements have exceeded 650 crore rupees in preparation for the upcoming state assembly elections and by-elections across multiple states. These seizures include cash, liquor, narcotics, precious metals...

The Election Commission has stated that seizures related to cash, liquor, drugs, and other inducements have exceeded 650 crore rupees in the lead-up to the upcoming state assembly elections and by-elections across multiple states. These seizures include cash, liquor, narcotics, precious metals...

Cooch Behar, Apr 5 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies would start benefiting them from the 2029 parliamentary polls, as he sought to weaken West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's strongest electoral...

Kolkata, April 5 – The Election Commission has suspended the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of the Kasba police station over the omission of Sona Pappu alias Biswajit Poddar’s name from the list of active criminals, a Commission insider said on Sunday.Ahead of the Assembly polls, the Commission had...

Kolkata, April 5 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday warned her party leaders and workers about the possibility of tampering with electronic voting machines (EVMs) and urged them to guard the machines vigilantly.Addressing an election rally in Jiaganj in Murshidabad...

Patna, April 5 RJD working president Tejashwi Yadav alleged on Sunday that Bihar is lagging behind other states in the country in all development indices, but the ruling NDA has been trying to "brush aside its 21 years of failure" by blaming the opposition.Yadav, who is the leader of the...

New Delhi, April 5 The neutrality of elections cannot be guaranteed if those who conduct the polls are dependent on the contestants, said Justice BV Nagarathna of the Supreme Court, in a veiled criticism of the Election Commission.The Supreme Court judge raised a critical concern regarding the...

Kasaragod, April 5 A controversy has erupted in poll-bound Kerala after a leader of the Women's League allegedly used the term "munafiq" against the LDF candidate in the Kasaragod Assembly constituency.The Arabic word "munafiq" reportedly means "hypocrite" or "one who pretends in matters of...

Thrissur (Kerala), April 5 Allegations of kit distribution by the BJP triggered a row in this central Kerala district on Sunday, with clashes breaking out between activists of the saffron party and the UDF and the LDF in the Manaloor constituency ahead of the April 9 Assembly polls.Activists...

New Delhi, April 5 Enforcement authorities in the four states going to the polls and Puducherry have seized over ₹650 crore worth of illicit cash, drugs, and liquor intended to influence voters, the Election Commission said on Sunday.According to data shared by the election authority, ₹319...

Alappuzha (Kerala), April 5 A case has been registered against a Youth Congress activist for allegedly offering money for accurate predictions of the margin by which the UDF candidate from the Kayamkulam assembly seat would win in the April 9 elections, police said on Sunday.An officer at the...