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Kathmandu, March 10 The Rastriya Swatantra Party has won 125 of the 165 seats through direct voting in Nepal's parliamentary elections, as vote counting under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system concluded on Tuesday, putting the RSP in a position to form a majority government.However, the...

Kolkata, March 10 Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar faced protests on Tuesday when a group of people raised "go back" slogans and showed black flags to him during his visit to the Dakshineswar Kali Temple near here on Tuesday morning.A similar protest was held outside the Netaji Subhas...

New Delhi, March 9 Former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad strongly supported the proposal for simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies on Monday, saying that such a move would be in the interest of the country, save time, improve governance, and expedite development...

Kolkata, March 9 TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday challenged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to resign if he is serious about promoting politicians with "clean images."Speaking at a sit-in protest against the alleged large-scale deletion of names in the SIR by the...

Kolkata, March 9 – Amit Malviya, the chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s IT Cell and the party's national observer for West Bengal, on Monday, raised concerns about a potential violation of Election Commission guidelines by a West Bengal government official.In a post on X, Malviya...

Kathmandu, March 9 Nepal's Election Commission began counting votes shortly after the general elections concluded on March 5. However, it took almost four days to complete the process under the direct voting system and five days for the proportional system.The House of Representatives (HoR) in...

Kolkata, March 9 All registered political parties, except the ruling Trinamool Congress, have sought single-phase or at most two-phase polling for the crucial Assembly elections in West Bengal, which are scheduled later this year.They made this demand during their interaction with the full...

Kolkata, March 9 Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar faced "go back" slogans and was shown black flags on Monday morning when he visited the revered Kalighat temple in south Kolkata.Police personnel present at the spot brought the situation under control, allowing the CEC to proceed with...

Kolkata, March 8 Some people waved black flags and raised slogans against the Election Commission on Sunday evening as Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, who arrived on a three-day visit to West Bengal, was travelling by road from the Kolkata Airport to his hotel.Ruling Trinamool...

Kolkata, March 8 Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar arrived in Kolkata on Sunday evening for a three-day visit to review preparations for the West Bengal state assembly elections, as part of a full bench meeting of the Election Commission.During the visit, the commission will hold a...

Kolkata, March 8 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday alleged that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls conducted in the state, which is heading for elections, was intended to help the BJP in the upcoming Assembly elections.Addressing party workers from her...

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar will be visiting Kolkata today. The CEC, along with Election Commissioners Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr Vivek Joshi, will arrive in Kolkata tonight. They will review the preparations for the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal.

Kolkata, March 8 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday that Narendra Modi "should resign first," since he became Prime Minister with the votes of the people whose names were allegedly being "deleted arbitrarily" during the voter verification process by the Election...

New Delhi, March 8 The top officials of the Election Commission, led by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, will undertake a two-day visit to West Bengal to assess the state's preparedness for elections, officials said on Sunday.The top poll officials, who will arrive in Kolkata on...

Kolkata, March 8 Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal, continued her sit-in protest against alleged arbitrary deletions in the post-SIR voter list on Sunday, with the TMC supremo accusing the BJP of "misusing the Vanish Commission to erase legitimate voters from electoral rolls."This...

Kathmandu, March 7 RSP's Balendra Shah defeated four-time Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli by a significant margin and is set to form the next government in Nepal, effectively ending the dominance of traditional political parties after the violent Gen Z protests last year demanding generational...

Kathmandu, March 7 Former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli congratulated Balendra Shah 'Balen' shortly after the young RSP leader defeated the veteran CPN-UML chair by a significant margin in Jhapa-5 constituency, the stronghold of the legacy party, in Nepal.The Rashtriya Swatantrata Party (RSP)...

Kathmandu, March 7 RSP leader and rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah 'Balen' defeated four-time prime minister K P Sharma Oli by a significant margin of about 50,000 votes in Nepal's Jhapa-5 constituency, the Election Commission said here.The leader of the Rashtriya Swatantrata Party (RSP)...

Kolkata, March 7 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday alleged that voter deletions in the post-SIR electoral rolls were aimed at dividing the state.Addressing a gathering during her demonstration against the alleged arbitrary deletions, Banerjee accused the BJP of depriving...

Kathmandu, March 7 Balendra Shah, a rapper-turned-politician, and his newly formed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) were on Saturday poised for a landslide victory in Nepal's first general elections since the violent Gen Z protests, shattering the dominance of established political parties...