election interference

Thiruvananthapuram, April 11 Senior Congress leader V D Satheesan on Saturday alleged that the CPI(M) has unleashed "widespread violence" in Kannur, a politically volatile northern district, following the April 9 Assembly elections.He also claimed that the ruling party is set to suffer heavy...

Murshidabad (WB), April 11 TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and two politicians of being agents of the BJP and vowed to restore voting rights to disenfranchised citizens within a month of the TMC returning to power...

New Delhi, April 9 – A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking urgent directions to ensure the protection of judicial officers, government officials, and citizens from alleged politically motivated violence and intimidation in West Bengal, which is...

Taipei, April 7 – China is prepared to intervene in Taiwan's upcoming "nine-in-one" local elections, scheduled for November, by launching attacks on the Taiwanese Government Service Network (GSN), local media reported on Tuesday, citing a recent report released by the National Security Bureau...

Kolkata, April 4 – The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which has begun investigating the harassment of judicial adjudication officers in Kaliachak, West Bengal’s Malda district, will focus its initial report on whether the incident was driven by spontaneous public anger or was a pre-planned...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 3 – The political row over alleged communal campaigning in Perambra escalated on Friday, with Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan accusing the CPI-M of using a "repeat strategy" to polarize voters, drawing parallels with the controversial "kafir screenshot" episode...

Harirampur (WB), April 3 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday blamed the AIMIM and ISF for the siege of judicial officers in Malda district and accused the Congress and the BJP of instigation.Stating that the mastermind behind Wednesday's several-hour siege of judicial officers...

Kolkata, April 2 – A total of 18 people, including Maulana Shahjan Ali, a candidate from the All India Secular Front (AISF) in the Mothabari Assembly constituency in the minority-dominated Malda district of West Bengal, have been arrested on Thursday afternoon in connection with the harassment...

Bagalkot (Karnataka), April 2 – A controversy over dual voter registration has erupted in Karnataka ahead of the Bagalkot by-elections. Alleging that the Congress is attempting to instill fear among voters due to the fear of defeat, former Deputy Chief Minister and MP, Govind Karjol, challenged...

Kolkata, March 29 Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday accused the BJP and Humayun Kabir’s Aam Janata Unnayan Party of seeking votes in the name of religion while ignoring basic issues such as livelihood and food.Addressing a rally in support of the TMC candidate in the Naoda Assembly...

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...

Mumbai, March 23 Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde on Monday termed the alleged police action against some elected members of the Satara Zilla Parishad last week as a "murder of democracy", accusing authorities of misusing power to influence the local body...

Chandigarh, March 22 The Shiromani Akali Dal and Congress on Sunday claimed that a PCS officer was subjected to mental harassment by the Moga deputy commissioner to ensure that AAP candidates were elected as chairperson and vice-chairperson of the Baghapurana Panchayat Samiti.Shiromani Akali...

New Delhi, March 21 The spy networks that Indian agencies have been uncovering in recent months were not just focused on providing sensitive information about the Indian armed forces. Within the espionage network, there were a group of people who were specifically instructed to focus solely on...

Bengaluru, March 18 An SIT investigating the circulation of explicit videos and photographs linked to multiple allegations of sexual abuse has filed a charge sheet against 39 individuals in a court in Hassan, sources said on Wednesday.Poornachandra Tejaswi M G, who was an election agent for...

Guwahati, March 12 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday that 3-4 FIRs have been registered against senior Congress leader Pawan Khera for allegedly attempting to contact militant groups to influence election results.Sarma made the allegations a day after the Congress...

Kolkata, March 10 – A Booth Level Officer (BLO) in Kakdwip, West Bengal, approached the state administration on Tuesday after receiving threats from a voter in his area following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, in which his name was removed from the voter list.BLO Manindranath...

Kathmandu, March 8 – Nepal’s investigation panel, which was looking into the September protests by Gen Z and its aftermath, in which over 70 people were reportedly killed and led to the fall of the K. P. Sharma Oli government, finally submitted its report to interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki...

Chennai, February 19 – The Tamil Nadu branch of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the state police of delaying and denying permission for its planned 25,000 street-corner meetings, alleging partisan interference in favor of the ruling DMK government.Party spokesperson A.N.S. Prasad...

New Delhi, February 10 The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to consider listing a plea by Left leaders seeking action against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over a viral video allegedly showing him aiming and firing with a rifle at members of a particular community.Referring to the...