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Kolkata, March 26 Trinamool Congress All India General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee held a public rally in Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri district, on Thursday to campaign in support of its candidate, Nirmal Chandra Roy.He stated that this election is not just about forming a government, but also about...

Shimla, March 26 The Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued notices to the Election Commission of India, the central and state governments, the returning officer, and MP Anurag Sharma on a public interest litigation challenging Sharma's election as a Rajya Sabha member from the state.Taking up...

Arjun Narasingha KC, the most senior member of the Nepalese House of Representatives, has taken the oath of office and secrecy. He was elected from the Nepali Congress party. President of Nepal, Ramchandra Paudel, administered the oath to him at an event held at the President's Office, Sheetal...

Kolkata, March 26 BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari participated in a Ram Navami procession in Bhabanipur, a constituency in south Kolkata where the leader of the opposition in the West Bengal assembly is set to challenge incumbent MLA and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee in the upcoming elections.Tight...

Patna, March 26 Prashant Kishor, founder of the Jan Suraj Party, claimed that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, by being re-elected as the president of the JD(U) and inducting his son Nishant into the party, has "fallen from the pedestal" he had created for himself over the past 35 years...

March 25, New Delhi – Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen submitted her government's resignation to King Frederik the Tenth on Wednesday, following a major defeat for her three-party coalition in the general election.Frederiksen's Social Democratic Party achieved its worst result since...

Guwahati, March 25 – Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma criticized opposition leader Lurinjyoti Gogoi on Wednesday for his remarks regarding delivering justice in the death case of singer Zubeen Garg, stating that Gogoi was "not a judge but merely a candidate in the elections."Speaking...

Naxalbari, March 25 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that eight lakh names have been deleted from the first supplementary list of 27 lakh voters whose voting eligibility was being adjudicated as part of the SIR exercise.Addressing an election rally in Naxalbari...

Alappuzha (Kerala), March 25 A leader of the UDF in this area has criticized the incumbent MLA and the LDF candidate for the April 9 elections, U Prathibha, claiming that she is "profiting" from her eloquence and beauty to secure a third term in the constituency.A Irshad, a leader of the...

Kolkata, March 25 Asserting that the people of Bengal were being oppressed, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi stated on Wednesday that his party has allied with Humayun Kabir's AJUP to provide the alternative they seek.Addressing a press conference in Kolkata with Kabir by his side, Owaisi claimed...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 25 – The controversy over the appearance of the BJP's seal on an official Election Commission circular continued to escalate in Kerala, with police action over the past two days adding a new layer of tension to the issue.In a sweeping move, the Kerala Police have...

Barasat (WB), March 24 A large number of crude bombs were found in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, which is heading for elections, police said on Tuesday.A total of 22 crude bombs were discovered at a house in the Haroa police station area, they said.A large quantity of...

Idukki (Kerala), March 24 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday defended his remarks against former CPI(M) leader G Sudhakaran, claiming that the word "chettatharam" was not intended as an insult, but rather as a reference to his former colleague's "betrayal" of Marxist ideology...

Kolkata, March 24 Former Bengal bowler Shib Shankar Paul, better known as ‘Maco’ in domestic cricket circles, said he hopes to carry the same fearlessness he once showed against legendary Sachin Tendulkar into his maiden electoral contest from Tufanganj as a TMC nominee.The 44-year-old...

Patna, March 23 – Following his release from Beur Central Jail in Patna, MLA Anant Kumar Singh from Mokama received a grand welcome at his residence in Patna, where thousands of supporters had gathered to greet him.As soon as his vehicle arrived, supporters erupted in chants of "Long Live...

Kohima, March 23 A total of seven candidates have filed their nomination papers for the upcoming by-election to the Koridang Assembly Constituency in Nagaland, an election official said.Polling for the constituency will be held on April 9, and vote counting will take place on May 4.Three...

New Delhi, March 23 The Delhi High Court on Monday upheld an order quashing the Indian Olympic Association (IOA)'s decision to appoint an ad hoc committee to take over the affairs of Ski and Snowboard India.A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia, while dealing with the...

Mumbai, March 23 Shiv Sena-UBT legislator Anil Parab on Monday criticized the BJP-led Mahayuti government over the alleged assault of a minister during the election of the president and vice president of the Satara Zilla Parishad, which took place last week."If ministers and workers in this...

Candidates filed their nominations in Cachar; BJP held a ‘Manonayan Sabha’In Assam's Cachar district, candidates from the Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress, Asom Gana Parishad, and All India Trinamool Congress filed nominations for seven constituencies.Candidates submitted...

Puducherry, March 23 The Lt Governor of Puducherry has declared April 9 a public holiday under the Negotiable Instruments Act, in view of the election to the territorial Assembly on that day.An order issued by the Home Department of the Puducherry Administration on Monday stated that the...