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Kolkata, March 19 Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, launched the BJP's campaign for the high-profile Bhabanipur seat in south Kolkata on Thursday, where he is set to challenge Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.Adhikari arrived in Kolkata from Delhi in the...

Ahead of the Kerala Assembly elections, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor stated on Thursday that he is not a potential chief ministerial candidate, as he is not a candidate in the election, and believes that ideally, the chief minister should be chosen from among the elected MLAs.In an...

Kolkata, March 19 Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, launched the BJP's campaign for the high-profile Bhabanipur seat in south Kolkata on Thursday, where he is set to challenge Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.Adhikari arrived in Kolkata in the morning and...

Kolkata, March 19 – Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul is scheduled to chair a crucial meeting on Thursday regarding the publication of the first supplementary list of voters referred for judicial adjudication, which falls under the “logical discrepancy” category.The first...

New Delhi, March 18 The BJP's Central Election Committee held a meeting here on Wednesday to discuss and finalize the names of the party candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls in Assam and Puducherry.The meeting, presided over by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Nitin Nabin, was attended...

Chennai, March 18 Aspirants for election tickets in the DMK, who attended a formal selection interview being conducted by the party at its headquarters, Anna Arivalayam, on Wednesday, were surprised to see a fellow contestant: Former chief minister O Panneerselvam, who was considered an unlikely...

Ranchi, March 18 CPI(ML) leader and general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya alleged on Wednesday that the Centre has weakened the job prospects of people through the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), or VB-GRAM-G, and said his party would launch a nationwide...

New Delhi, March 18 The Election Commission said on Wednesday that as many as 25 lakh personnel, including 8.5 lakh security personnel, will be deployed for the five assembly elections to be held next month.As many as 17.4 crore voters are eligible to participate in the elections in West...

Chennai, March 18 – The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) announced on Wednesday that its leader, actor-turned-politician Vijay, will participate in a special Iftar gathering to be held this evening in Mamallapuram, as part of Ramzan observances.The event is scheduled from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at a...

March 18th, Aizawl: According to the official schedule, voting will take place between 7:00 AM and 4:00 PM on election day. Candidates who intend to contest the election have until March 25 to file their nominations. The vote counting will begin at 8:00 AM on April 26. The Aizawl Municipal...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, March 18 The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured the posts of president and vice-president of the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Zilla Parishad in Maharashtra unopposed here on Wednesday.Avinash Galande was elected as the president, and Jitendra Jaiswal as the...

AAP releases second list of candidates for Assam Assembly Elections 2026The Aam Aadmi Party has announced its second list of candidates for the 2026 Assam Assembly elections, featuring six nominees for key constituencies.The announcement was made on March 17 as part of the party's ongoing...

Kaliganj, March 17 A group of CPI(M) workers ransacked the party's own office in Kaliganj, a constituency in Nadia district of West Bengal, because they were unhappy with the candidate selected by the leadership for the area.CPI(M) sources said that a group of party workers stormed the local...

Agartala, March 17 BJP MLA Ram Pada Jamatia submitted his nomination papers for the post of Speaker of the Tripura Assembly on Tuesday, a senior party leader said.Earlier, the BJP legislature party had cleared the name of Ram Pada Jamatia, an MLA of the Bagma Assembly constituency in Gomati...

Lucknow, March 17 – Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) National President Mayawati accused the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress on Tuesday of exploiting the legacy of Kanshi Ram for political gain in the run-up to next year’s elections in Uttar Pradesh.She alleged that parties that had ignored...

Kolkata, March 16 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote a letter to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Monday, expressing her concern over the removal of several IAS and IPS officers in the state following the announcement of the Assembly elections.In the letter...

Patna, March 16 BJP president Nitin Nabin, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, and three other NDA candidates won the Rajya Sabha elections in the state on Monday, an official said.Union Minister Ram Nath Thakur of the JD(U), BJP leader Shivesh Kumar, and Rashtriya Lok Morcha president Upendra...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 16 MLA C C Mukundan, who was expelled from the CPI, joined the BJP here on Monday.Mukundan was expelled from the Left party after he expressed his displeasure with the CPI for not considering him again for the SC-reserved Nattika constituency.He had previously been...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 16 The ruling CPI (M), which announced the majority of its candidates shortly after the Election Commission announced the poll schedule, mocked the opposition Congress on Monday over its continued delay in finalizing candidates.Speaking to the media, CPI(M) state...

Patna, March 16 Voting is underway for five Rajya Sabha seats in Bihar on Monday, with five nominees from the ruling NDA and one from the opposition RJD contesting the biennial elections, an official said.BJP national president Nitin Nabin, also a five-time MLA from the Bankipur assembly seat...