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New Delhi, March 13 The Congress' Central Election Committee (CEC) met here on Friday and approved the second list of candidates for the Assam Assembly elections, which is expected to be released soon.The CEC meeting, chaired by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, was attended by former...

Kolkata, March 13 Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit West Bengal on Saturday to address a rally at the iconic Brigade Parade Ground here and inaugurate development projects worth around Rs 18,680 crore, which will be his first trip to the state after the publication of the...

Kathmandu, March 12 Nepal's Supreme Court issued an order on Thursday to remove a candidate from the Rastriya Swatantra Party from a constituency in the Madhesh province from a financial blacklist.Kishori Sah's candidacy in the March 5 elections from the Dhanusha 1 constituency was cancelled...

Jaipur, March 12 Rajasthan Minister of State for Home, Jawahar Singh Bedham, criticised state Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra on Thursday, accusing him of trying to mislead the public through false claims.Bedham said the state government is committed to ensuring the smooth supply of...

Bhubaneswar, March 12 The opposition BJD and the Congress in Odisha have issued directives instructing their MLAs to remain in Bhubaneswar and ensure their presence in the assembly on March 16 for the Rajya Sabha election, in which five candidates are contesting for four seats.Amid the...

Bhubaneswar, March 11 – Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Leader of the Opposition Naveen Patnaik launched a scathing attack on the state government on Wednesday, alleging that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is engaged in horse-trading ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls.Speaking to...

Kochi, March 11 The ruling CPI(M) in Kerala on Wednesday inaugurated one of the completed sections of NH-66, hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated it to the nation, in protest against the exclusion of state PWD minister P A Mohammed Riyas from the PM's event.Riyas had held a...

Agartala, March 11 Tipra Motha Party (TMP) supremo Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma said on Wednesday that the outcome of the upcoming elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) will determine whether the state will have a Tiprasa (tribal) chief minister after the...

Tamil Nadu election: NDA alliance set to achieve a resounding victory, ousting the corrupt and anti-Tamil Stalin government and forming the next government - Union Minister Piyush Goyal in an interviewDuring a press interaction at a private hotel in Trichy, Union Minister Piyush Goyal stated...

Kolkata, March 10 The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday asked the West Bengal government to provide a list of police officers, including station officers and their senior officials, who were on duty during the post-poll violence in 2021, officials said.A full bench of the EC held a meeting...

Balasore (Odisha), March 10 Ahead of the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, senior BJD leader and former MP Rabindra Kumar Jena resigned from the primary membership of the regional outfit on Tuesday.Sources close to Jena said that he may join the saffron party in a day or two ahead of the Rajya...

New Delhi, March 10 – Just minutes after the House convened for the second day, the Rajya Sabha witnessed heated and chaotic scenes regarding the ongoing SIR (Voter Verification) exercise, which is currently being conducted in states going to polls. The Leader of the Opposition, Mallikarjun...

Gwalior, March 9 The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday overturned the election of Congress MLA Mukesh Malhotra, citing that he deliberately suppressed information about the charges in two criminal cases during the 2024 by-election, noting that voters were misled through this "corrupt...

New Delhi, March 9 NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar and Union minister Ramdas Athawale were among the 26 candidates elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha on Monday.After the last date for withdrawal of nominations, elections for the 11 seats in the Upper House – five in Bihar, four in Odisha, and...

Dhaka, March 9 Bangladesh said on Monday that they have launched an initiative to repatriate two suspected assailants accused of killing student leader Sharif Osman Hadi, a day after Indian police said they were arrested in West Bengal after entering the country illegally."Initiatives have...

Chandigarh, March 9 – Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini accused the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab on Monday of engaging in "election-time freebie politics," claiming that the people of the state are disillusioned with the government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.Chief...

New Delhi, March 9 In a first, opposition parties are set to move a notice to move a motion seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, sources said on Monday.The draft of the notice is ready and likely to be submitted this week, according to the sources.A senior...

Shillong, March 9 The election for the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) in Meghalaya will be held on April 10, according to a notification issued on Monday.The last date for filing nomination papers is March 16, while March 17 has been set as the last date for withdrawing...

Kolkata, March 8 Former West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose said on Sunday that his resignation was a "conscious decision" and asserted that the reasons for his departure will remain confidential until the right time.Comparing his three-and-a-half-year tenure in office to a game of cricket...

Kathmandu, March 8 A high-level commission tasked with investigating the killings, arson, and damages during the Gen Z protests in September last year submitted its report to Nepal's interim government on Sunday, blaming a lack of good governance and inefficiency by the then administration.As...