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Malappuram (Kerala), March 29 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday described the alleged "cash-for-seats" controversy involving the Congress in the Haryana Assembly elections as "extremely serious" and demanded that the party leadership respond to the charges.Addressing reporters...

Chennai, March 29 With the opposition AIADMK retaining a majority of the Assembly constituencies in the Chennai district, the party will face the ruling DMK in a direct contest in as many as 13 out of 16 seats.AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami fielded a range of former state ministers...

Agartala, March 29 The elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) on April 12 will see a multi-party contest, with all major political parties fielding candidates.The BJP and the Tipra Motha Party (TMP) have fielded candidates separately in all 28 seats of the...

Guwahati, March 29 – The Leader of the Opposition in the outgoing Assam Assembly, Debabrata Saikia, alleged that the ruling BJP has "betrayed" the people on several fronts, including its "failure" to ensure justice for singer Zubeen Garg, and expressed confidence that the Congress and its...

Coimbatore, March 29 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to campaign in the poll-bound state of Kerala on Sunday, where he will address a rally and participate in a roadshow.“Looking forward to being among the people of Kerala later today. I will address a rally in Palakkad and later...

Chennai, March 29 The AIADMK released its third list of candidates for the April 23 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu on Sunday, fielding its nominees for the Chennai City constituencies.Party General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami has nominated senior leader Aadhi Rajaram to contest from the...

New Delhi, March 28 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually interact with NDA workers in Assam and Puducherry on Monday as part of the 'Mera Booth, Sabse Mazboot Samvaad' initiative, aimed at directly communicating with them ahead of the state assembly elections.Modi stated that the people...

Kolkata, March 28 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday replaced five police observers from other states who had been appointed for the upcoming two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal next month.Of the five observers removed, one is Jayant Kant, an Indian Police Service...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 28 Kerala Minister V Sivankutty, the LDF candidate from Nemom for the April 9 polls, said on Saturday that his rival and BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar can fix the time and venue for an open debate on development in the constituency.Chandrasekhar had earlier...

Palakkad, March 28 – Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan firmly rejected allegations of a Rs 700 crore corruption scheme linked to the Cooperative Department’s proposed common software project on Saturday, dismissing Opposition charges as politically motivated and lacking factual basis.He...

March 28, New Delhi: Former Prime Minister of Nepal, KP Sharma Oli, was taken into custody on Saturday morning as police investigate allegations of negligence in failing to prevent dozens of deaths during youth-led protests last September. The arrest took place at Oli's residence on the...

Chennai, March 28 – The Election Commission of India has announced that polling for all 234 Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu will be held in a single phase on April 23, setting the stage for a fierce political contest in the state. As the elections approach, the ruling DMK is likely to...

Palakkad (Kerala), March 27 Union Minister of State Suresh Gopi said on Friday that leaders like BJP members K Surendran and Sobha Surendran, who are contesting in the Kerala Assembly elections on April 9, are needed in the state legislature.Surendran is contesting from the Manjeshwar Assembly...

The Election Commission announced today that 1955 candidates are contesting elections in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, and by-elections in four states, which will be held on April 9th. In a statement, the election body said that 722 candidates from Assam, 890 from Kerala, and 294 from Puducherry...

Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu), March 27 Tamil Nadu BJP chief Nainar Nagenthran announced on Friday that he would contest from the Sattur Assembly constituency in the Virudhunagar district in the April 23 elections.He would be switching from the Tirunelveli constituency, from where he won in the...

Agartala, March 27 – A multi-cornered contest is on the cards for the crucial April 12 elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), widely regarded as the state's second most important constitutional body after the Assembly.The tribal autonomous council comprises...

Kolkata, March 27 BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari held a Ram Navami procession in his constituency, Nandigram, in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district on Friday, alleging that such rallies had previously been attacked by goons backed by the TMC in the area.During the procession, members of the...

The 106-year-old freedom fighter in Dhemaji is ready to cast his voteA 106-year-old freedom fighter, Tanka Bora, from the Dhemaji district, is all set to exercise his right to vote in the upcoming Assam Assembly Elections, scheduled for April 9, 2026.Bora, a resident of Bishnupur village in...

Kochi, March 27 – A large gathering of people holding BJP flags, marching behind a political figure standing in a jeep, and waving at them, is not a public rally by Prime Minister Narendra Modi or Home Minister Amit Shah, but an AI-generated video of a saffron party candidate contesting the...

Kolkata, March 27 – The Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government has put West Bengal "in a debt trap" by distributing handouts and funding festivals to win over voters, instead of creating jobs, alleged CPI(M)'s lone MP from the state, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya.In an interview with