legislative elections

Guwahati, March 15 The Aam Aadmi Party announced its first list of 14 candidates on Sunday, including its state vice-president Anurupa Dekaraja, for the Assam assembly elections to be held on April 9.All the constituencies included in the list are located in the Brahmaputra valley.Dekaraja...

Bengaluru, March 15 Two people were arrested for allegedly attempting to bribe Odisha Congress MLAs, who are staying in a resort near here, as part of BJP's "Operation Lotus," Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar claimed on Sunday.He alleged that the BJP has planned "Operation...

Bengaluru, March 15 Two individuals have been arrested for allegedly attempting to bribe Odisha Congress MLAs who are staying at a resort near here as part of the BJP's "Operation Lotus," Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar claimed on Sunday.He alleged that the BJP has planned...

Guwahati, March 15 The opposition Raijor Dal has announced its candidates for two more constituencies for the upcoming Assam assembly elections, bringing the total number of party nominees to 13.A statement issued by party president and MLA Akhil Gogoi on Saturday named Harikanta Das from...

New Delhi/Guwahati, March 14 The Congress on Saturday released its second list of 23 candidates for the upcoming Assam assembly elections, with the party having so far named its nominees in 65 seats in the 126-member House.The party has also left 15 seats for its alliance partners in the...

Patna, March 14 JD(U) National Working President Sanjay Kumar Jha on Saturday claimed that all NDA candidates in the Rajya Sabha polls in Bihar, including Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, will "win by a huge margin".Jha made the remark just two days before the Rajya Sabha polls in Bihar on March...

Bengaluru, March 13 Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar alleged on Friday that the BJP is pressuring Congress MLAs from Odisha and offering them lucrative incentives to cross-vote in favor of its Rajya Sabha candidate, amid fears of "Operation Lotus".Shivakumar, who is the head of...

Patna, March 13 – The MP-MLA Court in Patna has granted relief to jailed MLA Anant Singh, allowing him to cast his vote in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.The court ruled on Friday that Singh will be brought to the Bihar Legislative Assembly under police custody to participate in the voting...

New Delhi, March 12 The Election Commission appointed returning officers for all 294 assembly constituencies in West Bengal, which is going to polls.For the first time in West Bengal, the election panel has upgraded returning officers of 152 constituencies to sub-divisional magistrates (SDMs)...

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...

Patna, March 11 – The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which had claimed it would win all five Rajya Sabha seats, may face a challenge after a crucial meeting between Akhtarul Iman and Tejashwi Yadav in Patna.The meeting took place at Tejashwi Yadav’s residence on Wednesday...

Patna, March 11 – Political activity in Bihar has intensified ahead of the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections after Akhtarul Iman, the state president of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), met with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav at his official residence in Patna...

Guwahati, March 10 The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), the main opposition party, has announced its first list of nine candidates for the upcoming Assam assembly elections, according to a party circular.AIUDF president Badruddin Ajmal announced the list of candidates on Monday...

Chandigarh/Gandhinagar, March 10: Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi held discussions with senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Rohtak on Tuesday during his visit to Haryana, focusing on organizational preparations ahead of the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.In a...

Hyderabad, March 9 – Senior Supreme Court advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s close aide Vem Narender Reddy have been unopposed elected to the Rajya Sabha from the state.Returning Officer Upender Reddy announced their election on Monday after the...

Chandigarh, March 9 With the deadline for withdrawing nominations for the two Rajya Sabha seats from Haryana ending on Monday, the BJP, Congress, and an Independent candidate are in the running for the May 16 polls.BJP's Sanjay Bhatia, Congress' Karamvir Singh Boudh, and Independent candidate...

Guwahati, March 6 The nomination papers of all three NDA candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections in Assam were found valid during scrutiny on Friday, making their election certain, officials said.BJP's Jogen Mohan and Terash Gowala, and UPPL's Pramod Boro filed their nomination papers on the...

Patna, March 5 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and BJP president Nitin Nabin filed their nomination papers for Rajya Sabha elections on Thursday, along with three other candidates from the NDA, which is hopeful of winning all five seats going to the polls despite the opposition RJD entering...

Bhubaneswar, March 5 Two BJD candidates in Odisha – senior leader Santrupt Misra and prominent urologist Datteswar Hota – filed their nominations in the assembly secretariat here on Thursday.Misra and Hota submitted their nomination papers in the presence of BJD president and former chief...

The Congress party has released a list of six candidates for the biennial Rajya Sabha elections. Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Vem Narender Reddy have been nominated from Telangana. Meanwhile, Phulo Devi Netam is contesting from Chhattisgarh, Karamvir Singh Boudh from Haryana, Anurag Sharma from...