lok sabha election

Puducherry, April 9 Puducherry has registered a record 89.87 per cent polling, the highest so far since 1964 when the first Assembly election was held following the merger of the territory with India after its independence, a top official said here on Thursday and termed the turnout as historic...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 9 Prominent figures and candidates arrived at polling booths even before the voting process commenced across Kerala on Thursday morning.Over 2.71 crore voters are set to exercise their franchise to elect a new government in the state.Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan...

Meghalaya State BJP leader and Minister of Arts and Culture, Sanbor Shullai, has indicated his willingness to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha by-election for the Shillong seat if directed by the party leadership.He stated that as a disciplined worker of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he would...

Patna, April 5 – BJP National Spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Hussain remarked on Sunday that it is not the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) that will be at fault during the upcoming two-phase elections in West Bengal, but rather the outcome of the ruling Trinamool Congress will be "negative"...

New Delhi, April 4 – Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma recently emphasized the importance of the Barak Valley in the state's electoral battleground and the area's expected role in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) achieving a target of 90 to 100 seats in the state Assembly, which...

Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), April 2 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President MK Stalin on Thursday alleged that it was the AIADMK that copied his party's flagship schemes in its manifesto and claimed that the more the visits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the...

Mumbai, April 2 – A month after Sunetra Pawar took over as the national president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) following the death of her husband and former deputy chief minister, Ajit Pawar, her younger son, Jay Pawar, has officially entered the political arena.Jay Pawar has been...

Kolkata, April 2 Rising crude prices, amid the West Asia crisis, are driving up the costs of flex banners and other election campaign materials in West Bengal, a state heading to elections, according to industry sources.Printers and representatives of the plastics industry said that packaging...

New Delhi, April 1 A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed the criminal defamation complaint filed by Somnath Bharti's wife, a former AAP MLA, against Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, stating that there was no defamatory imputation against the complainant.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate...

New Delhi, April 1 A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed the criminal defamation complaint filed by the wife of former AAP MLA Somnath Bharti against Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.In an order, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Paras Dalal said, "I do not see any reason to proceed...

Kochi, April 1 – The Kerala High Court on Wednesday dealt a significant setback to Union Minister and actor Suresh Gopi, ruling that the election petition challenging his victory from the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency is maintainable and must proceed to trial.Gopi won a historic victory in...

Kolkata, March 29 Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday alleged that the BJP and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have a tacit understanding with former Congress MP Adhir Chowdhury and Humayun Kabir, chief of the Aam Janata Unnayan Party.Addressing a public...

In a major rally in Palakkad, Kerala, Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticized both the CPI(M)-led LDF and the Congress-led UDF, accusing them of exploiting Kerala. He declared that the BJP-led NDA is the state’s “real winning team.”Addressing BJP supporters, Modi asserted that the NDA would...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 28 – Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, is set to begin his campaign in Kerala with two roadshows in the Pathanamthitta district on Monday, giving a fresh boost to the United Democratic Front's (UDF) election efforts.The Pathanamthitta district...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 24 – The acceptance of BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar's nomination papers on Tuesday effectively ended speculation surrounding allegations raised by the Congress regarding discrepancies in his election affidavit, providing a significant boost to the party...

Mumbai, March 23 Actress and politician Kangana Ranaut celebrated her 40th birthday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and her family in the national capital.On Monday, the actress posted a series of pictures on her Instagram, featuring herself, PM Modi, and her family. In the pictures, she can...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 20 UDF convenor and Congress MP Adoor Prakash said on Friday that while people in Konni in Pathanamthitta district wanted him to contest the Assembly election, he respects the party’s decision not to field MPs.Speaking to reporters, Prakash said he had represented...

Guwahati, March 20 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma filed his nomination papers as a BJP candidate for the Jalukbari constituency on Friday.He was accompanied by his wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, his son, Nandil Biswa Sarma, and Bijuli Kalita Medhi, the BJP's Lok Sabha MP for Gauhati...

Guwahati, March 19 The Assam regional party, the Assam Janjati Parishad (AJP), announced candidates for two more seats on Thursday, naming its general secretary, Jagdish Bhuyan, among its nominees.The regional outfit, part of a Congress-led alliance in the state, had announced its candidates...

Palakkad (Kerala), March 19 – The Palakkad constituency in Kerala is witnessing a particularly interesting electoral contest this time, with three distinct candidates combining politics, performance, and culinary delights.The candidates in the race include popular actor and stage artiste...