march 16 elections

Bhubaneswar, March 6 Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a meeting with BJP MLAs and Rajya Sabha election candidates from Odisha on Friday, ahead of the March 16 elections to the Upper House of Parliament.Shah, who undertook a day-long visit to Odisha and attended marathon official programmes...

Raipur, March 5 BJP's Laxmi Verma and Congress candidate Phulo Devi Netam filed their nomination papers on Thursday for the two Rajya Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh, where elections will be held on March 16.Verma was accompanied by Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, Deputy CM Vijay Sharma, state BJP...

Patna, March 5 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to file his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections on Thursday, according to JD(U) leaders.Kumar may file his nomination papers at the state assembly around 11 am, they said.BJP president Nitin Nabin will also file his...

Mumbai, March 3 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) working president Supriya Sule and senior leader Jayant Patil met Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai on Tuesday and discussed the contentious issue of the single Rajya Sabha seat that the opposition alliance is assured of winning in...

Bhubaneswar, March 3 The BJP on Tuesday announced its Odisha unit president, Manmohan Samal, and Rajya Sabha MP, Sujeet Kumar, as its candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, and announced support for former Union minister, Dilip Ray, who will contest as an Independent candidate.BJP...

Mumbai, February 27 Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut met NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar at a hospital here on Friday, amidst the infighting within the opposition's Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance over its candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections.Pawar has been admitted to Breach Candy Hospital...

Mumbai, February 26 The sole winnable Rajya Sabha seat for the Maha Vikas Aghadi in Maharashtra is witnessing a dispute among the alliance constituents, with the Congress staking its claim on the seat on Thursday, citing its status as a national party, days after the Shiv Sena (UBT) said it had...

Guwahati, February 21 – Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated on Saturday that the BJP is set to contest the two vacant Rajya Sabha seats in the state, which will go to the polls on March 16. Preparations are also underway to formulate a strategy for the third vacant seat.Sarma said...

Mumbai, February 21 Former Member of Parliament Gajanan Kirtikar said on Saturday that he has written to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, seeking his nomination for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.Kirtikar, one of the senior-most leaders from the undivided Shiv Sena, sided...

Bhubaneswar, February 18 The ruling BJP in Odisha is set to win two seats in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, and the opposition BJD is certain to bag one. The fourth seat will be contested, as no single party has the numbers to secure victory on its own.The Election Commission announced on...