nomination filing

New Delhi, March 4 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to file his nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections in Patna on Thursday, according to sources, indicating that the state may get a new chief minister.The president of the JD(U) is likely to file his nomination along with BJP...

New Delhi, March 4 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to file his nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections in Patna on Thursday, according to sources, suggesting that the state may get a new chief minister.The JD(U) president will file his nomination alongside BJP national president...

Raipur, March 3 The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Chhattisgarh fielded its senior leader Laxmi Verma, a member of the State Women's Commission, for the March 16 Rajya Sabha elections.Verma's name, that of an OBC leader who has held multiple organizational posts, is among the nine BJP...

Bhubaneswar, March 2 The state capital of Odisha witnessed intense political activity on Monday ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections, with the ruling BJP and opposition Congress holding separate meetings with their MLAs, while the BJD-sponsored "common" candidate, urologist Datteswar Hota...

Mumbai, March 2 The upcoming Rajya Sabha elections have emerged as a crucial test for the MVA's unity, as both Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress on Monday staked claim to the alliance's lone winnable seat while insisting that internal talks are ongoing.Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray denied...

Patna, March 1 The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Bihar’s main opposition party, on Sunday decided to contest the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, challenging the ruling NDA’s bid to win all five seats in the state without a contest.The decision was taken at the central and state parliamentary...

Patna, March 1 Amid speculation that RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav may contest the Rajya Sabha elections in Bihar, party supremo Lalu Prasad convened a meeting of its parliamentary board here on Sunday.The meeting is scheduled to take place four days before the deadline for filing nominations in...

Bhubaneswar, February 26 – With the announcement of the schedule for the biennial Rajya Sabha election, the three major political parties in the state – the ruling BJP and the opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Congress – have intensified their efforts to finalize candidates for the four...

Bhubaneswar, February 26 The Election Commission of India formally issued a notification on Thursday for the election of four Rajya Sabha seats in Odisha, with polling scheduled for March 16.According to the notification, the last date for filing nominations is March 5, while scrutiny of...

The Election Commission has issued notifications for biennial elections for 37 Rajya Sabha seats in 10 states. Nominations can be filed from today until March 5th. Voting will take place on the 16th of the following month.Seven seats in Maharashtra, six seats in Tamil Nadu, five seats each in...

Mumbai, February 25 Notification for the election to seven Rajya Sabha seats from Maharashtra was issued on Wednesday, with polling scheduled for March 16.The last day for filing nominations is March 5, according to Returning Officer Vilas Athawale, who issued the notification.Members of the...

Chennai, February 18 – The Election Commission has announced the schedule for elections to six vacant Rajya Sabha seats from Tamil Nadu, setting the stage for renewed political negotiations in the state ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.According to the notification, the filing of...

New Delhi, February 18 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Wednesday the schedule for the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Parliament, to fill 37 seats that will become vacant from 10 states.According to the Commission, polling will take place on...

The State Government announced on Tuesday that the GHADC elections would be held on April 10.The schedule for the GHADC election was approved by the State Cabinet on Tuesday.Cabinet Minister, Wailadmiki Shylla, while speaking to the media, informed that the date for calling constituents to...

Shillong, February 16 The Meghalaya government announced on Monday the election to the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) on April 10, with vote counting scheduled for April 14.The GHADC is one of the three autonomous tribal councils in Meghalaya, established under the Sixth...

Thane, February 16 A court in the Thane district on Monday allowed the arrested corporator, Vilas Raghunath Patil, to be escorted by the police to file his nomination papers for the upcoming mayoral elections of the Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation (BNMC).A BNMC release stated that nine...