nomination process

Tirunelveli, April 8 – Actor-turned-politician Vijay will campaign in Tirunelveli on Wednesday, addressing a major public meeting at KTC Nagar as part of his outreach for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.The rally, organized in support of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) candidates contesting...

Gandhinagar, April 7 – The Gujarat BJP’s state election committee (Parliamentary Board) held a nearly six-hour meeting at the Chief Minister’s residence in Gandhinagar on Tuesday to discuss the selection of candidates for the upcoming local self-government elections.The meeting was attended by...

Kolkata, April 6 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) has suspended the Inspector-in-Charge (IC) of the Naihati police station, who is under the Barrackpore Police Commissionerate in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, for allegedly taking the Chairman of the Naihati Municipality, a...

Kolkata, April 6 Malda's Additional District Magistrate (Law and Order), Shaikh Ansar Ahamad, received two show cause notices regarding allegations of unauthorized remarks made during the ongoing SIR exercise and a security lapse during the gherao of judicial officers in Kaliachak on March 31...

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has removed Atanu Chakraborty, the Sector Assistant for the Panihati Assembly Constituency in West Bengal, and issued a notice asking him to explain his conduct and failure to perform his duties. This action follows reports of Chakraborty's involvement in...

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...

Kolkata, April 1 Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that officials recently appointed by the Election Commission were tasked with rejecting the nominations of her party's election candidates and urged them to be cautious while filing their nominations.Addressing...

Kolkata, March 31 The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal has turned its attention to its own organizational structure, directing councilors to intensify fieldwork and warning that performance at the ward level will determine their political future.As the first phase of the West Bengal...

New Delhi/Kolkata, March 31 The BJP on Tuesday released its fourth list of 13 candidates for the West Bengal assembly polls, fielding recent Congress entrant Santosh Pathak from Chowringhee and Union minister Shantanu Thakur's wife Soma from the Matua-dominated Bagda seat, as it sought to...

Chennai, March 28 Tamil Nadu has seen a significant increase in voter registration ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections, with over 6.48 lakh applications submitted during the extended revision period.The updated and consolidated electoral roll is scheduled to be published on April 6, which...

Today, the Election Commission conducted a comprehensive training program for all 294 Returning Officers in preparation for the upcoming West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections. The training was held simultaneously at divisional headquarters in Jalpaiguri, Malda, Presidency, Burdwan, and...

New Delhi, March 24 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is set to be elected unopposed as the president of JD (U) on Tuesday, with no other candidate filing nomination for the party's top post.The deadline for withdrawing nominations for the candidature of Janata Dal (United) president was 11 am...

Kohima, March 21 The Congress fielded T Chalukumba Ao as its candidate for the by-election to the Koridang assembly constituency in Nagaland.State Congress president S Supongmeren Jamir formally handed over the symbol to Ao at the party's state headquarters in the presence of working...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 21 The filing of nomination papers at the District Collectorate here on Saturday witnessed a tense situation as BJP and CPI candidates argued over who should be allowed to file their papers first, sources said.While CPI leaders argued that their candidate, Alankode...

Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi, March 18 Senior Congress leader V D Satheesan said on Wednesday that there was no difference within the UDF regarding seat distribution, unlike other fronts like the LDF and the BJP-led NDA.Satheesan also said that the remaining names of the Congress candidates...

Chennai, March 18 – With the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections formally announced, political activity across the State has intensified, with alliance negotiations and campaign strategies gaining momentum. In this context, Union Minister and Tamil Nadu BJP election in-charge, Piyush Goyal, is...

Mumbai, March 17 – The Legislative Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed the Maharashtra Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samitis (Second Amendment) Bill, proposing the appointment of co-opted members based on comparative numerical strength.Rural Development Minister Jaykumar Gore announced that...

Ahmedabad, March 16 – The Gujarat High Court ruled on Monday that former Indian cricketer Kiran More and three others were not eligible to contest the elections to the Baroda Cricket Association (BCA), overturning the returning officer's decision to accept their nomination papers.The ruling...

Ahmedabad, March 16 The Gujarat High Court on Monday disqualified former Indian cricketer Kiran More and three others from contesting the Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) elections, overturning the election officer's decision to accept their nomination papers for various office-bearer posts...

New Delhi, March 15 – The Union Home Ministry on Sunday opened the window for submitting nominations/recommendations for the Padma Awards-2027, among the highest civilian awards of the country, to be announced on the occasion of the 2027 Republic Day, an official said.The deadline for...