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Kolkata, March 25 – In an effort to reshape the electoral arithmetic for minorities in West Bengal ahead of the assembly elections, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi accused the ruling TMC of "exploiting Muslim votes without benefiting the community" while presenting his party’s alliance with Humayun...

Mumbai, March 25 The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) said on Wednesday that the recent elections for the posts of president and vice president of the Satara Zilla Parishad (ZP) have exposed the internal friction within Maharashtra's ruling Mahayuti, transforming what was meant to be a...

Agartala, March 24 Hours after the ruling BJP announced its candidates, its ally, the Tipra Motha Party (TMP), announced its nominees for the upcoming elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) on Tuesday night.TMP founder and supremo Pradyot Bikram Manikya...

Chennai, March 24 The ruling DMK signed a seat-sharing agreement with its ally VCK on Tuesday, allocating eight seats to the party, including two general constituencies, to contest in the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly election.The agreement was signed by Chief Minister M K Stalin, who is the...

Chennai, March 23 The people of Tamil Nadu will reject the DMK-Congress combine in the upcoming Assembly election, just as the people of Maharashtra, Haryana, Bihar, and Delhi did for the INDIA combine, said BJP Tamil Nadu in-charge and Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday.Goyal, who arrived...

New Delhi, March 22 Former JD(U) leader KC Tyagi joined the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) on Sunday, saying there is no difference between the two parties as both follow the ideals of former prime minister Chaudhary Charan Singh and socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia.Tyagi said he has come to the...

Chennai, March 22 Ahead of the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, the Tamilaga Vazhvurimai Katchi announced on Sunday that it was quitting the DMK-led SPA, with its founder T Velmurugan objecting to the ruling party's "big brother" attitude.The decision was also taken because the party felt...

Chennai, March 22 AIADMK leader Kovai Sathyan on Sunday alleged that the DMK had coerced its alliance partners into prioritizing the interests of Chief Minister M K Stalin's family over public welfare."The DMK alliance parties are now complaining that they are being forced to work for Stalin...

New Delhi, March 22 Former JD (U) leader KC Tyagi joined the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) on Sunday in the presence of its president and Union minister Jayant Choudhary at an event here.Tyagi had announced his exit from the JD (U) on Tuesday, without specifying any reason.Tyagi had been...

Puducherry, March 22 – With just one day remaining for nominations in Puducherry, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram is scheduled to meet Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Sunday in a crucial last-minute effort to revive stalled discussions between the DMK and Congress.The...

Chennai, March 22 A key ally of the DMK, the Tamilaga Vazhvurimai Katchi, has decided to withdraw from the ruling party-led SPA, party founder T Velmurugan said on Sunday.The decision was taken due to the party's feeling of being "ignored" and the DMK's "dominant attitude," Velmurugan, the...

Chennai, March 22. Mounting pressure within the DMK-led alliance has prompted the party leadership to take a firm stance, asking its partners to accept the proposed seat-sharing formula by Monday (March 23), or risk delays in finalizing electoral arrangements.With the Assembly elections...

Puducherry, March 20 The ruling AINRC and BJP-AIADMK combine reached an agreement on Friday for the Assembly elections in the union territory, where AINRS will contest 16 seats.Puducherry Chief Minister and AINRC leader N Rangasamy held talks with BJP leader and Union Minister Mansukh...

Dibrugarh, March 20 The president of the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), Lurinjyoti Gogoi, filed his nomination for the Khowang constituency in Dibrugarh district on Friday.Gogoi had unsuccessfully contested the 2021 assembly elections and the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, with the AJP yet to gain a...

Guwahati, March 20 – In a significant boost to opposition unity ahead of the upcoming Assam Assembly elections, the Indian National Congress and Raijor Dal finalized a seat-sharing arrangement on Friday, with the Congress agreeing to allocate 11 constituencies to the Akhil Gogoi-led regional...

Guwahati, March 20 After days of negotiations and uncertainty, the Congress and Raijor Dal finalized seat-sharing arrangements for the Assam assembly elections, and decided that the national party would leave 11 constituencies for the other one, and there would be friendly contests in two.In a...

New Delhi/Guwahati, March 19 The Congress released its third list of 22 candidates for the April 9 Assam Assembly polls on Thursday, which included four sitting MLAs, two of whom are working presidents of the state unit.The third working president has also been nominated in the latest list...

Chennai, March 19 Actor-politician Kamal Haasan's MNM held its second round of seat-sharing talks with the ruling DMK here on Thursday for the upcoming Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu.Emerging from the meeting at DMK headquarters here, Makkal Needhi Maiam general secretary A Arunachalam said the...

Chennai, March 19 – Negotiations on seat-sharing within the DMK-led alliance have stalled after the CPI agreed to contest five seats, going against its Left ally, the CPI(M), which continues to insist on a larger share.The CPI’s decision to reduce its demand – despite earlier joint discussions...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, March 18 The BJP won the posts of president and vice-president of the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Zilla Parishad in Maharashtra unopposed here on Wednesday, drawing the ire of ally Shiv Sena, which alleged betrayal.Avinash Galande was elected as the president, and...