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Chennai, April 8 – Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M. K. Stalin will launch the fourth phase of his Assembly election campaign from Thanjavur on Friday, intensifying outreach efforts in the Delta region.A major public rally is scheduled in Thanjavur at 5 p.m., where Stalin will...

Kolkata, April 8 – The body of a Bharatiya Janata Party activist was recovered in Haldia, in the East Midnapore district of West Bengal, on Wednesday evening, just under 24 hours before the party’s major election campaign rally there, which will be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on...

Kolkata, April 8 – The escort vehicle of Congress candidate Adhir Chowdhury, contesting from the Baharampur Assembly constituency, was hit by a truck on Wednesday evening while he was returning from Kandi to Berhampore in the Murshidabad district.The Election Commission has sought a report on...

New Delhi, April 8 A day before Kerala goes to polls, on Wednesday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi urged the people to vote for the United Democratic Front (UDF) to help elect a government with a vision to harness the state's talent and potential.Gandhi said this election is about their future...

Kohima, April 8 – The by-election to the Koridang Assembly constituency in Nagaland’s Mokokchung district on Thursday has turned into a fiercely contested multi-party race, with two veteran leaders and four first-time candidates vying for the seat.The by-election was necessitated by the death...

Jalpaiguri (WB), April 8 BJP national president Nitin Nabin led a roadshow in the town of Mainaguri in the Jalpaiguri district on Wednesday, in support of the party's candidates in the West Bengal Assembly elections.The streets were filled with slogans of "Jai Mataji" and other chants in...

Kolkata, April 8 "At times, I feel like starting to practice law again," West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday, targeting the BJP and the election panel over large-scale deletions of names from voter rolls under the SIR, while asserting that the TMC would move court over...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 8 Kerala is set for a crucial Assembly election on Thursday, with 2.71 crore voters poised to cast their votes in a decisive contest that will test the ruling LDF's bid for a third consecutive term, the opposition UDF's comeback prospects, and the NDA's push to make its...

Chennai, April 8 Tamil Nadu will become a regressive state if the "Sanghi group" and the AIADMK, "which is shielding it," win the April 23 Assembly election, DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin claimed on Wednesday.Using the word "Sanghi" in obvious reference to the BJP, the deputy CM also called...

Tirunelveli, April 8 – Actor-turned-politician Vijay intensified his campaign for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections on Wednesday, addressing a massive public gathering at KTC Nagar in Tirunelveli after arriving at the Thoothukudi airport earlier in the day.Travelling nearly 30 kilometers...

Palakkad (Kerala), April 8 The Congress alleged that Sobha Surendran, the BJP candidate for the Palakkad constituency in Kerala, was "caught red-handed distributing" cash to voters ahead of the April 9 elections to the state Assembly.Surendran denied the allegations, calling them "fabricated"...

Mumbai, April 8 The Maharashtra Congress said on Wednesday that no leader from the BJP has approached it to seek the withdrawal of its candidate's nomination for the Baramati assembly by-election, calling the claims "false, misleading, and baseless."The party said in a statement that reports...

Kolkata, April 8 Turning her nomination filing for the Bhabanipur seat into a political counteroffensive to the BJP's call for "paribartan," West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday marched from her Kalighat residence to submit her papers, presenting the constituency as a "mini...

Chennai, April 8 – Edappadi K Palaniswami launched a strong attack on the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government on Wednesday, calling it a "failure model" and urging voters to remove it from power in the upcoming Assembly elections.Addressing a public meeting in Velachery, the...

Lucknow, April 8 Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday criticized the Election Commission over its recent social media post regarding the West Bengal elections, saying that simply removing the ECI would resolve everything.Reacting to the poll panel's post, Yadav wrote on X, "Just...

Kolkata, April 8 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday criticized the BJP and the Election Commission over the deletion of voters' names during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and said her party would move court again to resist the removal of electors from the...

Kolkata, April 8 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday criticized the BJP and the Election Commission over the deletion of voters' names during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and said her party would file another petition in court to resist the removal of voters...

Chennai, April 8 Fans should remember that they are the ones who will suffer, not their idols, if they hurt themselves in the pursuit of their stars, superstar Rajnikanth said on Wednesday.He was commenting particularly on the extreme risks taken by fans of actor-turned-politician Vijay during...

Chennai, Apr 8 Tamil Nadu will become a regressive state if the "Sanghi group" and the AIADMK, "which is shielding it," win the April 23 Assembly election, DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin claimed on Wednesday.Using the word "Sanghi" in obvious reference to the BJP, the deputy CM also called upon...

Kolkata, April 8 – The BJP announced on Wednesday that Rakesh Singh would be its candidate for the Kolkata Port Assembly constituency, days after he received bail from the Calcutta High Court. This move has raised eyebrows in the political circles.There were speculations that the Bengal BJP...