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Kolkata, March 21 – Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, launched his campaign for the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in South Kolkata on Saturday, claiming that there is palpable anxiety among Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, evident in her body language due...

Guwahati, March 20 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma filed nomination papers on Friday, seeking re-election from the Jalukbari constituency for the sixth consecutive term.Sarma was accompanied by his wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, his son, Nandil Biswa Sarma, BJP's Gauhati Lok Sabha MP...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 20 – With Eid al-Fitr falling on a Friday this year, Kerala's election campaign acquired a distinctly festive yet urgent political hue, as candidates from all parties converged at Eidgah grounds in a last-minute outreach effort ahead of the April 9 Assembly polls.With...

Chennai, March 18 – Dismissing speculation about the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) aligning with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, party president Vijay asserted on Wednesday that there would be no compromise on the party's core principles of...

New Delhi, March 17 Opposition MPs in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday alleged that the LPG crisis caused by the West Asia conflict has exposed that the Modi government has no energy security policy and raised questions about the establishment of a Rs 1 lakh crore Economic Stabilisation Fund.Finance...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 17 Amid intense political campaigning ahead of the April 9 Assembly polls, AICC general secretary K C Venugopal on Tuesday raised the issue of women entering Sabarimala to attack the Kerala government and challenged Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to make his stand...

Chennai, March 16 As the countdown to the 2026 Assembly elections begins, the focus within TVK has shifted to polling booths.While TVK chief Vijay keeps his strategy close to his chest, his supporters are already working to secure potential strongholds. The ground-level workers are vocal about...

New Delhi, March 16 – Congress General Secretary, Organisation, K. C. Venugopal, criticised the Election Commission of India on Monday over the schedule announced for the Kerala Assembly elections, claiming that the time provided between filing nominations and the voting is too short, but...

New Delhi, March 16 A day after the Election Commission (EC) announced the schedule for upcoming Assembly polls, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Monday that it seems the polling dates and the structure of the phases have been decided to suit the convenience of the ruling Bharatiya...

Chennai, March 16 Officials removed posters, banners, and wall advertisements of political parties in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu on Monday as the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) came into effect following the announcement of the schedule for the 2026 Assembly elections.In Madurai...

Kolkata, March 16 Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and senior West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari extended greetings to the Matua community on the 215th birth anniversary of the sect's spiritual leader, Harichand Thakur, on Monday.A Matua Dharma Mela is being...

New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, March 16 AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal accused the Election Commission of bias on Monday, alleging that the schedule for the Assembly elections was strategically engineered to undermine the Congress party by restricting its campaign window and limiting the...

Ahmedabad, March 16 The vote share of the Other Backward Class (OBC) community, combined with the dominance of the Patidar community, shapes electoral politics in the Umreth assembly constituency in the Anand district of Gujarat, where a by-election is scheduled on April 23.The constituency...

New Delhi, March 15 The BJP welcomed the announcement of the election schedule for four states and a Union Territory on Sunday, and expressed confidence that it would win all five elections with the "support" of the people.According to the Election Commission, polling will be held on a single...

Alappuzha (Kerala), March 15 – Congress General Secretary, Organisation, K. C. Venugopal, on Sunday dismissed speculation that veteran CPI-M leader G. Sudhakaran, who has announced his intention to contest as an Independent, could emerge as the candidate of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in...

Chennai, March 15 The ruling DMK of Tamil Nadu, the main opposition AIADMK, and other political parties welcomed the announcement of the election schedule by the Election Commission on Sunday and expressed confidence in winning the April 23 polls.Since DMK president M.K. Stalin assumed office...

New Delhi, March 15 Ahead of the announcement of the assembly polls schedule by the Election Commission, the Congress on Sunday launched a scathing attack, saying that since 2014, "Modi's Code of Campaigning" has come to stand for "Modi's Code of Campaigning, which will be full of defamation...

New Delhi, March 15 With the Election Commission set to announce the schedule for the upcoming assembly polls, the Congress on Sunday took a dig, saying it "would have been given the green light by the G2, since G1 would have completed this round of inaugurations, ribbon-cuttings, flag-offs, and...

Moga (Punjab), March 14 Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that a law banning religious conversions will be brought in Punjab if the BJP forms the government in the state after the 2027 Assembly polls.Addressing a "badlav" (change) rally here, Shah raised the issue of religious...

Guwahati, March 13 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually addressed a large gathering in Kokrajhar from Guwahati on Friday after inclement weather prevented him from travelling to the Bodoland area as scheduled.Addressing the people of Bodoland through a virtual link, the Prime Minister said...