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Puducherry, April 9 Puducherry recorded a voter turnout of 17.41% by 9 am on Thursday as polling began in all 30 assembly constituencies.Voting commenced at 7 am in the Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe, and Yanam regions, with as many as 9.50 lakh voters deciding the fate of 294 candidates.With...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 9 – Around 16% of Kerala’s 2.71 crore electorate have cast their votes within the first two hours of polling on Thursday, setting an energetic tone for what Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan described as a decisive election for the state’s future.Leading the campaign...

Ranchi, April 9 Appealing to the people of Assam to cast their votes, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren said on Thursday that it was a day to determine their rights, their dignity, and their future.Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is contesting in 16 of the 126 seats in Assam's assembly...

Davanagere/Bagalkot, April 9 – Voting at polling stations in the Davanagere South and Bagalkot Assembly constituencies of Karnataka was underway on Thursday. Voting began at 7 a.m., and voters can exercise their franchise until 6 p.m.According to initial reports, voters are queuing outside...

New Delhi, April 9 On the day of the Assam election, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge urged people on Thursday to unite and defeat the "politics of division, exclusion, and indifference" with the power of their vote.In a post on X, he asked voters in Assam to choose a path of unity...

New Delhi, April 9 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday appealed to voters, especially the youth and women, in Assam and Kerala to come out in large numbers and exercise their franchise as the high-stakes elections begin.Polling for the high-stakes Assembly elections in Assam, Kerala...

Kolkata, April 9 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold three rallies in Haldia, Asansol, and Suri in West Bengal on Thursday to intensify the BJP's campaign for the state assembly elections.This will be his second visit to the state since the announcement of the election schedule in...

Puducherry, April 9 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday appealed to voters in the Union Territory of Puducherry to participate in large numbers as polling began for the Assembly elections.In a message posted on X, PM Modi said, “As the Puducherry Assembly elections commence, I urge...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 8 – With just hours remaining before Kerala votes to elect 140 MLAs, the electoral landscape is characterized more by a series of undercurrents than by any single dominant narrative, making this contest unusually complex.The intense competition between the Left...

Nadia (West Bengal), April 8 – The West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President, Samik Bhattacharya, described the upcoming two-phase Assembly elections in the state as a political contest pitting "the public against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee."Speaking to reporters during a BJP...

Patna, April 8 Former Bihar minister Tej Pratap Yadav said on Wednesday that senior BJP leader Samrat Choudhary would have his "support" if the latter became chief minister after JD(U) president Nitish Kumar's resignation.Addressing a press conference here, Yadav, who floated the Janshakti...

Bengaluru, April 8 Voting for by-elections to two Assembly constituencies in Karnataka—Bagalkot and Davanagere South—will be held on Thursday, following a high-voltage campaign by both the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP.The polls were necessitated by the deaths of senior Congress MLAs...

Chennai, April 8 AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami on Wednesday criticised the Stalin-led government, calling it a "failed model" that could not deliver on its promises of filling government vacancies, providing jobs to youth, or even preventing massive flooding in Chennai during the monsoon...

Kolkata, April 8 – The upcoming two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal, scheduled for later this month, are not just a challenge for the Trinamool Congress, but also for the common people of West Bengal, as all will be forced to become vegetarians if the BJP comes to power in the state...

Mumbai, April 8 Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Sunetra Pawar met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday to discuss the strategy and campaign for the April 23 Baramati assembly by-election she is contesting.Sources said Fadnavis assured Sunetra Pawar of full support...

Guwahati/Thiruvananthapuram, April 8 – With the highly anticipated Assembly elections in Assam and Kerala just a day away, election officials and security personnel intensified their efforts on Wednesday to ensure free and fair voting.Authorities in both states have completed most of the...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 8 Kerala entered the mandatory silence period on Wednesday ahead of the April 9 Assembly polls, with candidates and party workers making last-ditch efforts to reach out to voters through door-to-door visits and personal contacts.After nearly a month-long campaign, a...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 8 – With less than 24 hours remaining before voting begins in Kerala’s 140 assembly constituencies, the sheer scale of the exercise highlights both its complexity and significance.A total of 883 candidates are contesting, averaging six to seven contestants per...

Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu), April 8 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin strongly criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement that the scheme of free bus travel for women could jeopardize the financial viability of projects like the metro rail, and claimed that Modi doesn't seem to care...

New Delhi, April 7 – BJP President Nitin Nabin convened a crucial virtual meeting with the Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states, state unit presidents, and senior national office-bearers to strategize the effective implementation and public awareness of the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’ (Women's...