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Guwahati, March 19 The opposition AIUDF announced its third list of six candidates for the Assam elections on Thursday.The Badruddin Ajmal-led party has so far nominated candidates for 27 constituencies.Former MLAs Sheikh Shah Alam and Ali Akbar Miah have been fielded in Jaleswar and...

Guwahati, March 19 The BJP's ally, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), announced on Thursday a list of 26 candidates, including 13 from the Muslim community, for the upcoming state assembly elections.Minister Atul Bora will again contest from Bokakhat, while his cabinet colleague Keshab Mahanta has...

Guwahati, March 19 The Assam regional party, the Assam Janjati Parishad (AJP), announced candidates for two more seats on Thursday, naming its general secretary, Jagdish Bhuyan, among its nominees.The regional outfit, part of a Congress-led alliance in the state, had announced its candidates...

Kolkata/New Delhi, March 19 The BJP on Thursday released its second list of 112 candidates for the upcoming West Bengal assembly polls, fielding Sandeshkhali protestor Rekha Patra from the Hingalganj seat, actor Roopa Ganguly from Sonarpur Dakshin in Kolkata's outskirts, and former Kolkata...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 19 As many as 23 candidates have filed their nominations for the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections, according to the Election Commission, as the process gained momentum on Thursday.Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is among those who have submitted their nomination...

Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi, March 19 Congress MP and party strongman K Sudhakaran said on Thursday that he will not contest in the upcoming Assembly elections in Kerala without the party's backing.Sudhakaran also ended speculation about him leaving the Congress to form another party or join...

New Delhi, March 19 The Congress on Thursday released its third list of 22 candidates for the April 9 Assam Assembly elections.The opposition party has so far announced a total of 87 candidates for the upcoming election in the northeastern state.The Congress released its first list of 42...

Kochi, March 19 In a setback for NDA ally Twenty20 in Kerala ahead of the April 9 polls, the party announced on Thursday that it would withdraw the candidacies of two actress-candidates after their names were found missing from the voters' list.However, the party announced replacement...

Kolkata, March 19 – There were clear indications leading up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections that a section within the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal intended to promote younger faces among their elected representatives. However, it was said that Chief Minister and party supremo Mamata...

New Delhi/Bengaluru, March 19 The BJP announced its candidates for the upcoming Assembly bypolls in Karnataka's Bagalkote and Davangere South constituencies on Thursday, which have fallen vacant, necessitating fresh elections.The party has fielded Veerabhadrayya Charantimath from Bagalkote and...

Kochi, March 19 In a setback for NDA ally Twenty20 in Kerala, the party withdrew two actress candidates on Thursday after their names were found missing from the voter list.The party withdrew Lakshmi Priya's candidature from Perumbavoor in Ernakulam district and Veena Nair's candidature from...

Kollam (Kerala), March 19 For Congress leader Bindhu Krishna, the upcoming April 9 elections in the Kollam constituency carry special significance.For her, it is not just another election, but also a moment that highlights a long-standing demand within the party.The Congress, she says, has...

New Delhi, March 19 The BJP announced the names of its candidates for bypolls to five assembly seats in Goa, Karnataka, Nagaland, and Tripura, scheduled to be held on April 9.The party has fielded Ritesh Ravi Naik from the Ponda seat in Goa, Daochier I Imchen from the Koridang seat in...

Kolkata, March 18 – After a prolonged period of internal party conflict, senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh has regained prominence after the party nominated him from his preferred constituency, Kharagpur Sadar, in the West Midnapore district, for the upcoming Assembly elections.Speaking to...

Panaji, March 18 The opposition Congress party has announced Dr. Ketan Bhatikar as its candidate for the upcoming Ponda assembly by-election in Goa.The by-election to the Ponda constituency in South Goa is scheduled for April 9, necessitated by the death of the sitting BJP MLA and former...

New Delhi, March 17 The Congress on Tuesday announced its first list of 55 candidates for the Kerala Assembly elections, fielding senior party leader Ramesh Chennithala from the Haripad seat.The party has also fielded its state unit chief Sunny Joseph from the Peravoor seat and Leader of...

In Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee announced the candidates for 291 of the 294 West Bengal assembly seats, emphasizing a strategy of controlled change rather than relying on star power.The Mamata Banerjee-Suvendu Adhikari rivalry will intensify in Bhabanipur, where the chief minister will defend her...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi congratulated the BJP's Rajya Sabha election candidates and the independent candidate supported by the party on Monday, even though the official announcement has not yet been made.Manmohan Samal, the president of the BJP's Odisha...

Kolkata, March 16 Accusing the Election Commission of failing to create an error-free voter list in West Bengal, the CPI(M) said on Monday that it will file a lawsuit to ensure that the 60 lakh people currently undergoing the ongoing Systematic Identification of Voters (SIV) exercise are "not...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 16 Kerala Forest Minister A K Saseendran will contest in the upcoming state assembly election as a candidate for the LDF (Left Democratic Front), and the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) announced its candidate list for three constituencies on Monday.Saseendran, representing...