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Bagalkote (Karnataka), March 14 Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah stated on Saturday that the Congress is ready for the upcoming by-elections to the Bagalkote and Davangere South Assembly constituencies.The by-elections for the Bagalkote and Davanagere South assembly constituencies have...

Guwahati, March 10 The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), the main opposition party, has announced its first list of nine candidates for the upcoming Assam assembly elections, according to a party circular.AIUDF president Badruddin Ajmal announced the list of candidates on Monday...

Guwahati, March 9 – The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) announced its first list of candidates for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections on Monday, naming nominees for nine constituencies across the state.The list was released in a circular issued by AIUDF president Badruddin Ajmal...

Bhubaneswar, March 9 No candidate withdrew from the race for the Rajya Sabha elections in Odisha on the last day for withdrawing nominations on Monday, leaving five nominees in the fray for four seats, and setting the stage for a contest after a gap of 12 years, officials said.The candidates...

Chennai, March 5 Six candidates from the DMK, AIADMK, and their allies filed their nominations on Thursday for the biennial election to the Rajya Sabha.Among them, four were from the ruling DMK combine and two were from the opposition AIADMK. This included two veteran politicians, Trichy N...

Mumbai, March 5 Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who heads the Shiv Sena, said on Thursday that by nominating Jyoti Waghmare as its candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, the party has sent a message to its workers that hard work is not unnoticed.Shinde also said...

Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar submitted his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections today. The nomination was filed at the Bihar Legislative Assembly in Patna before the Secretary. Prominent leaders present included Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national...

Three candidates filed their nominations for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Assam on Thursday. The nominations were submitted to the Returning Officer by the ruling NDA – BJP's Jogen Mohan and Terash Gowala, along with UPPL's Pramod Boro.Notably, no opposition or independent...

Shimla, March 5 The Congress has chosen an unexpected candidate for the single Rajya Sabha seat from Himachal Pradesh: the president of the Kangra District Congress Committee, Anurag Sharma.Union Minister Anand Sharma and former state Congress president Pratibha Singh, along with other...

Chandigarh, March 5 BJP's Sanjay Bhatia and Congress' Karamvir Singh Boudh will file their nominations here on Thursday for the Rajya Sabha election for the two seats falling vacant from Haryana.On the last day of filing of nomination, the Congress announced Boudh's name.Boudh, a retired...

Raipur, March 5 The opposition Congress in Chhattisgarh has renominated senior tribal leader Phulo Devi Netam, an incumbent Rajya Sabha member, as its candidate for the March 16 biennial Rajya Sabha elections.The party announced Netam's candidature on Wednesday night.Of the five Rajya Sabha...

Shillong, March 3 The BJP on Tuesday released its first list of 19 candidates for the April 10 elections to the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) in Meghalaya.The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) announced its second list of 10 nominees, and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) declared...

Bhubaneswar, March 3 The BJP has nominated its Odisha unit president, Manmohan Samal, and MP, Sujeet Kumar, as its candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.Samal, who is also a former state minister, lost the Odisha assembly elections in 2024, while Kumar is the current Rajya Sabha...

Patna, March 3 – Speculation about the possible political entry of Nishant Kumar, the son of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, has once again intensified amid the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in the state.Senior JD(U) leader and Water Resources Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary addressed the...

Bhubaneswar, March 2 – The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to field three candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.Following a high-level meeting of party MLAs held here on Monday, a senior leader informed the media that the BJP would contest three Rajya Sabha seats.He...

Bhubaneswar, February 28 BJD president Naveen Patnaik announced senior party leader Dr Santrupt Misra and doctor Datteswar Hota as its candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections on Saturday.Patnaik made the announcement after discussions with the party MLAs."For the Rajya Sabha...

Kolkata, February 27 The Trinamool Congress announced on Friday evening the names of ministers Babul Supriyo, former Bengal DGP Rajeev Kumar, advocate Menaka Guruswamy, and actor Koel Mallick as candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.The Election Commission has announced that...

New Delhi, February 16 Nearly one in four winning candidates in the 2026 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections have declared criminal cases against themselves, while close to four-fifths are crorepatis, according to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).The...