political elections

Patna, March 1 Amid speculation that RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav may contest the Rajya Sabha elections in Bihar, party supremo Lalu Prasad convened a meeting of its parliamentary board here on Sunday.The meeting is scheduled to take place four days before the deadline for filing nominations in...

New Delhi, February 28 Senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy, one of the candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections fielded by the TMC, said on Saturday that she aims to uphold the values of equality, fraternity, and non-discrimination during her term as a Member of Parliament.In a post on X...

Kolkata, February 28 – The final list of voters in West Bengal, as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state, was published on Saturday.According to statistics, the names of approximately 47,000 voters were removed from the list for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's...

Kolkata, February 28 The dates for the West Bengal Assembly elections are likely to be announced in the second week of March, an official in the state CEO office said on Saturday.There has been sustained speculation about the number of phases in which the polls would be conducted."There is a...

Patna, February 28 Janshakti Janata Dal chief Tej Pratap Yadav said on Saturday that his party would contest the upcoming elections for several seats in the Bihar Legislative Council.The terms of the four incumbent members of the Legislative Council (MLCs) from graduate constituencies and four...

New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, February 27 – The political future of several senior leaders, including former Finance Minister Thomas Isaac, sitting MLA K.K. Shailaja, 80-year-old Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, and Politburo member A. Vijayaraghavan, is expected to become clearer as the...

Mumbai, February 23 – In a moving yet resolute address following her unanimous election as the NCP's national president, Sunetra Pawar declared on Thursday that the welfare of Maharashtra and the expansion of the party are now her primary priorities.Speaking to party workers at the national...

Ranchi, February 26 Counting of votes for the civic polls to 48 urban local bodies (ULBs) in Jharkhand will take place on Friday amidst tight security, officials said.Counting of ballots will begin at 8 am, and results are expected to begin flowing after around two hours.The elections were...

Bhubaneswar, February 26 The Election Commission of India formally issued a notification on Thursday for the election of four Rajya Sabha seats in Odisha, with polling scheduled for March 16.According to the notification, the last date for filing nominations is March 5, while scrutiny of...

Araria, February 26 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday expressed confidence that the BJP will win the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal, and "expel every single infiltrator" from the state once in power.Shah made the remark while addressing a function of the Sashastra Seema Bal...

New Delhi, February 24 The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea by Congress MLA Devendra Yadav challenging the maintainability of a petition against his election to the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi refused to interfere...

Pune, February 21 Only NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar can decide on his Rajya Sabha tenure, his party leader Ankush Kakade said on Saturday."We have not received any reports about Pawar saheb retiring from active politics. There has been no discussion on this in party meetings. The decision...

Ranchi, February 21 The campaigning for the elections to Jharkhand's 48 urban local bodies (ULBs), including Ranchi, concluded on Saturday evening, an official of the State Election Commission said.The elections will be held on February 23, and the votes will be counted on February 27, he...

Patna, February 21 Union minister Chirag Paswan dismissed speculation that his mother, Reena Paswan, would contest the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, stating that she prefers to stay away from politics.Paswan, whose LJP (Ram Vilas) has no representation in the Rajya Sabha, made the statement...

Panaji, February 21 – The Election Commission released the final electoral roll for Goa on Saturday, confirming a total of 10,57,566 eligible voters across the state after a special intensive revision of the rolls.The updated list follows a rigorous verification process aimed at streamlining...

New Delhi, February 20 The Election Commission, led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, will visit Tamil Nadu and Puducherry from February 25 to 27 to assess the state's and the Union territory's preparedness for the upcoming elections, where assembly elections are likely to be...

Patna, February 19 JD(U) national general secretary Ashok Choudhary stated on Thursday that the NDA will win all five Rajya Sabha seats in Bihar.The biennial Rajya Sabha elections for 37 seats across 10 states are scheduled to be held on March 16.Bihar is allocated 16 seats in the Rajya...

Mumbai, February 19 The battle for limited opposition seats in Maharashtra intensified on Thursday as Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray virtually staked his party's claim to the Maha Vikas Aghadi's lone winnable seats in the upcoming Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council elections...

Guwahati, February 19 The CRPF is fully prepared to deploy troops as required in the states going to polls, its Director General GP Singh said here on Thursday.He said several rounds of discussions have taken place with the Election Commission and the respective states in this regard."In the...

Patna, February 19 Petitions have been filed in the Patna High Court, challenging the election of 45 members of the Bihar legislative assembly, including Speaker Prem Kumar, the counsel representing the poll panel said on Thursday.Siddharth Prasad, who represents the Election Commission in the...