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Kolkata, February 18 With numbers firmly in its favour, the ruling TMC is set to win four of the five Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal, while the opposition BJP is expected to secure one, as the announcement of the election schedule triggered political maneuvering and administrative...

New Delhi, February 18 Biennial elections to 37 Rajya Sabha seats across 10 states, which are becoming vacant on different dates in April, will be held on March 16, the Election Commission said on Wednesday.The states where seats are becoming vacant are Maharashtra (7 seats), Odisha (4 seats)...

New Delhi, February 17 Assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry could be held on various dates in April, and the schedule is likely to be announced sometime in mid-March, officials said on Tuesday.They said the Election Commission would announce the dates of...

Shillong, February 16 The Meghalaya government announced on Monday the election to the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) on April 10, with vote counting scheduled for April 14.The GHADC is one of the three autonomous tribal councils in Meghalaya, established under the Sixth...

Bengaluru, February 16 The Karnataka High Court on Monday annulled the election of Congress MLA S N Subba Reddy from the Bagepalli assembly constituency in 2023, declaring the result invalid due to irregularities in his nomination affidavit.A bench led by Justice M G S Kamal held that Subba...

Gandhinagar, February 16 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Purnesh Modi was elected as the new Deputy Speaker of the Gujarat Assembly through a voice vote on the first day of the Budget session here on Monday.The Opposition Congress, which has 12 seats in the Assembly, had fielded its MLA...

Dhaka, February 15 Bangladesh wants to reset ties with India on a fresh footing now that ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League party no longer hold power, Humayun Kabir, advisor to BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, has said, asserting that the two nations should work together for...

New Delhi, February 14 Bangladesh is reportedly in the process of inviting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other regional leaders to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the country's next prime minister, Tarique Rahman, on February 17, people familiar with the matter said on Saturday...

Ranchi/Medininagar, February 14 Leader of the opposition and former Jharkhand BJP president Babulal Marandi on Saturday appealed to the State Election Commissioner to deploy paramilitary forces and install CCTV cameras in all polling booths across the state for the urban local body elections...

Ranchi, February 13 The opposition BJP in Jharkhand on Friday demanded the deployment of central forces during the upcoming civic elections, alleging a "deteriorating" law and order situation in the state.A delegation of the party, led by its state president Aditya Sahu, met State Election...

Kolkata, February 13 The Election Commission on Friday appointed retired IPS officer NK Mishra as the special observer for the ongoing Systematic Area Verification (SAV) exercise and the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections.In an official communication, the EC stated that Mishra was...

Dhaka, February 13 Tarique Rahman, who lived in London in self-exile for 17 years, has emerged as the new face of Bangladesh, with the party founded by his father set to return to power after a 20-year gap.The 60-year-old leader's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has won 209 out of 297...

Hyderabad, February 13 The ruling Congress party was on track to secure a decisive victory in the Telangana municipal elections, with its candidates poised to win over 1,200 wards by Friday afternoon. The BRS party was expected to win over 600 wards, followed by the BJP with over 200 wards, as...

New Delhi, February 13 The newly appointed chief secretary of West Bengal will meet the Election Commission's top brass here on Friday, officials said.Nandani Chakravarty assumed office as the state's chief secretary in January."It is natural that a relatively new chief secretary of a state...

February 13, New Delhi – The Caribbean nation of Barbados has elected Prime Minister Mia Mottley for a historic third consecutive term, with her Barbadian Labour Party (BLP) winning all seats in the island nation's House of Assembly, as counting concluded early Thursday.Mottley's BLP secured...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated his Barbadian counterpart, Mia Amor Mottley, on her historic third consecutive electoral victory. In a social media post, Mr. Modi stated that India deeply values its long-standing friendship with Barbados, which continues to expand across various...

Hyderabad, February 13 The ruling Congress party is ahead of the opposition BRS and BJP as counting for the Telangana Municipal elections progressed on Friday.Out of the 2,582 wards in 116 municipalities where elections were held on February 11, Congress was leading in 300, while BRS was...

Hyderabad, February 13 The ruling Congress party has gained an advantage over the opposition BRS and BJP as counting for the Telangana Municipal elections progressed on Friday.Out of the 2,582 wards in 116 municipalities where elections were held on February 11, Congress was leading in 300...

New Delhi, February 13 The Congress congratulated the BNP on Friday for winning the parliamentary elections in Bangladesh, with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge saying that a democratic, progressive, and inclusive Bangladesh would always be supported by all Indians for the stability and peace of...

Hyderabad, February 10 Over 52 lakh voters will decide the fate of about 13,000 candidates in the elections to 116 municipalities and seven municipal corporations in Telangana on Wednesday, which is being seen as a test of popularity for the ruling Congress, as well as the opposition BJP and...