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Agartala, April 9 – Voting for the by-election to the Dharmanagar Assembly constituency in North Tripura district commenced on Thursday morning amid tight security arrangements, election officials said.People turned out in large numbers, forming queues at most of the 55 polling stations across...

Puducherry, April 9 Voting commenced under tight security across the Union Territory of Puducherry on Thursday, with 9.50 lakh voters set to decide the electoral fortunes of the ruling NDA and the opposition INDIA bloc.Voters enthusiastically lined up before the polling stations in Puducherry...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 9 Polling in all 140 Assembly constituencies in Kerala began at 7 am on Thursday.Voting commenced after mock polling was completed.People started arriving early in the morning at the 30,495 polling stations across the state to avoid the hot weather, which was...

Guwahati, April 9 Polling for all 126 Assam assembly constituencies began on Thursday to decide the electoral fate of 722 candidates, officials said.In this high-stakes election, the ruling BJP is aiming for a third consecutive term in office, while the Congress seeks to regain power after...

Puducherry, April 8 Around 9.50 lakh voters will decide the electoral fate of 294 candidates in the Assembly elections in Puducherry on April 9, and all arrangements have been made for smooth conduct of the polls, CEO P Jawahar said here on Wednesday.Polling will begin at 7 am in Puducherry...

Aizawl, April 8 Mizoram's ruling party, the Zoram People's Movement (ZPM), promised "clean governance" in the Aizawl Municipal Corporation ahead of the upcoming civic elections on April 21.Addressing a series of street rallies in the state capital, ZPM leaders accused the previous Mizo...

BJP leader and Union Minister Dr. Virendra Kumar led a party delegation to officials at the Election Commission of India (ECI) today to discuss the law and order situation during elections in West Bengal. The party has alleged that a climate of fear and chaos is being created in the state...

New Delhi, April 8: More than 6.1 crore voters are expected to cast their votes on Thursday when the states of Assam and Kerala, and the Union Territory of Puducherry will go to assembly elections in a single-phase voting schedule.The election in this round will cover 140 seats in Kerala, 126...

Panaji, April 8 Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday described the High Court's order regarding the Ponda assembly by-election as "shocking," after the HC declared the Election Commission of India's poll notification "null and void," effectively cancelling the April 9 contest."The...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 8 Kerala is set for a crucial Assembly election on Thursday, with 2.71 crore voters poised to cast their votes in a decisive contest that will test the ruling LDF's bid for a third consecutive term, the opposition UDF's comeback prospects, and the NDA's push to make its...

Kolkata, April 8 The Election Commission on Wednesday directed that civic, green, and student police personnel will not be deployed for any election-related duties during the West Bengal Assembly polls, an official said."They shall not be allowed to perform any duty in uniform," the poll panel...

Agartala, April 8 – Women voters are set to play a decisive role in determining the electoral fortunes of six candidates in Thursday's by-election to the Dharmanagar Assembly constituency in North Tripura district. With the female electorate outnumbering their male counterparts by 1,374 voters...

Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu), April 8 TVK chief Vijay launched a scathing attack on the ruling DMK during a campaign rally in Tirunelveli on Wednesday, alleging that if Chief Minister M K Stalin had "full powers," the event would not have taken place.Addressing a large gathering of supporters...

Puducherry, April 8 Around 9.50 lakh voters will decide the electoral fate of 294 candidates in the Assembly elections in Puducherry on April 9, and all arrangements have been made for the smooth conduct of the polls, CEO P Jawahar said here on Wednesday.Polling will begin at 7 am in...

Tirunelveli, April 8 – Actor-turned-politician Vijay intensified his campaign for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections on Wednesday, addressing a massive public gathering at KTC Nagar in Tirunelveli after arriving at the Thoothukudi airport earlier in the day.Travelling nearly 30 kilometers...

Palakkad (Kerala), April 8 The Congress alleged that Sobha Surendran, the BJP candidate for the Palakkad constituency in Kerala, was "caught red-handed distributing" cash to voters ahead of the April 9 elections to the state Assembly.Surendran denied the allegations, calling them "fabricated"...

Agartala, Apr 8 Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma, the founder of the Tipra Motha Party (TMP), said on Wednesday that he was confident that the people of Tiprasa would vote for his party in the upcoming Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council elections.Polling for the 28 seats of the...

Kohima, April 8 Security has been tightened for the by-election to the Koridang Assembly seat in Nagaland's Mokokchung district, with a nighttime curfew in place in four villages following election-related violence that claimed one life.Six candidates are contesting Thursday's assembly...

New Delhi, April 8 The BJP is arresting AAP workers in Gujarat because it is scared of the party's expanding reach in the state, a party leader said on Wednesday.Anurag Dhanda, Aam Aadmi Party's national media in-charge, said that BJP leaders have threatened the mother of Gopal Italia, an AAP...

Dhaka, April 8 – Bangladesh's electoral landscape highlights a persistent gender gap, with women actively participating as voters, but their transition to leadership roles remains alarmingly slow, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) recently highlighted.A dialogue held in Dhaka...