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New Delhi, March 16 Newly appointed West Bengal Governor R.N. Ravi met with President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday.The President's office shared a picture of the meeting on X."Governor of West Bengal, Shri R.N. Ravi, met with President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati...

Patna, March 16 – As polling for 37 Rajya Sabha seats across several states began on Monday, leaders of both the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar expressed confidence about their prospects, with each side claiming victory in the state’s five seats.Voting...

Puducherry, March 15 Puducherry CEO P Jawahar on Sunday appealed to all political parties in the union territory to abide by the Model Code of Conduct (MCC), which has come into immediate effect, following the announcement of dates for the Assembly elections.The elections for the 30 Assembly...

The Election Commission has announced by-elections for eight Assembly constituencies spread across six states. The constituencies are Ponda in Goa, Umreth in Gujarat, Bagalkot and Davanagere South in Karnataka, Rahuri and Baramati in Maharashtra, Koridang in Nagaland, and Dharmanagar in Tripura...

Guwahati, March 15 Political parties in Assam asserted on Sunday that they are fully prepared for the Assembly elections to be held in a single phase on April 9, with the opposition camp urging the Election Commission to ensure free and fair polls.They maintained that the short period in the...

Kolkata, March 15: Elections for the 294-member West Bengal Assembly will be held in two phases on April 23 and April 29, while the results will be announced on May 4, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar said on Sunday.In the first phase, scheduled for April 23, polling will take...

March 15, New Delhi: The Election Commission of India has announced the schedule for the upcoming state assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal.According to the schedule, polling in Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry will take place on April 9, 2026. Voting in...

Shimla, March 14 Amid tight security, 31 Haryana Congress MLAs staying at two resorts in Kufri, near Shimla, visited the nearby tourist destination of Chail on Saturday.In an attempt to maintain party unity, the Congress moved its Haryana MLAs to Himachal Pradesh on Friday, ahead of the...

Kolkata, March 12 The West Bengal assembly elections are likely to be held in two phases, a senior official of the Election Commission said on Thursday.He said the final decision will be made after another round of meetings at the EC's New Delhi office."The assembly elections to 294 seats in...

Chandigarh, March 9 With the deadline for withdrawing nominations for the two Rajya Sabha seats from Haryana ending on Monday, the BJP, Congress, and an Independent candidate are in the running for the May 16 polls.BJP's Sanjay Bhatia, Congress' Karamvir Singh Boudh, and Independent candidate...

Shillong, March 9 The election for the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) in Meghalaya will be held on April 10, according to a notification issued on Monday.The last date for filing nomination papers is March 16, while March 17 has been set as the last date for withdrawing...

Kathmandu, March 5 Millions of Nepalese voted on Thursday in the country's first general elections since violent protests by Gen Z ousted the K P Sharma Oli-led coalition government. Corruption and generational change in leadership were the main issues in the politically fragile nation.The...

Kathmandu, March 5 Tens of thousands of Nepalese voted on Thursday in the crucial parliamentary elections to elect a new prime minister, six months after violent Gen Z protests ousted the K P Sharma Oli-led coalition government.The election is being closely watched by India, which hopes for a...

New Delhi, March 5 – Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Nabin filed his nomination for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections on Thursday, paving the way for his entry into the Upper House.Nitin Nabin, accompanied by a group of BJP leaders and supporters, submitted his...

Kolkata, March 5 Five Rajya Sabha candidates from West Bengal – four from the ruling TMC and one from the BJP – filed their nominations on Thursday, officials said.The four TMC candidates – minister Babul Supriyo, former Bengal DGP Rajeev Kumar, senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy, and actor Koel...

Mumbai, March 5 Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said on Thursday that unfavourable political calculations and the candidature of NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar were the key reasons why the party could not field Priyanka Chaturvedi again for the Rajya Sabha election.Raut said that while there...

Kathmandu, March 5 Nepal, which held elections on Thursday morning, the first since a violent protest by Gen Z that ousted the K P Sharma Oli-led government last year, recorded a turnout of about six per cent by 9:30 am, according to the Election Commission.Nepalese citizens began reaching...

Kathmandu, March 5 Nepalese citizens began arriving at polling booths in all 165 constituencies on Thursday morning, under tight security, to cast their votes in the crucial general election, the first since a violent protest by the Gen Z group that ousted the K P Sharma Oli-led government last...

Kathmandu, March 5 Nepalese began arriving at polling booths on Thursday morning to cast their votes in the crucial general elections, the first since a violent protest led by young people last year, which toppled the K P Sharma Oli-led government.More than 18.9 million eligible Nepalese will...

New Delhi, March 5: The process for filing nominations for the biennial elections to the Council of States, Rajya Sabha, will begin on Thursday, with candidates set to contest 37 seats in the Upper House.The Election Commission of India (ECI) had on February 18 announced the schedule for the...