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New Delhi, March 26 – After the scrutiny of nominations for the April 9 Assembly elections concluded earlier this week, 985 candidates in Kerala and 789 nominees in Assam are left in the running, an official of the Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Thursday.In Puducherry, 366...

Chennai, March 26 – The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) announced its candidates for three constituencies in Puducherry on Thursday, following a dispute with the Congress over seat allocation within the alliance led by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).This move followed the Congress’...

New Delhi, March 26 The Election Commission said on Thursday that over Rs 408 crore worth of illicit inducements intended to influence voters in four states and a Union territory have been seized in the past month.While assembly elections and by-elections were announced on March 15, the...

Puducherry, March 25 As the April 9 election for the Puducherry territorial assembly approaches, various political parties and their candidates have intensified their door-to-door campaigning.Candidates, accompanied by their supporters carrying their respective party flags, began approaching...

Kolkata, March 25 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) issued a notification on Wednesday, increasing the daily allowances for electoral officers at all levels. This was the first time the remuneration for polling officers had been increased since 2016.According to the ECI's order, the...

Puducherry, March 24 Disgruntled supporters of former Chief Minister V Narayanasamy held a protest here on Tuesday against Puducherry Congress president V Vaithalingam for "denying a ticket" for the April 9 Assembly elections in the union territory.According to party sources, Narayanasamy had...

New Delhi, March 24 In an effort to strengthen electoral preparedness, the Election Commission held an inter-state border meeting on Tuesday with top administration and police officials from five states going to polls and their neighboring states.The election authority also met with the...

Puducherry, March 24 – The VCK has announced that it will contest independently in three Assembly constituencies in Puducherry. Party leader Thol. Thirumavalavan stated this, citing continued delays in finalizing seat-sharing arrangements within the DMK-led alliance.Despite ongoing...

New Delhi, March 24 – The filing of nominations for the upcoming Assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry, along with by-elections in four states, ended on Monday, with over 4,000 nominations submitted, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said.A total of 4,019 nominations were...

Puducherry, March 23 A total of 445 candidates have filed nominations for the 30 assembly constituencies in the Union Territory of Puducherry.The filing of nominations began on March 16 and concluded today.As many as 445 candidates have filed 515 nominations. The scrutiny of nominations is...

Puducherry, March 23 Puducherry sitting Congress MP, V Vaithilingam, filed his nomination on Monday for the Thattanchavady constituency here, setting the stage for a direct confrontation with incumbent Chief Minister and AINRC leader N Rangasamy.A two-time CM (from 1991 to 1996 and 2008 to...

Puducherry, March 23 The Congress and DMK reached an agreement on Monday for the upcoming Assembly elections in the union territory, where the Congress will contest 16 seats.The remaining 14 seats have been allocated to the DMK.The DMK will allocate seats to the constituents of the INDI...

Puducherry, March 23 The Lt Governor of Puducherry has declared April 9 a public holiday under the Negotiable Instruments Act, in view of the election to the territorial Assembly on that day.An order issued by the Home Department of the Puducherry Administration on Monday stated that the...

Chennai, March 23 The people of Tamil Nadu will reject the DMK-Congress combine in the upcoming Assembly election, just as the people of Maharashtra, Haryana, Bihar, and Delhi did for the INDIA combine, said BJP Tamil Nadu in-charge and Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday.Goyal, who arrived...

Puducherry, March 23 TVK has announced its candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Puducherry.The party stated on Sunday that it will contest all 30 constituencies on its own.The list includes two women who have been fielded from Mangalam and Kadirkamam in the Puducherry region...

The deadline for filing nomination papers for the assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry is today. Voting in these two states and the Union Territory will take place in a single phase on the 9th of next month.The scrutiny of nomination papers will begin tomorrow. The last date for...

Amaravati, March 22: Expressing concern over the trespassing and illegal fishing by mechanized fishing boats from Tamil Nadu in the territorial waters of Andhra Pradesh, the state government has taken up the issue with the authorities in Tamil Nadu.Rama Shankar Naik, Commissioner of Fisheries...

Puducherry, March 22 The secretary of the territorial unit of AIADMK, A Anbalagan, will be contesting from the Uppalam constituency on behalf of the NDA in the April 9 Assembly election, the party said on Sunday.A Gandhi, a former deputy secretary of the AIADMK here, is the party's nominee in...

March 22, New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rainfall in isolated areas of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal on Sunday.Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning are also likely in Kerala and Mahe. Meanwhile, maximum temperatures are expected to gradually rise by...

Puducherry, March 22 AK Sai J Saravanankumar, a BJP functionary and former minister in the AINRC-led coalition government, has quit the national party, days after being denied a poll ticket to contest the April 9 Assembly elections.He said he has resigned from the party's primary membership...