state assembly elections

Chandigarh/Gandhinagar, March 10: Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi held discussions with senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Rohtak on Tuesday during his visit to Haryana, focusing on organizational preparations ahead of the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.In a...

New Delhi, March 9 Former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad strongly supported the proposal for simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies on Monday, saying that such a move would be in the interest of the country, save time, improve governance, and expedite development...

New Delhi/Gandhinagar, March 9 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi as its central observer for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Haryana, according to an official release on Monday.The announcement was made by BJP National General...

Kolkata, March 9 – In a rare move, the West Bengal state Police Headquarters (Bhabani Bhawan) has ordered the transfer of three women civic volunteers, a senior police officer said on Monday.A directive to this effect has been issued. However, in recent years, there has been no known precedent...

Kolkata, March 8 Some people waved black flags and raised slogans against the Election Commission on Sunday evening as Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, who arrived on a three-day visit to West Bengal, was travelling by road from the Kolkata Airport to his hotel.Ruling Trinamool...

Kolkata, March 8 Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar arrived in Kolkata on Sunday evening for a three-day visit to review preparations for the West Bengal state assembly elections, as part of a full bench meeting of the Election Commission.During the visit, the commission will hold a...

Kolkata, March 8 – Former West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose said on Sunday that his resignation from the post was a deliberate decision, and the reasons behind it would remain confidential until the appropriate time.Speaking to reporters after arriving at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose...

Kolkata, March 8 Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal, continued her sit-in protest against alleged arbitrary deletions in the post-SIR voter list on Sunday, with the TMC supremo accusing the BJP of "misusing the Vanish Commission to erase legitimate voters from electoral rolls."This...

Kolkata, March 7 – Minor explosions were reported at a closed clubhouse in north Kolkata on Saturday morning, causing panic in the area. However, no injuries have been reported, police officials said.According to police, a series of explosions occurred at a closed clubhouse on 1/2 C...

Kolkata, March 3 – The Kolkata Police have implemented elaborate security arrangements across the city for the twin festivals of Dol Yatra and Holi, which will be celebrated on Tuesday and Wednesday.According to police, as many as 398 police pickets will be deployed across Kolkata on the day...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 2 Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Monday criticized both the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF and the opposition Congress-led UDF, saying their reactions to the recent conflict in West Asia show that they are supporting Iran rather than standing with the people of...

Kolkata, March 2 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned former state Education Minister Partha Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee in the teachers' recruitment corruption case, sources in the central agency said on Monday.It is learnt that the two will be called for...

The BJP's Jana Ashirwad Yatra reaches Morigaon DistrictAs part of its outreach campaign ahead of the state assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party's Jana Ashirwad Yatra reached the Morigaon district today.The yatra was organized in the Jagiroad Assembly constituency. Chief Minister Dr...

Kolkata, February 28 Ahead of the 2026 state assembly elections in West Bengal, the publication of the post-SIR electoral rolls on Saturday triggered fresh political ripples in Bhabanipur, a constituency represented by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, with over 47,000 names struck off and more...

Kolkata, February 28 – As the final voter list in West Bengal is set to be published on Saturday, the police have been directed to be prepared for any eventuality.According to a police order issued late Friday night, the battalion headquarters has been advised to ensure maximum mobilization of...

New Delhi, February 27 CPI(M) General Secretary MA Baby criticized West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday for alleging that an "understanding" between the BJP and the Left party led to the renaming of Kerala, pointing out that she had served as a minister in the Atal Bihari...

Kolkata, February 27 Swapna Barman, the athlete who brought international accolades to India in heptathlon, joined the Trinamool Congress at the party headquarters here on Friday.Barman, who belongs to the Rajbongshi community of North Bengal, received the Trinamool Congress flag from state...

Guwahati, February 26 Observing that there was a "divisive tendency," the Gauhati High Court on Thursday issued a notice to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in connection with a series of public interest litigations (PILs) that accused him of making "hate speech."A division bench of...

Kolkata, February 25 – Three young men, possessing approximately $450,000 (over Rs 4 crore), were arrested in Kolkata's Park Street area, police said on Wednesday.The men were arrested from the Park Street police station area on Tuesday night, police said, adding that an investigation has been...

Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu), February 24 V K Sasikala, confidante of late AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa, announced the launch of a new political party on Tuesday, asserting that "we are going to witness a new political chapter."Addressing an event to mark the birth anniversary of Jayalalithaa...