state elections

April 09, New Delhi – Voting is taking place in Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry for state assembly elections, with eligible voters turning out in large numbers to cast their votes.In Kerala, over 27 million electors will decide the fate of 883 candidates across 140 constituencies. So far, 38% of...

Tezpur, Apr 9 A polling official was found dead in Assam's Sonitpur district on Thursday during the state assembly elections, officials said.Deben Horo (45) was assigned as the second polling officer in the Naduar constituency, they said."Horo was stationed at polling station no 230 in the...

Jorhat (Assam), April 9 State Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi cast his vote for the Assembly polls in the state on Thursday and asserted that a powerful, fearless, confident and new Assam will emerge after the elections.Speaking to reporters after exercising his franchise along with his mother...

New Delhi, April 9 – Voters in Assam turned out in large numbers on Thursday to cast their ballots in the state assembly elections, with political leaders hailing the exercise as a celebration of democracy.The main contest is between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is seeking a...

April 09, New Delhi – Voting is taking place in Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry for the state assembly elections, as eligible voters are turning out in large numbers to cast their votes.In Kerala, over 27 million voters will decide the outcome for 883 candidates across 140 constituencies.In...

New Delhi, April 9 On the day of the Assam election, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge urged people on Thursday to unite and defeat the "politics of division, exclusion, and indifference" with the power of their vote.In a post on X, he asked voters in Assam to choose a path of unity...

Chennai, April 8 The ECI ordered the transfer of Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary N Muruganandam and appointed senior IAS officer M Sai Kumar in his place with immediate effect, on Wednesday.Chief Minister M K Stalin, who strongly objected to the transfer of the Chief Secretary, described the...

Kolkata, April 8 – The Ministry of Home Affairs informed the West Bengal government on Wednesday that, following the direction of the Election Commission of India (ECI), it has decided to deploy 150 companies of additional forces, including personnel from the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF)...

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...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 8 Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar appealed to the people of the state to exercise their right to vote freely and without fear in the upcoming assembly elections.In a message issued on the eve of the polls, the governor stated that voting is not only a...

Gandhinagar, April 7 – The Gujarat BJP’s state election committee (Parliamentary Board) held a nearly six-hour meeting at the Chief Minister’s residence in Gandhinagar on Tuesday to discuss the selection of candidates for the upcoming local self-government elections.The meeting was attended by...

Hyderabad, April 7 Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy questioned his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday whether the latter's claim that Kerala would become the first state to completely eradicate extreme poverty by late 2025 had been achieved.Reddy also said he chooses to...

Salem (Tamil Nadu), April 7 The people of Tamil Nadu have decided that the upcoming Assembly elections will be the last for the Karunanidhi family, as they will vote out the family's rule in the state, AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami said on Tuesday.Addressing a campaign in support of...

Ranchi, April 7 Jharkhand BJP chief Aditya Sahu said on Tuesday that the party's aim is to form a "double-engine" government in the state by 2029.Addressing newly elected party office-bearers, Sahu urged them to expose the alleged wrongdoings of the JMM-led state government at their respective...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 7 – At 6 PM on Tuesday, the final day of campaigning for the April 9 Kerala Assembly elections came to a close, bringing to an end more than three weeks of intense, high-stakes campaigning. The state was left buzzing with anticipation and political activity.The finale...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 7 – A sharp and unusually personal exchange of words between Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan escalated on Tuesday, turning into a full-blown political confrontation that has drawn national attention.The exchange...

Mandi (HP), April 7 The Congress government in Himachal Pradesh will be out in the next 18 months, and the BJP will form the next government with the support of the people, said BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Tuesday.Addressing the State Executive Committee meeting here, Chugh...

April 07, New Delhi: Legislative Assembly elections in the southern state of Tamil Nadu will be held on April 23 to elect all 234 seats.Ahead of this, BJP candidate from Tamil Nadu’s Mylapore, Tamilisai Soundararajan, has expressed confidence about her victory and the prospects of an...

Chandigarh, April 7 – Navjot Kaur Sidhu has announced the formation of a new political party, the Bharatiya Rashtrawadi Party, just two months after her expulsion from the Indian National Congress due to alleged anti-party activities.Her husband, Navjot Singh Sidhu, a former minister, remains...

By April 9, campaigning for the Kerala Assembly elections will conclude. The Congress, BJP, and the ruling LDF have been intensifying attacks on each other. The LDF released a report claiming it has fulfilled 97% of its 2021 promises.A total of 2.71 crore voters, including 1.32 crore men, 1.39...