state elections

Agartala, April 6 Tipra Motha Party (TMP) supremo Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma strongly opposed the BJP's promise to rename the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) if voted to power in the upcoming elections.His remarks came a day after Chief Minister Manik Saha...

New Delhi, April 6 Among the four states and a Union Territory going to polls this month, the results of two – separated by a distance of almost 2,500 kms – will hold the key to the revival of two of the country’s once-significant political forces.Based on on-ground media reports and political...

Mumbai, April 6 – The Maharashtra unit president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Ravindra Chavan, announced on Monday that the party would launch statewide programs to disseminate its nationalist ideology among the common citizens.Chavan stated that the BJP plans to use the upcoming week...

Guwahati, April 6 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address three election rallies in Assam on Monday, campaigning for BJP candidates in the April 9 state elections.The first rally will be at Bhabanipur-Sorbhog in the Barpeta district of Lower Assam, where Modi will campaign for Minister...

Kochi, April 5 Claiming strong anti-incumbency sentiment across Kerala, Leader of the Opposition V D Satheesan on Sunday asserted that the Congress-led UDF is poised for a decisive victory in the April 9 Assembly polls, predicting that the coalition will secure over 100 of the 140 constituencies...

Kolkata, April 4 – The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested Reshma Bibi, the wife of alleged drug trafficking kingpin Sheikh Munir, in Kolkata on Saturday, and seized drugs worth approximately ₹50 crore, officials said.Investigators said the arrest was made following a raid in the Ekbalpur...

New Delhi, April 4 – Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma recently emphasized the importance of the Barak Valley in the state's electoral battleground and the area's expected role in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) achieving a target of 90 to 100 seats in the state Assembly, which...

Ram Krishna Nagar (Assam), April 4 BJP national president Nitin Nabin on Saturday alleged that the previous Congress governments in Assam had turned the Barak Valley into a "crime hub" for vote bank politics.He said people punished the grand old party for its "politics of appeasing...

Alappuzha (Kerala), April 4 – Launching a sharp political offensive as campaigning enters its final stretch in Kerala, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused the CPI-M-led Left of losing its ideological core and alleged a tacit understanding between the LDF and the BJP.Sharing the stage with...

New Delhi, April 3 – The Congress announced on Friday the appointment of 27 All India Congress Committee (AICC) observers for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, with the party leadership approving the list with immediate effect.The appointments were cleared by Congress President...

New Delhi, April 3 As the Parliament is set to meet again to pass bills to increase the number of Lok Sabha seats from 543 to 816 so that the women's reservation law can be implemented at the earliest, TMC leader Derek O'Brien questioned the absence of the proposed legislation's draft.In a...

New Delhi, April 3 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday laid down guidelines for states/UTs holding assembly elections as well as by-elections in the coming days, to facilitate maximum voter participation in the electoral process.The election body, in a detailed statement...

New Delhi, Apr 2 The Budget Session of Parliament will reconvene on April 16 after a brief recess to pass bills to increase the number of Lok Sabha seats from 543 to 816, enabling the implementation of the women's reservation law at the earliest, amidst the ongoing election season.While the...

Kerala, April 2 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Vinita K.K., a BJP booth president from Wayanad, on Thursday, expressing confidence that she could outperform the constituency's MP, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, in a public debate, while urging party workers across Kerala to intensify their...

New Delhi, Apr 1 New BJP entrant and former tennis player Leander Paes called on Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday, a day after joining the party.Gupta, in a post on X, shared a photo of her "courtesy" meeting with Paes."Your extensive experience in the field of sports and your...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 1 The Centre will not proceed with the proposed amendments to the FCRA without addressing concerns raised by various sections, including Christians, Kerala BJP chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Wednesday.He said the BJP's Kerala unit has requested the Centre not to...

Guwahati, April 1 – Senior Congress leader and Member of Parliament Priyanka Gandhi Vadra launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday, alleging that the ruling dispensation operates under a "double slavery" model of governance, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

New Delhi, April 1 Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Dharmendra Yadav criticized the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, saying those who have sided with the BJP have "suffered."Participating in a debate on a bill to make Amaravati the sole and permanent capital of Andhra...

Chennai, April 1 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin intensified the DMK's election campaign on Wednesday, campaigning in support of party candidates in Tiruchy as the state heads toward the April 23 Assembly elections.Launching his day's campaign in the bustling Gandhi Market area, Stalin...

Jaipur, March 31 Reacting sharply to recent remarks by former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Bharatiya Janata Party State President Madan Rathore on Tuesday stated that Gehlot should now move beyond the "wait-and-see" approach.He remarked that Gehlot's political tenure has run its course and...