state elections

Kolkata/New Delhi, March 7 A fierce political battle erupted in West Bengal, a state going to polls, on Saturday, after President Droupadi Murmu highlighted the lack of development among tribal communities in northern Bengal, leading to a sharp retort from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Prime...

Guwahati, March 7 Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Gaurav Gogoi on Saturday alleged that people in the state are afraid to express themselves freely under the current government led by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.Gogoi, who was declared as the party candidate for Jorhat...

Ranchi, March 7 Khiru Mahto was unopposed elected as the president of the Jharkhand unit of the Janata Dal (United) for the third consecutive term, a party official said.Shravan Kumar, the state election officer appointed to conduct the organizational elections, presented the certificate to...

Alappuzha (Kerala), March 7 Senior Congress leader and AICC general secretary K C Venugopal said on Saturday that the current political situation in Kerala guarantees a resounding victory for the UDF, which is led by the party, by winning more than 100 seats in the upcoming Assembly elections...

Bhubaneswar, March 6 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah met senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the party's state headquarters in Bhubaneswar on Friday and held discussions on a range of issues, including preparations for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.Chief Minister Mohan...

Patna, March 6 Umesh Singh Kushwaha, president of the JD(U)'s Bihar unit, was elected to the post for the third consecutive time on Friday.According to a statement issued by the party, Kushwaha, who is an MLA from the Mahnar constituency, was declared unopposed as no other member filed a...

New Delhi, March 5 West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose's abrupt resignation on Thursday, weeks before the state elections, led the Congress to wonder "what was happening" and to say that Jagdeep Dhankhar was "summarily dismissed" as vice president last year, and his successor in the Lok Bhavan...

New Delhi, March 5 The abrupt resignation of West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Thursday, weeks before the state elections, led the Congress to question "what was happening" and state that Jagdeep Dhankhar was "summarily dismissed" as vice president last year, and his successor in the Lok...

Shimla, March 5 The Himachal Pradesh government has withdrawn its order postponing elections to the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) until proper road connectivity is restored, paving the way for elections in over 3,500 gram panchayats across the state, officials said on Thursday.Initially...

The Congress party has released a list of six candidates for the biennial Rajya Sabha elections. Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Vem Narender Reddy have been nominated from Telangana. Meanwhile, Phulo Devi Netam is contesting from Chhattisgarh, Karamvir Singh Boudh from Haryana, Anurag Sharma from...

Raipur, March 5 The opposition Congress in Chhattisgarh has renominated senior tribal leader Phulo Devi Netam, an incumbent Rajya Sabha member, as its candidate for the March 16 biennial Rajya Sabha elections.The party announced Netam's candidature on Wednesday night.Of the five Rajya Sabha...

Chennai, March 4 The opposition AIADMK nominated its sitting Rajya Sabha MP, M Thambidurai, for the biennial election on March 16, while also allocating a seat to its ally, the PMK.Following a decision by the party, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami announced that Thambidurai...

Guwahati, March 3 Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Gaurav Gogoi thanked party leaders on Tuesday for their faith in him by giving him the ticket for the Jorhat assembly constituency for the upcoming state assembly elections.Gogoi, a three-time MP and Deputy Leader of the...

Guwahati, March 3 – Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma alleged on Tuesday that the Congress party has strategically focused its electoral strategy on Assembly constituencies largely populated by "Muslims of alleged Bangladeshi origin" in preparation for the upcoming state elections...

Bhubaneswar, March 3 – BJP MLA Prakash Chandra Sethi expressed confidence on Tuesday that the BJP would secure the maximum number of seats in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Odisha.Sethi asserted that several MLAs from both the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Indian National Congress...

Kolkata, March 3: With the crucial state elections in West Bengal on the horizon and aiming to provide a strong challenge to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in her constituency of Bhabanipur in South Kolkata, Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, organized a...

Guwahati, March 2 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday covered four assembly constituencies – Gohpur, Bihpuria, Ranganadi, and Bihpuria – on the third day of the BJP's Jan Ashirwad Yatra, ahead of the state elections.Sarma was greeted along the route by people from all walks of...

New Delhi, March 1 The Election Commission, led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, will visit Kerala this week to assess the state's preparedness for upcoming elections, which are likely to be held next month.The Commission is expected to arrive in Kerala on the night of March...

New Delhi, February 27 A group of prominent Malayalam writers met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday and expressed their gratitude for the renaming of Kerala as Keralam.The Union Cabinet approved a proposal by the Kerala government to change the state's name to Keralam on Tuesday. This...

Guwahati, February 26 The Assam government on Thursday decided to increase the daily wages of tea garden workers by Rs 30, ahead of the assembly elections.Following this decision, wages in the Brahmaputra valley will rise to Rs 280, and will be Rs 258 in the Barak valley.Addressing a press...