Elections
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West Bengal polls: EC transfers 83 BDOs, AROs across 18 districts
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday, March 29, transferred 83 block development officers and assistant returning officers across 18 districts of West Bengal, officials said. The large-scale reshuffle covers…
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Tamil Nadu polls: No dissatisfaction over seat-sharing, says AIADMK
Tuticorin: AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Sunday asserted that there was no dissatisfaction among alliance partners over allocation of seats for the upcoming assembly polls in Tamil Nadu. Taking a…
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West Bengal polls: BJP eyes gains in five assembly seats
New Delhi: Stakes are high for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the upcoming polls to five assemblies, with West Bengal being the major test case for the saffron party. In the 2021…
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Assam polls: Congress names 23 more candidates, keeps 15 seats for allies
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday, March 14, released its second list of 23 candidates for the upcoming Assam assembly elections, with the party so far naming its nominees in 65 seats…
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BJP’s saffron sweep: 1,425 seats, 20 corporations in Maharashtra civic polls
Mumbai: The BJP has swept the 2026 civic polls, winning 1,425 of 2,869 seats across 29 municipal corporations, and wresting control of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) from Uddhav Thackeray, ending his…
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SIR notice to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen: ECI clarifies on ‘error’
The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Tuesday, clarified the claims made by the Trinamool Congress General Secretary and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee accusing the Commission of serving notice for a…
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Bengal SIR: CEO office finds 14 voters holding Bangladeshi passports
Amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has received information about 14 voters who are holding Indian EPIC cards and Bangladeshi…
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Assam draft rolls show 10.56L voter names deleted ahead of polls
Guwahati: The names of 10.56 lakh voters have been deleted after the Special Revision of electoral rolls in Assam, where assembly polls would be in less than six months. According to the…
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WB SIR row: Banerjee seeks count of Bangladeshis, Rohingyas deleted
Kolkata: TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday said that the Election Commission must come out with the number of illegal Bangladeshis and Rohingyas out of the 58.20 lakh names deleted after the…
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Election Commission completes roll revision in 13 states, plans Phase-2
New Delhi: Battling “vote chori” allegations levelled by the opposition Congress, the Election Commission held special intensive revision of electoral rolls in 13 states and Union territories and a ‘special revision’ in…
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AIADMK forms panel to formulate manifesto for 2026 Assembly poll
Chennai: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday announced the constitution of a high-level committee to prepare the party manifesto for next year’s Assembly election. The panel comprising ten former state…
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42.74L voters in Madhya Pradesh face deletion from electoral rolls
Bhopal: More than 42.74 lakh voters in Madhya Pradesh are at risk of getting their names deleted from the voter list after the first phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of…
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Draft electoral roll published in Kerala as part of SIR; over 24L names removed
Thiruvananthapuram: The draft voters’ list prepared as part of the SIR of the electoral roll in Kerala was published by the ECI on Tuesday, where over 24 lakh names have been removed.…
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West Bengal to call 32L unmapped voters for first SIR hearings
Kolkata: Around 32 lakh unmapped voters will be called in the first phase of hearings under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, officials said. Hearings for this category, in…
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PM Modi thanks people of Maha for supporting BJP-led alliance in local elections
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday thanked the people of Maharashtra for supporting the BJP and the Mahayuti coalition led by it in the local bodies elections, asserting that it…
