2023 Polls
- Hyderabad
AIMIM has named 3 candidates for Rajasthan polls, more to be announced: Owaisi
Jaipur: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said his party has so far fielded three candidates in the upcoming Rajasthan Assembly polls and more names will be announced in consultation with its…
- India
BJP’s CEC meets to decide candidates for assembly polls
New Delhi: The BJP’s Central Election Committee met here on Friday to finalise its candidates for the coming assembly polls amid indications that the party’s top brass may field Union ministers in…
- Telangana
Poll-related seizures mount to Rs 130 cr in Telangana
Hyderabad: Indicating a growing influence of money and liquor in the Telangana elections, cash, precious metal, liquor and other freebies worth Rs 130 crore have been seized in the state in just…
- India
Congress plays multiple strokes in 1st list, 27% are OBC candidates
Bhopal: The Congress on Sunday released the first list of its 144 candidates for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections. The list included the name of state unit president Kamal Nath from…
- Pakistan
Prez Alvi calls for ‘forgiveness’ & efforts to ‘strengthen democracy’ in poll-bound Pak
Islamabad: As Pakistan gears up for general elections in January, President Arif Alvi on Tuesday stressed the need to “end bitterness” and make way for “cooperation and forgiveness” so that all political…
- Hyderabad
Rs 3.35 cr Hawala money seized in Hyderabad in run-up to polls
Hyderabad: Police in Hyderabad seized Rs 3.35 crore Hawala money during vehicle checking on Tuesday in view of the next month’s Assembly elections. The police apprehended four persons for illegal possession of…
- India
EC to announce poll schedule of five states this noon
New Delhi: The Election Commission will announce the schedule for holding assembly elections in five states at 12 noon on Monday. The Commission has convened a press conference this noon where it…
- India
Post-INDIA conclave, Sharad Pawar-Uddhav Thackeray meet for poll plans
Mumbai: Shiv Sena-UBT President Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday called on Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar to initiate the combined poll strategy among the Maha Vikas Aghadi partners. Thackeray was accompanied…
- India
BJP to launch five ‘Jan Ashirvaad Yatras’ ahead of polls in MP
Bhopal: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced that it will launch five ‘Jan Ashirvaad Yatras’ in five different regions ahead of the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh. Union Home Minister…
- India
TMC hits back at Amit Shah over remarks on Bengal panchayat poll violence
New Delhi: The TMC on Friday hit out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his remarks on the panchayat polls in West Bengal and said his statement was “distasteful” and “insensitive”.…
- Bangalore
Karnataka HC stays probe into poll code violation case against JP Nadda
Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka has stayed the investigation against BJP national president JP Nadda for allegedly violating the model code of conduct in an election speech during the recent Karnataka…
- Telangana
BJP signals change in strategy in Telangana as it gears up for polls
Hyderabad: The BJP’s decision to replace its Telangana president Bandi Sanjay Kumar with Union minister G Kishan Reddy, a “softer” leader who can take everyone along, and elevate Etela Rajender, who has…
- Telangana
KCR uses Telangana Formation Day festivities to launch poll campaign
Hyderabad: The formation day celebrations of Telangana came as the perfect launch pad for the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi’s (BRS) campaign for the Assembly elections scheduled later this year. Aiming for a…
- India
Karnataka: Congress announces free travel for women in public transport buses
Mangaluru: Announcing the fifth poll “guarantee” of the Congress ahead of the May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka, party leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday promised free travel for women in public transport…