Assembly election
- India
AIADMK chief Palaniswami assures drug free TN if voted to power
Salem: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday, April 17, assured a drug free Tamil Nadu if his party comes to power in the upcoming Assembly elections. During a poll campaign…
- India
SC refuses to entertain plea against deletion of names from Bengal voter list
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, April 13, declined to entertain a plea by a group of 13 people seeking its intervention in the deletion of their names from the voter…
- India
Assam votes on April 9: BJP eyes hat-trick, Congress aims to wrest power
Guwahati: The high-stakes elections to the 126-member Assam assembly will be held on Thursday, April 9, with most seats slated to witness a direct contest between the BJP-led NDA and the opposition…
- Telangana
Telangana mein Dosti Keralam mein Kusti: BJP calls out Revanth’s ‘hypocrisy’
Hyderabad: Taking a swipe at Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy over his criticism of LDF in poll-bound Kerala, Telangana BJP chief N Ramchander Rao on Wednesday, April 1, said it is the…
- India
AIADMK will push for lowering GST for match industry, assures Palaniswami
Kovilpatti: AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami has said his party would push for lowering of GST rate for the match industry in order to support the sector. Addressing a poll campaign in…
- India
Deadline Politics: DMK pressures allies over seat-sharing dispute
Chennai: Mounting pressure within the DMK-led alliance has prompted the party leadership to draw a hard line, asking its partners to accept the proposed seat-sharing formula by Monday, March 23, or risk…
- India
RG Kar rape victim’s mother eyes BJP ticket in West Bengal polls
Kolkata: The mother of RG Kar victim on Thursday, March 19, said she wants to contest the West Bengal Assembly election as a BJP candidate, asserting that she aims to take the…
- India
Hours before poll announcement, Mamata hikes honorarium for purohits, muezzins
Kolkata: Hours before the scheduled announcement of assembly polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday, March 15, announced an increase of Rs 500 in the monthly honorarium for purohits and…
- India
Bengal elections in two phases, Assam, Kerala, TN, Puducherry in one: ECI
The Election Commission of India on Sunday, March 15, announced that the Assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry will be held in one phase, while…
- India
DMK chief M K Stalin to kick-start poll campaign in Tiruchirappalli
Tiruchirappalli: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin will launch DMK’s poll campaign at the party’s 12th state conference from Siruganur on the Trichy-Chennai national highway here on Monday, March 9. The…
- India
President Murmu flags protocol lapse during WB visit; Mamata responds sharply
Kolkata: Escalating her confrontation with constitutional authorities in the run-up to the assembly polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday, March 7, accused President Droupadi Murmu of speaking “on BJP’s…
- India
DMK finalises seat-sharing pact with two parties
Chennai: The DMK finalised seat-sharing pacts with two smaller parties – the IUML and MMK – allotting two seats each to the parties respectively. The party is in negotiations with the Congress…
- India
2026 Assembly polls charged up due to TVK entry: Actor Vijay tells cadres
Chennai: Actor-politician Vijay on Monday, February 2, claimed that the political atmosphere in Tamil Nadu is charged up due to TVK’s entry and urged his party cadres to strive for a victory…
- Chennai
Not an election its a democratic battle: TVK Vijay on Tamil Nadu Assembly polls
Mamallapuram (Tamil Nadu): TVK chief Vijay on Sunday, January 25, characterised the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections as a high-stakes “democratic battle” rather than a mere electoral contest, asserting his party’s unique…
- Delhi
Delhi HC dismisses petition against Manish Sisodia’s 2020 win
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Saturday, January 17, dismissed a petition challenging the election of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia from Patparganj in the 2020 Assembly polls. Justice…