Assembly elections
- India
Former Puducherry minister quits BJP after being denied poll ticket
Puducherry: BJP functionary and a former minister in the AINRC-led coalition government, AK Sai J Saravanankumar has quit the national party, days after being denied a poll ticket to contest the April…
- India
It’s Mamata vs Suvendu in Bengal polls, CM vows to reduce BJP’s tally
Kolkata: The ruling TMC on Tuesday, March 17, announced its list of candidates for the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections, with party supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declaring that the party…
- India
CEC Gyanesh Kumar faces ‘go back’ slogans, shown black flags in Kolkata
Kolkata: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar faced “go back” slogans and was shown black flags on Monday, March 9, when he visited the revered Kalighat temple in south Kolkata. Police personnel present…
- Politics
BJP accuses Gandhi family of Rs 7 Cr ‘ticket extortion’ in Haryana Assembly polls
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday, February 3, cited a claim of a former Haryana Congress leader’s husband to allege that the Gandhi family tried to “extort” Rs 7 crore from the…
- India
PM Modi to launch NDA’s campaign for Tamil Nadu Assembly polls on Jan 23
Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the NDA’s poll campaign for the upcoming Assembly election in Tamil Nadu at suburban Madurathakam on January 23. Elaborate security arrangements are in place in…
- India
CEC says pure voters’ list key to strengthen democracy
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of opposition parties questioning the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Wednesday, January 21, asserted that a “pure” voters’ list is…
- India
Second phase of key Kerala local body polls begins, CM confident of LDF win
Thiruvananthapuram: The second phase of polling in the crucial local body elections commenced in seven districts of Kerala on Thursday morning with the turnout crossing 8 per cent in the first two…
- Telangana
Telangana HC nixes poll-time FIRs, tells DGP to follow SC guidelines
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has made it clear that before filing cases against public representatives or individuals for alleged violations of election-related official orders, authorities must strictly adhere to the procedures…
- India
27.5 pc votes polled in phase 1 of Bihar Assembly elections by 11 am
Patna: In the first phase of Bihar Assembly elections, 27.5 percent votes were polled by 11:00 am on Thursday, November 6. According to repots, the maximum turnout was recorded in Begusarai district…
- India
SIR plan a threat to democracy, says Kerala CM Vijayan
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday strongly criticised the Election Commission of India’s decision to carry out a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list in Kerala and other…
- India
Digvijaya Singh alleges SIR aimed at ‘vote theft’
Barabanki: Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh on Thursday alleged that the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) across India is aimed at facilitating “vote theft”, and claimed that the constituent…
- India
SIR in Bihar: EC terms the exercise ‘accurate’
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Thursday termed the Bihar SIR “accurate” and told the Supreme Court that the petitioner political parties and NGOs are merely content with making “false allegations” to…
- India
Poll code applicable to Central govt too for policy decisions on Bihar: EC
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Wednesday said the provisions of model code of conduct are also applicable to the Central government as far as announcements and policy decisions on Bihar are…
- Hyderabad
Telangana CM pushes for lower Assembly poll age limit of 21
Hyderabad: Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Wednesday, August 20, called for the age limit to contest in Assembly elections to be reduced to 21 years from the present 25 years. While offering…
- India
Tejashwi Yadav again threatens to boycott Bihar elections
Patna: Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday reiterated that he may boycott the upcoming state elections, accusing the Election Commission of large-scale irregularities. Tejashwi announced that from August…
