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- India
Dera chief Ram Rahim walks out of jail on 30-day parole
Chandigarh: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, serving a 20-year sentence for raping two women disciples, walked out of Sunaria jail in Rohtak on the morning of Tuesday, May 26,…
- India
Punjab local body polls to be held using ballot papers
Chandigarh: Local body elections in Punjab will be held using ballot papers with the high court here on Friday, May 22, dismissing petitions seeking polling by EVMs, observing that the petitioners had…
- India
Simultaneous polls could save Rs 7 lakh crore: Joint parliamentary panel chief
Gandhinagar: India can save Rs 7 lakh crore if Lok Sabha and state assembly polls are held simultaneously, and that money can be used for development purposes, P P Chaudhary, chairman of…
- India
Polls to 16 seats in Maharashtra legislative council on June 18
Mumbai: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday, May 18, announced that the biennial polls to 16 legislative council seats in Maharashtra from local authorities’ constituencies will be held on June…
- World
Polls open in UK local elections seen as a verdict on Keir Starmer’s leadership
London: Polls have opened for midterm local and regional elections on Thursday, May 7, that could deliver a heavy blow to embattled British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Starmer’s center-left Labour Party is…
- India
EC will leave no stone unturned to hold free, fair polls in West Bengal: CEC
New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Monday, April 20, asserted that the Election Commission will leave no stone unturned in holding free, fair and transparent polls in West Bengal where…
- India
EC adds around 7 lakh new voters ahead of polls in West Bengal
Kolkata: Around seven lakh new voters have been added to West Bengal electoral rolls ahead of the assembly elections, with the Election Commission yet to disclose the age or gender break-up of…
- India
Bengal polls: PM to interact with BJP’s booth-level workers on Tuesday
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually interact with booth-level workers of the BJP on Tuesday, April 14, as part of the party’s campaign for the West Bengal assembly polls. The interaction…
- India
ECI reshuffles Officers-in-Charge of several police stations in Kolkata
Kolkata: Ahead of the Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has transferred the Officers-in-Charge (OCs) of several police stations in Kolkata, said an official on Sunday. It has been learnt…
- India
UDF ‘renewed hope’ for people of Kerala: Rahul Gandhi
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday, April 3, shared a video on social media of him enjoying a hearty breakfast with party leaders in Kerala recently, while discussing the ground realities…
- India
TN CM files nomination from Kolathur constituency in Chennai
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President MK Stalin on Monday, March 30, filed his nomination from Kolathur Assembly constituency in Chennai. After filing his papers, Stalin expressed full confidence that…
- India
DMK poll manifesto is game-changing plan for TN, says Stalin
Chennai: DMK chief M K Stalin on Monday, March 30, said his party manifesto for the April 23 Assembly election was a “game-changing” plan for Tamil Nadu as it underscored the steps…
- India
Centre will hike fuel prices after polls, claims Karnataka Dy CM Shivakumar
Bengaluru: Terming the Centre’s move on fuel prices as an election gimmick, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Friday alleged that petrol and diesel prices would be increased again immediately after…
- India
ECI removes 73 returning officers in poll-bound West Bengal
Kolkata: In a significant development late on Monday evening, the Election Commission of India (ECI) removed as many as 73 Returning Officers (ROs) in West Bengal, which is scheduled to go to…
- India
BJP names one more candidate for April 9 Puducherry polls
New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday, March 22, named one more candidate for the April 9 Assembly polls in Puducherry, fielding M Arulmurugan from Karaikal South. On Saturday, the BJP had released…
