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There are 89 companies already stationed in South 24 Parganas which pushes up the number of forces to 707, the highest deployment in this election so far. In the third …

Fighting her third election, 63-year old Bharathi Kannamma is cheery as she campaigns and crisscrosses the busy lanes of Madurai South, her Assembly constituency. Shopkeepers, burqa-clad women, auto-drivers, and curious …

The voter turnout in Papanasam in the previous Assembly election was 75.95 percent Representational Image. Reuters Papanasam is an Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. It …

Kerala recorded 2,508 new Covid-19 cases, including 10 healthcare workers, and 14 related fatalities on Friday, pushing the active caseload up to 26,407 and the death toll to 4,646. Kozhikode …

He was addressing a public rally for the NDA in Madurai. Modi said, “The DMK and Congress should be ashamed of themselves. People wanted a solution and wanted Jallikattu to …

BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted that Rangja Khungur Basumatary, who was reportedly missing since two days, has expressed his desire to join the saffron party and retire from the …

As West Bengal and Assam go in to vote for the first phase of Assembly elections that begin in the two states on Saturday, here’s a look at important statistics. …

While Rahul said Congress won’t allow the law to be implemented if voted to power in Kerala, Vijayan claimed that anyone who isn’t preferred by BJP ‘could end up in …

Thirteen of them have been authorised so far, dpa news agency reported on Friday citing the electoral commission as saying. A final decision on the lists is to be published …

In the second phase polls in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress and BJP are contesting all 30 seats. Among the constituents of Sanyukta Morcha, CPI-M is contesting 15 seats, Congress 9, …

Assam recorded a voter turnout of 73.03 per cent on Thursday, while the figure stood at 80.53 per cent for West Bengal in the second phase of assembly polls in …

At a rally in Kokrajhar, the BJP leader alleged that the previous Congress-led governments in the state and at the Centre did nothing to check violence in the Bodoland areas …

The DMK president asked the TN CM to ask PM Modi about the withdrawal of NEET, the payment of debt relief package dues and about the Centre’s opposition in court …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged the voters of West Bengal to vote in record numbers in the second phase of assembly elections. “Urging the people of West Bengal …

Men, women and the first-time voters in large numbers queued up in front of the polling stations well before the voting for 39 of the total of 126 assembly seats …

Madurai West is an Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency in the Madurai district of Tamil Nadu. It falls under the Madurai Lok Sabha constituency Representational image. Image courtesy: News18 Madurai West is …

The former Union minister and DMK’s star campaigner has been asked to respond to the notice by 6 pm on Wednesday File image of DMK leader A Raja. PTI New …

Elections are being held in 30 seats, most of which are in the once-Naxal-affected Jungle Mahal region, across five districts amid tight security. Polling for the first of the eight-phase …

Even if NDA manages to win the support of majority of the Hindu votes, it may not help the alliance in winning much seats since the Hindu population is only …

A delegation of Trinamool Congress (TMC) is planning to meet the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) at noon on Saturday to raise ‘some serious concerns’ about polling that is …

A look at the manifestos of the BJP and Congress gives a glimpse of how they are trying to convey their agendas to voters Representational image. Reuters In the upcoming …

Distancing himself from the comments, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the LDF’s stand is not to personally attack Mr. Gandhi. As campaigning for the Assembly polls reached feverish pitch in …

Voters across the state will be able to check if their votes have actually been cast for their chosen candidates, when they press the buttons on the Electronic Voting Machines …

The game is on, And how. As Bengal inched towards the first phase of an assembly election that has implications not just for the state but for the entire country, …

Ottapidaram is an Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency in the Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu Representational Image. Reuters Srivaikuntam is an Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency in the Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu. It falls …

Addressing a public meeting for the 6 April Assembly polls, the Congress leader also claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was ‘controlling’ Palaniswami File image of Rahul Gandhi. Twitter@INCIndia Chennai: …