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The Election Commission on Friday announced the election dates for 824 assembly constituencies that will go to polls in four states and one union territory. ....
One of the leaders of Congress' dissenting group, Anand Sharma, on Monday objected to the Congress-Left alliance in West Bengal, saying that the core ideology cannot be compromised, adding that the Congress cannot be selective in fighting communalists but must do so in all its manifestations. ....
Capturing six Municipal Corporations, the BJP is on a winning streak, with a vastly improved performance over its 2015 debacle in the local body elections. But this victory chariot was dented by a technicality in the Ahmedabad district Panchayats results. Despite having a majority in the body, the BJP will have to stay content with a Congress president. ....
Reacting to the results of the recent Gujarat local body polls, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Wednesday that the victory of the BJP in the elections endorsed farmers' support for the agricultural reforms brought by the Union government through the new farm laws. ....
The Bharatiya Janata Party's Central Election Committee (CEC) will meet on Thursday to finalise the first list of party candidates for the Assembly polls in the four states and one union territory. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend the CEC meeting. ....
In a huge relief to Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former IPS officer Bharati Ghosh, the Supreme Court on Tuesday protected her from any coercive action by West Bengal Police till the Assembly elections are over in the state. ....
The BJP has released names of candidates for the nine assembly constituencies in Puducherry. ....
Four days ahead of the Assam Assembly elections, BJP President J.P. Nadda on Tuesday released the party's manifesto focusing chronic flood management, protection and development of the Assamese culture, empowerment of youths and women, correction of the NRC and check infiltrations. ....
Around 26 per cent voters have cast their ballots so far on Saturday in the first phase of the Assam Assembly polls which is underway amid heavy security in 47 constituencies, according to election officials. ....
The Election Commission of India on Saturday banned bike rallies 72 hours before the date of poll and on the poll day in all the constituencies of Tamil Nadu. ....