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AAP gives clarion call for MCD polls

Months ahead of the civic body elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday gave a clarion call to its members to gear up to "oust" the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and "reform" the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).... read..

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Congress using money power to win Council polls, depth of depravity is clear in party: Karnataka CM Bommai

The Congress has lost people's support and is going to an extent of using money power to win the legislative council election, said Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai here on Sunday.... read..

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Bengal election commission likely to depend on state police for Kolkata Municipal Corporation polls

The BJP has been demanding central forces for conducting the Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Even Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has called on State Election Commissioner Sourav Das and sought clarification regarding the use and deployment of forces in the civi... read..

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Goa Assembly polls 2022: Kejriwal promises Rs 1,000 per month to every woman

AAP national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday promised cash assistance of Rs 1,000 per month for every woman above the age of 18 years if his party came to power in the State in the 2022 Assembly elections.... read..

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BJP will win 2023 Rajasthan Assembly polls with two-third majority, says Amit Shah

Ahead of the 2023 Rajasthan assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday exuded confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win the polls with a two-third majority and will form the government in the state.... read..

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Three BSP leaders likely to join Samajwadi Party ahead of 2022 UP polls

Bahujan Samaj Party might face another setback ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, as BSP leaders Vinay Shankar Tiwari, Kushal Tiwari and Ganesh Shankar Pandey might join the Samajwadi Party soon, sources said.... read..

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BJP will win 2023 Rajasthan Assembly polls with two-third majority, says Amit Shah in Jaipur

Ahead of the 2023 Rajasthan assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday exuded confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win the polls with a two-thirds majority and will form the government in the state.... read..

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Leaders joining from other parties will benefit us in Punjab polls: BJP

The BJP, which is likely to contest the Punjab assembly polls on its own for the first time after its ally Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) walked away, will be banking on leaders from the opposition parties and prominent personalities to make its electoral pres... read..

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'Will aid in defeating BJP': Akhilesh on tie-ups with small outfits for UP polls

Training guns on the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government on various issues, Samajwadi Party President and former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said on Friday that Uttar Pradesh is headed for change and his party's strategy will help in dethroning... read..

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Unemployment biggest issue in Punjab assembly polls, says Navjot Sidhu

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday urged the Central government to resume trade with Pakistan and claimed that the state has suffered a loss of Rs 4,000 crore in the last 34 months.... read..

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Ahead of Punjab Assembly polls, singer Sidhu Moose Wala joins Congress

Ahead of the 2022 Punjab assembly polls, Punjabi Singer Sidhu Moose Wala joined the Congress party on Friday in presence of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and state Congress Committee president Navjot Singh Sidhu in Chandigarh.... read..

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Congress, Left, others move joint suspension notice in RS for discussion on Tripura civic polls

Congress, RJD, CPI, CPI(M), NCP, DMK and AAP jointly gave suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha on Friday and demanded a discussion on the "alleged rigging of Municipal elections in Tripura".... read..

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Congress to release manifesto for Goa polls in 15 days

The Congress party will release its manifesto for the 2022 Goa polls within 15 days, while the first list of candidates will be formally announced by December 10, All India Congress Committee general secretary in-charge of Goa Dinesh Gundu Rao said on Wed... read..

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Kejriwal guarantees quality education, 'respectable' salary to teachers in Punjab ahead of Assembly polls

Ahead of the 2022 Assembly polls in Punjab, Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday guaranteed quality education and an amount of Rs 1 crore to the family of the state's soldiers killed in the line of d... read..

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Tripura civic polls: BJP's massive show of strength in victory rally, oath-taking to be held within 10 days

Thousands of BJP supporters on Thursday took to the streets in Agartala to celebrate the party's landslide victory in the just-concluded urban body elections.... read..

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DMK, other Oppn parties to approach Supreme Court over Puducherry local body polls

The opposition parties of Puducherry, including the DMK, will be moving the Supreme Court challenging the poll notification for local bodies in the Union Territory without reservations to Backward Classes(BC) and Scheduled Tribes(ST).... read..

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'What's sauce for the goose...': SC reminds Trinamool of its 2018 order on rural polls

The Supreme Court on Thursday reminded the Trinamool Congress its 2018 order, where it put on hold the Calcutta High Court order, directing the State Election Commission (SEC) to permit online filing of nominations by candidates for the rural polls in Wes... read..

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2022 polls: Fake education model of Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi, says Punjab Education Minister

Punjab Education Minister Pargat Singh on Wednesday slammed the Aam Aadmi Party over education policies of the Delhi government in the national capital and called it a "fake education model of Arvind Kejriwal".... read..

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Can't see Congress securing 300 seats in 2024 LS polls: Ghulam Nabi Azad

Senior Congress leader and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said that he does not see the grand old party winning 300 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.... read..

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Uttarakhand polls 2022: PM Modi likely to hold public rally in Kumaon region

Ahead of the upcoming Uttarakhand Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to hold a public rally in the Kumaon region during his second visit to the state later this month, informed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sources on Wednesday.... read..

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Ahead of assembly polls political parties hold rallies, rath yatras in UP

The election fever has Uttar Pradesh in its grip with different political parties holding rallies and high-octane rath yatras.... read..

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GFP stitches alliance with Congress for 2022 Goa Assembly polls

Goa Forward Party president Vijay Sardesai on Wednesday announced that his party will fight the upcoming Goa Assembly polls in alliance with the Congress party to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).... read..

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UP BJP gets into yatra mode ahead of Assembly polls

The Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh is getting into the yatra mode by rolling out six yatras that will pass through all 403 Assembly constituencies in the state that goes to the polls early next year.... read..

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Goa Assembly polls: GFP chief Vijay Sardesai, others meet Rahul Gandhi in Delhi

Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in Goa, Goa Forward Party chief Vijay Sardesai along with other leaders called on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the national capital on Tuesday.... read..

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BJP announces list of candidates for municipal polls in Kolkata

With only two days to go for the last date of filing nominations for the upcoming Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections, the BJP on Monday became the last major political party after Trinamool Congress, CPM and Congress to announce their candidate... read..

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GovernEye combines opinion polls and neuroscience for Goa, Manipur, Punjab, UP and Uttarakhand

New Delhi [India], November 30, (ANI/BusinessWire India): GovernEye Systems, a New Delhi-based citizen engagement platform, has announced the results of its opinion poll for election-bound states.... read..

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West Bengal BJP chief writes to Governor, requests deployment of CAPF for municipal polls

West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar on Tuesday wrote to Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar requesting him to deploy Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) for the upcoming municipal elections in the state.... read..

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'Naya J&K' gears up for polls, no Pak stooges left to preach boycott; NC, PDP no more front runners

The process of redrawing parliamentary and assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir is set to get completed soon as the Delimitation Commission has almost finished the exercise.... read..

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TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee lauds party for its performance in Tripura civic body polls

Trinamool Congress (TMC) General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday lauded his party's performance in the Tripura civic body elections, adding that it was exceptional for TMC to emerge as a principal opposition in the state in spite of having negligibl... read..

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Winter session: CPI(M) MP moves business suspension notice in RS, alleges rigging in Tripura civic polls

Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPIM) Rajya Sabha MP Elamaram Kareem on Monday moved suspension of business notice in the Upper House and demanded a discussion on the alleged rigging of civic polls in Tripura by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).... read..

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Hondurans head to polls in general elections

Hondurans headed to the polls to elect the President as well as legislators and mayors, the National Electoral Council (CNE) confirmed.... read..

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Pakistan opposition trades barbs over bribing voters ahead of by-polls in Lahore

Pakistan Opposition parties have traded barbs against each other over bribing voters ahead of Lahore National Assembly's by-elections, scheduled for next month.... read..

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Delhi Teachers' Association blame AAP govt for defeat in DUTA polls

The AAP's teachers organisation, Delhi Teachers' Association (DTA), which contested the DUTA elections for the first time, has held the Arvind Kejriwal government responsible for its candidates' defeat.... read..

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Tripura civic polls: Voting underway, BJP leading in 4 seats

The counting of votes for over 200 seats in the Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) and Nagar Panchayats elections began on Sunday.... read..

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