Election

Panaji: Describing Amit Palekar as a "fresh, committed face", Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday nominated this 46-year-old lawyer as the party's chief ministerial candidate for the 2022 state assembly polls in Goa. Kejriwal, who is in the coastal state on a...

New Delhi: Blaming ‘state terror’ for political violence in West Bengal, a group of citizens has written to President Ram Nath Kovind. In the letter the citizens have called for a   Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe monitored by a retired Supreme Court judge for a...

Thiruvananthapuram: Returning to an unprecedented second term in power, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Tuesday unveiled his new team, which jettisons all sitting ministers from his CPI-M, and consists of a mix of youth and experience, besides giving adequate representation to women, caste, communities and...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday took stock of the COVID-19 situation in the state, shortly after her swearing-in ceremony, and announced fresh curbs to combat the spread of COVID-19, including suspension of local train services. Banerjee, following a high-level meeting with top...

Kolkata: TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee will meet West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar at 7 pm Monday and stake claim to form the government, after her party's stupendous win in the assembly elections, Raj Bhavan sources said. The ruling TMC has won 212 of the 292...

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal Monday hailed the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC's electoral triumph in the West Bengal Assembly polls, while saying it was arrogance, money power and ‘using Jai Shri Ram for politics’ that lost in the state. Banerjee fended off a spirited...

New Delhi:  BJP's West Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh Sunday said it seems that people didn't accept those who switched to the BJP from the TMC as many such candidates lost the election. “We never expected such a result. The feedback and the response which...

Kolkata: With the Trinamool Congress poised to cruise to a landslide victory in the Assembly elections to return to power for third time in a row, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday dedicated the win to the people of West Bengal, besides taking a dig at...

New Delhi: After the party's poor performance in assembly elections in five states, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said it humbly accepts the people's mandate and it will continue to fight for its values and ideals. "We humbly accept the people's mandate. Sincere gratitude...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday accepted her defeat against BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari from Nandigram by 1,622 votes. Conceding her defeat, Mamata said she accepts the verdict of people. Despite losing the seat, Mamata said that a decision on lockdown in West Bengal...