Election

Chennai: Arch-rivals - the ruling AIADMK and the opposition DMK will face off in eight seats in Tamil Nadu in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Both the parties will be in straight contest in South Chennai, Kancheepuram (SC), Tiruvannamalai, Tirunelveli, Mayiladuthurai, Salem, Nilgiris (SC) and...

Panaji: The BJP-led alliance in Goa did not reach a consensus over the next chief minister Monday, a move necessitated by the demise of Manohar Parrikar. Parrikar (63) died Sunday evening at his residence near here after battling pancreatic cancer for over a year. Union...

Amaravati (AP): Fighting a do-or-die electoral battle April 11 in Andhra Pradesh, the main opposition YSR Congress (YSRC) announced Sunday its candidates for all 175 Assembly seats, retaining almost all the sitting MLAs and giving a major share to the backward communities. YSRC chief YS...

Kolkata: Despite nursing a grudge against the state government for its alleged failure to curb communal riots, the minorities in Bengal are likely to vote for the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to stop BJP’s march in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal, leaders said....

New Delhi: The number of transgender voters enrolled in ‘others’ category in the electoral list has not seen much increase since the 2014 general elections. According to data provided by the Election Commission (EC), the number of voters enrolled in the ‘other’ category now stands...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) supremo Naveen Patnaik Sunday said he is considering contesting elections from western Odisha. His statement came after several western Odisha leaders requested Patnaik to fight the Assembly elections from their region. "The leaders from western Odisha, the...

New Delhi: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) working president Hemant Soren slammed the BJP for allegedly politicising the Pulwama terror attack and has said ‘politics over dead bodies’ will not fetch votes. The former Jharkhand Chief Minister, who is here to hold talks with grand alliance...

New Delhi: Odisha Congress MLA Prakash Chandra Behera who had resigned from the party, Saturday joined the BJP, Sunday with Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan stating that the former’s presence will help the party bring about changes in Odisha under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership. Behera,...

Ahmedabad: Gujarat BJP workers want party president Amit Shah to contest from Gandhinagar parliamentary seat in the state a party legislator said Sunday. The polling for this constituency will take place April 23. The seat is currently held by BJP veteran LK Advani. Observers were...

BERHAMPUR: Even as just a few days are left for filing nomination papers for the Assembly and Parliamentary elections in the state, political circles are abuzz with the possibility of a new face to be fielded by the ruling BJD in the prestigious Berhampur constituency...