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Palakkad (Keralam) [India], April 7 (ANI): Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday alleged that "LDF and UDF has destroyed Keralam" in the last 70 years and said that the NDA government will be formed in the state after the results are announced on May 4. Speaking with ANI, Chouhan said, "I am feeling delighted after coming to the holy land of Keralam...In the past 70 years, the LDF and UDF destroyed Keralam and every section of the society is affected...The LDF and UDF are the same...Th ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With just a day left for campaigning, Kerala heads into the 2025 assembly polls amid a charged atmosphere of claims and counterclaims by the principal political fronts. Over the past 22 days, candidates of the CPM led LDF, Congress-led UDF and BJP-led NDA have braved the summer heat to reach voters, offering promises that range from social welfare expansion to vision of a "Viksita Keralam". On April 9, a majority of the 2.71 crore registered voters will line up at polling s ...Read More >
Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, winding up his election campaign in Assam on Monday, launched a blistering attack on the Gandhi family and Congress, accusing them of corruption, dynastic politics, and siding with Pakistan.Addressing rallies in Barpeta, Hojai, and Dibrugarh -- just a day before the silence period begins at 5pm Tuesday -- Modi said, "The first family of Congress is the most corrupt in the country, indulging in scams of huge proportions and currently out on bail. Congress c ...Read More >
Kannur (Keralam) [India], April 6 (ANI): Keralam Chief Minister and CPI (M) candidate Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday held a roadshow in his home constituency, Dharmadam. The roadshow witnessed enthusiastic participation from the supporters of CM Vijayan and his party. Also Read | Breach of Discipline During PM Modi Rally: Kerala Police Begins Probe Into Officials' 'Fight' During Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Poll Rally. Earlier in the day, the Left Democratic Front government placed its progress ...Read More >
Kannur (Keralam) [India], April 6 (ANI): Keralam Chief Minister and CPI (M) candidate Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday held a roadshow in his home constituency, Dharmadam. The roadshow witnessed enthusiastic participation from the supporters of CM Vijayan and his party. Earlier in the day, the Left Democratic Front government placed its progress report of performance before the electorate ahead of the April 9 Assembly polls in Keralam. Addressing a press conference in Dharmadam today, Chief Ministe ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 6 (PTI) The CEO of Kerala, Dr Rathan U Kelkar, on Monday announced that election campaigning in the state will end at 6 pm on April 7, ahead of the Assembly polls, and outlined strict restrictions to be enforced during the 48-hour "silence period." The crucial assembly polls for 140 constituencies in the state are scheduled to be held on April 9. The measures, issued to ensure free and fair elections, will come into effect 48 hours prior to the close of polling, with the ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kolkata Police on Monday evening sent a notice for interrogation to Trinamool Congress MLA Ratna Chatterjee, who is the party's candidate this time as well, over an incident of vandalism at a local office of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Behala (Paschim) Assembly constituency in the southern outskirts of Kolkata. Earlier in the day, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered against her at the local Parnasree Police Station under Behala (Paschim) ...Read More >
SALEM: Election officials have said 172 sensitive polling stations in 11 constituencies in Salem district would be monitored through live webcasting during the April 23 assembly election.Salem has 27,55,830 voters, including 13,70,962 men, 13,84,548 women, and 320 third-gender voters. Officials have set up 3,468 booths in 1,346 polling stations.Sensitive polling stations have been identified in each constituency and placed under enhanced surveillance, following the directions of the Election Com ...Read More >
Thrissur (Kerala), Apr 6 (PTI) A case has been registered after kits containing pulses and cereals, allegedly meant to influence voters, were seized from a godown in the Manaloor constituency here, officials said on Monday. In a press release, the District Collector and District Election Officer said that on Sunday, a flying squad acting on a tip-off conducted a search at a godown of a firm named Champions Traders in Vadanapally. The search led to the recovery of kits containing pulses and cer ...Read More >
Barpeta/Hojai/ Dibrugarh, Apr 6 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that while his government carried out 'Operation Sindoor', the Congress continued to "sing to the tune of" Pakistan. Addressing back-to-back election rallies in Barpeta, Hojai and Dibrugarh in Assam, Modi also accused the Congress of taking a myopic view on development, while asserting that the BJP focuses on long-term growth. "The party always took short-term measures so that they could indulge in corruption. Bu ...Read More >
Puducherry [India], April 6 (ANI): Ahead of the Assam assembly polls, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the NDA government has proposed enhanced financial support for fishermen and farmers in its manifesto. He also mocked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying that the latter confuses the price of petrol in Pakistan with that of India. "The DMK and the Congress are also contesting against each other on 5 seats. Two days ago, Rahul Gandhi came here and said that petrol prices in In ...Read More >
The electoral battle in Upper Assam is shaping up to be intensely competitive. (Representational) As the Assam Assembly Elections 2026 approaches, Upper Assam, particularly the Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts, has emerged as a crucial political battleground, where tea tribe voters are expected to play a decisive role. With a significant portion of the electorate belonging to tea garden communities, major political parties have fielded prominent leaders from within the community, setting the st ...Read More >
Anand, April 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Congress candidate Bhrugurajsinh Chauhan on Monday filed his nomination for the Umreth Assembly by-election in the presence of senior party leader Bharatsinh Solanki, marking the party's formal entry into the contest for the Anand district seat. Chauhan, who was recently announced as the party's nominee, submitted his papers as the campaign for the April 23 bypoll gathers pace. He is an experienced organisational figure within the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Commit ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The recent decision of the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Odisha to expand reservation in higher education is far more than an administrative correction -- it is a politically consequential intervention that could recalibrate the state's electoral landscape.At a structural level, the reform addresses a long-standing mismatch between demographic realities and quota allocation. By raising reservation for Scheduled Tribes to 22.5 per cent and for Scheduled Castes to 16.25 per cen ...Read More >
Agartala: As many as eight BJP workers were injured after supporters of the Tipra Motha party allegedly launched an unprovoked attack on them at Bubhiram Chowdhury Para under the Nalchar Assembly constituency in Tripura's Sepahijala district on Sunday. The party workers were inspecting the site of a makeshift party booth office, which had been set ablaze the previous night. Local MLA and Minister Kishor Barman rushed to the spot early in the morning to assess the situation. He visited the site ...Read More >
Assam Assembly Elections 2026: The BJP is looking to secure a third straight term in the northeast state, where it has been in power since 2016. But it needs to be seen whether the saffron party would be able to secure a majority on its own this year. The elections to the 126-member Assam Legislative Assembly will be held in a single phase on April 9 and the results will be declared on May 4, along with those in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the union territory (UT) of Puducherry. The ele ...Read More >
Sarbananda Sonowal, former chief minister and Union minister for shipping, ports and waterways in the Narendra Modi government, is among the key strategists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a star campaigner for the assembly elections in Assam. In an interview, he shared his views on the party's prospects and key issues as it eyes a third straight win. How is the campaign going so far, and how do you rate the prospects of the BJP and its allies? I have seen the brightness in the faces o ...Read More >
A local BJP leader in Kerala was booked for allegedly distributing kits of household items in a bid to influence voters ahead of the Assembly elections slated for April 9. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO The office of the Chief Electoral Officer on Sunday said a flying squad in Thrissur district intercepted an unauthorised distribution of kits, each worth Rs 900, near Parthasarathy temple at Olari on Saturday. The enforcement team found the kits of various household items were distributed in a c ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) The Congress on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using the proposal to amend the women quota law for its early implementation as a poll issue and asserted that the people in the election-bound four states and one Union Territory will give him a "resounding reply and decisively reject the BJP". The opposition party's assertion came after Prime Minister Modi, during an election rally in Assam, said the 33 per cent quota for women in Parliament would be impleme ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) members on Monday, April 6, called for a bandh in Gajwel after Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy's photo was placed in party president K Chandrashekhar Rao's (KCR) camp office there on April 4. The BRS members held a sit-in protest, during which they raised slogans such as, "What kind of government is this? Thieves government?" and "Jai Telangana." The protestors also called for bringing KCR back as the Telangana CM. In a video shared on social me ...Read More >
Palakkad (Keralam) [India], April 6 (ANI): Thrithala Assembly constituency in Palakkad district is once again emerging as one of Keralam's most closely watched political battlegrounds, with the 2026 election shaping up as a high-voltage rematch between CPI(M)'s MB Rajesh and Congress leader VT Balram, while BJP's V Unnikrishnan looks to play a crucial third-force role. What makes this contest particularly compelling is the intense rivalry between Rajesh and Balram, which has already delivered a ...Read More >
Nagaon (Assam) [India], April 6 (ANI): The Samaguri Assembly constituency in Assam's Nagaon district is set for a multi-cornered contest in the 2026 elections, with candidates from Congress, BJP, and AIUDF in the fray, as the seat, historically dominated by the Congress, heads into another electoral battle. In the 2026 Assembly election, candidates in the fray include Tanzil Hussain from the Congress, Anil Saikia from the BJP, Abdul Aziz representing the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF ...Read More >
Nagaon (Assam) [India], April 6 (ANI): The Samaguri Assembly constituency in Assam's Nagaon district is set for a multi-cornered contest in the 2026 elections, with candidates from Congress, BJP, and AIUDF in the fray, as the seat, historically dominated by the Congress, heads into another electoral battle. In the 2026 Assembly election, candidates in the fray include Tanzil Hussain from the Congress, Anil Saikia from the BJP, Abdul Aziz representing the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF ...Read More >
Ernakulam (Keralam) [India], April 6 (ANI): As Keralam prepares to vote for its 140-member Assembly on April 9, the Kalamassery constituency in Ernakulam district has emerged as one of the closely watched electoral battlegrounds in the state. Located within the greater Kochi metropolitan region, Kalamassery holds strategic importance as a key industrial and urban hub. Historically, Kalamassery has been a fiercely contested seat between the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Indian ...Read More >
Guwahati, Apr 6: With just two days left for the Assam Assembly elections and campaigning entering its final phase, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the state for the second time this election season, on Monday. Addressing a public rally in Barpeta in support of BJP candidate Ranjeet Dass, the Prime Minister outlined his vision of a "Viksit Bharat", while emphasising women's empowerment and targeting the Opposition. Highlighting efforts to increase women's political representation, Modi sa ...Read More >
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's remarks on AJP candidate Kunki Chowdhury's mother over beef eating and "anti-national" claims spark controversy ahead of elections. Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's remarks against Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) candidate Kunki Chowdhury's mother over alleged beef eating and for being "anti-national and anti-Sanatani" have put the young leader in the spotlight ahead of the April 9 assembly polls. On Thursday, Sarma alleged that the candidate's mother, Sujata Gur ...Read More >
Alleges suspicious movement of funds and unauthorised vehicles in the constituency The chief election agent of V. Sivankutty, General Education Minister and LDF candidate in Nemom constituency, has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission of India (EC) alleging suspicious movement of funds and unauthorised vehicles in Nemom constituency. According to the complaint, large volumes of parcels were being delivered to the BJP election offices via postal and private cargo services. "We strong ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The District Magistrate (DM) of West Bengal's Malda issued a show-cause notice to the Additional District Magistrate (Law and Order) after seven judicial officers, including three women, were gheraoed on April 1. The show-cause notice dated April 4 was served to ADM Shaikh Ansar Ahmad over a "serious lapse in duty and failure to report ground situation to higher authority on 1st April 2026, regarding the condition of judicial officers at Kaliachak." The notice mentioned that the ADM's ...Read More >
Sarma brings three decades of electoral experience, having led several successful campaigns for both the Congress and the BJP after switching sides in 2015. However, this is the first time the 57-year-old is contesting as a sitting chief minister, raising the stakes significantly. In contrast, Gogoi, 43, the son of former chief minister Tarun Gogoi, has won three successive Lok Sabha elections since entering politics in 2014. This election marks his Assembly debut, as he leads a Congress attemp ...Read More >
New Delhi/Guwahati: Just four days before Assam goes to the polls on April 9, a sensational press conference at the AICC headquarters on 24 Akbar Road has detonated a political bomb that could reshape the narrative of the high-stakes Assembly elections. On Sunday, April 5, Congress leader and Chairman of Media & Publicity, Shri Pawan Khera, addressed journalists with visible outrage. "Comrades," he began, his voice heavy with disbelief, "some of our supporters abroad have sent us documents so s ...Read More >
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