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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election: With just a few weeks remaining in the Tamil Nadu Assembly election, all the key political parties have intensified their campaigns. The pre-poll surveys have predicted that the MK Stalin-led DMK alliance is set to return to power comfortably. While the ruling alliance is likely to get above 170 out of the total 234 constituencies, the opposition AIADMK alliance is expected to win below 50 seats. Apart from this, the actor-turned-politician Vijay's TVK is set to reg ...Read More >
Kharagpur (West Bengal) [India], April 4 (ANI): The Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Saturday asserted that a "storm, a tsunami of the people" is set to sweep the TMC from power on election day. Addressing supporters, Adhikari said, "The people will uproot and throw them (TMC) out, root and all. As soon as our government is formed, we will withdraw all fake cases against the BJP in the first cabinet meeting. The BJP government will give Rs 5,000 as a fighte ...Read More >
Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 4 (ANI): Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) candidate Srinath on Saturday filed his nomination for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections from the Thoothukudi Assembly constituency. The nomination was submitted in accordance with election procedures, in the presence of several key party functionaries and supporters. Many party leaders and cadres participated in the nomination filing event and expressed their strong support for Srinath. They al ...Read More >
Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 4 (ANI): Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) candidate Srinath on Saturday filed his nomination for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections from the Thoothukudi Assembly constituency. The nomination was submitted in accordance with election procedures, in the presence of several key party functionaries and supporters. Many party leaders and cadres participated in the nomination filing event and expressed their strong support for Srinath. They al ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 4 (ANI): Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) President Gaurav Gogoi on Saturday slammed Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over his claims that Pakistani media was campaigning for Congress, while taking a dig at the CM's earlier remark on Rahul Gandhi's alleged body double during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in 2024. Speaking to ANI, Gogoi said the Chief Minister is growing increasingly desperate as 'the ground is slipping beneath his feet' and ridiculed Sarma for r ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: The Election Commission has directed all political parties and candidates contesting in the Kerala Assembly polls on April 9, not to publish any advertisements in print media, on polling day and its eve, without getting the contents pre-certified by the MCMC committee. The directive, issued by Kerala Chief Electoral Officer Rathan U Kelkar late Friday night, stated that offending, misleading, or inflammatory advertisements published in print media during the final stages of ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 4 (ANI): Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) President Gaurav Gogoi on Saturday slammed Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over his claims that Pakistani media was campaigning for Congress, while taking a dig at the CM's earlier remark on Rahul Gandhi's alleged body double during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in 2024. Speaking to ANI, Gogoi said the Chief Minister is growing increasingly desperate as "the ground is slipping beneath his feet" and ridiculed Sarma for r ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 4 (PTI) The Election Commission has directed all political parties and candidates contesting in the Kerala Assembly polls on April 9, not to publish any advertisements in print media, on polling day and its eve, without getting the contents pre-certified by the MCMC committee. The directive, issued by Kerala Chief Electoral Officer Rathan U Kelkar late Friday night, stated that offending, misleading, or inflammatory advertisements published in print media during the fina ...Read More >
Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 4 (ANI): The saying 'talent needs no introduction' found a fitting example at the Khelo India Tribal Games 2026, where wrestlers from Karnataka's Siddi community have made a powerful statement on the mat. Their success is no longer just about medals--it reflects the emergence of an entire community as a force in wrestling. Of African descent, there are about 50,000 Siddis in India, of which one-third live in Karnataka. Out of the nine wrestlers represent ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 4 (ANI): Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) President Gaurav Gogoi on Saturday slammed Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over his claims that Pakistani media was campaigning for Congress, while taking a dig at the CM's earlier remark on Rahul Gandhi's alleged body double during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in 2024. Speaking to ANI, Gogoi said the Chief Minister is growing increasingly desperate as "the ground is slipping beneath his feet" and ridiculed Sarma for r ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 4 (ANI): Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) President Gaurav Gogoi on Saturday slammed Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over his claims that Pakistani media was campaigning for Congress, while taking a dig at the CM's earlier remark on Rahul Gandhi's alleged body double during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in 2024. Speaking to ANI, Gogoi said the Chief Minister is growing increasingly desperate as "the ground is slipping beneath his feet" and ridiculed Sarma for r ...Read More >
The issue pertains to an EC document sent to political parties having the seal of the BJP's Kerala unit Kerala CEO Rathan U Kelkar has said that the EC is taking strict action against anyone violating the MCC or other election rules both in the physical space and the digital world. The Chief Electoral Officer said that immediately after the elections were announced, it was made clear to all political parties and candidates that they shall abide by the Model Code of Conduct and "any violations ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Free Uber rides, halwa and rice flour at Re 1 may sound like an advertisement to attract customers to a store, but are actually initiatives by the EC to encourage young electors to vote in the Assembly polls in the state on April 9, by turning the exercise into a celebration, rather than a tedious activity.The extensive measures to attract young voters to polling booths also include possible discounts by coffee houses like Starbucks and Cafe Coffee Day, positive messages by f ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala CEO Rathan U Kelkar has said that the EC is taking strict action against anyone violating the MCC or other election rules both in the physical space and the digital world. The Chief Electoral Officer said that immediately after the elections were announced, it was made clear to all political parties and candidates that they shall abide by the Model Code of Conduct and "any violations will be dealt with strictly". Kelkar said that an FIR has been lodged and an investi ...Read More >
Guwahati, April 4: The Congress manifesto has come under strong criticism from the family members of late singer and cultural icon Zubeen Garg and they have called upon all political parties not to politicize the death of the celebrated musician. The Congress, in its State Assembly election manifesto, promised to give justice to Zubeen in 100 days if voted to power. Zubeen's uncle Manoj Borthakur told The Assam Tribune that there is no short cut in the Indian legal system. The case is being h ...Read More >
Former Union Minister and Congress leader Anand Sharma on Thursday (April 2, 2026) appreciated India's diplomatic and skilful handling of the West Asia crisis and urged it to be the leader of the Global South in de-escalating the hostilities in the region. In a statement, Mr. Sharma said the international community could not remain a "mute spectator" to the collapse of the rules-based multilateral order and global crisis-management mechanisms. "Indian diplomatic handling of the crisis has been ...Read More >
Kerala's Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan retaliated against Rahul Gandhi's accusations regarding the Sabarimala gold loss case, questioning his connections to the accused and igniting a political row during the election season. Photograph: ANI PhotoKey PointsKerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan criticised Rahul Gandhi for raising the Sabarimala gold loss issue during the election campaign.Vijayan alluded to a photograph linking a prime suspect in the Sabarimala gold loss case to Sonia Gandhi.Rahul Gandhi ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Anand Sharma's praise for the BJP-led Centre's handling of the West Asia crisis drew a restrained response from his party on Friday, with Jairam Ramesh asserting that the Congress remains a democratic platform where diverse views can be expressed. Earlier, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor sparked a political row after he said that India's silence on the West Asia war is a responsible statecraft, not moral surrender. On Thursday, Sharma haile ...Read More >
The Madhya Pradesh assembly secretariat on Thursday terminated the membership of Congress legislator Rajendra Bharti within hours of a Delhi court sentencing him to three years in jail in a fraud case, triggering sharp protests from the state Congress. The assembly secretariat started working on the disqualification order after principal secretary Arvind Sharma returned to the secretariat late on Thursday night. The Congress asked why the assembly secretariat could not wait for the next workin ...Read More >
The political battle has intensified in West Bengal ahead of the assembly polls in April. The Election Commission of India had announced earlier that voting in the Bengal elections will be conducted in two phases on April 23 and 29. The first phase in the state will cover 152 constituencies, and the second phase will cover 142 seats. The battle, largely, will be between the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), to stake claim of the CM seat. Since the announcement o ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 4 (ANI): Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) President Gaurav Gogoi and Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) President Lurinjyoti Gogoi visited Sarupathar on Friday to campaign for opposition alliance candidate Jiban Chutia in the Sarupathar constituency. Addressing a large election rally attended by nearly five thousand people at Nolonipathar Church playground, both leaders sharply criticised the sitting MLA Biswajit Phukan and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Ad ...Read More >
The Maharashtra Congress on Thursday said since no elections were scheduled in the state for the next few years, the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) should have a timeline of one and a half to two years to ensure accuracy, as the previous SIR process in 2002-03 had lasted for 13 months. A delegation led by state Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal pointed out that the voter base in the state has grown by 3.5 crore over the last 25 years and hence the Election Commission should not to rush t ...Read More >
Chennai Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) president G.K. Vasan in an interview with The Hindu said people of Tamil Nadu are angry as the state missed several schemes due to the DMK government treating the ruling BJP as an "enemy". Expressing confidence that the AIADMK-led NDA, of which his party is a constituent, is the "winning front" in the upcoming Assembly elections, he said the DMK and actor C Joseph Vijay's TVK could fight for the "second position". Edited excerpts In 2016, you refused to ...Read More >
Bhopal, Apr 3 (PTI) Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday said that Rajendra Bharti, Congress MLA from Datia, was disqualified in compliance with the Supreme Court's judgement of 2013, and the action was legal. The annulment of Bharti's membership of the assembly triggered a row earlier in the day with the opposition Congress terming the "midnight" move a "blatant violation of the democratic process". Speaking to reporters, Tomar noted that a special court in Delhi sen ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 3 (ANI): Assam Congress president and candidate from Jorhat constituency Gaurav Gogoi and Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) president Lurinjyoti Gogoi visited Sarupathar today to campaign for opposition alliance candidate Jiban Chutia in the Sarupathar constituency. According to a press release issued by the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC), addressing a large election rally attended by nearly five thousand people at Nolonipathar Church playground, both leaders ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 3 (ANI): Assam Congress president and candidate from Jorhat constituency Gaurav Gogoi and Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) president Lurinjyoti Gogoi visited Sarupathar today to campaign for opposition alliance candidate Jiban Chutia in the Sarupathar constituency. According to a press release issued by the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC), addressing a large election rally attended by nearly five thousand people at Nolonipathar Church playground, both leaders ...Read More >
Guwahati, Apr 3 (PTI) Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi and his ally AJP chief Lurinjyoti Gogoi on Friday participated in a roadshow in support of the opposition alliance's candidates in two assembly seats in Guwahati. The two leaders, surrounded by supporters of both parties, took part in the procession from Rajgarh to Six Mile area of the city, passing through Guwahati Central and New Guwahati constituencies. Accompanied by Congress' New Guwahati candidate Santanu Bora, Gaurav and Lurinj ...Read More >
Cachar (Assam) [India], April 3 (ANI): Ahead of the forthcoming state Assembly elections, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday alleged Assam Congress president and candidate from Jorhat constituency Gaurav Gogoi's connections with Pakistani media, saying all these people are a "left-wing liberal gang who want to finish the Sanatana". Sarma also projected confidence in the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) electoral prospects and said only Prime Minister Narendra Modi's slogan will pr ...Read More >
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday exhorted his party cadre to work at the booth level with their full strength to ensure the party's victory in the 2027 UP assembly polls, saying, "it is an election to save the Constitution." Yadav further said his party's objective was to win the 2027 polls and better SP's 2024 Lok Sabha polls performance. Addressing workers from various districts at the SP's state headquarters in Lucknow, he said: "It (2027 UP polls) is an election to safegu ...Read More >
Jose Charles Martin does not believe politics is the highest form of power. He says it plainly, almost casually, like a businessman stating a balance sheet truth. "Businessmen have more power than politicians, actually." And yet, here he is: the 37-year-old founder of the Latchiya Jananayaga Katchi (LJK) is contesting his first election from Puducherry, and speaking of ministries, urban transformation, and governance roadmaps that stretch to 2050. If there is a contradiction, he does not seem t ...Read More >
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