Gramer Suresh, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Madurai leader and State youth coordinator of MGR Organisation was expelled from the party on Monday for “anti-party activities” ahead of the Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu. Suresh filed his nomination as an independent candidate as he was not given AIADMK ticket […]
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BJP MP slams Maharashtra CM for allegedly backing Sachin Waze
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Rakesh Singh on Monday in Lok Sabha slammed Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for allegedly backing Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Waze who is in NIA custody for his alleged role and involvement in placing an explosives-laden vehicle near industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s residence. Singh said, “Perhaps it is the first incident of the […]
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PM Modi says ‘Bengal mai is baar BJP sarkar’
Ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said people attending his rally in large numbers clearly indicate that “Bengal mei is baar BJP sarkar” (this time it will be BJP government in West Bengal). He further stated that a BJP government is essential for the prosperity […]
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BJP likely to promise development of West Bengal as international trading
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to make promises to develop West Bengal as an international trading and commerce hub ahead of the state Assembly elections. With the state sharing a border with Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan, the party is likely to assure the citizens, in its manifesto for the forthcoming […]
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Amit Shah to release BJP’s manifesto for West Bengal on March 21
Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Friday said the party’s manifesto for the forthcoming West Bengal Assembly polls will be released by the Union Home Minister Amit Shah on March 21 in Kolkata. “BJP manifesto for West Bengal Assembly elections will be released by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on March 21 […]
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Congress and AIUDF alliance threat to Assamese culture, says Himanta Biswa Sarma
Assam cabinet minister and BJP key strategist Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that the Congress and AIUDF alliance is a threat to Assamese culture. Speaking to ANI, Sarma said “Congress and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) is a threat to Assamese culture. We have to defeat them in a manner so that they never silence our culture and ethos.” “In Assam, […]
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DMDK’s exit from AIADMK-led alliance will not affect our winning chances, says BJP Tamil Nadu chief
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tamil Nadu president L Murugan has said that DMDK’s exit from the AIADMK-led coalition for the state Assembly elections will not affect the winning chances of the alliance. Addressing a press conference after the BJP CEC Meeting on Saturday he said, “We have informed our interests to the CEC. The […]
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West Bengal Polls: Yashwant Sinha joins TMC
Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha joined Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Kolkata on Saturday ahead of the state’s Assembly elections. “The country is facing an unprecedented situation today. The strength of democracy lies in the strength of the institutions of democracy. All these institutions including the judiciary have become weak now,” said Sinha, right after joining TMC. […]
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Tamil Nadu Assembly polls: Minister DC Srinivasan files nomination from Dindigul seat
Ahead of Assembly elections, Tamil Nadu Minister Dindigul C Srinivasan on Friday filed his nomination as the AIADMK candidate from the Dindigul constituency. He is currently the Forest Minister in the Tamil Nadu government. The DMK has allotted the Dindigul Assembly seat to its ally CPI (M). Tamil Nadu assembly elections will be held in a single phase on April 6 […]
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BJP MLA Subash Panigrahi attempts suicide in Odisha Assembly by consuming sanitiser
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Subash Panigrahi attempted suicide in the Odisha Assembly by consuming sanitiser on Friday. The MLA said he attempted suicide during the ongoing assembly session to draw attention to the problems related to paddy procurement in the state. “Paddy procurement not being done in Debgad area. More than 2 lakh quintal paddy lying unsold. Attempted suicide by consuming […]
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West Bengal Assembly Polls: Mamata Banerjee files nomination from Nandigram
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday filed her nomination from Nandigram seat for the upcoming Assembly elections in the state. The TMC on March 5 released its list of candidates with Banerjee announcing that she will contest from Nandigram. Banerjee had been contesting polls from Bhawanipore constituency so far. On March […]
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Andhra Pradesh municipal elections: SEC inspects polling arrangements in Vijayawada
Andhra Pradesh State Election Commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar visited the polling booth at Bishop Gracy High School and inspected the polling arrangements on Wednesday. The SEC was accompanied by Krishna district collector AMD Imtiaz, Vijayawada Municipal Commissioner Prasanna Venkatesh, Election Observer J Subrahmanyam, and others. The SEC interacted with the voters and asked them about the arrangements at the polling […]
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Voting underway for Andhra Pradesh municipal elections
Voting for 12 municipal corporations and 71 municipalities and Nagar panchayats in Andhra Pradesh is underway on Wednesday. Elections are being held for 2,214 wards in 12 municipal corporations and 71 municipalities from 7 AM to 5 PM. In 12 municipal corporations, there are 671 divisions. In 90 of those divisions, a candidate won unanimously without contest. Elections are being held in the remaining […]
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Tamil Nadu polls: Kamal Haasan’s MNM finalises seat-sharing deal, to contest 154 seats
Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan’s party Makkal Needhi Maiam (MKM) has finalised the seat-sharing arrangement with its alliance partners for the upcoming Tamil Nadu polls and they will be contesting on 154 out of 234 assembly seats. On the remaining 80 seats, its two alliance partners — All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi (AISMK) led by R. […]
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“Golden Moment”: Former Trinamool MP Dinesh Trivedi Joins BJP
Former Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress MP Dinesh Trivedi today joined the BJP, the latest in a long list of such defections over the past many months. The 70-year-old’s change of course comes merely weeks ahead of the West Bengal Assembly polls, the run-up to which is already seeing a […]