Thiruvananthapuram, March 28 (IANS) Kerala’s evolving electoral landscape has thrown up a rare and striking trend this Assembly election — direct contests between six sitting legislators.As many as six incumbent MLAs are locked in head-to-head battles across three constituencies. This means that at least three will return to the Assembly while the remaining half face inevitable defeat when votes are counted on May 4.The state will go to the polls on April 9 to elect 140 new legislators.This i…
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Kolkata, March 27 (IANS) The second supplementary list for judicial adjudication cases in West Bengal will be published on Friday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has informed.By Thursday night, the judicial adjudication process had been completed for 36 lakh voters, which is around 60 per cent of the 60 lakh cases referred for judicial adjudication, informed sources in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal.Although the ECI is yet to specify the exact time when the …
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Anil Antony, on Thursday, accused the Congress and CPI-M of engaging in “vote bank politics” in the state ahead of the next month’s Assembly election.This statement by Antony comes after Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s sharp attack on Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, alleging that the Congress and its leader have historically functioned as the “B-team of the BJP”, even as he dismissed …
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Security arrangements in various parts of the country has been beefed up for Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations as worshippers gathered for prayers on the last day of Ramzan, ahead of the festival.Clerics in India announced that Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated on Saturday after the crescent moon was not sighted on Thursday evening. However, Kerala celebrated the festival on Friday itself.In Uttarakhand, Hardoi’s Superintendent of Police (SP) Ashok Kumar Meena said that elaborate …
Chennai, March 2 (IANS) Taking a sharp swipe at the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Tamil Nadu, DMK President and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday questioned the clarity of leadership within the opposition front, asking whether its constituents even knew who was heading the alliance in the state.Referring to the NDA’s public meeting in Madurai on Sunday, Stalin pointed to what he described as a contradiction in messaging. While AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami had pro…
Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) Amid the publication of the final voters’ list in West Bengal minus those whose names have been referred for judicial adjudication as per the direction of the Supreme Court, the Election Commission of India (ECI) will be conducting crucial meetings on Monday and Tuesday to review the post-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) scenario in the state as part of its preparations for the forthcoming Assembly election.The meetings will be conducted in two phases, starting from 11 …
Madurai, March 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day visit to Tamil Nadu, on Sunday inaugurated multiple infrastructure projects in Madurai and launched a sharp political attack on the ruling DMK during a large NDA campaign rally in the district.Earlier in the day, while inaugurating development initiatives, the Prime Minister announced that historically significant sites in Tamil Nadu, including Adichanallur, would be developed as world heritage destinations. He said the Ce…
Panaji, Feb 21 (IANS) The Election Commission on Saturday published the final electoral roll for Goa, confirming a total of 10,57,566 eligible voters across the state after the Special Intensive Revision of the rolls.The updated list follows a rigorous verification process aimed at streamlining the electorate and removing discrepancies ahead of upcoming polls.According to the Chief Electoral Officer of Goa, the total number of voters stood at 11,85,034 prior to the draft publication. This initia…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) As Tamil Nadu gears up for Assembly election, tensions continue to escalate between the ruling DMK and its principal ally, the Congress, with the latter’s regional leaders demanding to contest more seats and seeking a power sharing arrangement in state government.For long, the Congress has been relegated to the sidelines in state politics. Now, a section of the state leadership wants a piece of the pie. The dispute centres on the Congress’ demands for a formal role in …
Chennai, Feb 19 (IANS) Veteran politician and former Tamil Nadu Minister ‘Panruti’ S. Ramachandran on Thursday announced the formation of a new political outfit, the MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MGR ADMK), marking yet another chapter in his long and eventful public life. Addressing journalists in Chennai, the 88-year-old leader said the party would be formally inaugurated at a state-level conference in Kancheepuram on February 23.Unveiling the party flag bearing black, white and red colou…