Kolkata, March 29 (IANS) All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Sunday announced party candidates for 284 of the 294 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal, which will vote in two phases next month. As expected, the party has nominated the former state Congress president in West Bengal and five-time party Lok Sabha member, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, from the Baharampur Assembly constituency in his native district of Murshidabad.The former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member, Mausam Benazir Noor, …
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Agartala, March 29 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Sunday announced that the state has once again secured the top position nationwide in participation in Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s monthly radio programme. Speaking after attending the 132nd episode of the programme at Barjala near Agartala, the Chief Minister said the latest broadcast highlighted innovative efforts to provide drinking water to underserved communities.He expressed pride that the Prime Minister Nare…
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) In West Bengal, where Assembly elections are scheduled to be held on April 23 and 29, there is a rush to “collect the spoils” from a direct political battle between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the principal opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — the minority mandate. Historically, this mandate has largely gone in favour of the party or bloc that has ruled the state — from the Congress to the Left Front and now, Trinamool Congress – but lately, there has be…
Agartala/Kohima, March 25 (IANS) Multi-cornered contests are on the cards in both Tripura and Nagaland, with several candidates filing nominations for the April 9 by-elections in the Dharmanagar and Koridang Assembly constituencies, respectively. In Tripura, six candidates have filed their nomination papers for the Dharmanagar by-election in the North Tripura district. The contest features nominees from major political parties as well as smaller parties and an independent candidate.The key conte…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Nitin Nabin, the national president of the BJP, is set to arrive in West Bengal on Tuesday for a pivotal two-day visit focused on bolstering the party’s organisational machinery ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.This marks Nabin’s first visit to the state since the election announcement, underscoring the central leadership’s intensified focus on West Bengal, which remains a key political battleground. Party insiders describe the visit as part of a broader …
Thiruvananthapuram, March 23 (IANS) The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Kerala, on Monday said that it has come to our notice that a letter from the Election Commission, bearing the seal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is being circulated across various Malayalam news channels.Kerala goes to the polls on April 9 to elect 140 new legislators.Based on the latest available figures for the 2026 Assembly elections, Kerala has an electorate of around 2.72 crore.The Office of the Chie…
Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) The All India Secular Front (AISF) on Monday announced the names of its candidates for 23 assembly constituencies for the two‑phase West Bengal Assembly elections scheduled to be held next month.Although AISF initially had indicated that it would announce candidates for all the 33 assembly constituencies it is fighting, it later declared the names of the candidates for only 23 constituencies.“This time the party is contesting the polls with a seat-sharing arrangement…
Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) Congress and All India Secular Front (AISF) are likely to publish their respective candidate lists on Monday.The Congress party is likely to publish its first list of 100 candidates for the 294-seat West Bengal Assembly. The AISF, which will have a seat-sharing arrangement with the CPI(M)-led Left Front, is expected to publish its candidates for all 33 seats which it will contest.Congress has, this time, decided to sever its seat-sharing arrangement with the Left Front, …
Agartala, March 22 (IANS) Even as the BJP continues discussions with its ally, the Tipra Motha Party (TMP), to finalise a seat-sharing arrangement, the opposition Congress on Sunday announced that it will contest the upcoming tribal council elections independently.Polling for the 30-member Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) is scheduled for April 12, with counting of votes on April 17.Leaders from both the BJP and TMP said the party’s central leadership has been holding …
Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) The CPI(M)-led Left Front on Thursday announced its second list of candidates for the forthcoming West Bengal Assembly polls, comprising 32 names.In the first list released on March 14, the names of candidates for 192 constituencies were announced. So, the names of 224 candidates out of the total 294 seats have been announced so far.Of the 32 candidates whose names were announced in the second list, one was from the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), three from the CPI…