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Cabinet rejig talk as MLC polls approach
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Talks for a rejig in the state cabinet gained ground in the run-up to elections for six seats in the legislative council.
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Patna district administration gears up for civic polls
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The Patna district administration has geared up for the elections of different wards of Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC), six Nagar Parishads and three Nagar Panchayats in Patna district scheduled for May 17.
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Congress candidates’ list out, at last
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The Congress high command on Friday night announced the candidates for the 18 Assembly and one Lok Sabha seats going to the bypolls on June 12.
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Election Commission going soft on model code of conduct?
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Voting for the by-elections in Mathura's Mant assembly constituency would be held on June 12 from 8.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. The assembly seat fell vacant due to resignation
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BJP feels lack of effort cost it Rajay Sabha seat in Jharkhand
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Differences between BJP leaders came to the fore on Friday following party leader S S Ahluwalia's defeat in the Rajya Sabha elections from Jharkhand.
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Chidambaram assures to address Meghalaya dubious voters issue
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Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has assured to address the issue of enrolment of dubious voters in Meghalaya and the concerns of militancy in the state, officials said today.
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Prez poll: Cong refuses to rule out Pranab
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As the race for the President's post, elections to which are due in mid-July, gained momention, it was the Congress leadership’s turn today for some damage control following its spokesperson Mrs Renuka Chowdhury’s gushing tribute to Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee’s
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SS Ahluwalia loses in RS poll
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In a big embarrassment for the BJP, senior leader S S Ahluwalia was today defeated in the Rajya Sabha elections in Jharkhand, with the Congress, helped by the RJD and Independents, winning one seat and the JMM bagging another.
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Gautam Deb cuts rivals to size
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The writ of Alimuddin Street was yet again firmly established on the most faction-ridden CPI-M's North 24 Parganas' district committee and secretariat. And the writ has been executed through none other than the Alimuddin mandarins’ points-man, new district secretary Mr Gautam Deb.
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Allies lock horns in civic elections
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With chances of clinching seat-sharing deals between the Trinamul Congress and the Congress for elections to four civic bodies on 3 June receding, the Congress today collected nomination papers for all the 43 seats for Durgapur Municipal Corporation. The last day of filing nominations is 7 May.
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Meghalaya convenes all-party meet on D-voters
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The Meghalaya Government today decided to convene an all-party meeting next week to break the deadlock over the enrolment of dubious voters in the State with agitating tribal NGOs.
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Nagaland Cabinet plea on civic polls opposed
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The Joint Action Committee on Women Reservation (JACWR) has expressed strong resentment over the decision of the Nagaland Cabinet to appeal to the principal bench of the Gauhati High Court seeking more time to hold the municipal elections in the State.
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Won't interfere in Jharkhand RS election: SC
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to interfere with Thursday's biennial election to the two Rajya Sabha seats from Jharkhand which was countermanded following allegations of use of money power and horse-trading.
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Rajya Sabha polls: More trouble for BJP in Jharkhand?
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After the controversy over its candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections from Jharkhand, Anshuman Mishra, the BJP seems to be heading for fresh trouble.
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No doubtful voters in Meghalaya: CEO
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Meghalaya Chief Electoral Officer Prashant Naik today said the issue of Doubtful or D-voters applies only in the case of Assam and not anywhere else in the country.
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AGP party poll today
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The organisational elections of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) will be held tomorrow to elect 28 office-bearers of the party for the next three years.
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Cortalim bypoll on June 2
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The byelection to the Cortalim assembly constituency will be held on June 2. The seat had fallen vacant following the death of Matanhy Saldanha on March 21.
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Bangalore mayoral polls: it’s Murthy vs Somashekar
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With just two days to go for the Bangalore mayoral polls, lobbying intensified in the city unit of the ruling BJP on Tuesday.
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YSR Cong welcomes poll schedule, confident of clean sweep
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The YSR Congress Party, which is upbeat on facing the by-polls, has welcomed the election schedule for the 18 Assembly and Nellore Parliamentary Seats and expressed confidence the Party will win all the seats "hands down".
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Neyattinkara to go to polls June 2
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The Election Commission Tuesday announced June 2 as the date for the by-election to Kerala's Neyattinkara assembly constituency.
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Andhra parties welcome by-poll schedule
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Political parties in Andhra Pradesh Tuesday welcomed the schedule announced by the Election Commission of India for by-elections in one Lok Sabha and 18 assembly constituencies.
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Trinamool and CPI(M) to fight in six municipalities and two Assy seats
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For the first time after the Assembly elections last year, the ruling Trinamool Congress and Opposition CPI(M) will cross swords for six municipalities in June and two Assembly seats,
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Bye-election in Daspur, Bankura on June 12
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The Election Commission on Tuesday announced the schedule for Bye-elections to Daspur and Bankura Assembly Constituencies of West Bengal Assembly.
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BJP to contest all seats in by-elections
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BJP Andhra Pradesh unit General Secretary Somu Veerraju today said BJP would contest all the 18 Assembly seats that would go to polls in the by-elections shortly.
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Marandi's party to stay away from Rajya Sabha poll
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Ahead of the May 3 Rajya Sabha polls in Jharkhand, the Congress suffered a setback Monday when its alliance partner, the JVM-P of Babulal Marandi, said it will not support the party in the biennial elections for the two seats
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