CHENNAI: Union minister and BJP’s Tamil Nadu election in-charge Piyush Goyal on Tuesday met AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami in Chennai, signalling the start of structured alliance talks ahead of the 2026 assembly election.He was “delighted to meet his dear friend and brother EPS”, Goyal said in a joint press meet with EPS, adding that their discussions revolved around...
Chennai: Tamil Nadu BJP has drawn up a list of 50 assembly constituencies it considers favourable for the 2026 assembly election, based on the vote share secured by the saffron party in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. In addition, the BJP has identified 15 seats for minor partners of the NDA in the state, including T R Paarivendhar's Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi and John Pandian's Tamilaga Makkal Munnetra...
KOLKATA: The SIR draft roll to be published by Election Commission on Dec 16 will see every third voter getting deleted in two city assembly constituencies — Jorasanko and Chowringhee. For 11 other assembly segments in the state, 9 of which are in Kolkata, every fifth voter will go missing from the list.Chowringhee, Jorasanko To Lose Every 3rdAccording to data released by EC after the conclusion of...
MUMBAI: Maharashtra assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar will conduct a hearing in the Shiv Sena MLAs disqualification case on Thursday. Earlier this month, Narwekar had decided to consolidate the 34 petitions in the disqualification case into six groups based on their cause of action.MLAs seeking more time to reply must provide justification: Maha Assembly SpeakerOut of the six groups, four contain...
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Monday set the ball rolling for assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram - the last electoral battle in the run-up to 2024 general election - by announcing a 24-day poll window extending from November 7 to November 30.Chhattisgarh will be the only state to have polling in two phases, with the assembly constituencies in the...
PUDUCHERRY: The 15th legislative assembly of the Union territory of Puducherry, which convened for the fourth session on Wednesday, concluded within 25 minutes much to the chagrin of the members of the opposition parties – the DMK and the Congress.The House passed resolutions thanking the Union government for granting approval to provide 10% quota for government school students in admission to...
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India announced the schedule for the upcoming Karnataka assembly elections on Wednesday.The elections in the southern state will be held in a single phase on May 10. The counting of votes will be done on May 13.Addressing a press conference in Delhi, Chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar said the notification for the elections will be issued on April 13 and the...
NEW DELHI: Delhi Finance Minister Kailash Gahlot on Monday lashed out at BJP MLAs who claimed that the government suffered losses in excise revenue and asked the saffron party members to read the Budget. During a discussion in the Delhi Assembly, BJP MLA Abhay Verma claimed that the city government's 2023-24 Budget showed a loss of Rs 3,100 crore in excise revenue.The allegation, however, was refuted by...
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