Bengal poll chief to accept objections from parties till September 8West Bengal's Chief Electoral Officer will consider objections to booth reorganization until September 8, following discontent from major p...
29 Aug, 2025, 11.40 PM IST
West Bengal political parties voice objections over polling booth bifurcation ahead of 2026 electionsWest Bengal's Chief Electoral Officer is accepting objections regarding booth bifurcation until September 8, following political parties' d...
29 Aug, 2025, 08.47 PM IST
14,000 new polling booths likely in Bengal; all-party meet on August 29West Bengal is set to increase its polling booths by approximately 14,000 before the 2026 assembly elections. The Election Commission has s...
23 Aug, 2025, 11.37 PM IST
One Nation, One Poll: Over to lawmakers to debate and discussThe Union Cabinet's approval of the Kovind Committee recommendations has sparked a debate on simultaneous polls. With frequent elections di...
25 Sep, 2024, 10.56 AM IST
SAD announces reforms: One family, one ticket; only two terms in row for presidentThe planned changes unveiled by party president Sukhbir Singh Badal are apparently triggered by the party's bad showing in the last Punjab ...
02 Sep, 2022, 09.59 PM IST
Some heavy lifting still needed to hold JK pollsUnlike in 1995, when the last delimitation exercise was conducted in J&K and no such clause existed, section 62 of the J&K Reorganisation A...
07 May, 2022, 10.16 PM IST
DDC polls: Freezing weather fails to dampen spirit of voters in Jammu and KashmirThe enthusiasm was the same among all the age groups in Jammu division as witnessed in the previous five phases of the maiden DDC elections...
13 Dec, 2020, 08.58 PM IST
DDC polls are for local issues, not for 'bigger' political problems, say voters in J&K's GanderbalSeveral voters in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Saturday said that the District Development Council (DDC) polls are to elect pe...
28 Nov, 2020, 04.29 PM IST
DDC polls: West Pakistan refugees outside booths in Jammu say justice done after 70 years of struggleWith the abrogation of Article 370, several communities like West Pakistan refugees, Valmikis and Gurkhas are now eligible to vote in local...
28 Nov, 2020, 01.15 PM IST
Need to decide on leadership quickly; Rahul must stay on, says Bhupinder Singh HoodaNationalism, or pseudo-nationalism, worked in the LS election. Assembly elections are fought on local factors, Hooda said.
26 Jun, 2019, 11.08 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi seeks to gear up Congress unit in TelanganaGandhi, who is on a two-day visit to Hyderabad, his first after becoming the party President, addressed a tele-conference with the party's ...
14 Aug, 2018, 02.51 PM IST
2019 Lok Sabha polls; Congress begins constituency wise discussionsCongress and JD(S) have decided to fight the Lok Sabha polls together.
03 Aug, 2018, 10.39 PM IST
The rise & rise of BJP: Not just Modi, a lot goes behind the party's winning streakModi’s popularity is a key factor in BJP’s rise, but a lot more has had to work for the party to sustain this so far. So what's working for...
12 Mar, 2018, 07.10 AM IST
Not a difficult choice for voters: Ashwin Mahesh, Loksatta partyVoters are naturally not enthused about an election that may prove pointless and is known to be pointless even before it is held.
11 Aug, 2015, 10.46 AM IST
Aam Aadmi Party announces new team for Indore division"The first phase of Mission Vistaar in MP has been completed. As part of it, the new state-level executive body was announced yesterday."
08 Sep, 2014, 09.42 PM IST
Congress in a bind as regional parties play Andhra Pradesh split cardCongress is faced with tough task of weaning away electors from Naidu & Jaganmohan Reddy, both of whom are eyeing big gains from voter angs...
05 May, 2014, 12.14 PM IST
NCP to organise itself in GoaNCP in Goa has decided to re-organise itself a year after it faced humiliating defeat in the assembly elections.
05 Mar, 2013, 12.39 PM IST