West Bengal elections: High-pitched campaign for 152 seats in first phase ends; voting on April 23The high-pitched campaign for West Bengal's first phase of assembly elections concluded Tuesday, with the BJP and TMC clashing over elector...
22 Apr, 2026, 09.30 PM IST
West Bengal elections: Junglemahal’s 25 seats turn battleground as BJP targets TMC’s development pitchPurulia, Bankura, and Jhargram, the gateway to West Bengal's Junglemahal, are witnessing a fierce political battle. While Trinamool banks o...
22 Apr, 2026, 12.14 AM IST
West Bengal elections: Trinamool will return to power again, says Mamata BanerjeeMamata Banerjee asserts Trinamool Congress will secure a fourth term in West Bengal. She calls for opposition unity to unseat the BJP gover...
22 Apr, 2026, 12.13 AM IST
Teetotalitarian nanny state strikes againThe Indian state patronisingly assumes that all voters cannot be trusted to exercise electoral judgement if they have access to alcohol. EC...
21 Apr, 2026, 10.55 PM IST
West Bengal Dry Day 2026: EC announces liquor ban in view of polls, check district-wise dates and rulesThe Election Commission of India has declared dry days in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu ahead of the Assembly elections. Liquor sales will be ...
20 Apr, 2026, 07.03 PM IST
EU updates age-check app after vulnerabilities foundThe European Union is updating its new age verification app. This comes after independent developers identified security flaws. The app aim...
17 Apr, 2026, 05.52 PM IST
EC may roll out SIR in remaining 22 states, Union territories post this month's assembly pollsThe Election Commission plans to conduct the final phase of voter list revision across 22 states and Union Territories. This exercise will ...
07 Apr, 2026, 04.36 PM IST
AAP claims Election Commission has banned party's Lok Sabha poll campaign songAAP alleges EC banned their anti-BJP song, criticizing EC for ignoring BJP violations, labeling it dictatorship. Dilip Pandey's song, viola...
28 Apr, 2024, 04.05 PM IST
EC's ban on physical rallies hits business of charter flight operators"Election travel has not really picked up. It had started to pick up initially, around mid-December, but then the EC announced the ban on r...
23 Jan, 2022, 01.29 PM IST
EC likely to watch Modi biopic on SC's directions todayThe EC has asked the producers of the film to arrange for a screening.
17 Apr, 2019, 03.22 PM IST
Modi biopic row: SC asks EC to watch film, next hearing on Apr 22The poll panel will have to share its views with the court next week.
15 Apr, 2019, 12.57 PM IST
LS Polls 2014: Samajwadi Party MLA threatens to go on fast if EC ban on Azam Khan not liftedMLA of SP has threatened to go on fast unto death if ban imposed by EC on UP minister Azam Khan's rallies in state was not lifted.
29 Apr, 2014, 04.44 PM IST
Azam Khan denies 'apology' for hate speech, questions Election Commission's move towards Amit ShahAzam Khan today ruled out an apology for an alleged hate speech and questioned why the Election Commission had not lifted the ban on his ca...
18 Apr, 2014, 08.11 PM IST
Time to track Amit Shah, Azam Khan on new mediaThe ban on his meetings with people will affect the BJP as Shah was the only unifying person in a state where the party is deeply divided.
15 Apr, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Election Commission following the footsteps of CBI in its working: Azam KhanAzam Khan today threatened to move court against EC's ban on him, alleging that the poll watch dog was working under the "influence" of the...
13 Apr, 2014, 10.34 PM IST
Law Ministry asks EC to consult parties afresh on opinion poll banSibal sent the file back to EC asking it to consult the parties again and seek their views afresh on the issue.
02 Oct, 2013, 06.06 PM IST
- Psephologists to go out of job, but it’s not recession
EC has banned the results of opinion or exit poll both in print & broadcast.
18 Feb, 2009, 03.54 AM IST