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Shiv Sena (UBT) split row deepens as Sanjay Raut alleges Maharashtra MPs offered Rs 50 crore each to switch sidesSanjay Raut alleges a Rs 50 crore "Minimum Support Price" for poaching MPs, with Rs 15 crore as an advance, amid speculation of a Shiv Sena...
The fall of the TMC machine and the rise of political survivalismIn Bengal, 'paara' (neighbourhood) serves as the primary political unit for leadership engagement. Securing electoral victory requires paar...
Maharashtra Legislative Council polls: BJP asks Shiv Sena (UBT) to back 'horse-trading' allegations with proofNavnath Ban, Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson, has challenged Sanjay Raut of Shiv Sena (UBT) to present proof of horse tradi...
BJP’s Kerala strategy: Betting on select pockets to force a three-corner contestBJP Kerala Elections Strategies: Bharatiya Janata Party is intensifying its electoral push in Kerala. The party is focusing on select const...
TMC files complaint against BJP for allegedly arranging free Special Trains from Surat to West Bengal ahead of pollsIn a letter addressed to the Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal, TMC MP Derek O' Brien claimed that the BJP, including its Gujarat Unit, ...
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...
West Bengal polls: ECI cracks down on musclemen, 199 arrested ahead of Phase 1 votingAs West Bengal braces for electoral battles, state officials are implementing rigorous security strategies. With more than 199 arrests made...
ECI rolls out ‘Democracy Express’ in Darjeeling to drive voter awarenessThe Election Commission of India organised a voter awareness campaign in North Bengal. The iconic Darjeeling toy train was used to encourag...
BJP’s Kerala strategy: Local faces, development pitch & high-stakes bid to break the two-front political systemBJP Kerala Elections Strategies: The BJP is intensifying its election campaign in Kerala. The party focuses on specific constituencies and ...
Kerala Assembly Election 2026: Check voting time, how to cast your vote, check your name in voter list, do and don'tsVoting time in Kerala: Kerala is going to vote today, April 9, 2026, and the results will be announced on May 4, 2026. The polling will sta...
Pre-poll bribes? No, they're welfare giftsElection authorities have seized significant amounts of cash, liquor, and freebies in West Bengal before polls. Tamil Nadu follows with a l...
EC seizes over Rs 650 crore in voter inducementsElection Commission teams have seized over Rs 650 crore in potential voter inducements. West Bengal leads with nearly half the seizures. Fr...
Cyclothon and cultural events held in Howrah to promote voter awarenessAhead of assembly elections, the Election Commission of India organized a Cyclothon in Howrah to boost voter awareness, utilizing popular c...
Mumbai civic election: Cash-for-vote cases, FIRs raise grim questions over poll fairnessMaharashtra civic polls: Allegations of widespread voter inducement surfaced across Mumbai Metropolitan Region before the vote. Reports and...
BJP inducing voters by offering bonus for poll survey: DMK in plaint to Election CommissionOffering bonus/gifts to those who participated in the poll survey amounts to bribing the voters, DMK Organisation Secretary R S Bharathi ar...
Electoral promises: The freebie stops hereWith committees, commentators and economists of all shades slamming freebies, and political actors continuing to snipe at each other, it is...
Goa Assembly polls: ECI to keep an eye on drug peddlersKunal said that the Chief Electoral Office has asked agency to have area-wise map of the drug trade in the Coastal state.
EC to conduct fresh polls in two TN Assembly seats reported for distribution of moneyEC takes step when there are evidences that muscle has been used to influence voters but cancelling polls following use of money is so far ...
Election Commission’s seizures of alcohol, money show malaise, but there’s hope yetTaking those to a new level altogether is the revelation that drugs, including heroin and chemical concoctions, worth thousands of crores w...
- 'Reprimanded' Eshwarappa booked again for inducing voters
An FIR has now been filed against him for offering "large amounts" during "arti" performed by women during his electioneering in parts of S...