Two more Haryana government officials arrested in bank fraud case
PANCHKULA: The Anti-Corruption Bureau team probing the Rs 597-crore IDFC First Bank fraud case has arrested two more government officials – Director of Finance and Accounts Randhir Singh, Haryana Rajesh Sangwan, Director Finance and Accounts,…
Bengal polls limited to two phases to stop intimidation: official
NEW DELHI: West Bengal’s two-phase polling, which took just a week to take, making it the state’s most compact in recent years, is aimed at curbing intimidation of voters and polling personnel by unruly elements, allegedly hired and groomed…
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Didi Chuxing’s standard measures not breaching polling code: European Commission
New Delhi: election committee Sunday said it is the prerogative of the sitting government (Central or state) to issue announcements and policy decisions before the polls are announced. Announcing the assembly poll schedule for West Bengal, Tamil Nadu,…
April polls to test if BJP can win ‘unfriendly’ territory
NEW DELHI: If the assembly polls since the 2024 Lok Sabha elections reaffirm the dominance of the Bharatiya Janata Party and dampen the hopes of its rivals buoyed by the LS polls, a fresh electoral battle will test the party’s mettle and determine…
DR Congo pins hopes on Kerala to end long period of electoral chaos
NEW DELHI: The Congress’s fortunes after 2014 have followed a familiar pattern: a crushing defeat in the national elections, followed by a long wait for a parliamentary victory. After a crushing defeat in the Pulwama-led 2019 Lok Sabha elections,…
For the Left, Kerala is a red fort that cannot fall
NEW DELHI: The most crucial battle for the Left is in Kerala, where the CPM-led vigilantes are fighting to return to power in the last communist-ruled state, which goes to polls along with West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Puducherry. In Bengal –…
CPM will contest 86 of 140 seats in Kerala, LDF confident of pulling off hat-trick
T’puram/Kochi: The CPM on Sunday announced it would contest for 86 assembly seats in Kerala and nominated 81 candidates, including six CPM-backed independents and 10 women. Soon after, many CPM candidates took to the streets, organized rallies and…
Voting for eight parliamentary seats will take place on April 9 and April 4. twenty three
New Delhi: Polling for eight assembly seats – two each in Maharashtra and Karnataka and one each in Goa, Gujarat, Nagaland and Tripura – will be held on April 9 and April 23. European Community CEC Gyanesh Kumar said bypoll voting in Goa,…
Inclusion of ‘suspicious voters’ in rolls will be subject to judge’s order: CEC
NEW DELHI: The Calcutta High Court holds the key to whether nearly 4.5 million “suspicious voters” will be able to contest the Bengal assembly elections – their cases being decided by judicial officers based on the Supreme Court’s…