State Elections

While markets eye both economic and political issues, in the medium-to-long term, analysts believe election results do not matter much

Two leaders, one aim: The Congress, for once, may be putting forward a united front in the state

The stage is set for assembly polls in Nagaland, where over 13 lakh voters will decide the electoral fate of 183 candidates contesting in 59 out of a total of 60 seats on Monday. The ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) and the BJP are contesting the polls on a 40:20 seat-sharing basis. The Congress, which ruled the state till 2003 and does not have any member in the current House, has fielded 23 aspirants. Polling will be held from 7 am to 4 pm, while counting of votes will be taken up on March 2. The Akuluto seat in Zunheboto district was won uncontested by BJP nominee and sitting MLA Kazheto Kinimi. The NDPP had allied with the BJP and formed government in the northeastern state in 2018, with backing from the JD(U) and an Independent. In 2021, the Naga People's Front (NPF) joined the ruling NDPP-led alliance to form an all-party government named United Democratic Alliance (UDA). The NDPP-BJP combine is seeking a mandate for the second term, with Neiphiu Rio as

Meghalaya Chief Minister and National People's Party (NPP) supremo Conrad K Sangma on Monday asserted that neither he nor his party had any role in denying permission for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's election rally at the PA Sangma Sports Complex in Tura. The sports department has informed the West Garo Hills district authorities that permission cannot be given for the PM's rally there as construction debris may pose safety concerns. The saffron party, which last month snapped ties with ally NPP ahead of the February 27 assembly election, alleged that the ruling party were trying to stall a "wave of the BJP" in the state. In a statement issued here, the chief minister said the accusation made by the BJP was false as permissions for rallies are given by the Election Commission and the district administration is now a part of it. All permissions come from the side of the Election Commission of India. So, there is no say from NPP or my side. Dragging our name into it is completely .

Economists say many poll-bound states chose to focus on scheme and subsidy spending

BJP president J P Nadda on Monday underlined the importance of the nine state assembly polls to be held this year in the run up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, and asked the party's national executive to ensure it does not lose in any state. Briefing reporters on Nadda's address to the key BJP body, whose two-day meeting began here on Monday, party leader and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the party president noted that the ongoing year was very important in the prelude to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The ruling party has been putting in place a number of exercises to strengthen its organisation to ensure that it comes back to power in 2024 at the Centre for a third term. Nadda, in his closed-door address, lauded India's progress under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government. It has become the world's fifth-largest economy, second-largest manufacturer of mobile phones, third-largest manufacturer in the auto sector while the highway being built every day has ri

With Tripura Assembly elections due early next year, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Wednesday announced setting up of seven committees including Pradesh Election Committee (PEC) for the state, a senior party leader said. Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Birajit Sinha has been made the chairman of the 10-member election committee while AICC general secretary Ajay Kumar, who is also the in-charge of Tripura, AICC secretary Szarita Laitphlang, MLA Sudip Roy Barman and former TPCC president Gopal Chandra Roy are also members of the committee. A 16-member political affairs committee has also been declared with former TPCC president Gopal Chandra Roy its chairman. Party's lone MLA (Sudip Roy Barman) has been made the head of TPCC campaign and publicity committee while the seven-member manifesto committee will be headed by veteran party leader Shanti Rajan Debnath, he said. Besides, the AICC also declared presidents for the party's nine organizational ...

Both the Congress and BJP have huge political investments in Karnataka, but the lines between their supporters have blurred over the years

Meanwhile, the apex court has asked a three-judge Bench to review a past order on the issue, which said that such handouts are not a corrupt practice

Experts dwell on whether or not there can be a legal definition of the term 'freebies'

Political pundits and leaders of various political parties are doubtful whether the much awaited Naga peace talks would be completed in the next 8 to 9 months

The apex court observed that election is due in respect of over 23,000 local bodies across Madhya Pradesh

Due to the pandemic, the limit of voters per polling station has been fixed as 1250

In some places, candidates have jumped ship and will now laud the very side they had been rubbishing over the past five years

Flight charter companies have been badly hit by bans on physical rallies even as Big Tech eyes greater footfalls from digital political campaigns

The ruling party has fielded incumbent MLA Atanasio Monserrate from the Panaji seat, which Manohar Parrikar had represented for a long time

He said his party was also discussing this issue with other Leftist groups as the aim was to stop the division of anti-BJP votes

The commission has asked the government to vaccinate all those on election duty ahead of the polls

The Election Commission (EC) on Monday held a conference with chief electoral officers (CEOs) of all states and union territories here, and reviewed a host of issues related to the poll process

The party's strategy for the upcoming assembly polls will come up for extensive discussion in the meeting