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Uttarakhand Assembly polls: BJP announces candidates for 9 more seats

The BJP announced its second list with nine candidates for Uttarakhand assembly polls fielding former CM BC Khanduri's daughter Ritu Bhushan Khanduri from Kotdwar.

UP Assembly elections: Opinion Polls are 'Opium Polls', says Akhilesh Yadav

The SP had earlier written to the Election Commission demanding ban on opinion polls

Punjab Assembly elections: Congress leaders upset over denial of ticket

A day after the Congress released its second list of 23 candidates for the Punjab Assembly polls, several aspirants expressed their discontent over the denial of tickets.

UP Assembly polls: SP's Azam Khan files nomination from Sitapur Jail

Samajwadi Party leader Mohammad Azam Khan on Wednesday filed his nomination for Rampur Sadar seat from inside Sitapur jail.

Bad weather makes electioneering an uphill task in Uttarakhand

Heavy snowfall has partially cut off many villages in the hills making it almost impossible for candidates to reach them

BSP sold out Dalit interests to SAD: Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi

The Punjab CM also said the party has no existence in the state

Uttarakhand: Congress may face tough battle in 16 seats, says Harish Rawat

Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat on Wednesday said that there are 16 constituencies where the opposition parties are in strong position

Only those willing to struggle will survive in 'new Congress': UPCC chief

Quelling rumours on his exit from the party, Lallu said that every drop of his blood is indebted to the Congress party

Majithia fielded against Sidhu from Amritsar East, Parkash Badal from Lambi

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday announced that senior party leader and his brother-in-law Bikram Singh Majithia will also fight the state assembly elections from Amritsar East

Union Minister Shripad Naik's son denied ticket to contest Goa polls

After denying a ticket to former Chief Minister late Manohar Parrikar's son Utpal Parrikar, the BJP has said no to Union Minister of State for Tourism Shripad Naik's son, Siddesh

SP picks nominee for Ayodhya polls, other parties ponder over candidates

With the Samajwadi Party nominating old hand Pawan Pandey on the Ayodhya seat, all eyes are on the BJP which is yet to name its candidate for the high-profile constituency

Battle for UP: BJP has more criminal candidates, says Akhilesh Yadav

The Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has now accused the BJP of fielding candidates with criminal background.

BJP meet to discuss remaining 30 seats in Punjab; list likely on Jan 27

BJP President JP Nadda on Monday announced that the party would be contesting 65 seats out of the 117 assembly elections in Punjab

Congress announces 23 more candidates for Punjab Assembly elections

Congress released its second list of 23 candidates for Punjab assembly elections, fielding former CM Harcharan Singh Brar's daughter-in-law Karan Brar from Muktsar.

UP Assembly polls: SP declares Pawan Pandey as candidate from Ayodhya

The Samajwadi Party declared Pawan Pandey as its candidate from the Ayodhya assembly constituency for the upcoming elections in the state.

RPN Singh quits Congress, joins BJP fortnight before UP Assembly polls

May contest Padrauna seat against BJP turncoat Maurya

Punjab Assembly elections: BSP declares remaining six candidates

The Mayawati-led party has tied up with the Shiromani Akali Dal for the elections and contesting on 20 of 117 Assembly seats

Punjab polls: Cong candidates to accompany Rahul Gandhi to Golden Temple

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and all 117 party candidates in Punjab will pay obeisance at the Golden Temple and sit down for a langar on Thursday.

Polarisation suits both BJP, SP to consolidate vote bases in UP: Priyanka

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi said the ruling party may end up being the largest beneficiary of this divisive rhetoric and therefore people need to be given a choice of another kind of politics

In this UP polls, Gorakhpur gets chance to send a CM to state assembly

Yogi Adityanath's entry into the UP poll scene from Gorakhpur Urban has created a big buzz among the constituency's electorate which now has a chance of sending a chief minister to the state assembly.