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Punjab Assembly elections: Rahul Gandhi to visit state on January 27

Ahead of the Assembly elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Punjab on January 27, informed state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday.

Adityanath slams Akhilesh over Pak remark, says SP promotes gun culture

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday accused the Samajwadi Party of promoting gun culture and sought to corner its president Akhilesh Yadav over the Pakistan remark.

Uttarakhand polls: Parties battle it out on social media amid rally ban

With Covid curbs in place and less than a month to go for the Assembly polls, both the BJP and the Congress in Uttarakhand are making the optimum use of social media to reach out to voters.

Congress leader and former Union minister RPN Singh joins BJP

'I will work as a 'Karyakarta' towards fulfilling PM Modi's dreams for India,' says Singh

We want AFSPA lifted but with Centre's consent: Manipur CM

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh said the people of his state want the withdrawal of the AFSPA but only after mutual understanding with the Centre as national security is their first priority.

BJP eyeing 2/3rd majority, open to post-poll alliance: CM Biren Singh

Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Sunday asserted that his party will double its tally this time and is trying hard to get a two-third majority, and said a post-poll alliance can also be forged.

A day after being named as star campaigner, RPN Singh resigns from Cong

Sources said he was miffed over the party affairs in his home district of Padrauna as he was not taken into confidence on many issues related to the party's functioning on his turf

Manipur Assembly polls 2022: NPP president Conrad Sangma releases manifesto

Meghalaya CM and NPP president, Conrad Sangma along with Deputy Chief Minister of Manipur Y. Joykumar Singh virtually released the manifesto for the upcoming Manipur Assembly elections.

Manipur Assembly elections 2022: NPP releases first list of 20 candidates

The National People's Party put out its first list of 20 candidates for Manipur assembly elections with three sitting MLAs, including Deputy Chief Minister Y Joykumar Singh.

Other parties criminalised politics, pushed UP into jungle raj: Mayawati

Mayawati also accused her political rivals of keeping the state backward, but continuing with their 'jumlas' (tall claims)

BJP plans to hold 10 meetings at every booth in Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand has more than 10,000 booths

FIR against wrestler Babita Phogat for flouting ECI guidelines, Covid norms

Phogat was campaigning for BJP candidate Krishnapal S Malik who is a candidate of the party from the Baraut Assembly constituency of Baghpat

Goa Assembly polls: Panjim's exposed faultlines could be BJP's worry lines

What spices up the Panjim contest is not just the entry of Congress newcomer into the BJP but also the presence of Shiv Sena

Uttarakhand Assembly elections: Harish Rawat to contest from Ramnagar

Congress released its second list of 11 candidates for Uttarakhand assembly elections and fielded former chief minister Harish Rawat from the Ramnagar assembly constituency.

22 nominations rejected in five assembly constituencies of UP's Mathura

Nominations of 22 candidates from five assembly constituencies in Mathura were cancelled on Monday during scrutiny of the papers, election officials said

Punjab polls: BJP to contest on 65 seats, PLC on 37, SAD (Sanyukt) on 15

The BJP in Punjab will contest on 65 assembly seats, the Punjab Lok Congress on 37 seats and the SAD (Sanyukt) on 17 seats, BJP chief J P Nadda said

Punjab Assembly polls: 'Amarinder spent cartridge,' says Sidhu

Amarinder Singh said he was told that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will be grateful if he can keep Sidhu in the govt

BJP to contest 65 seats in Punjab, ally Amarinder's party to contest 37

'Today Punjab needs special attention, it needs a double engine government and a better coordination between the Centre and the state,' says BJP President

UP: SP announces candidates for 159 seats; Akhilesh to contest from Karhal

Samajwadi Party MP Mohd Azam Khan has been named as a candidate from Rampur

Sidhu calls AAP's drive to select CM face 'scam', urges EC to lodge case

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday dubbed AAP's survey to select its CM face for the state Assembly polls a "scam" and "a deceptive scheme"