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Punjab CM writes to Election Commission, demands polling be postponed

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has urged the Election Commission of India to postpone the February 14 assembly polls by six days in view of Guru Ravidas Jayanti

UP polls: Chandrashekhar Azad says efforts on to form third front

Uttar Pradesh goes to assembly polls in seven phases between February 10 and March 7

EC extends ban on rallies and roadshows in poll-bound states till Jan 22

However, ECI granted relaxation for the political parties to the extent that indoor meetings of maximum of 300 persons or 50% of the capacity of the hall

Arvind Kejriwal joins door-to-door campaign for AAP candidates in Goa

AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday joined his party's candidates in their door-to-door campaign and claimed to have received a good response from people.

BJP will return to power in UP with overwhelming majority: CM Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday thanked the BJP leadership for choosing him as the candidate from the Gorakhpur Urban seat in the assembly election

UP polls: Amid mass defections, Mayawati calls SP 'anti-Dalit' party

BSP supremo Mayawati on Saturday pooh-poohed the claim saying the party's past record shows its "anti-Dalit" approach.

UP Assembly polls: Akhilesh Yadav urges SP workers to follow Covid norms

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday appealed to party workers to follow Covid-19 norms.

Punjab: CM Channi to contest from Chamkaur Sahib; Sidhu from Amritsar East

Congress fields Punjab deputy CMs Sukhjinder Randhawa from Dera Baba Nanak and Om Prakash Soni from Amritsar Central ; singer Sidhu Mussewala from Mansa and actor Sonu Sood's sister Malvika from Moga

BJP has already sent him home: Akhilesh after UP CM fielded from Gorakhpur

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday took a jibe at the BJP's decision to field Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from the Gorakhpur constituency

BJP names 107 candidates for UP polls, fields CM Yogi from Gorakhpur

10 seats for women, 44 seats for OBC candidates and 19 seats for SC, in upcoming UP assembly polls, says BJP; deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya to contest from Sirathu in Prayagraj

NCP holding seat-sharing talks with SP, one seat decided so far: Malik

NCP leader Nawab Malik said his party is in talks with the Samajwadi Party over the seat-sharing formula for the upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh, and so far one seat has been decided for the NCP.

Akhilesh eyeing Dalit vote bank: Bhim Army chief rules out alliance with SP

Ruling out an alliance with the Samajwadi Party for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar 'Azad' criticised Akhilesh Yadav for eyeing 'Dalit vote bank'

UP polls: Jan 21 last date to file nominations in Noida, Dadri, Jewar

The last date of filing nominations for the assembly polls in Noida, Dadri and Jewar is January 21 and candidature can be withdrawn till January 27

SP-RLD candidate list full of criminals, says Uttar Pradesh deputy CM

He also said the formation of SP government would mean riot raj, goonda raj and criminal raj in the state

Only 20% population will back BJP in UP polls, says Akhilesh Yadav

The remaining 80 per cent will support the Samajwadi Party (SP), Yadav asserted

UP polls: Maurya, Saini, other BJP MLAs join SP in presence of Akhilesh

'BJP wickets are falling one after the other, but our CM does not know how to play cricket. He has already dropped the catch now,' says SP chief

Kejriwal, Bhagwant Mann meet farmers in Punjab CM's constituency

AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and party's Punjab unit chief Bhagwant Mann met some farmers in Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi's constituency Chamkaur Sahib.

Lotus will bloom again in Uttarakhand on March 10, says MoS Ajay Bhatt

Lotus is going to bloom again in Uttarakhand on March 10 when votes will be counted, said Ajay Bhatt, MP and Union Minister of State for Defence and Tourism

Uttarakhand polls contest between me and BJP's misrule: Harish Rawat

The Assembly elections in Uttarakhand are a contest between Harish Rawat and BJP's misrule, former Chief Minister of the state Harish Rawat told IANS in an exclusive interview

Uttarakhand elections: Congress to give preference to sitting MLAs

Congress is likely to give preference to sitting MLAs while selecting candidates for the polls that are due next month, according to the party's screening committee chief Avinash Pandey