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BJP targets 60 plus seats in Uttarakhand Assembly polls: Madan Kaushik

Notably, Shah visited the poll-bound state last week and attended several meetings and programmes.

India gears up for robot campaigners in 2022 Assembly elections

The states that go to the polls in 2022 are Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Goa and Gujarat

Chief Election Commissioner Chandra stresses on error-free electoral roll

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Best of BS Opinion: New idea of India, BJP is as safe as a big bank & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Tuesday

State elections results will provide fodder to the markets for a few days

Election results will keep market participants glued to the political landscape for the next few days - probably the most expensive elections from the point of the view of public health

Best of BS Opinion: The GST puzzle, infecting public health, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

82.33% voting recorded in final phase of Assam Assembly election

An estimated 82.33 per cent of 79.2 lakh electors voted in the third and last phase of Assam Assembly election in 40 constituencies on Tuesday that largely remained peaceful

Infecting public health

Politics and religion are Covid-19 super-spreaders

Five states go to Assembly polls today, may tilt balance of power

With this round of elections, the poll to the legislative Assembly of Assam will have concluded

Raiding opposition is BJP's tool when facing electoral defeat: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said raiding the opposition is the BJP's "coping mechanism" when it is facing defeat in elections.

West Bengal polls 2021 phase two voting: Check schedule, seats, and timings

Elections to the 294-member West Bengal Assembly is being conducted in eight phases

Shekhar Gupta: The missing foreign bogey

Pakistan, Bangladeshis and terrorism are missing from BJP campaign. It seems to have understood the risks of mixing of domestic political motivations with strategic national interests

High-pitched campign for first phase election in Assam comes to end

The poll on Saturday will decide the fate of 247 candidates

Assembly polls: Twitter puts in place tech, policies to counter false info

The heightened social media activity ahead of an election, whether local or national, has been of concern for governments across the world

Are hashtags really political ads?

A "hashtag" makes for "highly-polarised political narratives", opined a panel set up under an ex-IRS officer, Harish Kumar, to review poll expenditure limits and expenditure monitoring mechanisms

Govt officials can't work as state poll commissioners: Supreme Court

Says state polls must be headed by independent persons

Will ask farmers in poll-bound states to defeat BJP: Union leaders

The protesting farmers will also block the KMP (Western Peripheral) Expressway on March 6 as the anti-farm law protest at Delhi borders completes 100 days

5 assembly polls to begin Mar 27, WB to have 8 phases, counting on May 2

As many as 186 million voters will be eligible to cast their votes at 270,000 polling stations for 824 assembly seats across Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry

'Are poll dates announced as per suggestions of BJP?': Mamata questions EC

Addressing a press conference at her residence in Kalighat, Banerjee said the Election Commission should not look at the state 'through the eyes of the saffron camp' -- a reference to the BJP

EC announces election schedule for five states: Here are the key dates

A total of 824 assembly seats with 186 million electors will vote in 270,000 polling booths, says CEC Sunil Arora