Assam Assembly Elections 2021: State records 72 per cent voter turnout in first phase
Polling for the next two phases will be held on April 1 and April 6.
Mar 27, 2021, 20:56 PM ISTWest Bengal Assembly election 2021: CM Mamata Banerjee seeks BJP's help, audio tape goes viral
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released an audio tape claiming that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is seeking help from a senior BJP leader to win the Nandigram seat.
Mar 27, 2021, 18:25 PM ISTPM Narendra Modi calls upon his 'young friends' to vote as phase 1 polling underway for West Bengal, Assam Assembly elections
The voting for the first phase of West Bengal and Assam Assembly elections began at 7 AM on Saturday.
79.27% voter turnout in Bengal till 4 pm, 72.06% in Assam in 1st phase of polling
The voting will begin at 7 AM and will conclude at 6 PM, as the timing has been extended by an hour in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mar 27, 2021, 06:24 AM ISTWest Bengal, Assam ready for first phase polling on March 27, amid tight security
More than 1.54 crore voters in the states of West Bengal and Assam will exercise their right to vote in the first phase of polling on Saturday to decide the fate of several key candidates. Voting will begin at 7 am and conclude at 6 pm, with the timing extended by an hour to ensure COVID-19 protocols are followed.
Mar 27, 2021, 01:39 AM ISTAssam Assembly election 2021: In first phase on March 27, these key constituencies will vote
Assam Assembly Election 2021: The political fate of 264 candidates will be decided in the first phase by 81,09,815 voters, including 40,77,210 men and 40,32,481 women.
Mar 26, 2021, 23:31 PM ISTAssam Assembly Election 2021: Voting for 47 constituencies in first phase on March 27
Assam Assembly Election 2021: The polling will begin at 7 am and last till 6 pm in the evening in the 47 constituencies across 12 districts in the first phase.
Mar 26, 2021, 22:15 PM ISTWest Bengal, Assam elections: Key candidates in fray for first phase of polling
The first phase of voting will take place on Saturday (March 27) for 30 and 47 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal and Assam, repsectively.
Mar 26, 2021, 22:13 PM ISTWest Bengal first phase Election 2021: Five injured in blast at TMC office, BJP alleges conspiracy
Around five people have been injured in the blast at the TMC office in Joypur which took place ahead of the first phase of polling in West Bengal.
Mar 26, 2021, 20:37 PM ISTSupreme Court refuses to stay sale of electoral bonds before Assembly elections
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking stay on further sale of electoral bonds ahead of assembly elections.
Mar 26, 2021, 19:06 PM ISTBJP does not respect Tamilians, trying to impose Hindi: P Chidambaram
"This BJP government does not give respect to Tamilians, that is why they are imposing the Hindi language in Tamil Nadu State," Chidambaram said.
Mar 25, 2021, 21:04 PM ISTCongress gave unemployment, insurgency, infiltration: Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Assam
Shivraj Singh Chouhan, while addressing an election rally at Palasbari in Kamrup district, said that Assam witnessed development only after the BJP-led government came to power in the state in 2016.
Mar 25, 2021, 20:41 PM ISTBJP approaches EC over Mamata Banerjee's "saffron-donning UP goons" remark
Addressing a rally in Bishnupur, the TMC chief said that pan-chewing, saffron-clad goons from Uttar Pradesh were brought in to destroy the state's cuture.
Mar 25, 2021, 19:06 PM ISTNo industries in Bengal, only TMC's industry of corruption is prevailing: Yogi Adityanath slams Mamata Banerjee
Slamming his West Bengal counterpart, Yogi Adityanath said, "Earlier Bengal's per capita income was more than the entire country’s per capita income. Now, the Congress, CPIM, TMC have destroyed industries and made the youth jobless."
Mar 25, 2021, 16:38 PM ISTNo one is scared of your ‘Khela Hobe’: Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s dig at West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
Union Home Minister Amit Shah slammed West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and said, "Nobody is scared of your 'Khela Hobe', Didi. Vote for us, I assure you that Didi's goons won't be able to harm you."
Mar 25, 2021, 16:01 PM ISTMadurai independent candidate offers trip to Moon, iPhone, among outrageous poll promises
Elections in Tamil Nadu are an exciting time with most mainstream political parties promising everything other than the sun and moon, as freebies. But taking it a notch further this time a candidate has quite literally promised the moon.
Mar 25, 2021, 15:28 PM ISTKerala Assembly polls: BJP hopes to chug into Palakkad with 'Metroman' Sreedharan's candidature
Kerala polls: The BJP, buoyed by its success in Palakkad in the recent civic polls, has fielded the 88-year old Sreedharan to fight it out with the 38-year-old Parambil, seeking a hat-trick of terms.
Mar 25, 2021, 13:06 PM ISTBengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh's alleged 'wear Bermuda remark sparks outrage, TMC calls it ‘distasteful’
In the alleged video, the veracity of which could not be confirmed, Ghosh was seen saying at an election meeting in Purulia on Monday that after the cast was taken off and the foot was bandaged, she is displaying the leg to everyone.
Mar 25, 2021, 07:56 AM ISTWest Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s assets dip by 45.08 per cent
Mamata Banerjee, who is contesting the 2021 assembly election from Nandigram, in her affidavit to the Election Commission declared her total worth to be Rs 16,72,352.
Mar 24, 2021, 23:52 PM ISTTamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2021: Election Commission transfers District Collector, police commissioner of Coimbatore
According to the press release, the ECI has directed the state government to appoint IAS officer S Nagarajan as the new District Collector with immediate effect.
Mar 24, 2021, 19:49 PM IST