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Clashes break out, allegedly between the BJP and Trinamool Congress activists from Kankinara in the Bhatpara Assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on May 19, 2019 as a bye-election is under way.

Over the past two years, communal and political violence has divided the electorate and claimed several lives in Barrackpore. Shiv Sahay Singh reports on the attempts by the Trinamool Congress and the BJP to polarise the electorate

Gunning for victory in Bengal

Shiv Sahay Singh

Over the past two years, communal and political violence has divided the electorate and claimed several lives in Barrackpore. Shiv Sahay Singh reports on the attempts by the Trinamool Congress and the BJP to polarise the electorate

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora addresses a press conference, in New Delhi on February 26, 2021.

Assembly polls in four States, Puducherry begin on March 27

Damini Nath Eight-phase polls in Bengal; Counting of votes on May 2.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a press conference at Kalighat in Kolkata on February 26, 2021. Photo: West Bengal CMO via PTI

Mamata asks if election dates were announced as per suggestions of Modi and Shah

Shiv Sahay Singh Opposition parties welcome ECI’s poll schedule; BJP cites ‘history of political violence’ in State.

A file photo of BJP president J.P. Nadda during a party rally at Katwa, in Burdwan district of West Bengal.

BJP president Nadda launches ‘Lokkho Sonar Bangla’ campaign

Shiv Sahay Singh Under ‘Target Golden Bangla’, announced weeks before West Bengal goes to the polls, the BJP will invite suggestions from March 3 to 20, through boxes that will be made available in all the 294 Assembly segments

Jharkhand

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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at Mr. soren's swearing in ceremony at Ranchi

Hemant Soren takes oath as 11th Chief Minister of Jharkhand

Satyasundar Barik Mamata Banerjee, Ashok Gehlot, Tejaswi Yadav, Sitaram Yechury, Stalin, Kanimozhi among those who attended Hemant Soren's swearing-in ceremony

Newly sworn-in Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren with his father Sibu Soren, mother Rupi Soren, Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee, Ashok Gehlot, MK Stalin, Sitaram Yechury, D. Raja, Sarad Yadav and other leaders during the oath taking ceremony at Morahabadi ground in Ranchi on Sunday.

In maiden order, Hemant Soren drops Pathalgadi cases

Staff Reporter Jharkhanad Chief Minister holds first Cabinet meeting; Assembly convened from January 6 to 8 to administer oath to MLAs

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Arrest Amit Shah: Congress

Delhi

Exercise your franchise, urge Kapil Sharma, KK

Rajnath, Rita file papers for Lucknow

CPI hopes soar at Mavelikara

Mulayam to visit Muzaffarnagar, seven months after riots

“Priyanka will confine herself to Rae Bareli, Amethi”

Badal’s estranged nephew to contest on Congress symbol

People's Party of Punjab (PPP) chief Manpreet Singh, estranged nephew of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday filed his nomination for the

Badal adopting double standards: Amarinder

The former Punjab Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh, who filed his nomination on Friday, asked his BJP opponent in the Amritsar Lok Sabha

Fight for margins in Cuddalore

The Cuddalore Parliamentary constituency has virtually become a playground for politicians of all hues and ideologies. The vestiges of the colonial

Ajit Singh faces stiff fight in Baghpat

It’s known to be the stronghold of the Rashtriya Lok Dal, with its party chief Ajit Singh being elected to the Lok Sabha seven times from the seat,

Wooing Muslims, BSP says Mayawati alone can tame BJP

With the growing scramble for Muslim votes in Uttar Pradesh on the heels of the Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, Syed Ahmed Bukhari extending support to the

Propaganda machinery cannot make Modi PM: Akhilesh

The propaganda machinery of BJP would fail to make Narendra Modi the next prime minister, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said on Friday,

Kejriwal attacked during roadshow in Delhi

Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal was punched in the neck on Friday by a 19-year-old resident of Jamia Nagar, Abdul Wahid, in Delhi’s Dakshinpuri

Mulayam files nomination from his traditional seat

"I will not leave Mainpuri after winning"

Rural voters hold they key in Gautam Budh Nagar

When Delhiites think of Noida, the gleaming offices and malls of Sector 18 may come to mind. But for politicians looking to win the Gautam Budh Nagar

‘BJP won’t discriminate, provided Muslims chant Bharat Mata Ki Jai’

Bidhuri denies making “30% of country’s Muslims still harbour terrorists” remark

EC okays Suresh Arora’s name for Punjab DGP

In lieu of Sumedh Singh Saini — ostensibly on leave till the poll process is over

Rajnath to file nomination in Atal’s “karmbhumi” tomorrow

The Bharatiya Janata Party may find the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his five-time constituency of Lucknow inseparable. BJP

Son in limelight in Azad caravan

Senior Congress leader and Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is contesting the Lok Sabha elections for the first time in Jammu and Kashmir in his

Modi’s track record not good: Mayawati

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Thursday expressed concern over communal tension saying it was not good for development of the country and

Spirited challenge, but IUML confident in Ponnani constituency

The intensity of the election campaign is palpable in Ponnani constituency, where the Left Democratic Front (LDF) is taking on Indian Union Muslim

Pollachi in a churn

Kongu outfit may give the Dravidian majors a run for their money

Meat exports growing in Modi’s Gujarat too, says Congress

Accuses BJP PM candidate of communalising cow slaughter

For Jaya Prada, star value is only of limited help in Bijnor

The actor is now locked in a make-or-break four-cornered contest in the western Uttar Pradesh constituency

Dimple Yadav files nomination from Kannauj

Former Canadian MP Ruby Dhalla accompanied her

National Conference creating a wedge between people: PDP

Opposition PDP on Thursday accused ruling National Conference of creating a wedge between people of Jammu and Kashmir and rest of the country by

Cong, BJP responsible for AAP quitting govt: Kejriwal

In yet another salvo at the BJP and the Congress, Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday held both the parties responsible for AAP quitting the government in

Sonia-Imam meet: CEC action after complaint

The BJP has demanded a suo motu cognisance of the meeting

Divided Muslim votes may help Hukum Singh in Kairana

The wounds of the communal divide, created by the riots last year, have not healed yet. But the people of Kairana constituency, spread over Shamli and

Sonia Gandhi resorting to ‘rabid communalism’: Modi

'You have given 60 years to these people (Congress). You can give me at least 60 months and see,' he says at a rally

True friends don’t change faces: Sonia

The Congress president campaigns for Meira Kumar in Bihar

Amethi SDM rejects Rahul’s plea for domicile certificate

The Amethi administration has rejected the application of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for issuance of a domicile certificate as it was not

Jolt to Congress as party candidate joins BJP

Congress candidate from Gautam Budh Nagar, Ramesh Chand Tomar, on Thursday delivered a severe jolt to his party when with just a week to go for the

Behind the scenes in Haryana, ‘common grand scheme’

The BJP and the Indian National Lok Dal may be fighting each other in Haryana, but they, along with the Akali Dal of Punjab, have something going against the common enemy: Congress

Varun’s remarks misinterpreted: BJP

Several senior BJP leaders, including Subramanian Swamy, played down party general secretary Varun Gandhi’s praise of Congress vice-president Rahul

JD(U) enters Rae Bareli fray

Throwing its hat into the ring in Uttar Pradesh, the Janata Dal(United) has fielded candidates in 10 Lok Sabha constituencies there including Rae

Bihar denied special package by Congress: Nitish

Even as he launched a broadside against the UPA government’s treatment of his State, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday questioned the

In Muzaffarnagar, Muslim voters face new set of challenges

The Lok Sabha election has thrown up a new set of challenges for Muslim voters in riot-hit Muzaffarnagar. After facing the brunt of the violence, they

A close fight in Alappuzha

The contrast was striking as United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate K.C. Venugopal’s road show entered the Left bastion Punnapra in the Alappuzha Lok

Close race in Virudhunagar

Virudhunagar constituency is a classic example of how an industrious community can overcome the challenges of nature. From being an arid tract of the

Muslim quota, upper caste commission promised in SP manifesto

Playing the caste card to the hilt with the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh due on April 10, 2014, the Samajwadi Party is now

Sonia files nomination

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said her party was not engaged in a game of polarisation of votes. Ms. Gandhi was speaking to reporters

Modi a promoter of communal agenda: Omar

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday that the people still have not exonerated the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate,

Amit Shah predicts massive win for Modi in Varanasi

Says BJP will win highest number of seats in U.P.

Old rivals locked in a stiff contest in Mavelikara

When old rivals come face to face in an electoral battle, sparks fly. In the Mavelikara (SC) constituency, old rivals Union Minister of State for

On Amroha’s sugarcane fields, bitter community divides in the open

Muslims could find common cause with Jats earlier, but the Muzaffarnagar riots put an end to the unity

Kumar Vishwas, Smriti Irani engage in war of words

While the AAP leader candidate from Amethi said "Its not Irani or Pakistani, it's AAP", the BJP's nominee retaliated by saying that "Mr. Kumar has a history of being disrespectful towards women

Parties’ practice of fielding outsiders against democracy: Akhilesh

Samajwadi Party, which has decided not to enter the fray in Amethi and Rae Bareli, on Tuesday disapproved of BJP fielding “outsiders” from the