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Updated: April 09, 2021 01:10 IST Of 44 seats, 14 are spread across two districts of north Bengal, 9 in Cooch Behar and 5 in Alipurduar district Share Article AAA West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee throws a soccer ball at an election campaign rally for the Assembly polls, at Baneswar in Cooch Behar district, on April 7, 2021.   | Photo Credit: PTI Of 44 seats, 14 are spread across two districts of north Bengal, 9 in Cooch Behar and 5 in Alipurduar district Marginalised people from rem...

Remote, economically backward north Bengal districts to vote in Phase IV Updated: Updated: April 07, 2021 22:40 IST Of 44 seats, 14 are spread across two districts of north Bengal, 9 in Cooch Behar and 5 in Alipurduar district Share Article AAA West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee throws a soccer ball at an election campaign rally for the Assembly polls, at Baneswar in Cooch Behar district, on April 7, 2021.   | Photo Credit: PTI Of 44 seats, 14 are spread across two districts of north...

Battle of legacy: Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu sans Jayalalitha, Karunanidhi ANI | Updated: Apr 05, 2021 14:55 IST Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 5 (ANI): The poll campaign in Tamil Nadu has come to an end but despite busy canvassing and campaigning by top leaders from all political parties, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, something seems amiss in these elections. The state, which witnessed the fiercest electoral battles between M Karunanidhi o...

Four-time MP, three-time MLA, two-time Minister, Congress heavyweight Chennithala all set for battleground Kerala ANI | Updated: Apr 05, 2021 17:04 IST Haripad (Kerala) [India], April 5 (ANI): Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly since 2016, Ramesh Ramakrishnan Nair, popularly known as Ramesh Chennithala, is one of the key candidates contesting from the Haripad constituency for the fifth time, opposite BJPs K. Soman and CPIs R...

Online Desk UDF constituent All India Forward Bloc will not contest from Dharmadam constituency in Kannur against incumbent Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the upcoming polls to the Kerala Assembly. Confirming that the seat will be returned to the Congress, the secretary of the Forward Blocs central committee G Devarajan said his party wont be contesting the polls to the assembly but will remain with the UDF. The Forward Bloc had earlier asked the UDF leadership to allot either Kollam or Cha...

Kerala Assembly polls: Congress still undecided on six remaining seats SECTIONS Last Updated: Mar 16, 2021, 12:46 PM IST Share Synopsis KPCC president Mullappally Ramachandran while announcing the candidate list on Sunday had said that the remaining names will be declared by Monday evening. Picture used for representational purpose only (This story originally appeared in on Mar 16, 2021)The discussion for finalizing the six remaining Congress candidates failed to arrive at a consensus. The Co...

Kerala polls: Cong announces 6 more candidates, keeps suspense intact for Vijayans bastion ANI | Updated: Mar 18, 2021 19:39 IST By Arun Jayan Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], March 17 (ANI): If Nemom, a high-profile constituency, the lone sitting seat of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kerala, became a suspense thriller regarding candidates announcement by Congress, next in line is Dharmadam - a bastion of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. On Tue...

Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief Kamal Haasans car was allegedly attacked by a man on Sunday night in Kancheepuram while he was returning to Chennai after an election campaign. However, the actor-turned-politician did not suffer any injury in the incident. The man was reportedly thrashed by MNM cadres and people, before being handed over to the police. "Haasan was not injured in the incident though his vehicles windscreen was damaged. The man who attempted to attack Haasan was handed over to ...

The BJP has fallen back on a pool of serving MPs and turncoats to come up with an incomplete list of candidates for the third and fourth phases of the Bengal elections, prompting questions on the party’s bench strength in the state and triggering expressions of discontent. The list announced on Sunday features 63 names although 75 constituencies will go to the polls over these two legs, leaving 12 seats to be assigned candidates at a later date. The list was announced after several days of de...

Four MPs, actors, defectors, and an economist, BJP raises stakes in Bengal game SECTIONS Last Updated: Mar 15, 2021, 12:00 AM IST Share Synopsis In the ST-dominated Alipurduar constituency which has many tea estates, Lahiri is pitted against TMC’s sitting MLA Sourav Chakraborty who polled over 44% of votes in 2016, and was recently in a controversy for taking Covid-19 vaccine despite not being a frontline worker. Agencies A senior BJP leader, on condition of anonymity, told ET that Lahiri and...