Election

Panaji: Describing Amit Palekar as a "fresh, committed face", Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday nominated this 46-year-old lawyer as the party's chief ministerial candidate for the 2022 state assembly polls in Goa. Kejriwal, who is in the coastal state on a...

Thiruvananthapuram: Returning to an unprecedented second term in power, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Tuesday unveiled his new team, which jettisons all sitting ministers from his CPI-M, and consists of a mix of youth and experience, besides giving adequate representation to women, caste, communities and...

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal Monday hailed the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC's electoral triumph in the West Bengal Assembly polls, while saying it was arrogance, money power and ‘using Jai Shri Ram for politics’ that lost in the state. Banerjee fended off a spirited...

New Delhi:  BJP's West Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh Sunday said it seems that people didn't accept those who switched to the BJP from the TMC as many such candidates lost the election. “We never expected such a result. The feedback and the response which...

Kolkata: With the Trinamool Congress poised to cruise to a landslide victory in the Assembly elections to return to power for third time in a row, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday dedicated the win to the people of West Bengal, besides taking a dig at...

New Delhi: After the party's poor performance in assembly elections in five states, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said it humbly accepts the people's mandate and it will continue to fight for its values and ideals. "We humbly accept the people's mandate. Sincere gratitude...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday accepted her defeat against BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari from Nandigram by 1,622 votes. Conceding her defeat, Mamata said she accepts the verdict of people. Despite losing the seat, Mamata said that a decision on lockdown in West Bengal...

Pondicherry: The NR Congress Sunday won eight seats in Pondicherry and its ally BJP secured four while the Congress-led Secular Democratic Alliance (SDA) emerged victorious in three constituencies as the counting continued for the votes polled in the April 6 elections. s the results for...

New Delhi: Incumbency was set for a beating in three states on Sunday with Mamata Banerjee emerging star of the day to lead her TMC to triumph in West Bengal for a third consecutive term while the BJP was poised for return in Assam as...

Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's statement that the Bharatiya Janata Party, which had won one seat in Kerala in the 2016 Assembly polls, would see its account getting closed this time, has come true with the Centre's ruling party failing to secure any victory despite...