Tag: elections
HC Refuses To Release Ansari To Campaign
The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to release gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari on parole for canvassing in the ongoing Uttar Pradesh polls.....
Campaigning Ends For Sixth Phase Of UP Election
Campaigning for the sixth phase of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh ended on Thursday. Voting for 49 seats spread across seven districts will be held on Saturday. ....
BJP Will Be Clean Bowled In UP: Lalu
RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Thursday said the BJP will be "clean bowled" in the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, just like in the Bihar elections last year.....
30% Candidates In 2nd Phase Of Manipur Polls Are Crorepatis
At least 30 per cent candidates in the second phase of the Manipur Assembly elections are millionaires, with the Congress topping the list as 10 of its 22 candidates (46 per cent) declared assets of over Rs 1 crore.....
First Phase Of Manipur Polls On Saturday
Manipur goes to the polls on Saturday in the first of its two-phased elections across 38 Assembly constituencies. ....
Yogi Adityanath Votes, Claims Wave For BJP
Gorakhpur Lok Sabha MP and firebrand Bharatiya Janata Party leader Mahant Adityanath was one of the early voters from his constituency on Saturday as polling began in 49 seats in the sixth and penultimate phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections at 7 a.m.....
PM Modi Hits Out At Opposition In Varanasi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday resumed his mega-show in Varanasi culminating in a rally where he hit out against the opposition while singing paeans to the historic city of Banaras and promising to turn it around into a modern world class metropolis.....
EC Extends Deadline For UP Exit Polls
The Election Commission (EC) has prohibited exit polls for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections till 5.30 p.m. on March 9 following the death of the Samajwadi Party candidate for the Alapur seat, in the wake of which polling, originally scheduled for February 27, has been pushed back to Thursday, an official said.....
18 Months On, Bihar Awaits PM's Rs 125,000 Cr Bounty: RTI Reply
It's official -- 18 months after the October 2015 assembly elections, Bihar still awaits the bounty of Rs 1.25 lakh-crore announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the poll campaign, an RTI query has revealed.....
Manipur Records 67% Voter Turnout Till 1 Pm
Polling began at 7 a.m. on Wednesday for 22 constituencies in the second and final phase of the Manipur Assembly elections and around 67% voters cast their votes till 1 pm. ....
