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Assam, West Bengal go for 1st phase polling as campaigning picks up pace

The campaigning has picked up pace in Assam and West Bengal that will witness first phase polling on Saturday

WB Assembly polls: Three injured in blast at TMC office in Bankura

At least three Trinamool Congress workers sustained injuries in a blast that took place at their party office in the Uttar Bar area of Bankura district.

Puducherry Assembly Polls: FM releases BJP manifesto, promises 250,000 jobs

The BJP had gathered opinion from around 50,000 people of Puducherry before preparing the manifesto

Bengal, Assam set for first phase polling, Assam CM among those in the fray

Over 15.4 million voters in the eastern states of West Bengal and Assam will exercise their franchise on Saturday in the first phase of polling

West Bengal: Heavy security deployment for first phase of Assembly polls

Thirty seats go to the polls in the first phase and include all constituencies in Purulia and Jhargram and some seats from Bankura, Purba Medinipur and Paschim Medinipur districts

BJP will enact laws to tackle 'love and land jihad' in Assam: Amit Shah

Addressing an election rally, Shah said appropriate laws and policies will be put in place to strengthen Assamese culture and civilisation

West Bengal to go for first phase of polling on 30 seats tomorrow

The first phase of elections in high-stakes poll battle in West Bengal will be held on Saturday with both the ruling TMC and BJP seeking to outdo each other in poll promises and campaign rhetoric

Assam elections: Polling for 47 seats tomorrow, 8.1 million people eligible

Polling will begin at 7 am in 47 constituencies across 12 districts in the first phase of Assam elections where the ruling BJP and Congress-AIUDF alliance are locked in a direct electoral contest

TN polls: Madurai South Independent candidate promises trip to Moon, robots

Freebies galore as an Independent candidate from Madurai South constituency promises a trip to the Moon, helicopters, robots for household work, gold and cars to voters if he is elected

Tamil Nadu elections: ECI orders transfer of Trichy Collector, SP

The Election Commission of India transferred Tiruchirappalli district Collector, superintendent of police and sub-collector to non-election posts following the seizure of Rs 1 crore from the district

Sasikala will not re-inducted in AIADMK, says party leader D Jayakumar

AIADMK leader D Jayakumar said that expelled AIADMK leader VK Sasikala will not be re-inducted in the party and asserted that no opinion poll can affect party's victory

WB still living in 19th century under 'decades of misrule' by TMC: Rajnath

Hitting out at the ruling Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal, Defence Minister Rajanath Singh said the state is living in the 19th century because of decades of misrule by TMC and Left parties

MK Stalin making false statements during poll campaign, says Tamil Nadu CM

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami hit out at DMK chief MK Stalin saying that he was making false statements during his election ahead of the Assembly polls in the state

LDF can be described as 'lies, deception, fraud': Randeep Surjewala

The Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala can be described as 'Lies, Deception, Fraud', said All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala

Congress leader Sachin Pilot to visit Assam to campaign for assembly polls

Congress leader Sachin Pilot will visit Assam to campaign for the upcoming assembly elections, a statement said on Thursday

Cong, TMC, Left will feel safe if BJP forms govt in Bengal: Rajnath Singh

Even the Congress, Left parties and Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers will feel safe if the Bharatiya Janata Party forms the government in West Bengal, said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday.

West Bengal tops in Facebook political ad spend among poll-bound states

Besides West Bengal, Assembly elections will be held in three other states Assam, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and in the Union Territory of Puducherry

No development in 10 yrs, Mamata took Bengal back to 19th century: Rajnath

Rajnath Singh further accused Banerjee of not fulfilling her promise of putting an end to water crisis in the state

High-pitched campign for first phase election in Assam comes to end

The poll on Saturday will decide the fate of 247 candidates

Vote for Modi if you want schemes, for TMC if you prefer scams: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah also promised to build an AIIMS in the Junglemahal area