Assam's Sivasagar district will have 18 all women polling stations in the upcoming state Assembly election, an official said
Adhikari, who is contesting against West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee at Nandigram seat in the upcoming Assembly polls said the state will turn into Kashmir if Trinamool Congress comes back to power
Ahead of the forthcoming Assembly polls Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Tamil Nadu and Kerala on Sunday
Ahead of West Bengal polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public rally at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata on Sunday
BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya met actor Mithun Chakraborty in Kolkata on Saturday amid speculations that he may be joining Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Brigade rally in Kolkata
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had earlier announced her decision to contest from Nandigram where she will be pitched against her protegee Suvendu Adhikari who is contesting on the BJP ticket
'DMK president MK Stalin has signed an agreement in which six Assembly constituencies have been allotted to us,' says MDMK chief
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the central investigation agencies
The Congress on Saturday announced a list of 40 candidates for the Assam Assembly polls, with its state unit chief Ripun Bora contesting from Gohpur and senior leader Debabrata Saikia from Nazira.
The BJP named Adhikari, a former minister in Banerjee's cabinet, as its candidate in the Nandigram seat in Purba Medinipur district, from where the chief minister will also contest the elections
According to the list, senior party leader Nepal Mahato has been fielded from the Baghmundi constituency
The DMK's deal with the Congress and CPI(M) was elusive, while the ruling AIADMK's negotiations with DMDK remained inconclusive
With the BJP announcing Suvendu Adhikari's candidature from the Nandigram seat, the stage is set for the Battle Royale between him and Mamata Banerjee in the most high profile constituency
At least 415 companies of central forces will be deployed for the first phase of polling on March 27 in West Bengal, a senior official said on Saturday.
BJP on Saturday released its first list of 57 candidates for the West Bengal assembly polls
Former TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi joined the BJP, accusing Mamata Banerjee of abandoning her principles
Jailed activist Akhil Gogoi will contest the upcoming elections in Assam from Sibsagar as a candidate of his newly-floated Raijor Dal.
Earlier in the day, he joined the BJP at its headquarters in New Delhi in the presence of saffron party president J P Nadda
The first meeting of the Central Election Committee of Congress is likely to be held today to finalise the names of candidates for the first two phases of the West Bengal and Assam Assembly polls
The Kerala Congress announced the list of probable candidates for the coming Assembly polls in the state is ready, and 50% seats would go to the youth and new faces