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MP, Mizoram assembly elections: PM Modi asks voters to exercise franchise

Modi took to Twitter to reach out to people in the two states, asking them to exercise their franchise in the 'festival of democracy'

Madhya Pradesh polls 2018: Faulty EVMs, VVPAT machines cause glitches

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan voted with his family in Jait village under Bhudni constituency. He is contesting against Congress' Arun Yadav

Madhya Pradesh Assembly election 2018: Pre-poll trends belie BJP's hopes

A complaint before MP Assembly election 2018 is that while CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan's integrity is above board, his ministers and legislators are not above suspicion, and nor are government employees

Rajasthan polls: In BJP manifesto, promise of 30,000 govt jobs a year

The Congress and other opposition parties have criticised the Raje government for its alleged failures to create jobs and rein in farm distress

Madhya Pradesh polls: Farm stress, poor finance cast a shadow over BJP

CM Chouhan might have checked farmer agitation through sops, but poor implementation has hit state's finance

Telangana polls: Modi tears into Cong, TRS over 'family rule' and vote bank

Modi accused Rao of 'destroying' Telangana through his government's policies and not fulfilling his promises to people

From 'farmer's son' Chouhan and royals to docs: MP polls see heated contest

Two most prominent self-proclaimed 'farmer-sons' Chouhan and former Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Arun Yadav are pitted against each other in the high-profile Budhni seat

There is no power problem in Telangana, don't lie for votes; KCR to PM Modi

Rao claimed that Telangana was the only state in the country where farmers were supplied power 24x7

Ensure not a single Congress candidate wins: Modi in Telangana rally

The Prime Minister said both the Congress and the ruling TRS engaged in caste politics and vote bank politics

BJP assures Rs 1-trn farm loan, 5.15 mn jobs if voted to power in Rajasthan

The manifesto also promises that BJP will set up a committee that will work on the concept of 'Universal Basic income.'

Modi mocks Telangana CM, says insecure KCR puts faith in astrologers

Modi was addressing his first election rally in poll-bound Telangana

MP election: EC to set up 65,000 polling booths, 300,000 employees deployed

Around 2,000 entirely women-only polling booths would be functional

Here's why retaining his seat won't be easy for KCR in Telangana elections

As the state goes to polls on December 7, will the visible development work done by the TRS government prevail?

This crucial region in MP may be kinder to BJP than the rest of the state

In the Malwa-Nimar region the party finds support despite farmers' death in Mandsaur firing

Rajasthan: PM Modi's silence on lynchings leaves Alwar crowd unimpressed

From dozens of impressive entrance gates to a trivial single entrance, the difference between Modi's 2013 rally and the one now was clearly visible

Mizoram: In uncertain times, candidates contesting from multiple seats

In the 1989 polls, held after a bout of President's rule that prematurely brought to an end the first elected MNF government, quite a few candidates contested from two constituencies

Mizoram: 4 worries next govt needs to solve in Congress' last bastion in NE

Mizoram's 768,000 voters will vote in 40 constituencies to determine if BJP make its first inroads and complete the party's surge into India's northeast

Rajasthan Assembly polls: Few jobs but some keep faith in PM Narendra Modi

Empty training centres, lack of employment key issues for the youth as state votes on December 7

Dalit votes could play a decisive role in at least 30 Madhya Pradesh seats

In all these assembly constituencies there are 12-16 per cent Dalit votes, according to the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies

Madhya Pradesh polls: Shivraj Singh Chouhan ends campaign at Bhopal's Kolar

It is said that Kolar is lucky for Chouhan. Indeed, Chouhan has a routine: He starts his campaign by filing his nominations in Budhni and concludes it with a public meeting in Kolar.