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Chhattisgarh polls highlights: 71.93% turnout; Raman Singh predicts BJP win

Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2018 witnessed 71.93% voter turnout till 6 PM in phase 2. Track live updates here

Rajasthan polls: Cong fields 27 women candidates, BJP pitches 23 in fray

The Congress has given tickets to three Muslim women, and the BJP chose four women from the erstwhile royal families

Mizoram polls: Rahul blames govt for interfering in functioning of EC, CBI

He also reiterated his allegations of corruption in the Rafale deal and said PM Modi has robbed public money and used it to buy publicity

Rajasthan polls: Total of 4,288 nomination papers filed by 3,295 candidates

Rajasthan will elect a new Assembly on December 7 and the vote count will take place four days later

Telangana Assembly polls: 3,584 nominations filed from 119 constituencies

Out of the total 3,584 nominations, 2,441 nominations were independent candidates

Not a single Congress nominee should be elected in Madhya Pradesh polls: PM

If people work for 10 hours, then I will work for 11 hours for the country's progress, said PM Modi

'Hungry' Kamal Nath wants to bring Congress back to power in Madhya Pradesh

The Congress has been out of power in this vast state with about 5 crore voters since 2003 when it was ousted by the BJP

Madhya Pradesh polls 2018: BJP govt blows hot and cold over labour reforms

In 2015, the government amended as many as 15 labour laws. The move was seen as pro-industry. Chouhan also brought in the Jankalyan (Sambal) Yojana, which gave benefits to unorganised labourers

BJP, RSS know they'll not win LS polls, says Rahul Gandhi in Mizoram

The Congress has been alleging that the MNF and BJP would go for a post-poll alliance in the event of a hung assembly

Chhattisgarh election 2018: 74 of 285 millionaires candidates belong to BJP

ADR analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 1,256 of 1,269 candidates. The affidavits of 13 candidates were not analysed as they were badly scanned or complete affidavits were not available

Chhattisgarh polls: Why BJP's popularity is sliding in the tribal heartland

In the first phase of its assembly elections on November 12, 2018, Chhattisgarh witnessed a 70% voter turnout in tribal areas

Caste no yardstick for MP's farmers, 'kisan' identity matters more in polls

If anything, these elections have reset an identity which numerous farmers lived with in the past - as backward caste members. This time, they are voting as farmers - forward, backward, SC or ST

Farmers' anger against BJP is the biggest issue in MP this time: Arun Yadav

In an exclusive interview with Business Standard, Arun Yadav discounted the criticism that he was an outsider in Budhni and exuded confidence of causing a big upset on December 11

It's politics over economy in Congress manifestoes for MP & Chhattisgarh

With the party no longer a major player in UP and Bihar, it must win or improve vote share in MP and Chhattisgarh in order to challenge BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls

Rahul has Modi-phobia, utters name 44 times in 22-minute speech, says Shah

Continuing his attack on Gandhi, the BJP President said that the Congress leader was "daydreaming" of forming the governments in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh polls: Fate of many star candidates to be sealed on Tuesday

There is a third force in the elections this time in the form of former chief minister Ajit Jogi's alliance with Dalit leader Mayawati

Rahul Gandhi, Amit Shah to address election rallies in Mizoram on Tuesday

Election to the 40-member Mizoram Assembly is scheduled for November 28

Rajasthan polls: BJP, Cong field plenty of doctors in electoral fray

Voting will take place on December 7 for 200 assembly seats in Rajasthan, which has about 4.75 core registered voters

Don't provide transport to Brus refugees on poll day: Mizo civil societies

Election to the 40-member Mizoram Assembly will be held on November 28

Rajasthan polls 2018: BJP denies ticket to 43 MLAs including four ministers

In the two lists, a total of 92 sitting MLAs have been fielded again in the election