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Rajasthan polls: Gajendra Shekhawat accuses Congress of selling tickets

"Naam bade kaam khote, ticket ke liye lete hai daam mote," says Gajendra Shekhawat

Mizoram elections 2018: NCP announces list of 5 candidates for Nov 28 polls

NCP state unit president Lalawmpuia Chhangte said he would contest two assembly seats - Mamit and Dampa - along Mizoram-Tripura-Bangladesh border

EC team to arrive in poll-bound Mizoram as demands surge for CEO's removal

The high-level team will hold discussions with Chief Secretary Arvind Ray, other senior officials and leaders of civil societies in an effort to resolve the impasse

Chhattishgarh CM Raman Singh says polls not a referendum on Modi govt

Singh, who has ruled Chhattisgarh for 15 years, also dismissed any impact of Congress president Rahul Gandhi's promise of farm loan waivers in his state

MP polls: As anti-Incumbency fears loom, BJP looks at its caste equation

As the poll date comes closer, the BJP has to fire-fight on several fronts, including pacifying angry party workers and leaders

Mizoram polls 2018: Picketers seek Chief Electoral Officer's removal

Elections to the 40-member Mizoram Assembly are scheduled for November 28

Seat-sharing talks with Oppn parties to be finalised on Nov 9: Congress

The TDP, TJS and CPI are reportedly seeking 18, 14, and at least five seats respectively

Madhya Pradesh: Rajpur BJP candidate & ex-minister Devi Singh Patel dies

The BJP had nominated Patel from the Rajpur (ST) seat in the first list of candidates announced on November 2

Mizoram Speaker Hipehi dumps Congress after being denied ticket; joins BJP

Mizoram, the only state in the north-east under the Congress rule, will go to the polls on November 28

The curious case of election years and tendu auctions in Chhattisgarh

A decline of Rs 4.6 billion in revenue from tendu leaf auctions this year triggers allegations of cartelisation in the lucrative trade

How price politics over garlic could sway assembly polls in MP, Rajasthan

After demonetisation, in March 2017, when garlic harvest started arriving in the markets, it sold at prices which were much lower than what farmers expected

Madhya Pradesh polls: BJP is confident, Congress appears rejuvenated

Herculean efforts of Shivraj Singh Chouhan and RSS support may turn out to be decisive in MP. BJP appears on a par with Congress

Free-mobile schemes in election states: Jio gets customers, govts get data

In the run-up to the Assembly polls, the Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan govts are distributing free smartphones to connect with over three-fourths of their populations and Jio has emerged as a key player

Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls: BSP says it holds 'key' to forming next govt

The party's vote share was 8.97 per cent in 2008 which dipped to 6.29 per cent in the 2013 polls

MP polls: Congress releases first list of 155 candidates, 21 are women

KK Kalukheda, who is the brother of former Congress minister Mahendra Singh Kalukheda, will also contest the assembly polls from Jaora constituency

TRS-BJP embrace 'more than tacit' in Telangana, KCR's nervous: Jaipal Reddy

Reddy alleged 'there is a perfect understanding already between PM Modi and KCR'

Ayodhya Ram temple a national issue, not poll plank for BJP: Javadekar

The struggle for the temple has been going on for 500 years when there were no elections, Javadekar said

Chhattisgarh elections 2018: Key battles to watch out for in first phase

The most anticipated electoral battle will be witnessed in Rajnandgaon seat where incumbent state chief minister Raman Singh is pitted against former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's niece Karuna Shukla

MP polls: Digvijay Singh's kin in Congress first list of 155 candidates

21 women and 21 Scheduled Caste candidates; 34 from the Scheduled Tribe category

Telangana assembly elections: BJP releases second list of 28 candidates

BJP, which is going it alone in the December 7 elections to the 119-member assembly, has earlier released its first list of 38 nominees on October 20