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Rajasthan polls: Raje to contest from home-turf, from where she won thrice

She said although her focus would be to win all the 200 Assembly seats in the Rajasthan Assembly, special attention would be on 100 seats

Modi and rupee's fate in lockstep? $730-bn sovereign bond market is worried

ING Bank NV has lowered its year-end forecast for rupee to 76.50 -- the most bearish in a Bloomberg survey -- citing political uncertainty ahead of state elections in December

MP polls 2018: 'Shiv bhakt' Rahul to tour Malwa after worshipping Mahakal

Congress had proclaimed Rahul Gandhi as a 'Shiv bhakt' ahead of the Assembly elections held in Gujarat last year

Chhattisgarh polls: Will fight Cong, but won't attack Gandhis, says Jogi

Jogi left the Congress in 2016 and floated his own party

Chhattisgarh Assembly polls: Ajit Jogi-BSP alliance to hurt BJP, says Cong

The Congress is seeking to oust the BJP, which has been governing the state since 2003, from power this time

Chhattisgarh polls: Cong releases list of 37 candidates for second phase

The Congress announced the candidates for the first phase polling in two lists on October 18 and 22

Chattisgarh elections 2018: Raman Singh begins campaigning from Sukma distt

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing a rally in Jagdalpur on November 9

Madhya Pradesh polls: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh refuses to campaign

It is an uncontestable fact that Singh has a presence in the entire state

Chhattisgarh polls: Ajit Jogi's party to field suspended Cong MLAs

The Ajit Jogi-led party has so far declared 48 candidates, including Rai and Kaushik

Volunteers extend traditional invite to voters in Chhattisgarh's red zone

Volunteers inviting voters with betel-nut, rice-turmeric to exercise their franchise

Will revamp Telangana education system in 100 days if voted to power: Cong

There would be 100 per cent fee reimbursement for students belonging to SC, ST, Backward Classes and minority communities, said Uttam Kumar Reddy

Chhattisgarh elections: 421 candidates file papers for 18 seats in phase 1

Tuesday was the last day for filing of nominations for the first phase of the polls. The nominations will be scrutinised Wednesday and the last date for withdrawal is October 26

Chhattisgarh polls: Raman Singh touches Yogi's feet before filing papers

Raman Singh is BJP's longest-serving Chief Minister while Yogi (46) has been chief minister only a little over a year

Madhya Pradesh polls: Booze and voter awareness make unhealthy cocktail

Over-enthusiastic liquor dealers ended up placing the stickers on labels carrying the statutory warning about the harmful effects of liquor

MP polls: Congress will lose votes if I campaign, says Digvijaya Singh

The election in Madhya Pradesh is scheduled to be held in a single phase on November 28. Counting of votes will be done on December 11

Chhattisgarh polls: Congress fields Vajpayee's niece against CM Raman Singh

A former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP, Shukla will be contesting from Rajnandgaon the home constituency of Chief Minister Raman Singh

BJP vs Congress: War of words is hotting up in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh

MP Congress chief Kamal Nath promised to "expose" Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan through 40 questions in as many days ahead of the Assembly elections

MP Assembly polls 2018: BJP to campaign using 50 hi-tech 'chariots'

The mass outreach programme is aimed at preparing 'Drishti Patra' or a vision document for the next month's polls on the basis of suggestions received from the common people, a party leader said

Chhattisgarh polls: With 'no other option', Ramdayal Uike returns to BJP

Before returning to the BJP, Uike was the working president of the Congress in Chhattisgarh. Still his candidature on the Congress ticket appeared uncertain

Turf war in Bilaspur: Chhattisgarh equation changed due to BSP-JCC alliance

The Jogi-Mayawati alliance has changed the equation in the state. It remains to be seen which party is hurt the most - BJP or Congress