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Social media stars: Kerala

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and BJP state president K Rajasekaran are also active, often tweeting in Malayalam

Aditi Phadnis: The implications of a high turnout

Parties in the state are interpreting this to their advantage. Past record suggests that low voter numbers favour the Congress, meaning the scales could tip for the BJP this time. AIUDF leader Badrudd

Farmers welfare not considered by AIADMK govt: Stalin

Farmers had committed suicide due to debts as they were not getting remunerative prices for their produce

Vaiko to contest TN Assembly poll after 2 decades

He had last contested from Vilathikulam constituency in 1996 and lost by a very narrow margin of 634 votes

Kerala assembly polls: Tribal chiefs to be 'poll ambassadors' in state

District authorities have roped in seven tribal chiefs to spread awareness among the tribal population on the need to vote

Social media stars: Assam

Election campaign picks up momentum in Kerala after Kollam temple tragedy

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who was busy reviewing rescue efforts, has drawn up a hectic poll campaign for the next few days

Social media stars: West Bengal

Tamil Nadu assembly polls: DMK manifesto a 'bundle of lies', says BJP

Said DMK brought in the liquor culture in TN, however their manifesto claims that they would bring in prohibition

DMK announces names for 173 seats for Tamil Nadu assembly elections

M Karunanidhi to contest from Tiruvarur, M K Stalin from Kolathur

West Bengal polls: Control room opened to monitor movement of central forces

Till the first phase, the EC was keeping a tab on the movement of the central forces by taking reports from the district magistrates

West Bengal assembly polls: With Baichung Bhutia in fray, Siliguri poised for interesting contest

Bhutia will be fighting Siliguri mayor and former minister Ashok Bhattacharya

Social media stars: Tamil Nadu

Surprisingly, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's AIADMK, which is seen as a favourite in some early opinion polls, is a laggard on social media

Amit Shah asks TN voters not to vote corrupt parties

BJP could provide the "alternative" Tamil Nadu is seeking

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to start campaigning from April 19

He will lead a road show from Dhakuria to Garia

Govt, BJP milk PM's Saudi visit to reach out to Muslims in Assam, Bengal and Kerala

Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla says the visit sent positive message in Assam

Tamil Nadu set to have complete prohibition; experts question implementation

With revenue of Rs 27,000 crore to be foregone, compensation for the same remains a question till now

Trinamool using 'crime and terror' in polls: BJP to EC

The party submitted a memorandum to the EC, in which they also said most of the observers are "neither visible nor available and are completely incommunicado"

Assembly polls: BJP will not gain any foothold in Kerala, says Oommen Chandy

Ruling out chances of the saffron party breaking the bipolar politics of the state, Chandy said the people of the state were 'secular'

Impressive voter turnout in Assam, Bengal polls

An estimated 79.51 per cent polling was recorded in West Bengal and 82.21 per cent in Assam, Election Commission sources said in Delhi