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Dharmendra Yadav warns against dividing voters with 'batenge toh' slogan

Uttar Pradesh CM Adityanath had on September 23 reiterated his "batenge toh katenge" remark, saying it was disunity that led to "invaders destroying the Ram temple" in Ayodhya

Congress announces 4 candidates for Maharashtra, 2 for Jharkhand polls

With this, the Congress has so far announced candidates for 102 of 288 Assembly seats

Cong to organise month-long 'Delhi Nyay Yatra' from Nov 8 ahead of polls

The march will start on November 8 from Rajghat and conclude on December 4, ahead of the assembly elections in Delhi

Congress, BJP announce candidates for Nov 20 Kedarnath Assembly bypoll

The Congress has named former MLA Manoj Rawat as its candidate while the ruling BJP has fielded Pradesh Mahila Morcha president Asha Nautiyal

Kejriwal says AAP 'honestly' served Delhi, urges people to reject BJP

The former Delhi chief minister, who was taking part in a 'padyatra (foot march)' campaign ahead of the assembly polls, also asked the public not to vote for the BJP

Assam bypolls: 38 candidates file nominations for 5 assembly constituencies

A total of 38 candidates have filed their nomination papers for five assembly constituencies in Assam to be contested for the by-elections.

Leaders' relatives in the fray for bypolls on 48 Assembly seats on Nov 13

The INDIA bloc parties are contesting against each other on several of these seats, especially in Kerala and West Bengal

51 candidates file nominations for Nov 13 bypolls to 4 Bihar Assembly seats

Scrutiny of nominations will take place on October 28, and the last date for withdrawal of names is October 30, officials said

EC allows candidates to apply for rally permissions on 'Suvidha 2.0' app

Candidates and parties, the poll body said, can now apply for campaign-related permissions also in the new and upgraded Suvidha 2.0 mobile application

Kejriwal likely to campaign for INDIA bloc in Maharashtra, Jharkhand polls

Arvind Kejriwal is likely to campaign on assembly seats where AAP has a volunteer base and where the MVA candidates don't have a controversial background

Nayab Saini, Capt Amarinder among BJP's star campaigners for Punjab bypolls

The bypolls to the four assembly seats -- Gidderbaha, Dera Baba Nanak, Chabbewal and Barnala -- were necessitated after MLAs representing them were elected to the Lok Sabha earlier this year

Delhi polls: Several leaders hit the streets in AAP's padyatra campaign

Party's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh in Matiala constituency alleged that if the people voted for the BJP, it would stop all "free services" given to them by the AAP government

INDIA bloc struggling to finalise seat sharing agreement for upcoming polls

On Monday, the Congress indicated that it could opt out of contesting on the nine Assembly seats in UP that are scheduled for voting on November 13

Punjab Assembly elections: AAP names candidates for all four seats

The AAP has fielded Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon, who joined the party after quitting the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in August, from Gidderbaha

BJP names candidates for bypolls, fields Navya Haridas from Wayanad

Haridas will be pitted against Congress's Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and CPI's Sathyan Mokeri, the Left candidate, in the high-profile constituency in the 13 November by-election

Jharkhand polls: NDA 'almost' finalises seat sharing; BJP gets 68, AJSU 10

Jharkhand elections: The BJP is likely to contest 68 seats, but discussions are ongoing in the final stages, Assam CM Himanta Sarma said at a press conference in Ranchi

Akhilesh to visit Maha, seek more seats to contest polls with 'INDIA'

The 288-member Maharashtra Assembly will got to the polls in a single phase on November 20, and the results will be out on November 23

AAP unlikely to contest Maha, J'khand polls; looks to strengthen INDIA bloc

Our focus is Delhi and we don't want to create further confusion in minds of voters in Maharashtra which could lead to splitting anti-BJP votes, AAP sources said

State govts' pre-poll measures top Rs 1 trn in Maharashtra, Jharkhand

Jharkhand govt waived loans of 176,977 farmers worth Rs 400.7 crore

46.6 mn women voters in Maharashtra, 1.2 mn first-timers in Jharkhand

In the 2019 Assembly polls in Maharashtra, 62 of 64 urban seats polled below the state average of 60.56 per cent