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'Bid to present new avatar': Congress fields 70% fresh faces in UP polls

Uttar Pradesh is scheduled to have seven-phase polls for the 403 assembly constituencies beginning from February 10. The results will be out on March 10

Denied ticket by BJP, ex-Goa CM Laxmikant Parsekar to quit party

Former Goa chief minister and senior BJP leader Laxmikant Parsekar, who was denied ticket by the party for the next month's state Assembly elections, said he will resign from the ruling party

SP candidate Ziya-ur-Rehman booked for violating Model Code of Conduct

Ziya-ur -Rehman, the Samajwadi Party candidate from Kundarki seat in Moradabad, and 50-60 others were booked for violating of Model Code of Conduct and Covid protocol, police said on Saturday

UP polls: Anurag Thakur, Yogi Adityanath flag off BJP's 'Prachar Rath'

Union Minister Anurag Thakur, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath along with other BJP leaders on Saturday flagged off "Prachar Rath" (election campaign vans) from the party office in Lucknow

UP polls: BJP fields Mulayam Singh Yadav's relative from Sirsaganj seat

Mulayam Singh Yadav's close relative Hariom Yadav, who recently switched sides from Samajwadi Party to BJP, will contest the upcoming assembly polls in the state from his current seat of Sirsaganj

Goa polls: BJP tried to convince Utpal Parrikar, says Atanasio Monserrate

Atanasio Monserrate, who is a BJP candidate on Panaji seat, said the party tried its best to convince Parrikar, son of former Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar

UP Assembly polls: 51 candidates file nominations on last day in Mathura

With these, the total number of nominations for the five Assembly constituencies in Mathura Lok Sabha constituency limits has swelled to 80, district returning officer Navneet Singh Chahal said.

Assembly polls: Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma fielded from Pathankot

Sharma is a former MLA from Pathankot.

Denied BJP ticket, Utpal Parrikar to fight from Panaji as independent

"I am fighting for the values which I believe in," he said

'Do you see any other face': Priyanka on Cong's CM candidate in UP polls

'You can see my face everywhere,' says Priyanka on being asked about the chief ministerial face of Congress in the upcoming UP Assembly elections

BJP names 85 UP candidates; Aditi Singh from Rae Bareli, Arun from Kannauj

The list also includes incumbent MLA Hariom Yadav, a distant relative of Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav

Uttarakhand polls: Expelled BJP leader Harak Singh Rawat joins Congress

Expelled BJP leader and former Uttarakhand minister Harak Singh Rawat on Friday joined the Congress after days of uncertainty over his joining.

Goa: Manohar Parrikar's son to contest from Panaji as independent candidate

The ruling party has fielded incumbent MLA Atanasio Monserrate from the Panaji seat, which Manohar Parrikar had represented for a long time

BJP releases first list of 34 candidates for Punjab polls

Tickets have been given to 12 candidates who belong to farmers' families, Tarun Chugh, BJP National General Secretary.

Punjab polls: CM Channi is losing from Chamkaur Sahib, claims Kejriwal

AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi will face defeat from his Chamkaur Sahib seat in the next month state assembly polls

Manipur Assembly polls: PM Modi pitches for 'double engine' of development

Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Friday that impediments to Manipur's progress have been removed and it is now primed for fast-paced development

Congress releases 'youth manifesto', Rahul says want to build a 'new UP'

The Congress released a manifesto for the youth ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls with Rahul Gandhi asserting that the party wants to build a "new UP" driven by the strength of the youth.

After joining BJP, Aparna Yadav takes 'blessing' of Mulayam Singh Yadav

After joining the BJP in New Delhi, Aparna Bisht Yadav returned to Lucknow and took blessings of her father-in-law and SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav

UP Assembly polls: Aam Aadmi Party gives 4th guarantee to farmers

The Aam Aadmi Party has announced its fourth 'Kejriwal Guarantee' under which it said that all farmers' loans will be waived and all cane dues will be cleared within 24 hours of it forming the govt

Uttarakhand polls: Congress CEC to meet today for selection of candidates

The Central Election Committee of the Congress will meet on Friday at 4 pm through video conferencing for the selection of candidates for the Uttarakhand assembly polls