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The economics of electoral promises

India needs a debate as to what percentage of general government revenue can be used for subsidies and cash transfers

Covid LIVE: TN schools to re-open on Feb 1; Kerala logs 51,739 new cases

Tamil Nadu govt announces reopening of physical classes for students of standard 1 to 12 from Feb 1, decides to lift night curfew from Jan 28

Goa CM files nomination papers; Parrikar's son to contest as independent

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday filed his nomination papers from the Sanquelim constituency in North Goa for the February 14 Assembly polls.

Rahul kicks off Punjab Assembly polls campainging with Golden Temple visit

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is on a day-long visit to Punjab for campaigning of the upcoming assembly polls, visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Thursday.

Bad weather makes electioneering an uphill task in Uttarakhand

Heavy snowfall has partially cut off many villages in the hills making it almost impossible for candidates to reach them

Majithia fielded against Sidhu from Amritsar East, Parkash Badal from Lambi

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday announced that senior party leader and his brother-in-law Bikram Singh Majithia will also fight the state assembly elections from Amritsar East

Union Minister Shripad Naik's son denied ticket to contest Goa polls

After denying a ticket to former Chief Minister late Manohar Parrikar's son Utpal Parrikar, the BJP has said no to Union Minister of State for Tourism Shripad Naik's son, Siddesh

SP picks nominee for Ayodhya polls, other parties ponder over candidates

With the Samajwadi Party nominating old hand Pawan Pandey on the Ayodhya seat, all eyes are on the BJP which is yet to name its candidate for the high-profile constituency

RPN Singh quits Congress, joins BJP ahead of UP Assembly elections

Just weeks ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, Congress leader RPN Singh quit the party on Tuesday and joined the BJP

Congress struggles to keep 'exit' doors shut, but leaders stream out

The exit' doors of the Congress swung open wider with senior leader RPN Singh striding out to join the BJP, abandoning decades-old familial associations to leave a party

LIVE: Gen Rawat awarded Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan for Nadella, Pichai

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, SII MD Cyrus Poonawalla to be conferred with Padma Bhushan

Punjab polls: Cong candidates to accompany Rahul Gandhi to Golden Temple

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and all 117 party candidates in Punjab will pay obeisance at the Golden Temple and sit down for a langar on Thursday.

BJP likely to change CM in Karnataka ahead of Assembly elections: Report

Sources said BJP high command is unhappy over defeat in by-elections and local body polls, including in Bommai's own constituency Hanagal in Haveri district

Uttarakhand polls: Parties battle it out on social media amid rally ban

With Covid curbs in place and less than a month to go for the Assembly polls, both the BJP and the Congress in Uttarakhand are making the optimum use of social media to reach out to voters.

Assembly elections: Koo launches Voters Guide to encourage people to vote

Microblogging platform Koo said it has released a multi-lingual guide on Voter Rights and Responsibilities ahead of the upcoming legislative assembly elections.

Punjab Assembly polls: 'Amarinder spent cartridge,' says Sidhu

Amarinder Singh said he was told that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will be grateful if he can keep Sidhu in the govt

Covid LIVE: Delhi's positivity rate falls to 12%; 1,857 new cases in Mumbai

Number of active cases in Mumbai are 21,142; Delhi sees 5,760 new cases

Elections & 'she' factor: Promises galore as parties put spotlight on women

In the poll-bound states, all parties are aggressively wooing women with promises of cash grants, a bigger voice in policy-making, and greater representation. But is this what women want?

EC to decide on Saturday whether ban on physical rallies should continue

The Election Commission would meet on Saturday to decide whether the ban imposed by it on physical rallies and roadshows to prevent the spread of coronavirus should continue.

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