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Congress will emerge victorious: Party leaders on Karnataka poll counting

Amid the counting of votes in Karnataka, Congress leaders said that the party will get an absolute majority and form the government in the coastal state

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Nepal's border points with India sealed for 72hrs ahead of by-polls

Nepal's border points with India in the country's southern Bara district have been sealed for 72 hours in view of the by-election in Bara-2 constituency on Sunday. Nepal's Election Commission is conducting by-elections for the House of Representatives in the three constituencies of Tanhun-1, Chitawan-2 and Bara-2. The District Administration Office in Bara said in a statement on Thursday that the border points shall remain closed from midnight of Thursday to Sunday midnight. The sale and supply of liquor have been restricted in the district until the vote counting is completed. Also, vehicular movement along the Postal Highway in the district has been closed except for emergency ones from Saturday midnight to Sunday 7 pm. As the by-polls draw close, political parties displayed their strength by organising rallies for the last time on Thursday. The ruling coalition held election rallies in Chitwan and Bara on Thursday. Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, Prime Minister

BRS will from govt at Centre after 2024 general elections: CM KCR

: Exuding confidence that BRS was going to form the government at the Centre after the 2024 Lok Sabha Polls, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday said that the Dalit Bandhu scheme would be implemented across the country after the party came to power. The Dalit Bandu scheme, launched in 2021 offers Rs 10 lakh to Scheduled Caste families as a 100 per cent grant to start a business. The funds given under the direct benefit transfer scheme need not be repaid. Addressing a public meeting after unveiling a 125 ft-tall statue of BR Ambedkar here, KCR said the BRS party was getting a tremendous response from Maharashtra and was expecting a similar reaction from West Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. I will tell you certain things. In this 2024 Parliament elections, the next government is ours, ours and ours. Some of our enemies may not be able to digest this. But one spark is enough to light, he said. Rao unveiled the Ambedkar statue here on Friday, the birth anniversary

AAP candidates to file nominations for mayor, dy mayor on Apr 17: Bharadwaj

AAP national spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj on Thursday said the party's candidates for mayor and deputy mayor will file their nominations on April 17. The nomination process will end on April 18, and the ordinary meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi is scheduled to be held on April 26 for the election of mayor and deputy mayor. "April 18 is the last date, so we will be filing our nominations on April 17," he told reporters. The Urban Development minister also stressed that the BJP has laid arms in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. "They are slowly digesting the fact that they were defeated in the MCD. Their efforts to buy councillors have reduced," he added. The city gets a new mayor after the end of a financial year. Oberoi, an AAP councillor, was elected as the mayor of Delhi on February 22. She defeated BJP's Rekha Gupta by a margin of 34 votes. Oberoi polled 150 votes, while Gupta received 116 votes out of the total 266 votes polled. The voting was held at the C

Meghalaya polls: Rahul Gandhi to address his maiden rally in Shillong today

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be addressing his maiden election rally in poll-bound Meghalaya on Wednesday

Not involved in denying permission to PM's rally in Tura, says Meghalaya CM

Meghalaya Chief Minister and National People's Party (NPP) supremo Conrad K Sangma asserted that neither he nor his party had any role in denying permission for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's election rally at the PA Sangma Sports Complex in Tura. The Sports department has informed the West Garo Hills district authorities that permission cannot be given for the PM's rally there as construction debris may pose safety concerns. The saffron party, which last month snapped ties with ally NPP ahead of the February 27 assembly election, alleged that the ruling party was trying to stall a "wave of the BJP" in the state. In a statement issued here, the chief minister said on Monday the accusation made by the BJP was false as permissions for rallies are given by the Election Commission and the district administration is now a part of it. "All permissions come from the side of the Election Commission of India. So, there is no say from NPP or my side. Dragging our name into it is completely .

Cong manifesto in Meghalaya pledges Rs 3,000 monthly to single BPL mothers

The Congress in Meghalaya on Thursday promised monthly assistance of Rs 3000 to single BPL mothers and a job each to every household if the party comes to power in the northeastern state in the February 27 election. In the Congress' manifesto, which was released here, the party also promised to provide an uninterrupted electricity supply to commercial and domestic users, and bring in a law which will make it mandatory for the government to upload all files related to development and infrastructure on portals. If the Congress forms the government, it will transfer Rs 3,000 per month to single BPL mothers raising their children alone. This will empower women giving them financial independence and helping them run their houses in a better way. This translates to Rs 36,000 a year which is a substantial amount, state Congress president Vincent H Pala said. Single mothers face plenty of problems. As a large number of them have little or no education, it is difficult for them to get decent

SC declines plea to bar candidates from contesting from more than one seat

The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to scrap a rule, which allows candidates to contest from more than one constituency in a general election

Kejriwal reaches out to PM Modi after AAP's massive win in MCD polls

Says AAP corporators will work with BJP, all other parties to 'make Delhi clean and corruption free'; services of colleagues who had lost would also be utilised

Guj poll result HIGHLIGHTS: Massive victory for BJP, Patel to be CM again

Gujarat election result 2022: Exit polls have predicted a landslide win for the ruling BJP, while AAP could see a 'positive sign'. Stay tuned for Gujarat Assembly election result LIVE updates

Election results 2022: BJP breaks records in Gujarat, Cong wins Himachal

AAP becomes national party after winning 12% vote share, 5 seats in Gujarat

MCD elections 2022: Here's how to check your name in the voter list

Here are a few ways through which you can check for your name on the electoral list before you head out to vote

PM Deuba elected for 7th consecutive time from home district of Dhankuta

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Wednesday was elected for the consecutive 7th time from the home district of Dhankuta

61% voting recorded in Nepal elections, 1 killed in poll-related violence

About 61 per cent polling was recorded on Sunday in Nepal's parliament and provincial assemblies elections, marred by sporadic violence and clashes that left one person dead and disrupted voting at several polling stations, officials said. The polling started at 7 am local time at over 22,000 polling centres and closed at 5 pm. "The nationwide voter turnout has stood at around 61 per cent. This is likely to increase slightly as we continue receiving details from districts across the country," Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya told reporters. "This is certainly less than what we had expected," he added. The voter turnout is significantly lower as compared to the past two elections - 77 per cent in 2013, and 78 per cent in 2017. More than 17.9 million voters were eligible to cast their votes to elect a 275-member House of Representatives and provincial assemblies. Thapaliya said the elections were held largely in a peaceful manner except for a "few minor incidents.

Post-poll violence reported in Odisha's Dhamnagar; 3 injured, house burnt

Ahead of the counting of votes polled in the recently conducted bypoll, violence was reported in Dhamnagar assembly constituency in Odisha's Bhadrak district, leaving at least three people, including a woman, injured and a house burnt, police said on Saturday. Incidents of violence were reported from three different locations in Tihidi block on Friday night and Saturday, they said. A father-daughter duo was attacked with iron rods by supporters of a political party in Talagopabindha village on Friday night. They have been admitted to the Bhadrak district headquarters hospital, an officer said. The injured alleged that party supporters attacked them for voting in favour of another party in the by-election on November 3. They claimed they were earlier threatened against going to cast their votes. An FIR was registered with Tihidi police station and further investigation is underway, IIC Dibyalochan Behera said. In another incident, a person was attacked by supporters of a rival part

Poll-bound Gujarat, Himachal on different inflation trajectories in 2022

Gujarat has since February consistently witnessed higher retail price inflation than national average

Mallikarjun Kharge faces multiple challenges in new role as Congress chief

He is the first non-Gandhi president of the party in more than 20 years

Will Kharge be a rubber stamp or a connect between party and family?

Kharge began life as a trade union lawyer and knows what it is to struggle

Congress president polls: Tharoor, Kharge, and Tripathi file nomination

While the leaders have come out and claimed that the elections in the party is a friendly contest and not a battle between the rivals, reports suggest that Kharge is a favourite candidate