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Ratankumar Singh appointed working president of Manipur Congress

Kh Ratankumar Singh, who had submitted his resignation from the post of vice-president of the Pradesh Congress Committee of poll-bound Manipur, has been appointed as its working president

Maha asks SC to recall direction on re-notifying OBC seats in local polls

The Maharashtra government has moved the Supreme Court seeking recall of its order directing the SEC to renotify 27% seats reserved for OBCs in the local body polls, as general category seats

Statsguru: Six charts explain challenges for five poll-bound states

The five-year moving average growth rate is significantly lower than it was in 2009-10

UP Assembly polls: Here're the strategies and prospects of the main actors

Voting in Uttar Pradesh will be held in 403 Assembly seats over seven phases from February 10 to March 7

BJP's 3-tier arrangement for virtual rallies amid Covid restrictions

As the ban on the physical rallies and road shows was extended for one more week, the BJP has made elaborate plans to hold virtual rallies in all the Assembly constituencies in poll-bound states

Election Commission to hold meet with poll observers on Friday

Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa will be held between February 10 and March 7

West African nations sever links with Mali over election delay

The fresh measures from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) represent a significant hardening of its stance towards Mali

Poll positions

EC should have held UP polls in April

Iraq's new parliament holds first session three months after vote

The meeting ushers in what is likely to be a lengthy period of political wrangling among rival groups to choose a new president and prime minister

Will get absolute majority in Assembly polls, says Manipur CM Biren Singh

Manipur CM N Biren Singh said that the Bharatiya Janata Party will get an absolute majority in the upcoming polls.

Amid Covid, EC bans rallies, road shows in 5 poll-bound states till Jan 15

EC will not hesitate to bar parties from further rallies if the Covid protocol is not followed, says CEC

Here's how 7-phase polls to 5 states will pan out: Dates, other details

The Assembly elections in five states -- Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur -- would be held in seven phases with voting from February 10 to March 7 with 690 seats up for grabs.

People will again bless BJP in five state polls, says Nadda

The BJP is in power in four of the five poll-bound states: Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur

EC announces seven-phase assembly poll in UP; two phases in Manipur

The polling in Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa will be held on February 14 and in Manipur in two phases on February 27 and March 6

183 mn voters to take part in upcoming Assembly elections in 5 states: ECI

Amid the spike in COVID-19 cases, the ECI has informed that senior citizens above 80 years of age, persons with disabilities and Covid-19 patients can vote by postal ballots

ECI revokes actor Sonu Sood's appointment as Punjab's 'state icon'

The Election Commission of India has annulled the appointment of actor Sonu Sood as Punjab's state icon

EC to provide postal ballot facility to 80+, Covid suspects in Manipur

The Election Commission of India said that for the first time, the option of postal ballot would be provided during the upcoming Assembly elections

PM to visit Punjab on Jan 5, lay foundation stone of Rs 42,750-cr projects

This comes ahead of Assembly elections in Punjab

EC asks five poll-bound states to step up Covid vaccination drive

The election commission is likely to announce the poll dates for the five states in the coming weeks

Govt approves 19th tranche of electoral bonds; sale opens on January 1

Electoral bonds have been pitched as an alternative to cash donations made to political parties