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Mamata's letter to non-BJP leaders symbolises her 'despair': Javadekar

Javadekar refused to answer another question on West Bengal polls, saying the press meet was for the Dadasaheb Phalke award

Tamil Nadu Polls 2021: EC bars DMK's A Raja from campaigning for 48 hours

Assembly polls will be held in Tamil Nadu on April 6 in a single phase for which campaigning would end in the evening of April 4

Poll results in 4 states to decide course of national politics: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday said the results of Assembly polls in four states, specially Assam and West Bengal, will decide the next course of national politics

Assam Assembly elections: Peaceful polling in second phase underway

The situation in Assam was peaceful with a significant number of voters turning up during the morning hours to exercise their franchise in the 39 seats where voting was underway in the second phase

Bengal polls: Amid violence, voter turnout reaches 37.42% till 11:31 am

Amid violence between political parties in West Bengal, the voter turnout for the second phase of state Assembly polls reached 37.42 per cent till 11

West Bengal Assembly polls: Ruckus ensues near polling booth in Debra

After Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Mandal President of Debra, Mohan Singh, was detained by the police ruckus took place near a polling booth in West Bengal's Debra constituency on Thursday

West Bengal polls 2021 phase two voting: Check schedule, seats, and timings

Elections to the 294-member West Bengal Assembly is being conducted in eight phases

West Bengal: In 'parched' Debra, a battle between two ex-police officers

"There is no end to our sufferings," said Renuka Adhikary, an 84-year-old resident of Debra in West Bengal's Paschim Medinipur, who still has to walk two kilometres every day to fetch drinking water

Govt approves issuance of 16th tranche of electoral bonds from April 1-10

The 15th tranche of bond sale took place from January 1 to January 10, 2021

Agri sector in need of urgent reform, modernisation: Modi at TN poll rally

PM Modi invoked Tamil classic 'Thirukkural' and said one common theme in it was respect for farmers

Campaigning for second phase of West Bengal assembly elections ends

The final day of the campaigning saw hectic canvassing for the Nandigram seat in Purba Medinipur district

Kerala assembly polls: Priyanka slams 'politics of violence' of LDF govt

Slamming the "politics of violence" of the left front, she said several youth congress workers had lost their lives over the years

Assam polls 2021: Rahul accuses BJP of doing nothing in name of development

'The public has understood that there is no relation between jumlas (rhetoric) and development,' Gandhi said

You can bring change in West Bengal by defeating Mamata in Nandigram: Shah

The campaigning in the constituency, which will go to polls on April 1, is set to end at 5 pm

Kerala Assembly polls 2021: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra takes out road show

A public meeting will also be held at the coastal hamlet of Valiyathura

Won't allow CAA in Tamil Nadu if DMK voted to power, says M K Stalin

Protests had broken out against the contentious Act earlier in various parts of the country, including in Shaheen Bagh in Delhi

West Bengal doesn't tolerate violence against women, says Mamata Banerjee

She also said why the BJP engages in hooliganism as they know they are facing a defeat in the ongoing assembly elections

Kerala Assembly election: Ensure only one vote for a person, HC tells EC

Considering the plea, the court said this was a serious issue concerning the rights of the citizens

BJP expels 7 Assam leaders for contesting as independent candidates

The BJP in Assam on Sunday said that it has expelled seven leaders from the primary membership of the party for six years for contesting

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