Mithun Chakraborty joins BJP ahead of West Bengal polls
AMN / KOLKATA The actor Mithun Chakraborty today joined BJP at a rally in Kolkata. Chakraborty has been involved in politics before, as part of the Trinamool Congress before resigning…
Tamil Nadu: Congress, DMK seal seat-sharing agreement, Congress to contest 25 seats
WEB DESK The DMK and the congress party have sealed seat-sharing agreement today. The congress will field its candidates in 25 of the total of 234 seats in the state…
BJP releases first list of 56 candidates for West Bengal Assembly polls
Subhendu Adhikari to contest against Mamata Banerjee on Nandigram seat AMN / NEW DELHI Bharatiya Janata Party has pitted Subhendu Adhikari against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Nandigram…
WEST BENGAL: TMC Releases list of 291 candidates; Mamata Banerjee to contest from Nandigram
S Moin / Kolkata Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday announced their candidates for all the eight phases of assembly elections. Left parties also announced their candidate list and the formula…
BJP releases first list for Assam polls; CM Sonowal to contest from Majuli
AMN / NEW DELHI BJP today released the first list of candidates for Assam Assembly elections. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will contest from his sitting Majuli assembly seat while…
Notification for Second Phase of Elections in West Bengal and Assam issued
AMN / NEW DELHI The notification for the second phase of assembly elections has been issued in West Bengal and Assam today. In West Bengal, 30 seats across 4 districts…
BJP hits back at Rahul Gandhi for criticising I-T raids at some Bollywood celebrities’ premises
Rahul Gandhi criticizes government on the I-T raids and accused it of using probe agencies to target voices, critical to it. AMN WEB DESK BJP has hit back at Senior…
BJP CEC meets to prepare strategy for upcoming Assembly Elections
AMN / NEW DELHI A BJP Central Election Committee meeting is underway in New Delhi to finalise the party’s first list of candidates for five assembly polls. Prime Minister Narendra…
Why changing goalposts, Khurshid asks Congress G-23 in open letter
“Whether it is fair to kick the very ladder you have climbed to the top storey of life from where making speeches is easy.” WEB DESK / New Delhi Amid…
Election Commission extends polling time in West Bengal
AMN The Election Commission(EC) has extended polling time by 30 minutes for the first phase of West Bengal assembly elections. A notification issued by the poll panel said that the…