Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) Union Minister of State and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sukanta Majumdar on Thursday accused Trinamool Congress activists of attacking party candidate Subhendu Sarkar in South Dinajpur’s Kumarganj during the first phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal.
Karaikudi (Tamil Nadu), April 23 (IANS) Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Thursday expressed confidence that the Secular Progressive Alliance (DMK-led alliance) will perform strongly in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections as he cast his vote in Sivaganga.
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) The high percentage of polling so far in the first phase of Assembly polls in West Bengal on Thursday for 162 constituencies has proved that it is not the BJP but the women of the state and the youth, who had opened an active front against the ruling Trinamool Congress, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday.
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Thursday strongly criticised the Election Commission over imposing restrictions on the use of motorbikes two days before the Assembly polls in Bengal. On Thursday, Justice Krishna Rao told the Election Commission that it was abusing its power and citizens were being harassed in this way.
Kolkata/Chennai, April 23 (IANS) The voter turnout for the West Bengal Assembly elections was recorded at 78.77 per cent, while that for Tamil Nadu stood at 70 per cent as of 3 p.m., according to data from the Election Commission of India (ECI).
Murshidabad, April 23 (IANS) Amid the first phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal on Thursday, Congress candidate from the Berhampore constituency Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury stated that the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in one of the booths of the district has been repeatedly malfunctioning, because of which, he said voters have to wait for hours in the scorching heat to cast their vote.
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, hitting the hustings in West Bengal on Thursday, gave a ten-point guarantee to the "women and sisters" of the state and outlined new government's key agenda, if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is voted to power.
Islamabad, April 23 (IANS) Suspension of goods transport has triggered a shortage of edibles and fuel in Pakistan's Rawalpindi and Islamabad and traders and good transporters have urged the district administration to reopen the roads, local media reported on Thursday.
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Tensions escalated during the first phase of West Bengal Assembly polls after BJP candidate Debashish Ojha’s election agent, Bishwajit Mandal, was allegedly attacked in Birbhum’s Labpur constituency.
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Contrary to the brisk polling in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, the by-elections for three seats (one in Gujarat and two in Maharashtra) started on a modest note and the polling percentage hovered around 30 per cent by Thursday noon.
