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  Congress announces six candidates for Karnataka by-polls

  November 17, 2019 0:00 IST

  The Congress on Saturday released a list of six candidates for the December 5 assembly bypolls in Karnataka. The party has fielded Gajanan Balachandra Mangasuli from Athani, Bharamgouda Alagouda Kage from Kagwad and Lakhan Jarkiholi from Gokak.

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  Jharkhand Assembly Polls: Sharad Yadav to campaign for opposition alliance

  November 16, 2019 22:50 IST

  Former MP Sharad Yadav on Saturday said he will campaign for the opposition alliance in the coming Jharkhand assembly elections.

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  BJP releases list of 40 star campaigners for upcoming Jharkhand Assembly Polls

  November 16, 2019 21:41 IST

  The Bhartiya Janata Party has released the list of 40-star campaigners for the 1st phase of the upcoming Jharkhand Assembly Polls on Saturday.

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  Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2019: BJP releases fourth list of candidates

  November 16, 2019 12:28 IST

  The fourth list of BJP candidates contesting in the Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2019 has been released by the party. In a press release, BJP named the candidates from three constituencies. The three constituencies mentioned in the press release were -- Jugsalai (SC), Jaganathpur(ST) and Tamar (ST).

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  SC refuses to allow former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda to contest assembly polls

  November 15, 2019 18:52 IST

  The poll panel had disqualified Koda from contesting elections for three years.

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  JMM names 15 more candidates for Jharkhand polls

  November 15, 2019 7:19 IST

  Jharkhand will vote in five phases, with the first one on November 30 and the last on December 20. Results will be declared on December 23. The last date of filing nominations for the first phase of the elections is November 13.

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  BJP names 15 more candidates for Jharkhand polls

  November 14, 2019 22:00 IST

  The BJP on Thursday released its third list of 15 candidates for the Jharkhand assembly polls, taking to 68 the total number of seats for which it has declared its nominees.

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  Jharkhand Assembly polls: Priyanka Gandhi's name missing from Congress' star campaigners list

  November 14, 2019 14:35 IST

  Party's interim president Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi among the star campaigners.

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  Blood feud born out of coal rivalry takes centrestage in Dhanbad

  November 13, 2019 19:33 IST

  Remember 'Gangs of Wasseypur'? Its fleshed out characters, some whacky, others deadly dangerous, all monochromatic. Press the refresh button, for many of those names are going to leap out of the celluloid frame and be part of our daily narrative again.

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  Devidhan Tudu joins JMM after resigning from BJP

  November 13, 2019 19:23 IST

  Tudu had resigned from the post of saffron party's Pakur district president and primary membership on Monday,alleging that he was  "ignored" by the party

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  Jharkhand Assembly Election 2019 Seat Watch: Lohardaga

  November 13, 2019 17:45 IST

  Bhagat, who is a sitting MLA from Lohardaga, is pitted against Rameshwar Oraon -- an ex-IPS officer and incumbent Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee president

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  LJP names 5 candidates for Jharkhand polls

  November 12, 2019 21:07 IST

  LJP chief Chiag Paswan had earlier announced that his party will not ally with the BJP on 50 out of 81 seats in the Jharkhand assembly polls.

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  Denied ticket, BJP chief whip joins AJSU

  November 12, 2019 16:03 IST

  Kishore joined the AJSU after being denied a ticket by the BJP. He was legislator from the Chattarpur Assembly seat.

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  LJP to contest 50 seats in Jharkhand: Chirag Paswan

  November 12, 2019 13:46 IST

  The BJP received a setback on Monday when its Jharkhand ally AJSU unilaterally announced a number of candidates, including against senior saffron party leaders. 

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  BJP's ally problem in poll-bound Jharkhand

  November 12, 2019 10:21 IST

  The 81-member Jharkhand Assembly is set to go for a five-phased election from November 30 to December 20. The counting of votes will take place on December 23.

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  Jharkhand Assembly polls: Congress releases list of 19 candidates

  November 11, 2019 23:42 IST

  The Congress on Monday released another list of 19 candidates for the 81-member Jharkhand assembly, including wife of former Dhanbad Mayor Neeraj Singh.  

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  Notification issued for 2nd phase of Jharkhand Assembly polls

  November 11, 2019 15:36 IST

  The notification said the existing Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand will continue till January 5, 2020, unless dissolved earlier. Elections to the state's 81 Assembly seats will be held in five phases, beginning November 30, and the results will be announced on December 23

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  JMM announces first list of 3 candidates for Jharkhand polls

  November 11, 2019 0:06 IST

  The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Sunday announced its first list of three candidates for the assembly polls in the state. Party president Shibu Soren approved the names of Bhushan Tirkey (Gumla-ST), Chamra Linda (Bishunpur-ST) and Mithelesh Kumar Thakur (Garhwa), a JMM release said here.

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  Model code of conduct in force for Karnataka bypolls from Nov 11

  November 10, 2019 19:46 IST

  Ahead of the model code of conduct coming into effect from Monday in the 15 assembly constituencies where by-polls are scheduled, Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar said the preparations were afoot for the smooth conduct of elections on December 5. The model code of conduct shall come into force from November 11 in the district or districts in which the whole or any part of the assembly constituency going for byelection is included, Kumar told reporters on Sunday.  

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  Congress announces first list of candidates for Jharkhand polls

  November 10, 2019 18:49 IST

  The Congress on Sunday announced its first list of five candidates for the Jharkhand assembly polls and has fielded its state unit chief Rameshwar Oraon from Lohardaga. Jharkhand will vote in five phases, with the first on November 30 and the last on December 20. Results will be declared on December 23.

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  Jharkhand Elections: BJP releases first candidate list of 52 candidates

  November 10, 2019 17:54 IST

  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its first candidate list for Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Elections. The list has 52 candidates.

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  Jitan Ram Manjhi leaves Grand Alliance ahead of Jharkhand polls

  November 08, 2019 19:08 IST

  Bihar's former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Friday announced that his party, Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), will go it alone in the upcoming Jharkhand Assembly elections and the Bihar Assembly elections next year.  

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  BJP, AJSU in seat sharing logjam ahead of Jharkhand polls

  November 08, 2019 14:27 IST

  Sources in AJSU say that the party is unhappy as the BJP wants two of its sitting Assembly seats in these elections.

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  Disqualified Karnataka MLAs move SC for postponement of Dec 5 bypolls

  November 08, 2019 13:10 IST

  The apex court asked the counsel for the MLAs to file a fresh application in this regard.

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  BJP loses majority in Bhatpara

  November 07, 2019 6:39 IST

  The BJP tally had at one time swelled to 26 in the 34-member board.

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  BJP wins majority of block pramukh seats in Uttarakhand

  November 06, 2019 22:07 IST

  A majority of the BJP's block pramukh candidates won in Uttarakhand on Wednesday, with the party thanking  the people of the state for reposing their faith in it once again.

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  EC issues notification for 1st phase of polls in Jharkhand

  November 06, 2019 15:01 IST

  In the first phase, polling will take place in 13 Assembly seats -- Chatra, Gumla, Vishunpur, Lohardagga, Manika, Latehar, Panki, Daltanganj, Vishrampur, Chatarpur, Harwah, Hussainabad and Bhavanathpur

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  NGT pulls up Centre, Delhi govt on air pollution

  November 06, 2019 19:08 IST

  Responding to the submissions, the bench said, "These steps are well known and the remedies too, but the question is if all this is being done."The bench had on Monday summoned officials of the Delhi government, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and the Ministry of Environment and Forests to appear before it.