Assembly Polls 2016

Election Commission Seeks 200 Income Tax Officers For 2017 Assembly Polls

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday August 28, 2016

The Election Commission (EC) has set the ball rolling for next year's Assembly polls in five states, including Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, as it has sought 200 Income Tax department officers from the government to work for it as observers to check the menace of black money.

Tamil Nadu Polls: Chidambaram Confident Of DMK-Congress Alliance Victory

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 28, 2016

Senior Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram today exuded confidence that the DMK-Congress alliance will get a good majority and form next government in Tamil Nadu.

Even Bigger This Time Around: Mamata Banerjee's Bengal Result

India News | Edited by Abhishek Chakraborty | Sunday May 22, 2016

After an acrimonious campaign that saw her party confronting allegations of corruption, Mamata Banerjee today showed her rivals just who is the "Didi" in West Bengal by scoring an even bigger margin of victory than the previous polls.

DMK Chief Karunanidhi Impacted Tamil Nadu Political Narrative For Decades

People | Press Trust of India | Sunday May 22, 2016

Dravidian veteran M Karunanidhi, famous for his script-writing that catapulted him to political heights over his over six-decade-long career, may have finally lost his charisma and it could be the end of the road for him in electoral politics.

Jallikattu Will Be Held Next Year If DMK Comes To Power: Karunanidhi

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Sunday May 22, 2016

DMK President M Karunanidhi today assured to revive the banned bull-taming sport 'jallikattu' and hold it next year if his party was elected to power in the May 16 Assembly elections.

Only 9 Out Of Over 3,500 Independents Won Assembly Polls

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday May 22, 2016

The recent Assembly polls in four states and the Union Territory of Puducherry did not bring good news for over 3,500 independent candidates as only nine of them could win.

With Wounds From Floods Still Raw, Chennai Rejects Jayalalithaa

Chennai News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Saturday May 21, 2016

Rajeswari, a fish seller, cannot forget how everything she had was washed away when floods struck Chennai in December last year.

Achuthanandan Is CPM's 'Fidel Castro', Pinarayi Is Kerala Chief Minister

Kerala News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Friday May 20, 2016

As it announced that Pinarayi Vijayan will be Kerala's new chief minister, the CPI-M said 92-year-old VS Achuthanandan, who it did not pick, remains an important man. The party's Fidel Castro, said general secretary Sitaram Yechury.

Elections In Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur, Aravakurichi Deferred By 3 Weeks

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday May 21, 2016

The elections to Aravakurichi and Thanjavur assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu have been postponed further by three weeks, the Election Commission told Madras High Court on Friday.

Sarbananda Sonowal To Take Oath As Assam Chief Minister On Tuesday

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday May 21, 2016

BJP leader Sarbananda Sonowal will on Tuesday take oath as Assam's new chief minister at a function here to be attended also by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah.

Rahul Gandhi Doesn't Have PM Modi's 'Gift Of Gab', Says Digvijaya Singh

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday May 20, 2016

The Congress's crash in another set of state elections has led to a tough reevaluation - not by the party but by a disappointed leader.

Will Congress Tail A 'Hotchpotch' Group In 2019? Asks Arun Jaitley

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 20, 2016

Taking a dig at Congress after its poor show in assembly polls, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the party has been pushed to margins and wondered whether it will "stand behind a hotchpotch combination" of regional parties in 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Am Not Prashant Kishor, He Said, Then Blogged Warning About Strategists

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday May 20, 2016

On a day when he's being toasted for the BJP's exhaustive sweep of Assam, Rajat Sethi has offered several disclaimers in a blog.

Assembly Elections 2016: Congress Suffers Setbacks In Bypolls Too

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 20, 2016

Adding to the owes of Congress in in Assam and Kerala assembly elections, the party suffered reverses in bypolls in Gujarat and Telangana as its candidates failed to retain a seat each in the two states and forfeiting deposits in both the seats in Uttar Pradesh.

In Congress Collapse, The Usual Response: Gandhis Not To Blame

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Written by Suparna Singh | Friday May 20, 2016

The Congress picked up the pace of its collapse considerably today, with huge defeats in Kerala and Assam; it now retains charge of just one major state- Karnataka.