Tag: 2018 Assembly elections

Assembly election results 2018: Congress bounces back in Hindi heartland

Coming on the first anniversary of his appointment as Congress president, the outcome of this round of Assembly polls, which could be a bellwether for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, has clearly boosted the leadership profile of Rahul Gandhi

December 12, 2018

Assembly election results 2018 LIVE updates: Big day for Congress; Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh firmly in grip, battle on in MP

Chhattisgarh, MP, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Telangana Assembly Election Results 2018 LIVE Updates: Congress won two states impressively and was leading in the third in what is being hailed by opposition as the beginning of the end of BJP. Elsewhere, TRS won big in Telangana and MNF beat Congress in Mizoram.

December 11, 2018

Verdict 2018: All eyes on EVMs

Will EVMs be blamed if BJP wins today? And if Congress manages to wrest the states, will it still blame the EVMs?

December 11, 2018

Telangana: Opposition upbeat riding on Congress-TDP tie-up, TRS confident too

Opposition is banking upon poll arithmetic, but TRS is confident that its irrigation projects, pensions and other populist schemes will see it through

December 7, 2018

MP polls: Bhopal Collector’s report on EVM strongroom blackout baseless, say power officials

Personally verified all power supply data and logs of the said period on 30 November and there was no power cut from the power company, says MPCRPDC Bhopal City Circle South Division Deputy General Manager Zahid Khan

December 4, 2018

Telangana polls: TRS eyes Seemandhra opportunities

Seemandhra parties like YSRCP and Jana Sena are working in favour of TRS as large chunks of their supporters are expected to vote for the ruling party

December 2, 2018

Assembly elections 2018: Polling under way amid tight security in Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram

The exercise began at 7 am in Mizoram and the three Maoist-affected constituencies of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh. In the rest of the 227 seats in MP, the polling started at 8 am

November 28, 2018

Sunil Arora set to be new Chief Election Commissioner

A former Rajasthan-cadre IAS officer of 1980 batch, Sunil Arora (62) will take over as the new CEC on December 2, a day after incumbent CEC OP Rawat demits office on attaining 65 years of age

November 26, 2018

Winds of change blowing in Mizoram?

Congress has been in power in Mizoram for the last 10 years. In the history of Mizoram, no party has returned to power for a third consecutive term.

November 20, 2018

Telangana campaign trail: TRS leads, Opposition struggling

TDP-Congress alliance are scrambling to put their house in order due to delay in announcing candidates and presence of rebel candidates in the fray

November 19, 2018

Chhattisgarh polls: 70% voter turnout amid Naxal violence

Minutes before the polling began, Maoists detonated an IED in Dantewada; in Pamed area of Bijapur district, 5 CoBRA personnel were injured in gunbattle with the Naxals

November 12, 2018

Chhattisgarh Assembly elections: Polling under way in 18 constituencies amid heavy security

A total of 190 candidates are in the fray from the 18 Naxal-affected constituencies; nearly 1 lakh security personnel, 19,079 polling personnel deployed in 4,336 booths

November 12, 2018

Will rename Hyderabad as ‘Bhagyanagar’ if voted to power: Telangana BJP leader

The lawmaker adds to the name-changing frenzy in states ruled by his party, mainly Uttar Pradesh, where Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has renamed Allahabad as Prayagraj and Faizabad as Ayodhya.

November 9, 2018

MP assembly elections 2018: Congress releases 5th list of candidates

Congress on Thursday released the fifth list of its candidates for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections 2018.

November 8, 2018

Will contest at least 90 seats in Telangana, confirms Congress after seat-sharing deal

The grand alliance in Telangana comprises the Telugu Desam Party, Telangana Jana Samithi and the Communist Party of India (CPI), apart from the Congress.

November 8, 2018

4 civilians, one CISF jawan killed as Naxals blow up bus in poll-bound Chhattisgarh

Two CISF personnel were also injured in the blast triggered by Naxals and have been shifted to a hospital.

November 8, 2018

Telangana polls | Over Rs 7 crore ‘hawala’ cash for ‘bribing voters’ seized, 4 arrested

The cash was seized from different locations in a joint operation carried out by various wings of the city police and the Static Surveillance Team, police said.

November 8, 2018