Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, on a two-day tour to the state's Murshidabad district, which was hit by communal violence last month, on Monday advised her party legislators from the district in becoming more active in public interaction keeping in mind the crucial state Assembly elections next year.
A day after the Grand Alliance appointed RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav head of the coordination committee, the supreme body formed to take decisions on various issues concerning the Bihar assembly elections, RJD national spokesperson Manoj Jha on Friday asserted that Tejashwi’s candidature as the chief ministerial face of the alliance is indisputable.
Having failed to win a single seat in the recently-held Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, former chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, in a surprise move on Monday, dissolved all units of his Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP).
Ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections, the political climate in Sandeshkhali appears to be heating up once again, with local Trinamul Congress (TMC) leaders warning of potential unrest.
Ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections, three-time West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s allegation on the addition of names of bogus voters to the state electoral roll may have been refuted by the Election Commission of India, but the controversy is unlikely to end just yet.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a key meeting of chief ministers of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-ruled states in Delhi.
Talking to The Statesman, Yadav referring to the outcome of the Delhi Assembly polls, said, “We gave a very good fight though we were not able to convert it into seats. But, I am happy that we were able to give the people the hope of change in the government in the national capital.”
On the eve of the voting for the assembly elections in Delhi, the Police have made elaborate arrangements with the deployment of over 25,000 police personnel and 220 companies of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) including 70 units of armed police personnel from other states.
Atishi’s letter highlights that the ammonia concentration in the water has reached six times the treatable level, posing a significant risk to public health in Delhi. She called on the CEC to take immediate action, urging that only ammonia-free raw water be released into Delhi from Haryana, or that additional water be supplied to dilute the toxic levels of ammonia.
Ahead of the assembly elections in Delhi, Congress on Saturday vowed to provide free pilgrimage to Buddhist sites if the party is voted to power in the national capital.
