The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rainfall in five districts of Tamil Nadu on Thursday, with the weather system expected to keep conditions unsettled across the state and Puducherry for at least another week.
Rangasamy’s AINRC emerged as the dominant force within the alliance with 12 MLAs, while the BJP secured four seats. Alliance partners AIADMK and Latchiya Jananayaga Katchi won one seat each.
The results emerging from Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry do not point to a single national trend.
Thanking the people of West Bengal, Assam, and Puducherry for giving a resounding mandate to the BJP in the Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the people of West Bengal have rejected the politics of violence.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday celebrated its performance in the Assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam, and Puducherry with visible enthusiasm at its state headquarters in Raipur.
The Commission had on March 15 announced the election schedule for Legislative Assemblies in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, besides bye-elections in eight constituencies spread across Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Nagaland and Tripura.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has begun the process of allocating free broadcast and telecast time on public service broadcasters for recognized political parties ahead of the upcoming Legislative Assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
The Election Commission of India on Sunday announced a series of sweeping measures aimed at enhancing voter convenience and accessibility across more than 2.18 lakh polling stations for the upcoming 2026 general and bye-elections.
Within days of finalising the seat-sharing pact with its coalition partner BJP, Chief Minister and All India NR Congress (AINRC) president N Rangasamy is sulking and has boycotted a crucial alliance meeting convened by the saffron party on Tuesday, leaving the NDA on the rocks ahead of the April 9 election to the 30-member Union Territory Assembly.
The Election Commission of India has deployed 1,111 central observers for the ongoing Legislative Assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Puducherry, along with bye-elections in six other states, as part of its robust efforts to ensure free, fair, and peaceful polling.
