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How rich are Kerala’s candidates? Early nomination data for the April 9 assembly elections shows a striking spread, from multi-crore fortunes to modest declarations running into a few lakhs, offering a revealing snapshot of the financial profile of those in the fray.Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Nemom, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, leads the list by a wide…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only NEW DELHI: A bomb threat email sent to the office of Delhi assembly speaker Vijender Gupta on Tuesday warned that the assembly building and a Delhi metro station would be blown up, officials said. According to police sources, the first threat arrived at the assembly’s official email address at…
KOLKATA: The anxious wait to know whether they are eligible to vote or not is set to end on Monday for 27.2 lakh people in Bengal — out of around 60 lakh under adjudication — after Election Commission publishes the first supplementary voters’ list.Around 8.6% of 7 crore people — close to 60 lakh —…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday named M Arulmurugan as its candidate for the upcoming Puducherry assembly elections, set to be held on April 9. The announcement follows the BJP’s release of the first list of nine candidates a day earlier. Arulmurugan will contest from the Karaikal South constituency in the Union…
NEW DELHI: Warning of sharp inflation in the coming weeks, Congress’ Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the Modi govt will hike the prices of petrol, diesel and LPG after the coming assembly elections, as he accused BJP of lacking strategy and direction to manage the country’s economy. Congress also accused the Modi govt of “moral…
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore district police have arrested 32 people, identified as habitual offenders, ahead of the assembly election. These arrests were made as part of intensive precautionary measures to maintain law and order and to ensure a peaceful electoral environment in the district. District superintendent of police Dr K Karthikeyan ordered to conduct special checks…
Prateek Bordoloi & Bhanwar Jitendra Singh (L), Pradyut Bordoloi (R) GUWAHATI: In a significant political development ahead of the Assam Assembly polls, Congress candidate Prateek Bordoloi on Thursday withdrew his nomination from the Margherita constituency, a day after his father — veteran leader and former minister Prayut Bordoloi — switched sides to join the BJP.In…
Congress leader and Jorhat MP Gaurav Gogoi (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Congress has made a major move to boost its prospects in Assam as it attempts to return to power in the state after a decade. The party has fielded its state unit chief, Gaurav Gogoi, currently an MP from Jorhat, to contest his…
NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Continuing its administrative and police shake-up in assembly poll-bound states, Election Commission on Tuesday replaced additional directors general (ADGs) of South Bengal and North Bengal regions, four police commissioners, a deputy commissioner and a dozen SPs in West Bengal. In Kerala, it directed the appointment of an IAS officer and two Kerala Administrative…
KOLKATA: Minutes before the model code of conduct (MCC) for the assembly polls kicked in, CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday took to X to announce that her govt would pay around Rs 10,000 crore in DA arrears to its 9 lakh employees — including teachers, non-teaching staff in educational institutions and employees of grant-in-aid institutions…
