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    Elections 2026 - Page 3

    Bengal pre-poll violence puts EC’s zero-tolerance policy to test

    Samir K Purkayastha
    26 March 2026 6:30 AM IST

    Despite early central force deployment and administrative shuffles, a wave of killings and clashes raises questions over the poll body's effectiveness

    Trinamool Congress MP Kirti Azad
    Elections 2026
    RG Kar protest
    Elections 2026

    BJP fields RG Kar victim’s mother for Bengal elections

    25 March 2026 8:50 PM IST
    Parliament session
    India

    Modi govt hits pause on fast-tracking women’s reservation, eyes special or monsoon session

    25 March 2026 8:26 PM IST
    Rahul Gandhi
    Elections 2026

    Rahul Gandhi claims collusion between LDF and BJP in Kerala

    25 March 2026 8:06 PM IST
    ASSAM BJP

    Is BJP’s Assam churn handing Congress a lifeline before elections?

    25 March 2026 7:52 PM IST
    TN elections: Vijay Perambur, NDA hands seat to PMK

    As Vijay looks set to contest from Perambur, NDA hands the seat to PMK

    25 March 2026 5:46 PM IST
    BJPs Namasivayam interview in Puducherry

    Double engine govt in Pondy: Political myth or real growth? Namasivayam interview

    25 March 2026 4:46 PM IST
    Congress MP Shashi Tharoor

    Kerala Assembly elections 2026: Shashi Tharoor says BJP a ‘zero-seat party’

    25 March 2026 3:00 PM IST
    KC Venugopal

    BJP won't open account in Kerala; welfare guarantees will help UDF win: K C Venugopal

    25 March 2026 2:54 PM IST
    West Bengal elections: Mamata Banerjee slam EC of ‘snatching voting rights’

    West Bengal elections: Mamata accuses Centre, EC of ‘snatching voting rights’

    25 March 2026 2:45 PM IST
    TMC Mamata Banerjee and Suvendhu Adhikari West Bengal elections 2026

    TMC urges EC to remove Bhabanipur returning officer, claims he has 'links' with BJP

    25 March 2026 2:31 PM IST
    Edapadi K Palaniswami

    TN elections: AIADMK releases first list of 23 candidates

    25 March 2026 11:18 AM IST
    Tamil Nadu polls: Why Kamal Haasans party decided not to field candidates

    Tamil Nadu polls: Why Kamal Haasan's party decided not to field candidates

    24 March 2026 9:07 PM IST
    Tamil Nadu assembly elections

    Tamil Nadu polls: DMK allots 10 seats to DMDK, highest after Congress’s 28

    24 March 2026 8:18 PM IST
    K. Lakshminarayanan speaks on Puducherry NDA alliance dynamics

    Puducherry elections: AINRC must stay with BJP for funds, says minister

    Pramila Krishnan
    24 March 2026 4:53 PM IST

    Ahead of Puducherry elections, K Lakshminarayanan defends BJP tie-up on fiscal grounds, dismisses alliance friction

    B Gopalakrishnan

    Kerala CEO says legal opinion received on BJP candidate's 'Hindu MLA' remark

    24 March 2026 3:40 PM IST
    West Bengal assembly elections

    First supplementary list out in Bengal, but no clarity on number of deleted voters

    24 March 2026 1:38 PM IST
    Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan

    Kerala CM Vijayan calls Congress' allegations of CPI(M)-BJP tie-up ‘baseless’

    24 March 2026 1:26 PM IST
    West Bengal Congress protest rally

    In Bengal, Congress bets on 'BC Roy legacy' for 2026 solo Assembly election run

    23 March 2026 9:33 PM IST
    NDA finalises seat sharing for Tamil Nadu polls; AIADMK gets 178 seats, BJP 27

    NDA finalises seat sharing for Tamil Nadu polls; AIADMK gets 178 seats, BJP 27

    23 March 2026 5:46 PM IST
    Humayun Kabir

    Opposition slams AIMIM-Humayun Kabir alliance as ploy to help BJP in Bengal polls

    23 March 2026 4:20 PM IST
    Vijay attacks DMK and ADMK

    Vijay’s TVK announces full Puducherry candidate list, rules out alliances

    23 March 2026 12:56 PM IST
    Kerala BJP candidate booked over alleged communal remarks in poll campaign video

    Kerala BJP candidate booked over alleged communal remarks in poll campaign video

    22 March 2026 8:39 PM IST
    MK Stalin

    DMK offers 5 seats to CPI(M) in Tamil Nadu poll talks, Left party yet to decide

    22 March 2026 6:46 PM IST
    2026 TN elections: TVK Vijay women

    Vijay making a dent in women’s vote base after Jayalalithaa: Psephologist

    22 March 2026 4:00 PM IST
    VD Satheesan

    Kerala LoP VD Satheesan alleges CPI(M)-BJP ‘deal’ ahead of Assembly elections

    22 March 2026 2:39 PM IST
    Assam elections: Trinamool announces 2nd candidates list; fields Congress rebel

    Assam elections: Trinamool announces 2nd candidates list; fields Congress rebel

    22 March 2026 1:51 PM IST
    Karnataka bypoll: Congress in Davangere, Bagalkot amid rising factionalism

    Davangere, Bagalkot bypolls: Congress bets on ‘next-gen’ kin amid factionalism

    22 March 2026 1:13 PM IST
    DMK ally T Velmurugan quits SPA before 2026 TN elections

    DMK ally blames party's 'big brother attitude,' exits alliance ahead of TN polls

    22 March 2026 12:12 PM IST
    kannada language row tn some political parties kamal haasan

    Why Kamal Haasan’s MNM is ready to compromise on number of seats but not symbol

    22 March 2026 8:36 AM IST
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