Home voting for voters above 85 years and those in the persons with disabilities (PwD) category is set to commence on Monday (March 30) in Kerala as part of the 2026 State Assembly elections. A little over 2.07 lakh voters in both categories have opted for the facility in the State. The Election Commission of … Read more
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin releasing the party’s manifesto ahead of Assembly elections, at Chennai on March 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: R. Ragu Releasing what he described as a “Superstar” manifesto for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections on Sunday (March 29, 2026), DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah waves to the supporters as he participates in a road show during an election campaign rally ahead of State Assembly election in Guwahati, India, Saturday, March 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday (March 29, 2026) asserted that the BJP government has stopped “infiltration … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: PTI A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah released a political ‘charge sheet’ against the TMC Government, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday (March 29, 2026) said he should be charged “for his past deeds”, albeit without directly naming him, and alleged the BJP … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets supporters during a roadshow ahead of the Kerala Assembly elections, in Thrissur. Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Suresh Gopi is also seen. | Photo Credit: – Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned Thrissur’s iconic Swaraj Round into a sea of saffron on Sunday, leading a colourful roadshow … Read more
The Left Democratic Front (LDF) has officially announced its complete list of candidates for the upcoming Kerala Legislative Assembly election. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] released its initial list on March 15, 2026, which included 86 candidates. This announcement was made by State Secretary M.V. Govindan shortly after the Election Commission of India … Read more
File photo of BJP president Nitin Nabin. | Photo Credit: ANI The ruling BJP will make a hat-trick in Assam by forming the third consecutive government in the State under the leadership of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the party’s national chief Nitin Nabin announced on Sunday (March 29, 2026). Addressing an election rally in … Read more
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. File | Photo Credit: S. Siva Saravanan DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin will launch his Tamil Nadu Assembly election campaign from Tiruvarur, the hometown of his father and former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, on March 31, 2026 (Tuesday). Karunanidhi was elected from the Tiruvarur constituency … Read more
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami. AIADMK suspended Dusi K. Mohan on March 29, 2026. Mr. Palaniswami said Mr. Mohan’s actions violated party discipline and brought disrepute to the organisation. | Photo Credit: THe Hindu Hours after Dusi K. Mohan, a former legislator, was on Sunday (March 29, 2026) named the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam’s (TVK) … Read more
Former AIADMK Minister S. Gokula Indira will be contesting from Anna Nagar. AIADMK released its final list of candidates on March 29, 2026 | Photo Credit: L. Srinivasan In its final list of candidates announced for the April 23 Assembly poll in Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK on Sunday (March 29, 2026) named two former Ministers … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks during a press conference in Kolkata on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ANI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday (March 28, 2026) defended the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) large-scale transfer of IAS and IPS officers in West Bengal, alleging that many officials in the State functioned as “cadres” … Read more
A. Porkodi | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement AIADMK candidate for Thiru.Vi.Ka. Nagar Assembly constituency A. Porkodi, who is also the wife of slain Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader K. Armstrong, on Sunday (March 29, 2026) hoped to secure a majority of votes and win in the April 23 Assembly elections. She also hoped to get … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a gathering during a public meeting in Raniganj, West Bengal. Photo: X/@AITCofficial via PTI. Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday (March 28, 2026) asserted that the BJP will lose power in the country in its attempt to destroy West Bengal. Also read: Developments in poll-bound States on … Read more
With the DMK concluding seat-sharing and identification of seats for the April 23 Assembly election, the party on Saturday (March 28, 2026) announced the list of constituencies allotted to its allies: the Congress; DMDK; VCK; IUML; CPI; CPI(M); MDMK; Manithaneya Makkal Katchi (MMK); Mukkulathor Puli Padai (MPP); Thamizhar Desiya Katchi (TDK); Manithaneya Jananayagan Katchi (MJK); … Read more
Mano Thangaraj. File | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj By allotting the Padmanabhapuram Assembly constituency to its ally, the Congress, the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has effectively closed the door on Dairy Development Minister T. Mano Thangaraj, who was elected from the constituency in 2016 and 2021, contesting again. Mr. Thangaraj was dropped from … Read more
K. Ponmudi. File | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj Former Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudi, who resigned from the Cabinet last year, Handloom and Textiles Minister R. Gandhi, Dairy Development Minister Mano Thangaraj, and Human Resources Management Minister Kayalvizhi Selvaraj have been denied seats by the ruling DMK for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. … Read more
Saving River Bhavani, which has been polluted and has become a dry bed of sand along considerable stretches towards Sirumugai, is at the top of demands from voters as the largely agrarian landscape of Mettupalayam constituency faces the Assembly election. The river, originating in the Nilgiris and flowing 216 km through four districts, has over … Read more
Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan attending a public meeting of UDF candidate in the Kattakada constituency M.R. Baiju at Malayinkeezhu in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan on Friday accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of alternately pandering to minority and majority communalism to gain a few … Read more
The Election Commission of India. File Picture | Photo Credit: The Hindu In a first of this election season in West Bengal, the Election Commission (ECI) on Friday (March 27, 2026) ordered the immediate suspension of Basanti Police Station Inspector-in-Charge Avijit Paul for allegedly failing to tackle BJP-Trinamool Congress clashes on March 26, according to … Read more
With Puducherry gearing up for yet another election, scheduled for April 9, it would be interesting to see how the Union Territory has voted in the past three Assembly elections. The Puducherry Assembly has 30 seats. In many ways, the 2011 Assembly election turned out to be a watershed in the Union Territory’s political history. That … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee speaks during the election campaign at Dubrajpur Assembly Constituency, in Birbhum on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ANI On the day the ECI is scheduled to publish the second supplementary list of voters in connection with the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal, Chief Minister … Read more
Member of Parliament and PCC chief V. Vaithilingam released the candidate list at a press conference in Puducherry on Friday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee has released a list of 16 candidates for the April 9 elections to the 30-member Puducherry Assembly. The candidates are TPR Selvam (Mannadipet); P. Karthikeyan … Read more
TVK chief Vijay. File | Photo Credit: E. Lakshmi Narayanan Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay, on Friday (March 27, 2026), accused the Greater Chennai Police and some officials of obstructing his scheduled election campaign at the Perambur Assembly constituency in the city on Saturday (March 28) and termed the denial of permission as “a … Read more
AIMIM president and Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi. | Photo Credit: ANI After announcing his support for Humayun Kabir’s Aam Janata Unnayan Party in West Bengal, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi will campaign for the minority-based All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) in Assam. This will be Mr. Owaisi’s first election-related visit … Read more
Kasaragod, Kerala’s northern gateway and “Saptha Bhasha Sangamam Bhoomi,” heads into the April 9 assembly election with a tight three-cornered contest. The Indian Union Muslim League-led UDF faces a strong challenge from the Bharatiya Janata Party, while the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-backed independent adds a third angle. UDF’s Kallatra Mahin Haji banks on legacy, … Read more
BJP State president Nainar Nagenthran. File Tamil Nadu BJP president Nainar Nagenthran on Friday (March 27, 2026) said he would contest from the Sattur constituency in the upcoming Assembly elections. Addressing the media in Kanniyakumari, he said that seat-sharing decisions were made mutually by the AIADMK and the BJP, and that all parties of the … Read more
Bharatiya Janata Party, a key constituent of the National Democratic Alliance in Tamil Nadu, has once again chosen its favourite constituency in the South – Ramanathapuram – to test its water after bringing a slew of Union-government steered projects to the bordering district. The party, since 2006 Assembly elections, has consistently attempted to raise its voter support base in the district and has even managed … Read more
Then DMK president M. Karunanidhi and leader M.K. Stalin at the release of the party’s election manifesto for the 2006 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, at Anna Arivalayam, in March 2006 | Photo Credit: M. Vedhan The preparation of election manifestoes has, all along, been viewed as a ritual that every political party has to go through … Read more
The former BJP president, K. Annamalai, is dissatisfied with the BJP having been asked for its preferred seats only after the AIADMK finalised constituencies for two others allies, say sources. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Former BJP Tamil Nadu president K. Annamalai has conveyed to the party national leadership his “extreme” displeasure over the constituencies allocated by the AIADMK for the April 23 Assembly … Read more
The XIII Assistant City Civil Court in Chennai on Thursday (March 26, 2026) declined to direct the Election Commission of India (ECI), by way of interim relief, to allot the ‘mango’ symbol to PMK founder S. Ramadoss, who has raised a dispute over its use by his estranged son and party president Anbumani. Dr. Ramadoss … Read more