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The Election Commission of India has put the voting turnout in Maharashtra at 65.11 per cent, over four percentage points higher than the last assembly elections when the voter turnout stood at 61.1 per cent
The alliances are trying to convince the candidates before counting day on November 23, seeking their support if the coalition gets good numbers but falls just short of majority
Maharashtra recorded 65.11% turnout in elections to 288 assembly seats on Wednesday with Kolhapur district coming on top with 76.25 per cent polling
From Devendra Fadnavis, Eknath Shinde, Ajit Pawar, to Yugendra Pawar, Aaditya Thackeray, and Zeeshan Siddique, prominent leaders from these five constituencies will lock horns in the Maharashtra election
Modi made the remarks on Wednesday as he joined leaders from the Caribbean partner countries for the second India-Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Summit here.
In 2019, when the fight was between BJP-Shiv Sena and Congress-NCP alliances, a total of 3,239 candidates contested the elections
Bypolls to 15 assembly seats spread across Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala, and Uttarakhand were also conducted on Wednesday. The results for all the elections will be out on November 23
Maharashtra Exit Poll Results 2024: The Mahayuti leaders called the figures a vindication of their development schemes in the state while the MVA expressed confidence that they would prove the numbers wrong and emerge victorious
Jharkhand Election Exit Polls Result: The results for the two-phase Jharkhand election will be announced on November 23 but all exit polls --- except AXIS-My India --- on Wednesday brought cheer for the BJP
Jharkhand Exit Poll 2024: According to the Matrize exit poll, the NDA is likely to get between 42-47 seats while the JMM-Congress-RJD coalition is expected to win around 25-30 with others clinching between one to four seats
Minister RB Thimmapur, under fire over corruption allegations in the excise department, and Zameer Ahmed Khan, who finds himself in the midst of the Waqf row, may be eased out to make way for new faces
Acting on complaints regarding checking of voters' identity, the Election Commission ordered the suspension of police personnel for violating guidelines.
BJP was hit by a cash for votes controversy in Maharashtra on eve of the polling day. BVA accused Tawde of distrubuting cash.
'Not My Voice': After Casting Vote,Supriya Sule Rejects BJP Charge Over Bitcoin Audio Clips | News18NCP-SP MP and Sharad Pawars daughter Supriya Sule on Wednesday dismissed BJPs allegations of her involvement in the alleged cryptocurrency scam stating that the audio clip presented by the saffron party does not have her voice.She said that she is ready to answer all questions raised by the BJP and claimed her innocence in the matter informing that she has sent a defamation notice to BJP leader Su
Supriya Sule has dismissed BJP's itcoin scam allegation stating that she is ready to answer all questions.
Maharashtra Election 2024 Live Updates: Polling is taking place today across all 288 assembly seats and votes will be counted on November 23.
Maharashtra Election 2024 Live Updates: The election campaign for the Maharashtra Assembly election ended on Monday
Tribal leader Patal Kanya Jamatia, expelled from BJP last month for anti-party activities, said she never received an official letter explaining the actions that led to her expulsion
In the exclusive interview, he also said that the massive influx of illegal immigrants from neighbouring countries had led to a severe demographic imbalance and a drug menace in Manipur
Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) workers confronted Vinod Tawde on Tuesday over accusations of attempting to bribe voters, which both he and the BJP firmly rejected
A former IPS officer alleged that Sule and Patole misappropriated funds from a 2018 cryptocurrency fraud case to fund the Assembly election.
Polling is scheduled to begin at 7 am in 14,218 polling stations and will continue till 5 pm barring 31 booths where it will end at 4 pm
Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy hit out at BRS leader K Chandrasekhar Rao for not attending the assembly sessions and vowed not to let the opposition party gain strength in the state.
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) will soon dispense with the services of all non-Hindus working in the TTD and surrender them to the Andhra Pradesh government, the temple trust board announced on Monday.Watch
Giriraj Singh accused Congress of attempting to divide the society by talking about 'vote jihad' and urged people to vote for the BJP.
A huge controversy has been erupted on Tuesday after Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) chief Hitendra Thakur accused BJPs Vinod Tawde of allegedly distributing cash to woo voters
The ad by the BJP takes a dig at the INDI alliance in Jharkhand for minority appeasement. The ad also accuses the Congress of being anti-tribals.
Terming the move as a latant imposition of Hindi on other language-speaking people, BJP's ally and PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss, said this attempt by LIC is highly condemnable as it was trying to push a language among the non-Hindi speaking people
All 288 constituencies of Maharashtra will go for polls tomorrow to decide the fate of an epic clash between the Mahayuti and the MVA.
Assembly elections 2024: The voting for Maharashtra and Jharkhand will take place on November 20 between 7am and 6pm.
The allegations were levied by the Bahujan Vikas Aghadi leader Hitendra Thakur on Tuesday
Thane, Kalyan-Dombivli-Ambarnath, Navi Mumbai, Virar-Vasai, Bhiwandi, Badlapur, Mahim, and Byculla are some of the seats that will see an Eknath Shinde vs Uddhav Thackeray war
Maharashtra BJP is at the top of the list with an expenditure of a little above Rs 2.7 crore. The first runner-up is also the BJP with its Jharkhand unit
The biggest reason is expected to be the 76 seats in which BJP and Congress are in direct fights with the saffron party confident of winning over 50 such seats
The allegations of 40 per cent commission first came to light in April 2022 following contractor Santosh Patils suicide, in which he accused BJP minister KS Eshwarappa of demanding bribes for a government project
In the three-hour meeting, the MLAs sought mass operations against Kuki militants responsible for the abduction and killing of six Meitei women and children from Jiribam, and to declare them an unlawful organisation within seven days
Often criticised by its opponents as egressive and unscientific, the RSS is strategically repositioning itself as a progressive and pro-science organisation
All eyes will be on Congress Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and her electoral debut as well as on Prashant Kishores Jan Suraaj.
The Congress, still bruised by its shocking defeat in Haryana, is hopeful of undoing that debacle by winning the second largest state in India and wants to replicate its Lok Sabha success
The ruling JMM-led INDIA bloc and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance are engaged in a fierce battle in the elections in the state, the first phase of which was held on November 13
After Rahul Gandhi's swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modis Ek hai toh safe hai' slogan, the BJP hit back at the Congress leader on Monday, calling him chota popat which it claimed was coined by Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray to mock him.
With the political landscape more fragmented than ever before, this assembly election will be the biggest test of the splits in two major regional parties Shiv Sena and NCP in the last two years
Sangma stated that the NPP was open to working with the Manipur government if there was a change in leadership and a clear plan to restore peace
In recent years, soybean cultivation has expanded significantly in Marathwada, North Maharashtra, and Vidarbha, making it a key campaign issue
Shokeen is a Jat leader from outer Delhi. In a bid to control the damage caused due to Gahlot's exit, the AAP announced induction of Shokeen.
The Grand Old Party is banking on Sharad Pawar to execute his nephews Ghar Wapsi and keep the large number of Independents and rebels on the side of the MVA
Uddhav Thackeray has reacted sharply to the slogans used by BJP leaders in the poll campaign in Maharashtra.
Among the losses the AAP suffered in the recent past are a Jat leader (Kailash Gahlot) and two Dalit faces (Rajendra Pal Gautam and Raaj Kumar Anand) apart from a Gujjar (Kartar Singh Tanwar)
News18 has learnt that 50-year-old Gahlot was expecting a better position and power after the top leadership went to jail and a reshuffle took place in the party but was sidelined