Election News

The Election Commission had made elaborate arrangements to ensure the smooth progress of voting in 4 states and the Union Territory of Puducherry with adequate emphasis on maintaining Covid-appropriate behaviour. Let's take a look.

According to Election Commission guidelines, COVID-19-positive patients can go to the polling booth to vote between 6 pm and 7 pm, provided they have not applied for a postal ballot.

As polling continues for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, Tamil superstars Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Ajith Kumar, Suriya and Karthi were seen casting their votes in their respective constituencies.

"Tapan Sarkar, sector officer of Sector 17 in AC 177 Uluberia Uttar at Howrah district, went with Reserve EVM and slept at a relative’s house. This is a gross violation of EC’s instructions for which he has been suspended and charges will be framed for major punishment," the Election Commission said in a statement.

Sadhguru garnered over 3 crore responses for his 'Free Tamil Nadu Temples' campaign both online and on-ground. In fact, at one point the campaign hashtag -- #PeopleHaveSpoken -- was the top trend on the micro-blogging site Twitter.

The 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election will be held on 6th April to elect 234 MLAs. Here's everything you need to know about the Tamil Nadu Election 2021.

The West Bengal electoral battleground has been witness to high-decibel campaign speeches and pot-shots at rivals. Let's take a look.

Unlike previous elections, the battle for the West Bengal assembly seems to be primarily between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Trinamool Congress. At least, that's what Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy believes. Asianet Newsable's Yacoob spoke to Saugata Roy. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi counters Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's allegation that the Centre had turned a blind eye towards fishermen.  

In his letter, Sadhguru urged both political leaders to promise the people of Tamil Nadu that control of temples will be given back to them.