RS BYPOLLS

BJP names ex-Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Modi its candidate for RS bypoll

Modi's election to the Upper House is all but certain as the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance has a majority in the state assembly. Ele...

Govt orders forming Karnataka Veerashaiva-Lingayat Corporation with a fund of Rs 500 crore

A government order issued on Monday said the KVLC will be set up for the overall development of Veerashaiva Lingayats who are in a sizeable...

SC issues notice on pleas against election of Jaishankar to RS & EC's power

The pleas have also raised the issue of Election Commission's power on issuance of separate notifications for holding by-polls for casual a...

BJP fields businessman K Narayan for RS bypolls from Karnataka

Aimed at popularising Sanskrit among common people, Narayan, currently residing in the city, started a monthly magazine "Sambashana Sandesh...

Bypoll results today; BJP expects to retain power in Madhya Pradesh

BJP needs to win at least eight seats to remain in power in Madhya Pradesh, where 28 seats saw bypolls. Twenty-seven of the seats were earl...

On eve of Gujarat by-polls, Congress seeks SC probe into BJP’s hand behind MLAs’ resignations

At an AICC briefing, party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi, party in-charge of Gujarat Rajiv Satav and senior Gujarat Congress leader Arjun M...

MP bypolls: Jyotiraditya Scindia mistakenly seeks votes for Congress

A video, in which Scindia is seen seeking votes for the Congress during a rally on Saturday in favour of BJP candidate Imarti Devi from Dab...

18 pc candidates in Gujarat assembly bypolls face criminal cases: ADR report

Seven or 9 per cent of the candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves, while 14 or 18 per cent have declared crimin...

MP bypolls: 18 per cent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves, says report

Eight (29 per cent) out of 28 candidates analysed from the BSP, four (29 per cent) out of 14 candidates analysed from the SP and 16 (nine p...

Congress faces an uphill task in MP bypolls to return to power after political crisis

Former Chief Minister Kamal Nath told ET earlier this week that these seven MLAs “had never gone away” and he was sure they were still with...

PM Modi praises MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan for successful implementation of SVANidhi scheme

The bypoll for 27 seats is already witnessing a lot of political action with BJP leaders from the Gwalior-Chambal region (where 17 of the 2...

Election Commission announces bypoll to RS seat BJP's Birender Singh quit

Birender Singh's term was to end on August 1, 2022. He resigned on January 20. The counting of votes will take place on March 26 evening, a...

Himachal Bypolls: Congress candidate in Dharmshala loses security deposit

In the last Assembly elections, Suresh Kashyap of the BJP had defeated his nearest rival and former minister Musafir with a margin of 6,427...

Mayawati appoints 3 new UP coordinators ahead of bypolls

Munkad Ali, the BSP’s prominent Muslim face, is the party’s new state unit president while national general secretary RS Kushwaha and MLC B...

Jhabua bypoll Madhya Pradesh: Sulking BSP MLAs, independents emerging as threats

Jhabua has traditionally been a Congress seat, but the BJP has won it too, including in the 2018 elections.

Congress MLAs Alpesh Thakor, Zala quit Gujarat Assembly after voting in RS bypoll

Congress MLAs Alpesh Thakor and Dhavalsinh Zala have resigned from the Gujarat Assembly.

Tamil Nadu bypoll contestant declares Rs 1.76 lakh crore cash, Rs 4 lakh crore debt

The affidavit was filed by Jebamani Janata Party's J Mohanraj, a retired police inspector.