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Economic Times | 18 Mar, 2021 | 11.46AM IST

West Bengal Elections 2021 Live Updates: PM Modi to address public rally in Purulia today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address public rallies in Purulia, West Bengal and Karimganj, Assam today

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11:46 AM

Khushbu Sundar holds roadshow near Valluvarkotam

11:36 AM

Petition moved in Delhi HC seeking direction to Centre to debar such campaigners & candidates from campaigning in election “either permanently or for a stipulated, sufficiently long, period”, if they repeatedly violate mandatory guidelines regarding wearing of masks issued by EC

11:10 AM

I will support my son Suvendu, will go to PM Modi's rally if asked: TMC MP Sisir Adhikari

Amid speculation of his joining the Bharatiya Janata Party, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sisir Adhikari on Wednesday said he will attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in Kanthi on March 20 if his son Suvendu Adhikari asks him to do so.
10:51 AM

Telangana MLC poll: Former PM Narasimha Rao's daughter ahead after first round in Mahabubnagar-Rangareddy-Hyderabad seat

  • The ruling TRS candidate and former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao's daughter S Vani Devi was ahead of her nearest BJP rival N Ramachander Rao after the completion of first round as the counting of votes in election to Telangana Legislative Council from two Graduates' constituencies was underway on Thursday.
  • Vani Devi, TRS nominee from Mahabubnagar-Rangareddy- Hyderabad Graduates' constituency, was leading by 1,054 votes after the completion of the first round of counting, official sources said.


10:42 AM

AIADMK alliance will emerge 'victorious', Stalin's dream to win polls will be dashed, says Palaniswami

With Tamil Nadu Assembly elections around the corner, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami slammed opposition parties and claimed that AIADMK's alliance will emerge 'victorious' and MK Stalin's dream to win these elections will not come true.
10:28 AM

All set for PM's rally in Purulia

10:12 AM

Being state chief, the party has decided that poll campaigns in the state will be done under my supervision

- BJP West Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh in New Town Kolkata

09:58 AM

My name won't be there in the list of candidates contesting polls

- BJP West Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh in New Town Kolkata

09:46 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address public rallies in Purulia, West Bengal and Karimganj, Assam today

09:36 AM

BJP CEC meeting with Bengal unit ends, candidates' list likely to be announced today

A meeting of BJP Central Election Committee (CEC) with the party's West Bengal unit that began on late Wednesday night ended at around 3:30 am today at party headquarters in the national capital.
09:35 AM

EC orders transfer of TN's IG, South Zone to non-election post

The Election Commission on Wednesday ordered the transfer of Tamil Nadu's Inspector General, South Zone S Murugan to a non-election post with immediate effect.
09:35 AM

HC upholds EC notification on postal ballot for TN polls

The Madras High Court on Wednesday refused to interfere with an Election Commission notification on providing the option of voting through postal ballots to persons over 80 years, physically disabled and COVID-19 affected in the April 6 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
09:34 AM

EC transfers senior Bengal cop as his wife contests polls

  • The Election Commission on Wednesday transferred Superintendent of Police, Howrah (Rural) Saumya Roy to a non-election related post since his wife has been declared Trinamool Congress's candidate for Sonarpur Dakshin assembly seat.
  • The poll panel has now posted Shrihari Pandey, an IPS officer of 2011 batch, as SP, Howrah (Rural).
09:33 AM

Assam polls: 377 candidates in fray for 2nd phase so far

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