Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Oct 1 (ANI): With the announcement of dates for by-polls to 15 Karnataka Assembly seats, Congress and the BJP seem to be struggling to find a suitable candidate for the Shivajinagar Vidhan Sabha seat.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sept 30 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Namita Mundada, Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) leader Gopichand Padalkar, and Congress MLA Kashiram Pawara joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday.
Kalaburagi (Karnataka) [India], Sept 30 (ANI): After the Election Commission (EC) deferred by-polls to 15 Karnataka Assembly constituencies, former state Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah alleged that the electoral body is acting at the behest of the BJP government.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Sept 29 (ANI): Actor Vijaya Shanti is likely to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), while former cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin might also quit the Congress party to enter Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), sources said.
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Sept 27 (ANI): The honey trapping started during the tenure of former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, said Congress leader Manak Agarwal on Friday, claiming that many BJP leaders were involved in this.
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh) [India], Sept 27 (ANI): Congress candidate Devti Karma is leading by a margin of over 4,100 votes in the Dantewada Assembly by-poll where counting was taken up on Friday morning.
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Sept 25 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Minister Govind Singh on Wednesday said that the Central government has insulted Mahatma Gandhi by using the symbol of his spectacles on 'unclean' places like toilets and dust bin as a symbol of 'Swachh Bharat Mission'.
New Delhi [India], Sept 22 (ANI): Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) chief Kumari Selja on Sunday accused the BJP of importing issues such as National Register for Citizens (NRC) and Article 370 to divert attention from the core issues for the state Assembly polls.
New Delhi [India], Sept 22 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday declared that the bypolls for two Gujarat assembly constituencies -- Radhanpur and Bayad -- will be held on October 21 along with Maharashtra and Haryana state assembly elections.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sept 21 (ANI): Just after the Election Commission's announcement of assembly election dates, Congress leader Eknath Gaikwad on Saturday said that the Congress is prepared for the polls and that Maharashtra will not go into BJP's hands.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Sept 21 (ANI): Janata Dal (Secular) president HD Deve Gowda on Saturday ruled out the possibility of an alliance with Congress party ahead of by-polls in 15 constituencies of Karnataka.
New Delhi [India], Sept 21 (ANI): The Election Commission on Saturday announced that the single-phase Assembly elections for the 288-member Maharashtra and 90-member Haryana Assembly will be held on October 21, while the counting of votes will be done on October 24.