The polling began on the Nilambur seat in Kerala, the Ludhiana West seat in Punjab, the Kaliganj seat in West Bengal, and the Visavadar and Kadi seats in Gujarat.
Mock polling was held at a polling booth in the Kaliganj assembly constituency ahead of voting for the Kaliganj by-elections, which are set to begin at 7 AM.
DK Shivakumar mentioned that he has discussed the issue with the Congress party leaders. As the municipal elections will be held in Bengaluru, it was also among the topics that were discussed with the Congress party leadership.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney on the sidelines of the G7 Summit. Notably, this was the first in-person meeting between the two leaders after Canada's recent general elections. During the meeting, the leaders reaffirmed the importance of India-Canada
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday expressed confidence in his Shiv Sena faction's prospects in the upcoming local body elections, emphasising the party's commitment to development and its growing support base across the state.
Akhilesh Yadav said that the opposition was not bothered by statements made by "others" regarding the situation of the INDIA bloc and that those who want to leave the alliance are free to do so.
Telangana Jagruthi President and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha on Tuesday announced a statewide Rail Roko agitation to be held on July 17 in demand of the Central government approving the Backward Classes (BCs) reservation bills passed by the Telangana Legislative Assembly.
Taking a dig at former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav over allegations against Nitish Kumar for promoting "family politics", he said it was "funny" that Yadav, whose right family members are in politics, was raising this issue.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Tuesday announced that the party has decided to contest elections on all seats in the upcoming Bihar Assembly election on all 243 seats.
Prasad said that Akhilesh Yadav reiterated the demand in the 2022 UP Legislative Assembly elections and the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. He stated that caste census was included as one of the key promises in the manifesto of the party.
Bihar elections are expected to be held later this year in October or November; however, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has not announced an official date.
Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) National President HD Deve Gowda on Sunday issued a strong rebuttal to allegations branding his party as a family-run party and denounced ongoing criticism of his son and Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy.