As many as 2,290 candidates from 109 national and regional parties including 221 women and one transgender, are in the fray. Their fate will be decided by a total of 3.17 crore voters.
The high-stakes Telangana Assembly elections, scheduled for Thursday, will witness a triangular contest involving the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Congress.
"A fire broke out at Rangoli EPS Private Limited, a thermocol company. We got the fire call at 5 pm. The fire vehicles from Chandrayangutta, Rajendranagar and Gowliguda reached the spot and controlled the fire," said Rajendranagar ADFO(Assistant Divisional Fire Officer).
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will get "unprecedented success" in the five state assembly elections the results of which will be known on December 3.
A day ahead of the Assembly elections in Telangana, Congress leader Mallu Ravi on Wednesday said that people have decided to vote out the ruling BRS government in the poll-bound state.
Weighing in on his party's prospects in the Telangana Assembly elections, Congress leader and Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Sukhu on Wednesday said the people, while casting their votes, will be mindful of how the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) governmen
The Election Commission of India on Thursday suspended three police officers for dereliction of duties in connection with the seizure of Rs 18 lakh cash from Musheerabad.
The Central government is planning to table seven new Bills, including setting up a Central Tribal University in Telangana and providing women's quota in Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry Assemblies, during the upcoming Winter Session of the Parliament.
Assembly elections in Telangana are set to be held on Thursday and a three-way competition is anticipated among the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and Congress across the state.
With less than 12 hours to go for the Telangana Assembly polls, the Chief Electoral Officer for the state, Vikas Raj, on Wednesday said about 12,000 critical polling stations have been identified in the state where additional forces will be deployed.