Weeks before the Assam assembly polls kick off on March 27, the Congress got a shot in the arm as two more local parties joined the party-led 'Mahajot' (grand alliance), taking the number of its constituents to 10....

In an aggressive campaign to put the ruling BJP in a corner in Assam, the Congress is making several promises, including five lakh jobs to the locals and non-implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)....

The BJP on Sunday released a list of 17 candidates for the April 6 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, including names of actor-turned-politician Khushbu Sundar from Thousand Lights and its state unit chief L. Murugan from Dharampur (SC) seats....

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar on Sunday claimed that barring Assam, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to lose the upcoming Assembly elections in the other three states and a Union Territory....

Andhra Pradesh's ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) is heading for a clean sweep in urban local body election as counting of votes was underway on Sunday in 11 municipal corporations and 70 municipalities. ...

The BJP on Sunday named several Union Ministers, MPs and actors as its candidates in the West Bengal Assembly polls. ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that to win the upcoming Assembly elections the Congress has forged an alliance with "anti-India forces" -- All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) in Assam, Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) in Kerala and the Indian Secular Front (ISF) in West Bengal....

Mumbai Police's Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Vaze -- nabbed by the NIA minutes before Saturday midnight in connection with the case involving an abandoned SUV found near the home of industrialist Mukesh Ambani -- was on Sunday sent to the agency's custody till March 25....

The money received from Gulf countries by arrested Campus Front in India (CFI) general secretary K.A. Rauf Sherif was not meant for the mask business during the Covid-19 lockdown or as a commission but was a disguise under which money was being remitted from Popular Front of India (PFI) member Noufal Shareef and others....

For the second consecutive day, India's single-day rise of new Covid-19 cases on Sunday breached the country's highest tally of 2021 so far, while fatalities continue to increase at a worrisome rate....