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P Chidambaram writes: An election-eve gambit
April 12, 2026 12:56 am
The government’s intentions are not honest or bonafide. Win or lose the battle in the Lok Sabha, the BJP will take the issue of women’s reservation to the hustings. If the BJP passed the Bill, it will triumphantly crow that the number of seats reserved for women has been increased from 182 to 272
Voting ends in Assam, Kerala and Puducherry: What's at stake from passports, hat-tricks to statehood demand
April 10, 2026 2:57 am
Voting in Assam, Kerala & Puducherry closed on April 9 evening in the assembly elections 2026. Here's why it matters — key issues, campaign controversies, and what's at stake.
P Chidambaram writes: The interesting times of April
April 04, 2026 11:56 pm
The electoral battle in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal will be between the Left-of-centre and the Right-of-centre political formations. The performance of each party will cast a halo or a shadow on its fortunes. It is especially so for the BJP that is considered alien to the two regions’ political and social ethos
BJP releases 3rd list of candidates for Kerala polls, announces 9 names for Puducherry election
March 21, 2026 2:38 pm
The Puducherry Assembly elections, covering 30 constituencies, will be held on 9 April 2026.
Puducherry election: CM Rangaswamy seals NDA deal after talks with Amit Shah; Opposition bloc still in deadlock
March 21, 2026 1:17 am
The election will take place on April 9, and the nomination process began on March 16, leaving little room for prolonged bargaining
Forged on a ‘betrayal’ pitch, why Sasikala-Ramadoss alliance could shake up Tamil Nadu race
March 21, 2026 12:24 am
PMK founder and Jayalalithaa’s former aide join hands, likely to focus on 100 seats in north Tamil Nadu and the state’s southern and Delta regions
BJP could see a surge in all pound-bound states
March 21, 2026 6:50 am
It’s Congress which faces the real challenge. Despite tall claims by some of its leaders, the party's failure is writ large in Assam and it faces a real test in Kerala
Puducherry poll battle opens with NDA, DMK-Congress alliance unsettled; TVK adds new variable
March 17, 2026 10:04 pm
While DMK and Congress remain locked in a tussle over seat-sharing and leadership, ruling alliance struggling to decide who contests where
Beyond Stalin and Mamata: The 5 high-stakes election battles that will decide India’s political map in 2026
January 09, 2026 9:06 pm
Together, these five regions span more than 800 Assembly seats, cutting across the Northeast, the South, the East and a Union Territory each with its own political rhythm and ambitions.
Decision 2021: Five assembly polls to begin March 27, Bengal to vote in eight phases; counting on May 2
February 26, 2021 7:35 pm
Polling for Kerala's 140 seats, Tamil Nadu's 234 seats and Puducherry's 30 seats will take place in a single phase on April 6.
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Stalin: ‘Vajpayee froze delimitation to preserve balance…Why abandon wisdom now?’
Political Pulse5 hr ago
A day after issuing a “final warning” to the Union government over delimitation, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin moved swiftly from rhetoric to mobilisation, convening an urgent meeting of DMK district secretaries on Wednesday and calling for statewide black flag protests on Thursday. Stalin suggested that if institutional responses failed, public expression would follow.
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