Politics

The ruling Trinamool Congress had not announced the candidates for three hill seats in North Bengal while releasing the list of candidates for the rest of the 291 seats for the ongoing West Bengal assembly election.

The minister, who is on a visit to Chhattisgarh, made the comment after paying tributes to the 22 security personnel who were killed by naxals

An array of national leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress's Rahul Gandhi campaigned for their respective alliance candidates.

Rao also claimed that Telangana replaced undivided Andhra Pradesh to become the 'Rice Bowl of India'.

Yash Dasgupta, the young celebrity of Tollywood, recently filed his nomination for the Chanditala assembly seat as a BJP candidate and his nomination papers gave away his real name to his fans.

Key candidates contesting in the 2021 Assembly elections from Villupuram constituency are: C. V. Shanmugam of AIADMK, R Lakshmanan of DMK, R. Balasundaram of AMMK, K. Das of TMJK, Selvam of NTK

Key candidates contesting in the 2021 Assembly elections from Vaniyambadi constituency are: G. Senthilkumar of AIADMK, N.Mohammad Nayeem of IUML, T. S. Vakeel Ahmed of AIMIM, M. Gnanadas of AISMK, Devendiran of NTK

An Assam minister allegedly threatened to "vanish" two journalists of separate news channels for reporting a controversial poll speech of his wife, prompting the Congress to demand that his candidature for the assembly election be cancelled. A comp...

Key candidates contesting in the 2021 Assembly elections from Nedumangad constituency are: G. R. Anil of CPI, P. S. Prasanth of CONG, J. R. Padmakumar of BJP

Key candidates contesting in the 2021 Assembly elections from Kottarakkara constituency are: K. N. Balagopal of CPI(M), Resmi R of CONG, Vayakkal Soman of BJP

Key candidates contesting in the 2021 Assembly elections from Alappuzha constituency are: P. P. Chitharanjan of CPI(M), K. S. Manoj of CONG, R. Sandeep Vachaspathi of BJP

Key candidates contesting in the 2021 Assembly elections from Puthuppally constituency are: Jaick C. Thomas of CPI(M), Oommen Chandy of CONG, N. Hari of BJP

Key candidates contesting in the 2021 Assembly elections from Idukki constituency are: Roshy Augustine of KC(M), Francis George of KC(J), Sangeetha Viswanathan of BDJS

The House Ethics Committee upheld a $5,000 fine against Rep. Louie Gohmert on Tuesday after he was accused of failing to submit to a full security screening when entering the chamber's floor last month.

The brother of Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernndez was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday after he was convicted on drug charges.

FBI agents recruited a Proud Boys leader to provide them with information about antifa networks months before he was charged with storming the U.S. Capitol with other members of the far-right extremist group, a defense attorney says.