Lalmani Verma

The number of low-margin seats declined from 19 in 2014 to 9 five years ago. In the recent Lok Sabha polls, there were 4 Assembly segments where the win margins were below 5,000 votes.

Uniforms and identity cards for auto drivers, crackdown on “eve-teasing” and action against property owners whose abandoned plots are being used for “unlawful” gatherings — these are among measures that the Nainital district administration has taken over the last month in an attempt to make the city safer for girls. In Haldwani, a city grappling […]

In 2019, Mayawati’s party lost the 66 Assembly seats it contested in the eastern state. This time, it has fine-tuned its strategy to increase its vote share.

Mayawati has accused BJP and SP of being allegedly “hand in glove”, aiming to set up a triangular contest in all seats in a bid to project her party as a challenger to both

PM was trying to put JMM in a spot, but here is what parliamentary records show

The SP has fielded Tej Pratap Yadav in Karhal, which his uncle and party chief Akhilesh Yadav represented till he was elected MP this June. Retaining it is of paramount importance for the Opposition party.

The district’s two Assembly seats, Chatra and Simaria, both reserved for the Scheduled Castes (SCs), are heading to polls in the first phase on November 13.

The district's two Assembly seats, Chatra and Simaria, both reserved for the Scheduled Castes (SCs), are heading to polls in the first phase on November 13.

Comprising East Singhbhum, Seraikela Kharsawan and West Singhbhum districts, the Kolhan region, where campaigning came to a close on Monday ahead of November 13 voting, sends 14 MLAs to the 81-member Assembly.

While NDA is banking on “Modi's promises”, JMM-led alliance is riding on the Soren factor, targeting the PM more than any state BJP leader