"Today, I can officially say that we have no truck with the NPF and there is no question of going back to the NPF in forming the government. We will go with the NDPP," Sarma said.
The key budget provisions include the announcement of a minimum support price for farmers that will be 1.5 times of the cost incurred by them, a health insurance of Rs 5 lakh for 10 crore poor families.
Polling in Tripura will take place on February 18, while Meghalaya goes to polls on February 27. The counting of votes in both the states will be held on March 3.
Indicating that the 2018 assembly polls could "most likely" be his last election, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said that he is contesting to stop the BJP from coming back to power.
The bypoll was necessitated following death of sitting Congress MLA, Prem Singh (65). Singh had won the seat in the 1998, 2003 and 2013 elections, barring 2008 when he lost to BJP's Surendra Singh Gaharwar.
Former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh’s son Vikramaditya filed their nominations for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls on Monday.
The government circles are examining the constitutional provision that polls can be held within six months of being due, and the process doesn’t require an amendment to the Constitution
Political strategist Prashant Kishor has found a new client in Andhra Pradesh.
The Congress, which finished a distant third in the MCD polls, has got around 11 per cent more votes than the 2015 Assembly election, while the AAP's vote share came down to half of its previous tally.
Continuing its record-setting spree, the Nifty climbed over the 9,200-mark for the first time and the benchmark Sensex surged 239 points in early hours today, with foreign investors continuing to pump up money.
After four phases of polling, which party is the front runner as far as the race to form the next government is concerned?
Over 65 per cent voters cast their ballot in the second phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections across 67 seats on Wednesday while Uttarakhand posted a record 68 per cent turnout.
The Election Commission has told the Centre that it should strictly adhere to the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct to ensure level playing fields in poll-bound states.
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