Polling underway for five assembly seats, Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll

October 6, 2026 10:08 AM

Polling underway for five assembly seats, Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll

Voting began early Tuesday for by-elections to five Assembly seats across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, along with a Lok Sabha seat in Assam.   In West Bengal, bypolls are being held in the Nandigram and Rejinagar Assembly constituencies.   The Nandigram seat fell vacant after Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari won from two constituencies in the State Assembly elections earlier this year and chose to retain the other seat.   The Rejinagar seat fell vacant following the resignatio...

‘Countdown for DMK’s exit has begun’: PM Modi at NDA rally in Tamil Nadu

January 23, 2026 10:06 PM

‘Countdown for DMK’s exit has begun’: PM Modi at NDA rally in Tamil Nadu

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday accused ruling DMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu of corruption, misgovernance, cultural disrespect and failure to ensure women’s safety, while asserting that the “countdown for DMK’s exit has begun” and that a BJP-led NDA government will come to power in the state. Addressing a high-voltage National Democratic Alliance (NDA) rally in Madurantakam in Chengalpattu district, PM Modi alleged that the DMK government had betrayed the trust of the people des...