Polls  

A total of 687 polling stations have been categorised as "hypersensitive", including 491 in Kashmir division and 196 in Jammu division

KT Rama Rao expressed confidence that the TRS would return to power in Telangana with a record majority in the Assembly polls.

PL Vishweshwar Rao, vice president of TJS, told reporters that the party will contest in 12 constituencies. This he announced before Mahakutami reached a formal agreement. 
 

As Telangana steps into election mode, inspector general of police (North Zone) Y Nagi Reddy says that the cops are prepared to tackle all kinds of threats including those from the Maoists.

Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief and caretaker CM K Chandrashekhar Rao filed his nomination from Gajwel constituency. Telangana will go to polls on December 7.

The Supreme Court verdict on Tuesday overturned President Maithripala Sirisena's controversial decision to dissolve Parliament and halted the preparations for snap polls on January 5.

Harish Meena, a former IPS officer, who headed state police during the Ashok Gehlot government, had joined BJP in March 2014 ahead of the Lok Sabha polls and was pitted against his brother Namonarain who was then a Union minister of state

While Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said no one can ban RSS shakhas, Congress leader Digvijay Singh the ban already existed in Central government buildings. Congress's manifesto for Assembly polls vows to ban the same.
 

The list was released after a marathon meeting of the party's Central Election Committee (CEC) chaired by party president Rahul Gandhi.

The 72-year-old Mahinda Rajapaksa received the membership of the SLPP on Sunday. The party was launched by his supporters last year. In February this year, the party won two-third of the total 340 seats in the local council polls