The Election Commission on Saturday extended the ban on exit polls for the assembly elections in Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh by a day to March 9, following the death of two contesting candidates. ....

Over 80 per cent polling was recorded in the first phase of elections to the Manipur Assembly on Saturday. ....

Polling for 49 seats in the sixth and penultimate phase of the Uttar Pradesh elections and 38 Assembly constituencies in the first of its two-phased elections in Manipur began 7 a.m on Saturday. ....

Manipur goes to the polls on Saturday in the first of its two-phased elections across 38 Assembly constituencies. ....

At least 30 per cent candidates in the second phase of the Manipur Assembly elections are millionaires, with the Congress topping the list as 10 of its 22 candidates (46 per cent) declared assets of over Rs 1 crore. ....

The Congress on Monday accused the Modi government of joining forces with the Sangh Parivar to unleash assaults on Indian democracy. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said "definite defeat" was staring at both the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh and the opposition Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and predicted the BJP would win with "huge majority". ....

Amid rising concerns over the Naga accord, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday assured Manipur that there is not "a single word" in the 2015 agreement that would compromise the territory of the northeastern state. He also said a BJP government would accomplish works in 15 months that the Congress "took 15 years to do". ....

Slamming the Congress party for "ruining" Manipur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said if the BJP comes to power in the state it will "do in 15 months what the Congress did not in the last 15 years". ....

Manipur Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam on Tuesday escaped an assassination attempt in Tamenglong district when militants attacked his cavalcade. Police suspect a tribal militant outfit to be behind the attack. ....