Politics

Chakraborty, who joined the BJP at the Brigade Ground rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 8, made the statement during a road show at Keshpur in West Midnapore district.

Key candidates contesting in the 2021 Assembly elections from Kovalam constituency are: Neelalohithadasan Nadar of JD(S), M. Vincent of CONG, Vishnupuram Chandrasekharan of KKC

Key candidates contesting in the 2021 Assembly elections from Kundara constituency are: J. Mercykutty Amma of CPI(M), P. C. Vishnunath of CONG, Vanaja Vidyadharan of BDJS

Key candidates contesting in the 2021 Assembly elections from Chavara constituency are: Sujith Vijayan of Ind., Shibu Baby John of RSP, Vivek Gopan of BJP

Key candidates contesting in the 2021 Assembly elections from Kuttanad constituency are: Thomas K. Thomas of NCP, Jacob Abraham of KC(J), Thampi Mettuthara of BDJS

Key candidates contesting in the 2021 Assembly elections from Perumbavoor constituency are: Babu Joseph of KC(M), Eldhose Kunnappilly of CONG, T.P. Sindhu Mol of BJP

Key candidates contesting in the 2021 Assembly elections from Kongad constituency are: K. Shanthakumari of CPI(M), U. C. Raman of IUML, M. Suresh Babu of BJP

The panchayat elections in the state also got interesting this time with the entry of the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party and Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM besides BJP, Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Congress.

Key candidates contesting in the 2021 Assembly elections from Balussery constituency are: K. M. Sachin Dev of CPI(M), Dharmajan Bolgatty of CONG, Libin Bhaskar of BJP

Key candidates contesting in the 2021 Assembly elections from Dharmadom constituency are: Pinarayi Vijayan of CPI(M), C. Raghunath of CONG, C. K. Padmanabhan of BJP

Key candidates contesting in the 2021 Assembly elections from Kalliasseri constituency are: M. Vijin of CPI(M), Brijesh Kumar of CONG, Arun Kaithapram of BJP

Key candidates contesting in the 2021 Assembly elections from Thrikaripur constituency are: M. Rajagopal of CPI(M), M. P. Joseph of KC(J), T. V. Shibin of BJP

All the three constituencies spread across Cachar and Hailakandi districts are going to polls in the second phase on April 1.

AIADMK workers and cadres of alliance parties including PMK on Sunday held protest demonstrations in several regions of Tamil Nadu seeking the arrest of Raja.

Members of Congress laid flowers Sunday at the three massage businesses in Georgia where a gunman killed eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, and demanded that prosecutors charge the suspect with a hate crime.