Election

Patna: Some of the restaurants here were offering discounts to those customers who have voted Sunday in the last phase of the general election. ‘Lakhu Ka Dhaba’, a multi-cuisine restaurant on Fraser Road here is offering a discount of 17 per cent. “Since we are...

New Delhi: The BJP urged Sunday the Election Commission (EC) to order the presence of central armed police forces in West Bengal till the model code of conduct period ends, as it expressed concern that the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress may target a section of...

New Delhi: Political parties have spent over Rs 53 crore on digital platforms like Google and Facebook between February and May, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accounting for a lion’s share of the spending. According to Facebook’s Ad Library Report, there were 1.21 lakh...

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar questioned Sunday the long-drawn polling in intense heat conditions and suggested general elections should be held in two or three phases. He also said February-March or October-November would be the ideal weather condition for the polling...

Kolkata: An estimated 32.06 per cent of over 1.49 crore electorate exercised Sunday their franchise till 11.00am in nine Lok Sabha seats of West Bengal, amid reports of EVM glitches and stray incidents of violence. Voting is also on for by-elections to four Assembly constituencies...

Shimla: Notwithstanding his failing vision and aching knees, India’s ‘first’ voter Shyam Saran Negi reached Sunday his polling booth in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district to exercise his franchise.  The 102-year-old was given a warm welcome by election staff at the Kalpa booth in Mandi Lok...

Shimla: The world’s highest polling station at 15,256 feet, Tashiganag village in Himachal Pradesh took little than two hours Sunday to climb up to 53 per cent voting, the state’s electoral officer Assistant Chief Electoral Officer Harbans Lal Dhiman, said. There are 49 registered voters...

Bhopal: Two government employees engaged in election duty died in separate incidents in Madhya Pradesh, an official said, Sunday. Garu Singh Chogad, who was deployed at the Jalwat polling booth in Dhar Lok Sabha constituency, died after suffering a heart failure Sunday morning, state’s Chief...

New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) wrote Sunday to the Election Commission (EC) and complained that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the media at Kedarnath shrine was ‘unethical’ and that the coverage of his visit was in ‘gross violation’ of the model code of...

New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telegu Desam Party (TDP) leader N Chandrababu Naidu held Sunday a second round of talks with top opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Sharad Pawar, in an apparent bid to rally support for a non-BJP government at the...