Election

Baripada: With a few hours left for the re-polling in five booths of Mayurbhanj May 19, polling parties reached the booths by Saturday evening. District Election Officer and Collector Vineet Bhardwaj, returning officer for Bangiriposi Assembly seat  ADM Aboli Narwane, Returning officer for the Baripada...

Varanasi: The constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi recorded 10.87 per cent polling till 9.00 am. In this constituency, 18.54 lakh electorates will cast their votes in 1,819 polling booths, of which 273 are categorised as ‘critical’. Local administration has set up 145 model booths...

Kolkata: An estimated 13.41 per cent of the 1,49,63,064 voters have so far exercised their franchise in nine Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal till 9.00am am Sunday, an Election Commission official said. Polling in the first two hours was peaceful, the official informed. “Polling...

BJP will suffer whitewash in Bihar, UP: Shatrughan Sinha Patna: Actor-turned-politician and Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha expressed confidence Sunday that he would retain the Patna Sahib Lok Sabha seat for the third consecutive term despite a formidable challenge posed by the BJP, which has fielded...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha police Director General (DG) RP Sharma has said that as many as 172 platoons of Special Armed Police (SAP) and 69 Companies of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) will be deployed during the counting of votes May 23 in 62 locations. Sharma, who...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday appealed voters to exercise their right in record numbers and said that their one vote will shape India's development trajectory. "Today is the final phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. I urge all those voting in this...

New Delhi:  Voting began Sunday across 59 Lok Sabha constituencies spanning seven states and a union uerritory across north, central and east India in the final leg of the mega seven-phase electoral exercise. A total electorate of over 10.1 crore is eligible to cast their...

New Delhi: Voting began Sunday across 59 Lok Sabha constituencies spanning seven states and a Union Territory across north, central and east India in the final of the mega seven-phase electoral exercise. A total electorate of over 10.1 crore is eligible to cast their ballots...

Balasore: The Congress has demanded free and fair re-polling to be held to booth-187 and booth-189 under Jaleswar Assembly seats in Balasore May 19. The party alleged irregularities during the polls and taken up the issue with Collector Ramesh Rout April 30. Chief Election Officer of...

New Delhi: Stressing that Mahatma Gandhi is above power and politics, Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi Saturday said people like Pragya Singh Thakur are killing the soul of India and the BJP should expel her from the party. His comments came after Malegaon blast accused and...