Election

New Delhi: Bangladeshi actor Ghazi Abdul Noor who had attended a political rally in West Bengal has been asked to leave India immediately, officials said Thursday. Noor is the second Bangladeshi actor, after Ferdous Ahmed, to be served a 'Leave India' notice. Noor was staying...

Mumbai: The Congress Thursday said it has submitted 33 complaints to the Election Commission about "glitches" in the electronic voting machines (EVMs) at some polling booths across Maharashtra's 10 Lok Sabha seats where voting was underway. The state Congress unit's legal cell submitted the complaints...

Dhenkanal/ Angul:  With only four days left for Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency to go to polls, contestants across party lines have upped their game with star campaigners of the parties are doing the rounds here. Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik campaigned in Angul...

Kochi: Kerala Chief Electoral Officer has recommended ‘appropriate action’ against BJP state chief P S Sreedharan Pillai for allegedly making anti-Islam remarks during an election campaign meeting in Attingal Lok Sabha constituency April 14. In his report to the Election Commission, Kerala Chief Electoral Officer...

Lucknow: BJP candidate from Bulandshahr, Bhola Singh, was placed under house arrest after a video showing him campaigning and seeking votes inside a polling station went viral on the social media. In the video clip, Bhola Singh as seen walking into the Sharma Inter College...

Bhopal: The Election Commission (EC) in Madhya Pradesh has banned the ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai’ advertisement of the Congress party and ordered an end to its broadcast. The joint Chief Election Officer issued Wednesday a notice to all the state district officers stating that the media...

Dhenkanal: A static surveillance squad Thursday seized Rs 4,00,000 lakh in cash from the vehicle of BJP candidate Ashok Nayak in Dhenkanal district, police said. The money was confiscated after Nayak, who is contesting from Hindol Assembly seat in this district, could not provide satisfactory...

Guwahati: An estimated 46.42 per cent of over 69 lakh electorate exercised their franchise till 1.00pm Thursday in the five parliamentary constituencies of Assam, an election official said here. The voting process for the second phase began at 7.00am in 8,992 polling booths of Karimganj...

Amreli: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's imposing statue in Gujarat has not been built to ‘belittle’ former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Speaking at an election rally here, Modi said though the Congress says Patel was their leader, no leader of that...

New Delhi: The Congress questioned Thursday the Election Commission (EC) order suspending a high-ranking poll official deputed to Odisha for allegedly checking the Prime Minister’s chopper and said EC rules ‘do not exempt’ PM’s vehicle from being checked. The opposition party accused the EC of...