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May 7, 2024 10:09 AM

Lok Sabha polls 2024: Bengal leads turnout at 14.6% till 9 am, Maharashtra logs lowest at 6.64%

West Bengal is leading the voter turnout in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections at 14.60 percent till 9:00 AM on Tuesday, as per the data released by the Election Commission of India. Madhya Pradesh is also witnessing a high voter turnout of 1...

April 26, 2024 8:29 AM

Voting underway in 88 seats in second phase of Lok Sabha elections

Voting for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 began at 7:00 am on Friday across 88 Parliamentary Constituencies spread over 12 States and Union Territories. 89 general observers, 53 police Observers and 109 expenditure observers have be...

April 20, 2024 10:44 AM

LS polls 2024: PM Modi to campaign in Maharashtra, Karnataka today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address two public meetings each in Maharashtra and Karnataka on Saturday. In Maharashtra, PM Modi will address a rally at 10:45 am in Nanded Lok Sabha constituency and at 12:15 pm in Parbhani Lok Sabha c...

February 5, 2024 2:55 PM

Election Commission directs political parties to refrain from using children in campaigning

The Election Commission on Monday directed political parties to refrain from using children in campaigning "in any form whatsoever", including for distribution of posters and pamphlets or sloganeering. In a press note sent to parties, the poll panel...

January 25, 2024 3:34 PM

‘Your vote will shape the direction of our country’: PM Modi at ‘Namo Navmatdata Sammelan’

Highlighting the significance of each vote in a democracy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged young voters during the 'Namo Navmatdata Sammelan' to recognize the profound impact their votes will have on India's trajectory towards becoming a 'Viksit B...

December 4, 2023 12:28 PM

International media lauds PM Modi after BJP sweeps polls in 3 Indian states

After BJP swept three of the four states, the results for which were declared on Sunday, international media lauded the victory as an 'expansion of PM Modi dominance', adding that the outcomes were 'vital' ahead of the Lok Sabha elections next year. ...

November 25, 2023 5:46 PM

Rajasthan registers 24.74 pc voter turnout till 11.30 am, says EC

Rajasthan on Saturday recorded 24.74 per cent polling for 199 assembly constituencies till 11.30 am, the Election Commission informed. Voting began at 7 am on Saturday after days of hectic campaigning by major political parties, including the ruling...

November 1, 2023 9:28 AM

In Bangladesh, panic persist over political unrest, street violence

In Bangladesh, the first day of the nationwide three-day road-rail-waterway blockade, enforced by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and like-minded opposition parties, was marked by stray incidents of violence including clashes with police and torchin...