Kollam (Kerala) April 18 (IANS) Congress Working Committee member and Rajya Sabha MP A.K. Antony on Thursday said that the Left forces were mere onlookers in this Lok Sabha elections. “The fight is between the…
Sultanpur, April 18 (IANS) Union Minister and BJP leader Maneka Gandhi on Thursday filed her nomination from the Sultanpur parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh and said she does not want to criticise the Election Commission…
Jaipur, April 18 (IANS) A retired IAS officer, who adopted Islam three years back while serving as Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) in the Rajasthan government, has again introduced himself as a Hindu while filing his…
Bengaluru, April 18 (IANS) An average of 28.5 per cent polling was registered till 1 p.m. in the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies across central and southern Karnataka, an official said on Thursday. “Voting gathered momentum…
Imphal, April 18 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh jumped the queues to vote in the election in the state’s Inner Manipur Lok Sabha seat on Thursday. Voters, some of who who had lined…
Bhopal, April 18 (IANS) The Election Commission 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 on Wednesday…
Chennai, April 18 (IANS) The ruling AIADMK on Thursday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against DMK President M.K.Stalin and the party’s Chennai Central candidate Dayanidhi Maran for violating the model code of conduct…
Kolkata, April 18 (IANS) Special police observer for West Bengal Vivek Dube on Thursday described the ongoing phase two Lok Sabha polls in the three constituencies as “more or less” peaceful, with “small incidents”. “We…
Bhopal, April 18 (IANS) BJP candidate from Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal parliamentary constituency, Sadhvi Pragya Thakur will file her nomination from the seat on April 23. “Since the Bharatiya Janata Party declared me as its candidate,…
Mumbai, April 18 (IANS) After a dull start, voting suddenly picked up to more than triple – from around 7 per cent to over 22 per cent by 11 a.m., for the 10 Lok Sabha…
Bengaluru, April 18 (IANS) A 53-year-old polling officer died of heart attack on Thursday in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar reserved (SC) Lok Sabha constituency where polling was underway, an official said. Shantamurthy, who hailed from Hannur, suffered…
Latur (Maharashtra), April 18 (IANS) Heads turned when 105-year-old Kabaibai Ganpati Kamble on Thursday reached a polling station to cast her vote in the Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra. Seated on a wheelchair, Kabaibai was…
Sultanpur, April 18 (IANS) Union Minister and BJP leader Maneka Gandhi on Thursday filed her nomination from the Sultanpur parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Before filing her nomination papers, she held a five-km long road…
By Saurabh Katkurwar New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Four veteran politicians — L.K. Advani, Sumitra Mahajan, Kamal Nath and Yogi Adityanath — who were elected to the Lok Sabha on five or more successive occasions…
Chennai, April 18 (IANS) Around 500 voters in Nagaraja Kandigai village in the Tiruvallur Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu boycotted the election in protest against the functioning of a polluting sponge iron factory in…
Buldhana (Maharashtra), April 18 (IANS) A bridegroom here on Thursday voted in the Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra. The man, in Buldhana district, went to the polling station wearing his wedding outfit, headgear and a…
Imphal, April 18 (IANS) Manipur Governor Najma Heptullah and Chief Minister N. Biren Singh jumped the queues to vote in the election to the Inner Manipur Lok Sabha seat on Thursday. Voters, some of who…
Shimla, April 18 (IANS) Over 100 bikers, from six countries and 15 Indian cities, will motivate voters in Himachal Pradesh on ways to strengthen democracy when they take part in the three-day Eighth Hero MTB…
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged the people to exercise their electoral right as the second phase of Lok Sabha elections was underway. “I am sure all those whose…
Lucknow, April 18 (IANS) Kunwar Danish Ali, the BSP candidate from Amroha Lok Sabha seat, has alleged fake voting in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by people wearing burqa. He said that the…