95-year-old dies outside polling booth in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, April 18 (IANS) A 95-year-old man died here on Thursday while waiting in a queue to vote in the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha. The man was waiting for his turn at…
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At 91, eight-time matronly Congress legislator battles on tirelessly
By Vishal Gulati Shimla, April 18 (IANS) At 91, eight-time matronly Congress legislator Vidya Stokes continues to battle tirelessly to ensure victory of the party in all the four parliamentary seats of Himachal Pradesh. She…
Dull voting in Maharashtra
Mumbai, April 18 (IANS) Around seven per cent of the electorate had voted for the 10 Lok Sabha constituencies till 9 a.m., officials said. The highest turnout was in Parbhani (9.30 per cent) and the…
Newly-wed bride votes in Aligarh
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), April 18 (IANS) A newly-wed bride in Aligarh city in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday voted in the Lok Sabha election before leaving for her husband’s house. Anshu Verma, a resident of Mohalla…
Rahul, Shah make appeal to voters
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi and Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah on Thursday appealed to voters to exercise their electoral right as the second phase of Lok Sabha elections was…
Glitches in EVMs delay polling in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, April 18 (IANS) Voting in some polling booths in Odisha got delayed following technical glitches in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) on Thursday. The second phase of polling is being held for five Lok…
Slow pace polling in Puducherry
Puducherry, April 18 (IANS) Polling in the lone Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency on Thursday progressed at a slow pace but was brisk in the Thattanchavady Assembly seat. According to the Election Commission, 1.96 per cent…
TN registers 13% voting till 9 a.m.
Chennai, April 18 (IANS) Polling in Tamil Nadu’s 38 Lok Sabha and 18 Assembly constituencies that began at 7 a.m. on Thursday progressed at a brisk rate and peacefully, with 13.48 per cent voting reported…
LS polls: Voting on in 8 UP seats
Lucknow, April 18 (IANS) Brisk voting was on in eight of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday in the second phase of the staggered Lok Sabha elections. Both the Bharatiya Janata…
Kumaraswamy flays Yash campaigning for Sumalatha
Bengaluru, April 18 (IANS) In the heat of electioneering, Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has decried Kannada superstar Yash campaigning for multilingual South Indian actor Sumalatha Ambareesh, an Independent contesting in the high-profile Mandya Lok…
Goa BJP leader offers bizarre ‘chowkidar’ analogy
Panaji, April 17 (IANS) Rueing the recent trend of mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi using the term “chowkidar”, former Goa Minister and BJP leader Dayanand Mandrekar on Wednesday offered a rather bizarre analogy to explain…
BJP names 4 more LS candidates from Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal, April 17 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday announced four candidates for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Madhya Pradesh including Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts. Sadhvi…
Shah slams Congress for coining saffron terror
Bhubaneswar, April 17 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Wednesday slammed the Congress saying the party had tried to defame the country across the world by linking Hindus with terror. “Can Rahul…
Tamil Nadu, Karnataka: Top 5 seats to watch
By Venkatachari Jagannathan and Fakir Balaji Chennai/Bengaluru, April 17 (IANS) With all the 38 parliamentary constituencies in Tamil Nadu — after elections in Vellore was withheld — and 14 of the 28 Lok Sabha seats…
More central forces in second phase in Bengal: EC
Kolkata, April 17 (IANS) Stating that security of voters and polling officials was its topmost priority, the Election Commission on Wednesday said there would be sufficient number of central forces as also state police for…
2019 polls to decide fate of democracy: Raj Thackeray
Satara (Maharashtra), April 17 (IANS) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray on Wednesday warned the people of the country to beware as the 2019 parliamentary elections outcome would decide whether democracy will survive or…
Modi says Congress will destroy Gujarat
Himmatnagar/Surendranagar (Gujarat), April 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the Congress had a pathological hatred for Gujarat and if it formed a government at the Centre, the party would destroy the state…
New BJP candidate might find going tough in Assam’s Nowgong
Guwahati, April 17 (IANS) Assam’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may find the going tough in the state’s Nowgong Lok Sabha constituency, which goes to the polls in the second phase of the elections on…
Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee’s assets double since 2014
Kolkata, April 17 (IANS) Trinamool Congress’ Kalyan Banerjee, who is seeking re-election from West Bengal’s Sreerampur constituency, has declared that the value of his assets have nearly doubled to Rs 16.69 crore in the last…
Poll, security staff reach polling stations in J&K
Jammu/Srinagar, April 17 (IANS) Heavy deployment of security forces has been made in Udhampur and Srinagar Lok Sabha constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir to secure polling stations and ensure free and fair polling on Thursday….