Polling for eight Lok Sabha seats begins in UP
Lucknow, April 19 (IANS) Polling for eight Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh began on Friday in the first phase of parliamentary elections. The Lok Sabha seats where polling is underway are Saharanpur, Bijnor, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Nagina (reserved), Moradabad, Rampur and Pilibhit, located in nine districts of western Uttar Pradesh. According to information provided by […]
Manipur starts phase 1 polling for two LS seats under heavy security cover
Imphal, April 19 (IANS) Polling for the two Lok Sabha seats in ethnic violence hit Manipur began on Friday morning under an unprecedented security arrangement. Polling started at 7 a.m. in the entire Inner Manipur Lok Sabha seat and 15 of the 28 Assembly segments of the Outer Manipur (ST) parliamentary constituency. Voting will be […]
Rajasthan CM casts his vote, says BJP will repeat history
Jaipur, April 19 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma on Friday cast his vote at Navodaya Mahila Shikshak Prashikshan Mahavidyalaya, Jagatpura in Jaipur, and said BJP aims to make a clean sweep this time also. He was accompanied by his wife and son. After casting his vote, the CM also clicked a picture at the […]
Another MLA set to leave BRS to join Congress
Hyderabad, April 19 (IANS) Another MLA is set to say goodbye to the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. T. Prakash Goud, the BRS MLA from Rajendranagar constituency in Greater Hyderabad, called on Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Friday. He is likely to join the ruling party in a day […]
Tamil Nadu records 12.5 pc voting in first two hours
Chennai, April 19 (IANS) At least 12.5 per cent of votes have been polled in Tamil Nadu in the first two hours for 39 Lok Sabha seats, election officials said. The Kallakurichi Lok Sabha seat recorded the highest voting percentage at 15.1 per cent, while Chennai Central recorded the lowest at 8.59 per cent. The […]
Amid violence, Bengal’s Cooch Behar records 33.63 pc polling in 1st four hours
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) A very high voter turnout of 33.56 per cent was recorded in the first four hours of polling till 11 a.m. in the three Lok Sabha constituencies of Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar in the first phase of polls on Friday. Till 11 a.m., the maximum polling has been recorded from […]
Heads turn as world’s tiniest woman votes in Nagpur
Nagpur (Maharashtra), April 19 (IANS) Heads turned and people smiled as the world’s shortest woman, Jyoti Kishanji Amge, turned up to cast her vote in the Lok Sabha elections, here on Friday morning. A beaming but tad shy, Jyoti – who is all of 62.8 cm (2 feet, ¾ inch) tall – arrived with her […]
Empowers rural community, says Anurag Thakur on Himachal village getting mobile connectivity
Shimla, April 19 (IANS) Connecting Himachal Pradesh’s remote hamlets with mobile connectivity for the first time means opening doors to a world of opportunities, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur said on Friday. Responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hearty talk with villagers of Spiti, which got connected to the rest of the […]
G7 meeting to end with debate on China and global issues
Capri, April 19 (IANS/DPA) The spring meeting of the foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) economically strong democracies is set to end on Friday with discussions on the situation in the Indo-Pacific region and global issues such as food, energy and cybersecurity. In view of China’s increasingly aggressive behaviour in the Indian Ocean […]
Kenyan President confirms military chief’s death in plane crash
Nairobi, April 19 (IANS) Kenyan President William Ruto confirmed that military chief Francis Ogolla was among 10 senior commanders killed in a helicopter crash in the northwestern part of the country on Thursday. Ruto said Ogolla, chief of the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF), was aboard the KDF Huey helicopter with 11 other military personnel. The […]
