Voters queue up outside polling stations in Bihar’s five LS seats
Patna, May 20 (IANS) The voting was picking up in Bihar’s five Lok Sabha seats where the Election Commission registered 21.11 per cent polling in the first four hours on Monday. The Lok Sabha seats where polling is underway are Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Saran and Hajipur. Voters were queuing up outside polling stations located in […]
Kerala: Elderly man slashes wife to death over property dispute
Kochi, May 20 (IANS) In the aftermath of a suspected simmering difference of opinion between an elderly couple over property, after a heated argument, the husband slashed his wife with a knife and she died soon thereafter at Kolenchery near here. According to reports, on Sunday late evening, following a verbal duel, 71-year-old Joseph, losing […]
LS polls: PM Modi to campaign in Odisha, West Bengal today
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address two public meetings each in Odisha and West Bengal on Monday for the ongoing Lok Sabha election. In Odisha, Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to hold a roadshow in the city of Puri at 8 a.m. and then address a public meeting in Dhenkanal […]
Bengal’s seven LS seats record 15.35 pc voting, TMC complains of excesses by CAPF
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) Polling is underway in seven Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal in the fifth phase on Monday with a voting percentage of 15.35 being recorded in the first two hours. Unlike the first four phases, reports of poll-related tension have been far less during the first two hours in the fifth […]
PM Modi holds mega roadshow in Puri
Bhubaneswar, May 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday led a two km long roadshow in the holy town of Puri in Odisha. PM Modi after arriving at the Talabania helipad in Puri went to the Shree Jagannath Temple in a carcade to have a ‘darshan’ of the holy triad. He later embarked on […]
Ladakh LS constituency witnesses 10.51 pc voting
Leh, May 20 (IANS) As the day started warming up, voters formed small queues outside polling stations in the Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency on Monday where 10.51 per cent voter turnout was witnessed during the first two hours. According to the Election Commission, an overall 10.51 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the Ladakh […]
8.86 pc polling registered for five seats of Bihar in first few hours
Patna, May 20 (IANS) The Election Commission registered 8.86 per cent polling in the fifth phase on five seats in Bihar in the first few hours on Monday. Polling is currently underway in Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Saran and Hajipur and long queues were seen in the polling stations. At 9.49 per cent, Sitamarhi registered the […]
Voting begins in fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls, several bigwigs in fray
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Voters in 49 Lok Sabha seats in eight states/UTs, spanning Ladakh to Odisha, and UP’s Awadh and Bundelkhand to bustling Mumbai and its surroundings, began heading to polling stations on Monday to exercise their franchise in the fifth phase. Union Ministers Rajnath Singh (Lucknow), Piyush Goyal (Mumbai North), and Smriti […]
Polling begins on 14 LS seats in UP — Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani, Rahul Gandhi in fray
Lucknow, May 20 (IANS) Polling has begun for the fifth phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh where 14 Lok Sabha constituencies are going to polls on Monday. The 14 constituencies that will vote in the fifth phase are Mohanlalganj (SC), Lucknow, Raebareli, Amethi, Jalaun (SC), Jhansi, Hamirpur, Banda, Fatehpur, Kaushambi (SC), Barabanki (SC), Faizabad, Kaiserganj […]
Voting starts on positive note in J&K’s Baramulla LS seat
Baramulla, May 20 (IANS) Voting started on a positive note on Monday in the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency as a bright sunny day greeted the electors at the festively decorated polling station. Voters started queuing up at various polling stations in the 18 Assembly segments of this constituency right from the morning. There are 17,37,865 […]
