Polling underway for Delhi LS polls, voters make beeline to exercise their right
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Braving scorching heat, voters turned out in large numbers to exercise their right to franchise at polling booths in seven parliamentary constituencies in Delhi for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha polls on Saturday. The national capital witnessed an early voter turnout of 8.94 per cent by 9 a.m. Among […]
Voters queue up at polling booths in J&K’s Anantnag-Rajouri LS seat
Anantnag, May 25 (IANS) During the first two hours of the voting in the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat in J&K on Saturday, an 8.89 per cent voter turnout was witnessed. EC statistics said that among the 18 voting segments of this constituency, Nowshera had polled the highest so far at 12.52 per cent voter turnout […]
Bhiwani-Mahendragarh sees highest turnout in Haryana
Chandigarh, May 25 (IANS) Haryana on Saturday registered an approximate turnout of 8.31 per cent in the first two hours of polling. As per the Election Office, the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh seat saw the state’s highest turnout of 10.26 per cent, whereas Faridabad recorded the lowest turnout at 5.46 per cent, followed by 6.20 per cent in […]
Voting underway for third phase of polling in Odisha, EVM snags delay process
Bhubaneswar, May 25 (IANS) Voting for the third phase is underway in Odisha in six parliamentary constituencies and 42 assembly segments amid technical glitches in Electronic Voting machines (EVMs) and Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPATs) leading to delays. Addressing a press conference, Odisha Chief Electoral Officer Nikunj Bihari Dhal said as many as 116 […]
Amid violence & tension, Bengal’s 8 LS seats record 36.88 pc polling
Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) Brisk polling for eight Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal was witnessed on Saturday taking the voting percentage to 36.88 in the first four hours till 11 a.m. Massive violence was reported from Keshpur under the Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency in the West Midnapore district after the BJP candidate from that […]
Mehbooba sits on dharna alleging PDP workers have been arrested
Anantnag, May 25 (IANS) Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat, Mehbooba Mufti sat on a dharna on Saturday alleging that her party workers had been arrested to prevent their participation in the voting process. Mehbooba Mufti blocked the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway in Bijbehara area after she sat […]
Richest woman Savitri Jindal casts vote, confident of PM Modi’s third term
Chandigarh, May 25 (IANS) BJP leader and richest Indian woman with $33 billion net worth, Savitri Jindal, whose youngest son Naveen Jindal is also in the fray, on Saturday cast her vote at her hometown Hisar in Haryana. Besides former state minister Savitri Jindal (74), who is the chairperson of the Jindal Group, founded by […]
Long queues outside polling stations in Bihar’s Sheohar, Siwan LS seats
Patna, May 25 (IANS) Voting in eight Lok Sabha constituencies of Bihar in the sixth phase was underway on Saturday and enthusiasm was visible among voters at several places. In the Sheohar Lok Sabha seat, voters were seen in long queues waiting patiently outside the polling booths. Tight security arrangements have been made at all […]
Polling underway in Bengal, two die in violence
Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) With two deaths confirmed and reports of poll-related tension surfacing mainly from East Midnapore and West Midnapore districts, the polling percentage for eight Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal in the sixth phase on Saturday was 16.54 in the first two hours. Tension mounted at Belatikri area under Lalgarh Police Station […]
Stung by bar bribery charge, CM Vijayan unlikely to tweak liquor policy
Thiruvananthapuram, May 25 (IANS) With the opposition demanding the resignation of Excise Minister M.P. Rajesh in view of the audio clip asking bar owners to pay Rs 2.50 lakh each for ‘favourable liquor policies’, the Pinarayi Vijayan government is unlikely to tweak the existing policy. State CPI(M) secretary M.V. Govindan denied any change in the […]
