J&K: Enthusiastic voters line up in Anantnag-Rajouri LS constituency as voting starts

Anantnag, May 25 (IANS) Enthusiastic voters came out early Saturday morning to exercise their franchise in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency. Voters were seen forming small queues since the morning as poll authorities said a large voter turnout is expected in the constituency. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, only a 9 per […]
Haryana CM Saini, his predecessor Khattar among early voters

Chandigarh, May 25 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and his predecessor Manohar Lal Khattar were among the early voters who cast their votes on Saturday in their respective polling stations. Polling started at 7 a.m. across all the 10 Lok Sabha seats of the state amid tight security in the sixth and penultimate […]
Every vote counts, make yours too: PM Modi to voters

New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged people to vote in large numbers, saying that “democracy thrives when people are engaged and active in the electoral process”. Voting was taking place in 58 seats across seven states and one Union Territory. PM Modi said that democracy thrives when people are […]
Trinamool using police to harass voters, says ex-judge & BJP candidate Abhijit Gangopadhyay

Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) Former judge of Calcutta High Court Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who is the BJP candidate from Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal, on Saturday accused Trinamool Congress of using state police to intimidate voters in Nandigram. “A huge contingent of the state police entered different villages in Nandigram on Friday night and […]
LS poll campaign: PM Modi to hold public meetings in Bihar, UP today

New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday hold public meetings in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh as part of the campaign for the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections. The Prime Minister will address public meetings in Bihar’s Patliputra at 11:30 a.m., Karakat at 1:30 p.m. and Buxar […]
Shashi Tharoor claims BJP has lost the national security narrative

Patna May 24 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday slammed the Central government over national security, claiming that it did not take any action on the border issues involving China. “The BJP contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections making national security an issue, but what happened after that? China came to the borders […]
Polling for all 10 Lok Sabha seats begins in Haryana

Chandigarh, May 25 (IANS) Polling started across all the 10 Lok Sabha seats of Haryana amid tight security on Saturday morning in the sixth and penultimate phase of the general elections. Electors across the state could be seen reaching polling stations even before voting started at 7 a.m. The voting will be held till 6 […]
Voting begins for penultimate phase of Lok Sabha polls

New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Voting began at 7 a.m. on Saturday for the penultimate phase of the Lok Sabha polls with over 11 crore voters in 58 seats across eight states/UTs eligible to seal the fate of the 889 candidates in the fray. Polling is being held in all the 10 seats in Haryana […]
Polling for 14 LS seats begins in UP; Maneka Gandhi, Nirahua in fray

Lucknow, May 25 (IANS) Voting for 14 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh started at 7 a.m. on Saturday in the sixth and penultimate round of elections. The Lok Sabha seats in the state on which polling is underway are Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Phulpur, Allahabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Shrawasti, Domariyaganj, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Lalganj, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, […]
Delhi L-G, AAP accuse each other of hatching conspiracy to trouble voters

New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Delhi Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena and AAP leaders late on Friday accused each other of hatching a conspiracy to trouble voters and vitiate the polling process in the national capital, where voting started on Saturday morning. In a post on X, AAP Minister Atishi said, “Information has been received that […]