New Delhi: Come June 19, the BJP, along with its allies, other supporters and the friendly AIADMK, will be less than 10 seats short of the majority mark of 123 in the 245-member Rajya Sabha. Polling for 24 seats in the upper house of Parliament is scheduled for June 19. The Narendra Modi government will […]
Bhubaneswar: With Odisha sending 33 per cent women MPs to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament will also have a woman MP from the state as its youngest-ever member. Chandrani Murmu, a 25-year-old engineering graduate, has been elected on a Biju Janata Dal (BJD) ticket from Keonjhar Lok Sabha seat, reserved for scheduled […]
Kolkata: Bengal is set to raise the glam quotient in the upcoming Lok Sabha with a number of celebrity candidates sailing through the bitterly fought elections in the eastern state. Making their debut in the lower house of Parliament are two young Bengali actresses and Trinamool Congress winners – Nusrat Jahan (Basirhat) and Mimi Chakraborty […]
Kolkata: The Election Commission (EC) on Monday said the fourth-phase Lok Sabha election in West Bengal was peaceful barring small incidents and 100 per cent central force coverage is likely in the coming phase. Eight parliamentary constituencies — Baharampur, Ranaghat, Krishnanagar, Burdwan East, Burdwan-Durgapur, Asansol, Bolpur and Birbhum — voted in the fourth phase of […]
Bhubaneswar: A polling official passed away while on duty in Dhenkanal district of Odisha on Tuesday. Nabakishore Nayak collapsed inside booth number 41 in Kantapal village under the Parjang Assembly segment of Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency. He was declared dead by doctors at Kamakhyanagar hospital, said sources. However, the Chief Electoral Officer’s office here said […]
Chennai: Technical glitches relating to Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines held up polling in the morning in several constituencies across Tamil Nadu till the machines were changed. In the Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency, voters had to stand in queue in several booths for nearly an hour to cast […]
Agartala: Polling to Tripura East parliamentary constituency, slated for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 18, has been deferred, it was announced late on Tuesday. Polling will now take place in the seat on April 23, in the third phase of the polls, an official said. Elections to the northeastern state’s other […]
Srinagar,: A Class 7 student was killed in firing by security forces on a mob in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara after end of polling to the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency, police said. Police sources said the student, identified as Owais Ahmed, was killed when security forces fired on a mob which had attacked the polling […]
Lucknow: Eight Lok Sabha constituencies in western Uttar Pradesh recorded an average voter turnout of 63 per cent till 6.p.m, according to the chief electoral officer. The percentage turnout is expected to increase further since voters were still in queue when the figures last came in. According to chief electoral officer Venkateshwar Lu, the highest […]
Shamli (Uttar Pradesh): Polling in Raulpur Gujran in Uttar Pradesh’s Kairana Lok Sabha constituency was disrupted on Thursday due to mob trouble, forcing the BSF to fire in the air to disperse the crowd. The trouble began after two villagers, Ajmer Singh and Pahal Singh, alleged that the polling staff asked them to vote for […]
