Tag: General Elections 2024

A total of 904 candidates are contesting in the last phase of the election. Of the total candidates, 328 are from Punjab, 144 from Uttar Pradesh, 134 from Bihar, 66 from Odisha, 52 from Jharkhand, 37 from Himachal Pradesh, and four from Chandigarh.

Voting has begun for the 7th and final phase of the ongoing general elections. In this phase, polling is being conducted for 57 Lok Sabha constituencies

The fate of 460 candidates including 66 Lok Sabha candidates and 394 candidates contesting for the 42 assembly seats will be sealed in EVMs on June 1.

The voting will be conducted in 10882 booths located at over 8000 different locations. Out of the total booths, 21 per cent of the total booths are sensitive.

The Election Commission of India has taken steps such as suspending D S Kutey and directing the removal of Ashish Singh from his post.

Officials of the SST, IT, observers of the ECI, and a flying squad gheraoed the house of Khageswar Lenka, the president of the BJD's Pattamundai Nagar unit.

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan revealed that Naveen Patnaik's room lacks a telephone connection and the TV is not showing any Odia news channel.

In Odisha, the final phase of elections on June 1 will see 99.61 lakh voters deciding the outcome for Lok Sabha and Assembly seats.

A woman from Bhubaneswar and three others came in two four-wheelers to Shala Mundali road late on Wednesday night. The woman identified as Bijaylaxmi Mohapatra from Bhubaneswar and a local woman BJD worker were allegedly distributing cash when local people informed police about the incident. 

BJP leaders staged a dharna in front of the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Odisha,demanding the arrest of BJD leaders VK Pandian and Pranab Prakash Das for allegedly having role in the broadcast of the exit polls by an Odisha-based private news channel.

A study by Policy 4.0 during India's Lok Sabha elections highlights AI's dual role, revealing how large language models create 'digital twins' to offer personalised voting advice.

The Barchana Assembly constituency, one of the important seats in Jajpur, is going to polls on June 1 in the last phase. It is going to be a tough contest among the BJD, the BJP and the Congress over a host of issues like corruption, unemployment and lack of irrigation, affecting people

President of the All India Congress Committee Mallikarjun Kharge came down heavily on the BJD government in the state and the NDA government at the centre on Wednesday. 

BJP stalwart said, "I have never said anything about CM’s health. Prominent BJP leaders recently held a press conference and not a single word was said by me on his health."

In the complaint, the BJP alleged that the triumvirate - IPS officer DS Kutey, IPS officer Ashish Kumar Singh and IAS officer Sujata Karthikeyan - is operating under the directions of retired IAS and BJD leader VK Pandian, who is the husband of Sujata