Hyderabad: Over 200 farmers have filed nominations in Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana to protest the failure of the state and Central governments to ensure better remunerative process for their produce. Chief Minister and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) President K. Chandrashekhar Rao’s daughter K. Kavitha is seeking re-election from the seat. On the last […]
New Delhi: Over 62 per cent voter turnout was recorded on Sunday in polling for 59 seats in the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections, with West Bengal recording the highest turnout of 73.51 per cent. There were reports of people ransacking a polling booth and holding an official hostage in Bihar, […]
Kolkata: An estimated 13.41 per cent of the 1,49,63,064 voters exercised their franchise in nine Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal till 9 am on Sunday, an Election Commission official said. Polling in the first two hours was peacefull, the official said. “Polling till 9AM in the nine Lok Sabha constituencies is absolutely peaceful. We […]
Bhopal: Around 13.19 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the first three hours of polling on Sunday in the eight Lok Sabha seats of Madhya Pradesh, an official said. Polling for the eight seats – Dewas, Ujjain, Mandsaur, Ratlam, Dhar, Indore, Khargone and Khandwa – in the fourth and final phase of Lok Sabha […]
Patna: A turnout of 46.28 per cent was recorded till 4 p.m. in polling to eight seats in Bihar in the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha polls in the state amid stray incidents of violence, EVM glitches and poll boycotts. A mob held protests at a polling booth in a village in Paliganj […]
Shimla: Nearly 69 per cent of the over 53 lakh voters in Himachal Pradesh turned out on Sunday to elect Members of Parliament for the state’s four Lok Sabha seats in the last phase of the general elections, officials said. The turnout this time crossed the 2014 Lok Sabha mark of 64.42 per cent polling. […]
New Delhi: The poll of polls of exit polls done by NDTV predicted 302 seats for the BJP-led NDA, 122 for the Congress-led UPA and 118 for “non-aligned” parties. The poll of polls predicted BJP making major gains in Odisha and West Bengal, two states where it has been relatively weak but where it put […]
New Delhi: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is expected to return to power at the Centre for a second consecutive term with a clear majority, according to the News18-IPSOS exit poll. Out of the total 543 Lok Sabha seats, the NDA is likely to win 336, News18-IPSOS projected. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is projected […]
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday said time and again exit polls have failed to catch the pulse of the people. “Exit polls have proved to be incorrect and far from ground reality in many instances,” the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief tweeted after a majority of exit polls favoured the […]
New Delhi: A documentary encapsulating the story of the Indian elections will soon make way to the Indian small screen. National Geographic announced the project on Tuesday. The multi-crew production is shot at 37 locations across the length and breadth of the country. Several facets of the elections have been captured — from several booth […]
New Delhi: Led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, political parties in India spent a total of Rs 27.73 crore on Facebook for posting political ads on the platform as the seven-phase general election ended on May 19. From February 19 to May 19, political parties posted 124,094 ads on Facebook to reach out to their […]
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “big victory” in the general elections, saying “great things” were in store for the partnership between the two countries. “Congratulations to Prime Minister NarendraModi and his BJP party on their big election victory! Great things are in store for the […]
United Nations: The UN looks forward to working with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is set to begin a second term after his party’s election victory, according to Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. “The Secretary-General and him (Modi) have an especially strong relationship when it comes to issues around climate change,” Dujarric […]
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