Election

Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party (SP) has claimed that a number of its leaders have been put under house arrest in Kannauj where party president Akhilesh Yadav’s wife Dimple Yadav is contesting the Lok Sabha elections. SP state president Naresh Uttam sent a letter to the...

Jajpur: Prominent leaders will try their luck in the elections to the seven Assembly seats under Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency to be held in the fourth phase Monday. These leaders are from the BJD, the BJP and the Congress.   Among them, BJD heavyweights Amar Prasad...

Kendrapara: The strong base of the Biju Janta Dal (BJD) in the rural areas of Kendrapara and its aggressive campaign by party workers and volunteers in many areas of the constituency are likely to give a tough time to former MP and BJP candidate Baijayant...

Bhubaneswar: The fourth and final phase of elections in Odisha scheduled for April 29 will be a litmus test for the ruling BJD as the party which had swept the 2014 polls winning 20 Lok Sabha seats and 117 Assembly seats, will now have to...

Baripada: A few hours were left for voters to exercise their franchise in eight Assembly seats and the lone Parliamentary seat in Mayurbhanj and decide the fate of 81 candidates in the fray. The administration has made everything ready for the fourth and final phase...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD candidate for Kendrapara Lok Sabha seat, Anubhav Mohanty, and the BJP’s Baijayant Panda, who has served this constituency for a decade, are now eying the coastal area to triumph and prove their mettle.   Desperate to reach out to the maximum number...

Bhopal: A 50-year-old woman poll staffer died after suffering a heart attack ahead of voting in Chhindwara Lok Sabha seat of Madhya Pradesh, an official said, Monday. Sunanda Kotekar, who was deployed at Lodhikheda polling booth in Saunsar area of Chhindwara, felt uneasy, Sunday night,...

Rupsa: Campaigning in the Basta Assembly constituency was over Saturday evening, paving the way for the fourth phase of elections Monday. Though the finishing round of rallies, meetings and campaigns had an impact on the voters, all the candidates have not met the electorate seeking...

Jajpur: As many as 14, 72,638 voters will cast their votes in the elections to Jajpur Lok Sabha seat and the seven Assembly segments under it Monday. A total of 1,619 polling booths have been set up in the district.  Among them, 105 booths have been...

Balasore: Electioneering was over Saturday evening for the fourth phase of elections to be held Monday in Balasore district. In a few hours, over 18 lakh voters will exercise their franchise to decide the electoral fate of 12 nominees for the Balasore Parliamentary seat and...