Election

New Delhi: A trailblazer inside the boxing ring, Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Singh said Tuesday he will draw inspiration from Filipino legend Manny Pacquiao in his political innings which starts with the Congress in the ongoing general elections. The 33-year-old from the cradle of Indian...

Bhubaneswar:   A team of Biju Janata Dal ( BJD) representatives Tuesday approached the Chief Electoral officer (CEO), Surendra Kumar demanding a week-long campaign ban against Union P&NG Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for allegedly violating 'Model Code of Conduct'. The delegates accused the minister of campaigning...

Srinagar: Less than five per cent of the 5.30 lakh electorate of Anantnag district in the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency of Jammu and Kashmir exercised their franchise in the first four hours of polling Tuesday. The overall poll percentage in Anantnag at 11.00 am was...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court issued Tuesday contempt notice to Congress president Rahul Gandhi for his remarks on the Rafale judgment, which the apex court had said were ‘incorrectly attributed’ to it. The top court said it will hear April 30 the criminal contempt petition...

Dhenkanal: Heavyweight leaders in the district exercised their franchise at their respective designated booths once voting started in this district at 7.00am in the morning. MP candidate and Congress’ senior leader Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo voted with his family members at booth No. 177 in...

Kolkata: An estimated 16.94 per cent of over 80 lakh electorate exercised their franchise in the first two hours of polling in five Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal, an election official said, Tuesday. Sixty one candidates are in fray for the five seats. Barring...

Dhenkanal: Standing at two and half feet tall, 20-year-old Siddhant Sahoo became the shortest voter in the district after he exercised his franchise for the first time Tuesday. Speaking to us on this occasion, Siddhant expressed his joy at being a part of the mega...

Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Hiraben cast her vote for the Lok Sabha polls at a booth in Gujarat's Gandhinagar district, Tuesday. Hiraba, 95, who lives with her younger son Pankaj Modi at Raisan village, located around 10 km from Gandhinagar city, arrived at...

Bhubaneswar:  Independent candidate Bhisma Narayan Nayak, contesting from Bhubaneswar- Ekamra Assembly constituency was stabbed near Garage square, Monday night. According to his supporters, Bhisma was about to cross the road at Garage square when an unidentified miscreant accosted him suddenly and stabbed him twice on...

Thiruvananthapuram: Numerous complaints of malfunctioning of electronic voting machines (EVMs) were reported Tuesday from across Kerala as the state voted to elect 20 Lok Sabha members. The malfunctioning was pointed out by none other than Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who said that election officials appear...