Election

Dhenkanal/ Angul:  With only four days left for Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency to go to polls, contestants across party lines have upped their game with star campaigners of the parties are doing the rounds here. Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik campaigned in Angul...

Kochi: Kerala Chief Electoral Officer has recommended ‘appropriate action’ against BJP state chief P S Sreedharan Pillai for allegedly making anti-Islam remarks during an election campaign meeting in Attingal Lok Sabha constituency April 14. In his report to the Election Commission, Kerala Chief Electoral Officer...

Lucknow: BJP candidate from Bulandshahr, Bhola Singh, was placed under house arrest after a video showing him campaigning and seeking votes inside a polling station went viral on the social media. In the video clip, Bhola Singh as seen walking into the Sharma Inter College...

Bhopal: The Election Commission (EC) in Madhya Pradesh has banned the ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai’ advertisement of the Congress party and ordered an end to its broadcast. The joint Chief Election Officer issued Wednesday a notice to all the state district officers stating that the media...

Dhenkanal: A static surveillance squad Thursday seized Rs 4,00,000 lakh in cash from the vehicle of BJP candidate Ashok Nayak in Dhenkanal district, police said. The money was confiscated after Nayak, who is contesting from Hindol Assembly seat in this district, could not provide satisfactory...

Guwahati: An estimated 46.42 per cent of over 69 lakh electorate exercised their franchise till 1.00pm Thursday in the five parliamentary constituencies of Assam, an election official said here. The voting process for the second phase began at 7.00am in 8,992 polling booths of Karimganj...

Amreli: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's imposing statue in Gujarat has not been built to ‘belittle’ former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Speaking at an election rally here, Modi said though the Congress says Patel was their leader, no leader of that...

New Delhi: The Congress questioned Thursday the Election Commission (EC) order suspending a high-ranking poll official deputed to Odisha for allegedly checking the Prime Minister’s chopper and said EC rules ‘do not exempt’ PM’s vehicle from being checked. The opposition party accused the EC of...

Amta (West Bengal): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh mocked Thursday Congress’s promises to eradicate poverty in the country, and said India will actually be freed of poverty the day it gets rid of the Congress during an election rally here. Addressing an election in this...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Odisha, Surendra Kumar said Wednesday that there has been 33 per cent voter turnout till 1:00pm in the second phase of Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the state. He however, pointed out that it was an approximate figure...