Election

G Udayagiri: G Udayagiri (No: 83) Assembly constituency will go to polls April 18 during the second phase of elections in the state. There are 1,93,180 voters and 251 polling booths here. Seven candidates are in the fray, including an Independent. A tough fight is...

New Delhi: Local poll authorities in Maharashtra are learnt to have told the EC here that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks asking first-time voters to dedicate their vote to those who carried out the Balakot air strike, are prima facie violative of its orders, asking...

Kendrapara: Bidhubhusan Mohapatra, an advocate, filed a complaint before the Election Observer of Kendrapara Parliamentary constituency, alleging that Barsha Priyadarshini jointly handed over the nomination papers of her husband Anubhav Mohanty April 9 to the Returning Officer. In his complaint, Bidhubhusan asked in which capacity...

New Delhi: Election Commission here has been apprised of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s alleged usage of defence forces for campaign in a recent rally in Maharashtra’s Latur. Local poll authorities in Maharashtra are learnt to have told the EC that Modi's remarks asking first-time voters...

Jorafarm (J&K): They have lost their homes and belongings in cross-border firing and shelling, but not their faith in parliamentary democracy and they still hope for a peaceful and better future. For the 400-odd voters of Jorafarm, the last village on the Indian side of...

Congress has alleged that a major security lapse had led to a threat on its president Rahul Gandhi’s life while he was filing his nomination papers in Amethi, April 10. The party has sent a letter marked ‘Confidential’ to this effect to the Ministry of...

Kendukona (Assam): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday slammed the Congress for indulging in corruption and said a new scam "Tughlaq Road Chunav Ghotala" by it has come to the fore. In the new scam crores of rupees meant for nutrition of poor children and expectant...

Itanagar: Three persons were injured when supporters of two rival political parties clashed in the Tali Assembly constituency of Arunachal Pradesh during polling Thursday, an election official said. The clash broke out outside a polling booth at Pipsorang, District Electoral Officer Santosh Kumar Rai said....

New Delhi: Election 2019 kicked off to a troubled start Thursday with two people being killed in clashes in Andhra Pradesh, an IED blast in Maharashtra, reports of EVM glitches and multiple complaints from voters about their names not being on the electoral list. As...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court reserved Thursday its order on a PIL challenging the government’s electoral bond scheme for political funding. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna said it would pronounce its order Friday on...