Election

Malkangiri/Jeypore/ Chhatrapur: Voting for the first phase of Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha was delayed as the electronic voting machines (EVMs) and voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) equipment developed glitches at several polling booths Thursday morning. Voters in Malkangiri who visited polling...

Phiringia: Villagers of Magamunda of pabingia panchayat under Phiringia block in Kandhamal district are not exercising their franchise this elections. The decision comes in the wake of district administration not acting on their repeated requests to solve perennial problems. The administration’s efforts to ensure cent...

Nagpur: Heads turned when the world's tiniest woman, actress and Guinness World Record holder Jyoti Amge - who stands just 63 cm tall - turned up to vote at a polling station in Nagpur Thursday. Sporting a red-and-checks sleeveless dress, the 25-year-old woman at 2...

BHUBANESWAR: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today took to Twitter to appeal first time voters to cast their votes in large numbers. This will help to build a better future for the state and the country, he said. He also...

Hyderabad: The Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency, where polling was underway Thursday along with 16 other constituencies in Telangana, may make it the Guinness World Records for the maximum number of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used. With 185 candidates, a majority of them farmers, entering the...

Mumbai: Kings XI Punjab captain Ravichandran Ashwin says the team's in-form swashbuckler Chris Gayle ‘twisted his back’ during the three-wicket loss to Mumbai Indians in an IPL game which required his side to be ‘steelier and smarter’ than what it was. Kieron Pollard's 31-ball 83...

BHANJANAGAR: Ajit Pradhan, nephew of BJP’s Bhanjanagar Assembly constituency candidate Pradyumna Nayak, has been admitted to hospital after being attacked by a group of miscreants over alleged political rivalry. He has sustained serious injuries and has been admitted to Bhanjanagar hospital. According to sources, Ajit...

Bijapur: Four Naxals were arrested and three firearms seized from them in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district Thursday while polling was underway in the state's Bastar Lok Sabha constituency, a police official said. The Naxals, belonging to Maad division of Maoists, were apprehended from Bedre area in...

Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat Thursday said he was expecting a 5-0 whitewash of the Congress in the Lok Sabha elections. "I am expecting a 5-0 whitewash of (the) Congress. We will repeat the feat of 2014," said Rawat after casting his vote...

New Delhi: BJP President Amit Shah urged people to vote as the staggered Lok Sabha elections began Thursday, saying "your one vote will decide the future of this great nation". "I request each and every voter to come out and vote," the Bharatiya Janata Party...