Election

Guwahati: An IED has been detected at an oil pipeline passing through a tea garden at Duliajan under Dibrugarh district in Assam, and security forces have rushed to the spot, a police officer said. There are reports of EVM glitches in a few booths under...

BHUBANESWAR: Biju janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik today suspended rebel leader Sesha Kumar Meher from the party citing anti-party activities. According to reports, Meher is contesting the Assembly poll from Kantamal Assembly seat as an independent candidate after he was denied a BJD ticket....

KORAPUT: Polling for two Lok Sabha and 14 Assembly seats have started in undivided Koraput district. As many as 79 candidates are in the fray for the Assembly seats in these four districts – Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri and Nabarangpur – that fall under undivided Koraput...

Berhampur: Migrant Odia labourers working in Surat returned to their homes in Ganjam district to vote for the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections scheduled for April 11 courtesy the railway tickets provided by the political parties. Hundreds of labourers from Surat got down from the...

New Delhi: As voting for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections started, Congress president Rahul Gandhi urged Thursday voters to vote wisely for the soul of India and its future. Referring to promises made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi before assuming power, Rahul reminded voters...

Bhubaneswar: The BSF has called on people living in Maoist-affected areas of Odisha to cast their votes without fear, claiming that their participation will send a ‘clear message’ to the extremists that violence and intimidation will no longer be accepted in the state. Election in...

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N. Chandrababu Naidu Thursday expressed his unhappiness over Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) not functioning at several polling booths. Naidu told the media here that polling was delayed at several places as the EVMs were...

Itanagar: An estimated six per cent voters exercised their franchise in the first two hours of polling in Arunachal Pradesh Thursday. Simultaneous polls are being held in the state to decide the fate of 181 candidates for 57 assembly seats and 12 candidates for two...

Hatadihi: Campaign is in full swing in Anandapur Assembly constituency. The BJD, the BJP and the Congress are trying hard to win the seat. The battle here has become a prestige issue for the Congress as this seat had turned into a non-Congress bastion after...

Hinjilcut: Senior BJP leader and Union petroleum and natural gas minister Dharmendra Pradhan made a serious allegation against the BJD while visiting Hinjilicut Monday. The BJD’s legal cell said that the allegations of Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan and BJP MLA candidate Pitamber Acharya were totally...