Election

Srinagar: Voting began on a peaceful note Thursday in Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir, with voters in Kupwara, Handwara and Uri turning out early morning to exercise their franchise, officials said. Amid tight security, polling began across the constituency at 7 am and...

Koraput: The authorities have made heavy security arrangements in Koraput to ensure free and fair elections Thursday. 27 platoons of the State Armed Force (SAF) and 25 BSF platoons have been deployed across Koraput amid intensified anti-Maoist combing operations. Koraput SP Kanwar Bishal Singh said...

New Delhi: Google Thursday marked the beginning of the general elections in India with a doodle that featured an inked finger, which when clicked led users to a page explaining the voting procedure. This doodle's reach was only for India where the world's largest democratic...

Gunupur: The high voltage campaign for the Gunupur Assembly seat going to the polls April 11 concluded Tuesday. The main contest will be between independent candidate Trinath Gamango, BJD candidate Raghunath Gamango and Congress candidate Purusottam Gamango. The campaigning by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has...

Raipur: Naxals triggered an IED blast Thursday morning in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district in Bastar Lok Sabha constituency where voting is underway, a senior police official said. No casualty was reported in the incident, he said. Narayanpur comes under the Bastar Lok Sabha seat. "The explosion...

Berhampur: Only a few hours are left for elections in the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency and seven Assembly seats of Chhatrapur, Berhampur, Gopalpur, Chikiti, Digapahandi, Mohana and Paralakhemundi where voting is scheduled Thursday in the first phase. Campaigning for the first phase of polls ended...

Malkangiri: Polling teams manning voting booths in the Swabhiman area (cut-off area) here were airlifted in an Indian Air Force helicopter Wednesday as elections for the two Assembly seats in this district in Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency is scheduled for Thursday. The district administration has...

Berhampur: Voting began at brisk pace for the Berhampur Lok Sabha polls and the assembly segments within it. Special arrangement has been made for the differently-abled voters who expressed their satisfaction after casting their voted. It was a good time for women voters also as booths...

Bhubaneswar:  More than 60 lakh voters are expected to exercise their voting rights Thursday as polling began at 7.00am for electing candidates to four Lok Sabha constituencies and 28 Assembly segments in Odisha.  The Lok Sabha constituencies where voting is currently on are Kalahandi, Nabrangpur,...

Khurda: Many voters at Khurda Assembly constituency are reluctant to believe in the tall promises of candidates contesting the 2019 polls. According to the voters, the candidates of various political parties had, during the last several Assembly elections, made such big promises. However, nothing exemplary...