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Hyderabad: Hyderabad police Monday booked BJP candidate from Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat K Madhavi Latha after she asked some burqa-clad Muslim women voters to show their faces at a polling station to verify their identity. A case was registered against her at Malakpet Police Station...

New Delhi: A voter turnout of over 40 per cent was recorded till 1pm Monday in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections in 96 constituencies spread over 10 states and Union Territories amid incidents of violence in Andhra Pradesh and reports of poll boycott...

New Delhi: Girls continued to outshine boys in CBSE board exams for classes X and XII while pass percentage and the number of students scoring above 90 and 95 per cent witnessed marginal increases from last year. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) board...

Chaibasa: Security forces Monday thwarted an attempt by Maoists to obstruct voter access to polling booths by felling a tree and blocking a road leading to remote Sonapi and Morangponga areas of West Singhbhum district, officials said. "We received reports of Maoists blocking a road...

Kolkata: Polling percentage in eight Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal in the first two hours Monday was 15.24 amid reports of tension and violence in different pockets, especially from the two constituencies in Birbhum district. As per the records from the office of the...

Amaravati: Jana Sena Party (JSP) chief Pawan Kalyan and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader N. Balakrishna, both leading actors of Tollywood, cast their votes in Andhra Pradesh Monday. Pawan Kalyan cast his vote in the Mangalagiri Assembly constituency in the Guntur district while Balakrishna exercised...

New Delhi: As voting for the 96 Lok Sabha constituencies in the fourth phase of general elections was underway Monday, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said this was a crucial phase to turn the tide in favour of the INDIA bloc's win. "This is a crucial...

Hyderabad: Tollywood stars K. Chiranjeevi, Junior NTR were among the first to cast their votes in Hyderabad Monday. Chiranjeevi accompanied by his wife Surekha cast their votes at a polling centre in posh Jubilee Hills. Junior NTR with his wife Lakshmi Pranithi and mother Shalini...

Hyderabad: Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Telangana BJP president G Kishan Reddy, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, film actors Chiranjeevi, Allu Arjun and Junior NTR were among the prominent persons who exercised their franchise in the Lok Sabha elections Monday. BJP's general secretary Bandi Sanjay...

Hyderabad: Polling is underway in all 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in Telangana Monday, officials said. The process began at 7 a.m. in all polling stations across the state amid tight security. After the mock polling at 5:30 a.m., the actual polling began at 7 a.m.,...