New Delhi: At 61.22 per cent, the voter turnout in the sixth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha polls is the lowest among all the phases so far. The Election Commission (EC) voter turnout app noted that the turnout of 61.22 per cent was as of 11:55 pm Saturday and a large number of voters were still...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded a 69.56 per cent voter turnout, till 11.50 pm in the six Lok Sabha constituencies and 42 Assembly segments, which went to poll in the penultimate phase of Parliamentary and Assembly elections Saturday. Polling was held in Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, and Puri parliamentary constituencies and 42 assembly segments under them. Voters exercised...

Bhograi: People of Sankhamedi village under this block in Balasore district located adjacent to the West Bengal border cast their votes for the Lok Sabha constituencies in East and West Midnapore districts in the sixth phase of general elections underway in the neighbouring state, Saturday. Several voters of 12 villages in Balasore and some from Mayurbhanj also...

Bhubaneswar: Three persons died at separate places during the third phase of voting in the state, Saturday. In the first incident, an elderly woman, identified as Kumudini Dalei, 60, succumbed inside a polling booth at Patharapunji village under Baghuapalli panchayat of Nayagarh district. Kumudini was waiting inside a booth to cast vote when she felt uncomfortable.  She...

Cannes: So near, yet so far. Payal Kapadia's 'All We Imagine As Light' came home with the Grand Prix, but not the Palme d'Or, from the glittering awards event that brought the curtains down on the 77th Cannes Film Festival Saturday night. Still, it was a big moment for Indian cinema, for it was in as far...

New Delhi: At least 24 persons, including 12 children, were reportedly killed in a massive fire at a gaming zone in Gujarat’s Rajkot Saturday. The fire broke out inside the gaming zone in a shopping mall when it was teeming with children. Police teams and fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the fire. Sources...

Kolkata: A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm, named Remal, Saturday evening and is likely to turn severe before making landfall between the coasts of West Bengal and Bangladesh Sunday midnight, the IMD said. Named by Oman, Remal, meaning sand in Arabic, is the first cyclone over the Bay of Bengal...

Bhubaneswar: A sitting MLA and BJP candidate allegedly broke an EVM and attacked a polling officer inside a booth during voting in Odisha which recorded a voter turnout of over 60.97 per cent in six Lok Sabha seats and 42 assembly segments, officials said. Two persons - a woman polling officer and a polling agent - died...

Bhubaneswar: Several voters in Odisha Saturday expressed strong resentment over the decision to ban carrying mobile phones inside polling booths while exercising their franchise. The CEO's office has also banned smartwatches inside the booths. Those carrying mobile phones said there was no prior information from the Chief Electoral Officer about the restriction on bringing mobile phones inside...

New Delhi: Temperatures soared to a searing 50 degrees Celsius in Rajasthan's Phalodi Saturday, as a brutal heatwave swept through large parts of India, testing the endurance of millions, including those who stepped out to vote in the sixth phase of the ongoing general elections. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), 50 degrees Celsius is the...