Delhi Police chief reviews security amid heavy deployment for peaceful polling day
New Delhi, May 25 - Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora, on Saturday, visited polling booths in North and Northeast Delhi to take stock of the situation there, an official said.
In age of LED bulbs, lantern lights up just one house in Bihar: PM Modi
Patliputra (Bihar), May 25 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the Rashtriya Janata Dal and Congress of undermining constitutional principles by conspiring to allocate SC/ST/OBC quotas to their vote bank and also emphasised that RJD's lantern lights up just one house,
Haryana witnesses 31 pc voter turnout so far
Chandigarh, May 25 - Haryana on Saturday recorded a voter turnout of 31 per cent till 1 pm as polling is underway for the 10 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.
Brisk voting in Bihar’s eight LS seats
Patna, May 25 - The voting was picking up in the eight Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar as 23.67 per cent polling was registered in the first four hours on Saturday.
Voting underway for third phase of polling in Odisha, EVM snags delay process
Bhubaneswar, May 25 - Voting for the third phase is underway in Odisha in six parliamentary constituencies and 42 assembly segments amid technical glitches in Electronic Voting machines (EVMs) and Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPATs) leading to delays.
Amid violence & tension, Bengal’s 8 LS seats record 36.88 pc polling
Kolkata, May 25 - Brisk polling for eight Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal was witnessed on Saturday taking the voting percentage to 36.88 in the first four hours till 11 a.m.
Summer-end shock: With only 10 pc stocks left, Mumbai faces 5 pc water-cut from May 30
Mumbai, May 25 - With Mumbai lakes on the verge of drying up at the fag end of summer, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced a 5 per cent water cut from May 30 which will be doubled to 10 per cent
Severe cyclone likely to hit Bengal; NDRF teams deployed, Army & Navy on alert
New Delhi, May 25 - India Meteorological Department on Saturday forecast wind speeds of up to 110-120 kmph gusting to 135 kmph in the severe cyclonic storm that is “very likely” to strike the West Bengal coast on Sunday midnight (May 26).
Bhiwani-Mahendragarh sees highest turnout in Haryana
Chandigarh, May 25 - Haryana on Saturday registered an approximate turnout of 8.31 per cent in the first two hours of polling.
Voters queue up at polling booths in J&K’s Anantnag-Rajouri LS seat
Anantnag, May 25 - During the first two hours of the voting in the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat in J&K on Saturday, an 8.89 per cent voter turnout was witnessed.
Polling underway for Delhi LS polls, voters make beeline to exercise their right
New Delhi, May 25 - Braving scorching heat, voters turned out in large numbers to exercise their right to franchise at polling booths in seven parliamentary constituencies in Delhi for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha polls on Saturday.
Polling underway in Bengal, two die in violence
Kolkata, May 25 - With two deaths -onfirmed and reports of poll-related tension surfacing mainly from East Midnapore and West Midnapore districts, the polling percentage for eight Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal in the sixth phase on Saturday was 16.54 in the
Long queues outside polling stations in Bihar’s Sheohar, Siwan LS seats
Patna, May 25 - Voting in eight Lok Sabha constituencies of Bihar in the sixth phase was underway on Saturday and enthusiasm was visible among voters at several places.
Richest woman Savitri Jindal casts vote, confident of PM Modi’s third term
Chandigarh, May 25 - BJP leader and richest Indian woman with $33 billion net worth, Savitri Jindal, whose youngest son Naveen Jindal is also in the fray, on Saturday cast her vote at her hometown Hisar in Haryana.
Jaishankar, Hardeep Puri, Bansuri Swaraj among early voters in 6th phase of LS polls
New Delhi, May 25 - Voting is underway for all seven seats in the national capital under the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is aiming to maximise voter turnout before noon.
Mehbooba sits on dharna alleging PDP workers have been arrested
Anantnag, May 25 - Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat, Mehbooba Mufti sat on a dharna on Saturday alleging that her party workers had been arrested to prevent their participation in the voting process.
LS poll campaign: PM Modi to hold public meetings in Bihar, UP today
New Delhi, May 25 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday hold public meetings in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh as part of the campaign for the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections
Every vote counts, make yours too: PM Modi to voters
New Delhi, May 25 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged people to vote in large numbers, saying that "democracy thrives when people are engaged and active in the electoral process".
Haryana CM Saini, his predecessor Khattar among early voters
Chandigarh, May 25 - Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and his predecessor Manohar Lal Khattar were among the early voters who cast their votes on Saturday in their respective polling stations.
J&K: Enthusiastic voters line up in Anantnag-Rajouri LS constituency as voting starts
Anantnag, May 25 - Enthusiastic voters came out early Saturday morning to exercise their franchise in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency.