Haryana records voter turnout of 50 per cent
Chandigarh, May 25 - Haryana recorded a voter turnout of 50.1 per cent, till 4 p.m., for all the 10 Lok Sabha seats of the state with polling, by and large, peaceful except for some minor skirmishes.
Rescuers take guard as Cyclone Remal gathers steam
Kolkata (May 25, 2024) Central and state agencies associated with disaster management are gearing up with severe cyclonic storm Remal hurtling towards the West Bengal and Bangladesh coastlines.
EC releases absolute numbers of voters turnout for first five phases
New Delhi, May 25 - The Election Commission of India on Saturday said that they have decided to further expand the format of the release of turnout data to include the absolute number of voters in every parliamentary constituency as it announced these
Pak politician’s social media post for Kejriwal on poling day invites BJP’s ire
New Delhi, May 25 - Amid the ongoing sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections in eight states/UT, Pakistani politician Fawad Chaudhry caught the attention of netizens on Saturday after he posted a message for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Congress would be restricted to 40 LS seats, says HM Amit Shah in Himachal
Una (Himachal Pradesh), May 25 - Firmly believing that the Congress would be restricted to 40 Lok Sabha seats, Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday praised his colleague and four-time MP Anurag Thakur, saying, “The BJP has sent a very big leader to
As temperatures sore, Rajasthan govt set to plant 6 lakh saplings
Jaipur, May 25 - As Rajasthan is witnessing a continuous heatwave, the government has decided to plant six lakh saplings in the state.
TN govt allocates Rs 430 crore for children who lost parents to Covid
Chennai, May 25 - The Tamil Nadu government has allocated Rs 430 crore for the welfare of children who lost their parents to Covid-19.
NDA won’t spare those who looted Bihar, this is Modi Ki Guarantee: PM Modi
New Delhi, May 25 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on a whirlwind campaign trail in Bihar, launched an all-out attack on the Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) alliance on Saturday and said that his government will crack down on all those, irrespective
CM Naveen Patnaik casts vote, says BJD will form stable govt in Odisha again
Bhubaneswar, May 25 - Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday asserted that the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) will form a stable government in the state again.
Swati Maliwal assault case: CM Kejriwal’s aide moves Delhi court for bail
New Delhi, May 25 - Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar, who is accused of assaulting AAP Rajya Sabha member and former DCW chief Swati Maliwal, has moved a local court seeking bail.
High polling percentage in Bengal amid reports of tension
olkata, May 25 - Amid reports of poll-related tension surfacing from different pockets in West Bengal, the average polling percentage for the eight Lok Sabha seats till 1 p.m. was 54.80.
Haryana MLA Rakesh Daultabad dies of cardiac arrest; PM mourns demise
Gurugram, May 25 - Independent MLA from Badshahpur Assembly constituency in Gurugram district Rakesh Jhangu alias Rakesh Daultabad died after suffering cardiac arrest on Saturday morning, a family member said.
J&K: Anantnag-Rajouri constituency witnesses 35.61 pc voter turnout
Anantnag, May 25 - A large number of voters came out to vote on Saturday in the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat where 35.61 per cent voter turnout was witnessed till 1 pm.
Google Maps turn awry, tourists land in Kerala pond
Kottayam (Kerala), May 25 - Too much reliance on Google Maps resulted in a tourist group from Hyderabad driving into a pond near here at Kurupunthura in the wee hours on Saturday.
‘Panchsheel vaalo ko kya ho gaya’, Ashneer Grover after casting vote amid sweltering heat
New Delhi, May 25 - Former BharatPe Managing Director Ashneer Grover on Saturday cast his vote in the sixth and penultimate phase of the Lok Sabha elections, saying that surprisingly, the wealthy Panchsheel Park locality in the South Delhi constituency was seeing higher
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.