Tag: Polls
Voting Continues Till Midnight In Andhra
Making history of sorts, polling in some booths in Andhra Pradesh continued till midnight as the total voter turnout reached nearly 80 per cent, capping hours of tension and clashes that left two dead and scores of others injured.....
66% Voting In 2nd Phase Amid Stray Violence, EVM Snags
A turnout of 66 per cent was recorded in 95 Lok Sabha constituencies across 12 states and a Union Territory on Thursday in the second phase of polling which was marred by stray incidents of violence in West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir and EVM glitches in seven states.....
Hapur Bookies See Modi Returning, But With Fewer Seats
The Modi magic may be waning, but it will still bring the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) back to power. If the predictions of the Hapur "satta bazaar" is anything to go by, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will form the next government at the Centre.....
Priyanka 'chickened Out' From Varanasi: Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday took a swipe at the Congress over party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra not contesting against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi and said she has "chickened out" and the country has been denied the opportunity to see that "it does not accept inexperienced dynasts with no other credentials".....
Sunny Deol Has Deep Passion For A Better India: Modi
Actor-turned-politician Sunny Deol, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for the Gurdaspur parliamentary seat, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Sunday.....
67% Vote In MP, 70% In Chhindwara By-poll
Around 67 per cent voting was recorded in six parliamentary constituencies -- Sidhi, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Mandla, Balaghat and Chhindwara -- and by-election for the Chhindwara Assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh, the state Election Commission sources said, here on Monday.....
Ex-BSF Jawan Moves SC Over Rejection Of Nomination
Tej Bahadur Yadav, thedismissed Border Security Force (BSF) jawan, moved the Supreme Court on Monday challenging rejection of his nomination papers by the Election Commission to contest Lok Sabha polls from Varanasi.....
Over 64% Voting Recorded In LS Polls' Last Phase
Over 64 per cent voter turnout was recorded on Sunday in polling for 59 seats in the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections, with Madhya Pradesh recording the highest turnout of 75.53 per cent.....
RJD MLA Asks Tejashwi To Quit As Bihar Opposition Leader
An opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) legislator Maheshwar Yadav on Monday demanded that Bihar opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav should resign on moral grounds after the RJD-led Grand Alliance was routed by the ruling NDA in the Lok Sabha polls.....
Modi Evokes Premchand In First 'Mann Ki Baat' After Polls
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made his first 'Mann ki Baat' radio address after the recent Lok Sabha polls, as he remembered famous Hindi-Urdu playwright Munshi Premchand, saying his stories are still relevant today.....
