Day: April 23, 2019

Guj: 25 pc polling till noon, faulty EVMs at some booths

Ahmedabad : Nearly 25 per cent voter turnout was reported in 26 Lok Sabha seats of Gujarat till noon, as people braved the rising mercury to come out and exercise their democratic right. There were also complaints of technical glitches in the electronic voting machines (EVMS) at some booths, […]

Film star Sunny Deol joins BJP

New Delhi : Bollywood actor Sunny Deol joined the BJP here on Tuesday in the presence of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal. Deol met BJP president Amit Shah at Pune airport briefly last week. “The way my father (film star Dharmendra) was attached with Atalji, […]

16.94 per cent polling in West Bengal in first two hours

Kolkata : An estimated 16.94 per cent of over 80 lakh electorate exercised their franchise in the first two hours of polling in five Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal, an election official said. Barring a few isolated incidents of violence, polling has largely been peaceful in Balurghat, Maldaha […]

LS polls: 26.92 pc polling till 11 am in Goa

Panaji :  An average 26.92 per cent voter turnout was recorded in Goa till 11 am on Tuesday for elections to two Lok Sabha constituencies and bypolls to three Assembly seats Voting for North Goa and South Goa Lok Sabha constituencies and bypolls in Mandrem, Shiroda and Mapusa Assembly […]

18 pc polling recorded in Odisha till 11 am

Bhubaneswar :  An estimated 18 per cent of 92.56 lakh voters exercised their franchise till 11 am Tuesday in six Lok Sabha and 42 assembly constituencies of Odisha, an election official said. Long queues of voters were seen outside the polling stations, even before the process commenced at 7 […]

LS polls: 21.38 pc polling in Maha till 11 am

Mumbai  :  Nearly 21.38 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the first four hours in 14 seats of Maharashtra where polling for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections were underway on Tuesday, an official said. Voting began at 7 am and long queues were seen outside many […]

Another Congress rebel MLA hints at quitting party

Bengaluru :  The Congress-JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka seems to be heading for another trouble with dissident Gokak Congress MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi hinting that he would resign from the party. As Jarkiholi had reportedly campaigned for the BJP candidate in Chikkodi Lok Sabha constituency, where he has substantial supporter […]

LS polls: Kerala records 22.24 per cent by 11 AM

Thiruvananthapuram :  Kerala recorded 22.24 per cent voting till 11 AM Tuesday, in the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state, where Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor and Union minister Alphons Kannamthanam are the key contenders. According to Election Commission sources, the politically volatile Kannur witnessed the highest […]

Presence of Ricky, Sourav made the difference: Shaw

Jaipur :  Being at the top of the ladder is not familiar territory for Delhi Capitals and opener Prithvi Shaw credited the likes of Sourav Ganguly and Ricky Ponting for guiding the team to a commanding position in the ongoing IPL. In the last nine editions of the IPL, […]

28.64 polling till 11 AM in Assam

Guwahati :  An estimated 28.64 per cent of the total electorate of 74,76,062 cast their vote till 11 AM in four Lok Sabha constituencies of Assam on Tuesday amid reports of EVM malfunctioning in some polling stations, an election official said. Voters formed long queues at the polling booths […]

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