Maharashtra: Youth migration, farmer woes cause voting to fall
In a development that has surprised many in the State political circles, eight constituencies in Vidarbha and Marathwada that went to the second phase of Lok Sabha polls on Friday recorded 59.63 per cent polling, which reflected a significant 3.3 per cent drop in the polling percentage witnessed for the...
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Jammu
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karnataka
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Uttar pradesh
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North east
Sensitive States of the North East, including Manipur and Tripura, besides Assam witnessed peaceful polling on Friday in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections. Manipur, where polling was held under high presence of security personnel, the turnout was a high 77 per cent and one incident of EVM damage...
The Pioneer reports from Ground Zero | Kerala
The ebullient fight between the BJP-led NDA, the Congress-led UDF and the CPI(M)-led LDF for the 20 Lok Sabha seats from Kerala that went to the polls on Friday is continuing even after the polling concluded by 6pm on Friday. As hundreds of voters had queued up in front of polling...
Nearly 61 per cent voter turnout in Phase II of LS polls
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to young and women voters to turn out in great numbers and Opposition leaders, including Priyanka Gandhi’s message for voters to vote and ‘save the Constitution,’ notwithstanding, saw nearly 61 per cent voting till 7 pm on Friday in the second phase of the Lok...
Opposition vows to continue VVPAT campaign
While most Opposition parties did not express their view after the Supreme Court’s verdict on VVPAT, the Congress and a couple of parties like Samajwadi Party (SP) said it will continue with its campaign on greater use of VVPATs to increase the public trust in the electoral process. Congress chief spokesman...
Supreme Court rejects 100 per cent VVPAT verification plea
In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected all petitions seeking 100 per cent cross-verification of votes cast using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT). Weighing in on the intensely debated issue that has long divided political parties, a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna...
EC questions Modi, Rahul’s poll conduct
Taking cognisance for the first time of a model code conduct violation complaint against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Election Commission has issued notice to BJP national president JP Nadda and sought his response by April 29. The commission has also served a notice to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, asking...
CBI files first FIR in Sandeshkhali case
The CBI has registered the first case in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali related to the land grab and sexual assault allegations against five influential people there, officials said on Thursday. The case pertains to a land dispute where women of the victim's family had to allegedly face sexual assault from influential...
