Uttar pradesh

Uttar pradesh

Saturday, 27 April 2024 | Virendra Nath Bhatt | Lucknow

In the second phase of Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, 55-60 per cent voter turnout is expected to be recorded.Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa said here on Friday that by 5 pm 52.74 per cent voter turnout was recorded in eight Lok Sabha constituencies where polling was...

Delhi LG in the dock

Friday, 26 April 2024 | Pioneer News Service | Thiruvananthapuram/ New Delhi

Ahead of the second phase of voting on Friday, the Congress on Thursday asked the Election Commission to take action against Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena for visiting various Church leaders in Kerala ahead of the Lok Sabha election, in what the party called a "violation of the Model...

Congress, BJP clash in Karnataka

Friday, 26 April 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

The Congress and BJP will lock horns on the electoral battleground again for the 14 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka that go to polls on Friday. It's going to be a straight fight between the ruling Congress and the BJP-JD(S) combine unlike the Assembly elections in May last year which...

Electoral showdown in North Bengal

Electoral showdown in North Bengal

Friday, 26 April 2024 | Saugar Sengupta | Kolkata

The fates of 47 candidates, including two sitting BJP MPs — Sukanta Majumdar the State BJP president, his Darjeeling counterpart Raju Bista — will be decided even as three North Bengal constituencies of Darjeeling, Balurghat and Raiganj go to second phase polling on Friday. In order to conduct free, fair and...

Kerala ready for election battle

Kerala ready for election battle

Friday, 26 April 2024 | Kumar Chellappan | KOCHI

As the countdown for Friday's polling for Lok Sabha election from Kerala is in full progress, candidates and party managers spent the penultimate day devising new strategies to ensure maximum votes in their kitties and to embarrass the rivals. Though the day was peaceful as no untoward incidents getting reported...

All eyes on North East

All eyes on North East

Friday, 26 April 2024 | Rahul Datta | New Delhi

After observing less enthusiasm in the first phase of polls in some of the North East constituencies, the Election Commission, local administration and political parties in the fray have coordinated for an encouraging second phase of Lok Sabha elections on Friday. Several constituencies in the sensitive areas including Manipur and...

Stage set for Phase II LS polls

Friday, 26 April 2024 | Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi

Amid heat waves in most parts of the country, voters will have to brave the searing heat when they step out to exercise their franchise in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Friday. Second phase of Lok Sabha polls will be a litmus test of sorts for the...

RBI bars Kotak Mahindra Bank from onboarding customers online

Thursday, 25 April 2024 | PTI | Mumbai

Cracking down on repeated non-compliance of IT norms, the RBI on Wednesday barred Kotak Mahindra Bank from onboarding new customers through its online and mobile banking channels and issuing fresh credit cards with immediate effect after the regulator found “serious deficiencies” in the lender’s IT risk management. These actions, the RBI...

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