Mumbai (Maharashtra) | April 26, 2024 9:00:17 PM IST
Labelling the Shiv Sena (UBT) 'Vachan Nama' (manifesto) as 'maafinama' towards the Congress leadership, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena leader Kiran Pawaskar on Friday said the name of Balasaheb Thackeray and the mention of Shiv Sena founder's ideology is mi ... read..
Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal) | April 26, 2024 9:00:10 PM IST
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre over the Lok Sabha elections being held in the state in seven phases amid 'scorching heat'. ... read..
Bemetara (Chhattisgarh) | April 26, 2024 9:00:08 PM IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah praised the governance of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Chhattisgarh on Friday and said that the BJP had transformed 'Bimaru' Chhattisgarh into a developed state in less than two decades. ... read..
Heatwave to severe heatwave conditions likely to continue over East and south Peninsular India during the next 5 days, the India Meteorological Department said on Friday. ... read..
Malda (West Bengal) | April 26, 2024 8:01:50 PM IST
Expressing his gratitude for the "enthusiasm" and "love" of people during his rally in Malda in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said it appears that either he was born in Bengal in his previous birth or will be born to a mother in Be ... read..
Agartala (Tripura) | April 26, 2024 8:01:47 PM IST
In a landmark shift from past practices, Bru refugees settled in Tripura cast their votes for the Lok Sabha elections, marking the second time they participated in the electoral process without having to return to Mizoram. ... read..
Senior citizens, including a 94-year-old woman, cast votes at a polling station in the Ukhrul district of Outer Manipur for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Friday. ... read..
Rajgarh (Madhya Pradesh) | April 26, 2024 8:01:41 PM IST
Urging voters to bid a 'permanent' electoral farewell to Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, Union Minister Amit Shah on Friday used a famous Urdu couplet of Fidvi Lahori and appealed to people in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh to defeat him by a record margin. ... read..
Kasganj (Uttar Pradesh) | April 26, 2024 8:01:39 PM IST
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Friday that the fight for the removal of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), currently used in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, is a 'long' one. ... read..
The West Bengal government has moved to the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court's April 10 order for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation into allegations of land grabbing and sexual assault in Sandeshkhali. ... read..
Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Dr Adish C Aggarwala has welcomed the initiative of the Supreme Court for WhatsApp updates facility about cases. ... read..
Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha candidate from Sambalpur, Dharmendra Pradhan served food to party leaders and supporters after a party meeting at Chhendipada in Angul district, under the Sambalpur parliamentary constituency. ... read..
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya attacked the Congress party amid the row over OBC reservation in Karnataka, and said that the party wants to snatch the rights of SC, ST, and OBC community and give it to the infiltrators. ... read..
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) | April 26, 2024 8:01:26 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh recorded 54.42 per cent voter turnout till 5 pm in the second phase of polling for six parliamentary seats in the state, according to the data released by the Election Commission of India. ... read..
Rajgarh (Madhya Pradesh) | April 26, 2024 8:01:23 PM IST
Urging voters to bid a 'permanent' electoral farewell to Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, Union Minister Amit Shah on Friday used a famous Urdu couplet of Fidvi Lahori and appealed to people in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh to defeat him by a record margin. ... read..
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Centre through the Ministry of Defence and others, to decide the plea challenging a notification recently issued for the recruitment which excludes females from appearing in the examination to be conducted for I ... read..
Bengaluru (Karnataka) | April 26, 2024 8:01:17 PM IST
Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya has been booked for violation of the election code of conduct and "seeking votes" in the name of the religion. ... read..
Hitting out at the Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that Muger has suffered the most during the "dark era" of "Jungle Raj" in Bihar under the RJD's rule. ... read..
The Rouse Avenue Court on Friday dismissed an application moved by BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, seeking further investigation and placing of a call record details of a coach and fixed May 7, 2024, for pronouncement of order on 'framing of charge' in ... read..
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) | April 26, 2024 8:01:10 PM IST
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose cast his vote in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Friday morning. ... read..
Sobha Surendran, BJP candidate from Kerala's Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency, said that there has been no development in Kerala while asserting that it will "change" if the BJP is elected to power. ... read..
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) | April 26, 2024 8:01:06 PM IST
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday predicted thunderstorms, hail and rainfall in 10 districts of the state during the next 48 hours. ... read..
Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) | April 26, 2024 8:01:04 PM IST
Despite the scorching heat, polling stations across the State of Chhattisgarh witnessed large numbers of enthusiastic citizens waiting to cast their votes in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Friday. ... read..
Porbandar (Gujarat) | April 26, 2024 8:00:59 PM IST
Union Minister and BJP candidate from Porbandar Lok Sabha constituency Dr Mansukh Mandaviya expressed confidence that BJP would win most of the seats in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections. He said that the people have faith in Prime Minister Nare ... read..
Tripura continues to lead the voter turnout charts in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections with 77.53 per cent voting till 5 pm, while Uttar Pradesh has registered the lowest turnout with 52.74 per cent, according to the data released by the Election C ... read..
Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) | April 26, 2024 8:00:48 PM IST
Amid polling for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections, Samajwadi Party candidate from Mainpuri constituency Dimple Yadav said that Samajwadi Party and the alliance are performing well and all regional parties across the country are winning against the ... read..
Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge launched a fresh attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi questioning his stance on Buddhism during an interview with News 24 on Friday. ... read..
Bharatiya Baudh Sangh president Bhante Sanghpriya Rahul condemned the remarks made by Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Prime Minister Narendra Modi allegedly questioning his "faith" in Buddhism. ... read..
Tripura is leading the voter turnout charts as 68.92 per cent voting percentage was recorded in the State till 3 pm as per the data released by the Election Commission of India on Friday. ... read..
A couple in Delhi was apprehended on Friday for performing dangerous stunts on the streets of the national capital dressed up in body-con costumes of comic characters Spiderman and Spiderwoman. ... read..
Aaranyak, a leading research-driven biodiversity conservation organisation, has partnered with local schools and community groups to launch a seed collection drive throughout the Udalguri and Baksa districts of Assam as part of its larger goal of restorat ... read..
Tarn Taran (Punjab) | April 26, 2024 6:01:07 PM IST
The Border Security Force (BSF) along with the Punjab Police recovered a drone in the border area of Tarn Taran district, officials said on Friday. ... read..
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Centre through the Ministry of Defence and others, to decide the plea challenging a notification recently issued for the recruitment which excludes females from appearing in the examination to be conducted for I ... read..
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi ministerAtishi announced on Friday that Sunita Kejriwal, wife of the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, will step into the campaign to oppose his arrest. According to Atishi, Sunita Kejriwal will personally le ... read..
In the wake of the recent Surat Loksabha seat issue, motivational speaker Shiv Khera has sought direction from the Supreme Court to give publicity of NOTA as a "fictional candidate" and to frame rules to conduct re-election in the parliamentary seats wher ... read..
Gautam Buddha Nagar (Uttar Pradesh) | April 26, 2024 5:01:10 PM IST
Cautioning people against voting for the Congress, BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala on Friday said the grand old party will 'snatch 55 per cent' of their wealth and assets if they make the 'mistake' of putting their electoral trust in them. ... read..
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) | April 26, 2024 5:01:08 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh recorded 38.96 per cent voter turnout till 1 pm in the second phase of polling for six parliamentary seats in the state, according to the data released by the Election Commission of India. ... read..
For the first time, the newly settled Bru voters of Tripura exercised their franchise for the General Elections to Lok Sabha 2024 on Friday. ... read..
Hassan (Karnataka) | April 26, 2024 5:01:01 PM IST
Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) chief HD Deve Gowda on Friday said that the BJP-JDS alliance will register a victory on all 14 seats of Karnataka where polling in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections is underway. ... read..
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) | April 26, 2024 5:00:57 PM IST
Taking a swipe at the BJP-led NDA amid polling in Phase 2 of the Lok Sabha elections, late former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri's son and Congress leader, Anil Shastri, said on Friday the people have built in a narrative in their minds that the rulin ... read..
Assam Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pijush Hazarika on Friday questioned the opposition's allegation on electronic voting machines and said that whenever the Congress wins, there is no discussion on EVMs. ... read..
Malda (West Bengal) | April 26, 2024 5:00:53 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a roadshow in West Bengal's Malda and expressed his gratitude to the people for coming out in large numbers to attend it. ... read..
Bijapur (Karnataka) | April 26, 2024 5:00:40 PM IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a veiled swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that this election is different from previous ones as a party and an individual are trying to abolish India's constitution and democracy for the first time i ... read..
Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh) | April 26, 2024 5:00:24 PM IST
Union Minister Anurag Thakur, the BJP candidate from Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur, expressed his enthusiasm and encouragement for voters amid the Lok Sabha elections, urging them to come out in large numbers despite the extreme heat. ... read..
Bijapur (Karnataka) | April 26, 2024 5:00:22 PM IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a jibe at PM Narendra Modi and said that these days Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears very nervous during his speeches and there is a probability that he may shed tears on the stage. ... read..
Guna (Madhya Pradesh) | April 26, 2024 5:00:15 PM IST
In a no-holds-barred attack on the Congress, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday it wants to restore the Muslim Personal Law in a bid to advance its appeasement politics, adding that the BJP would never let them succeed in their ulterior motives. ... read..
Kannauj (Uttar Pradesh) | April 26, 2024 5:00:13 PM IST
Amidst the ongoing second phase of Lok Sabha elections, former Uttar Pradesh Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav addressed a public rally in UP's Kannauj and said that the 2024 elections are to save the Constitution. ... read..
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) | April 26, 2024 5:00:01 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh recorded 46.50 per cent voter turnout till 3 pm in the second phase of polling for six parliamentary seats in the state, according to the data released by the Election Commission of India. ... read..
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attacked the INDIA bloc over the Supreme Court decision rejecting the plea for 100 per cent VVPAT verification of EVM votes and said every leader of the opposition grouping has "committed the sin" of creating doubts ... read..
Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) | April 26, 2024 3:00:03 PM IST
Amid the ongoing Second phase of the election Former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his recent inheritance tax remark labelling him as a "liar". ... read..
Amidst the ongoing second phase of general elections, people residing in a remote area of Tripura's Dhalai district chose boats as their mode of travel for exercising their franchise rights. ... read..
Congress general secretary-in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh on Friday commented on BJP's performance during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, saying that BJP will be wiped out in the South and halved in the North. ... read..
Kanakpura (Karnataka) | April 26, 2024 2:59:54 PM IST
A special polling booth with a forest theme is set up at the Kanakpura polling station to attract voters in the second phase of the Lok Sabha election 2024. ... read..
Mumbai (Maharashtra) | April 26, 2024 2:59:44 PM IST
The Maha Vikas Aghadi and the BJP led Mahayuti Alliance are battling it in Maharashtra. Amidst the heated electoral battle the MVA had criticised the BJP's Mumbai North Candidate and Union Minister Piyush Goyal's camapign. ... read..
Tripura is leading the voter turnout charts after 54.47 per cent voting percentage was recorded in the state till 1 pm as per the data released by the Election Commission of India. ... read..
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) | April 26, 2024 2:02:23 PM IST
Congress MP and candidate from Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor queued up outside a polling booth in the constituency as he awaited his turn to cast his vote. ... read..
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) | April 26, 2024 2:02:20 PM IST
Kerala, where polling is underway for all 20 Lok Sabha seats in the second phase of the general elections on Friday, recorded a voter turnout of 11.98 per cent till 9 am, according to data shared by the Election Commission (EC). ... read..
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) | April 26, 2024 2:02:07 PM IST
Amid voting for the second phase of Lok sabha elections on Friday, Congress leader and former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that he don't want to talk about the 'mangalsutra' issue, as election has to be fought on the "issues of the country, ... read..
Dismissing the opposition's rallying call to "Save the Constitution," Lok Sabha Speaker and BJP candidate from Kota in Rajasthan, Om Birla, on Friday asserted that the Constitution is in good hands. ... read..
Bengaluru (Karnataka) | April 26, 2024 2:02:03 PM IST
BJP candidate from Bengaluru South constituency, Tejasvi Surya, cast his vote in Bengaluru on Friday and stated that the Congress party may not win more than 30 seats in the Lok Sabha polls. ... read..
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) | April 26, 2024 2:02:00 PM IST
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati targeted the BJP over its promise of bringing good days for farmers, poor and other deprived people of the country, asking what happened to those much-publicised promises and why the lives of crores of poor, SC ... read..
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected petitions seeking 100 per cent verification of votes cast on Electronic Voting Machines with paper slips generated through the VVPAT method. ... read..
Pune (Maharashtra) | April 26, 2024 2:01:43 PM IST
Baramati Returning officer Kavita Dwivedi filed a report to the Chief Election Officer Maharashtra on Thursday, saying that prima facie there is a violation of the code of conduct found in Maharashtra DCM Ajit Pawar's Fund for Vote Remark. ... read..
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) | April 26, 2024 2:01:41 PM IST
As the country is witnessing the second phase of Lok Sabha elections, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 10-year regime is a golden era in independent India. ... read..
As voting for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections commenced on Friday, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi called on people to participate in voting in large numbers and emphasised that every vote counts. ... read..
Lok Sabha Speaker and BJP candidate from Kota, Om Birla, on Friday appealed to the people to vote in large numbers for the decisive government and strong leader, Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ... read..
Kozhikode (Kerala) | April 26, 2024 2:01:28 PM IST
Bharatiya Janata Party Kerala President K Surendran cast his vote in Kozhikode during the second phase polling for Lok Sabha elections on Friday. ... read..
Bengaluru (Karnataka) | April 26, 2024 2:01:24 PM IST
Union Minister and BJP candidate from Bengaluru North, Shobha Karandlaje, casts her vote at a polling booth here and said that the nation needs Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the third time to lead the country. ... read..
Balurghat (West Bengal) | April 26, 2024 2:01:22 PM IST
Tension gripped the Balurghat Lok Sabha constituency of North Bengal during the ongoing polling for the second phase on Friday, as BJP candidate and state president Sukanta Majumdar fell into an altercation with a group of ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) ... read..
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) | April 26, 2024 2:01:21 PM IST
Akash Anand, BSP supremo Mayawati's nephew and her political successor, cast his vote on Friday and said that party chief Mayawati will decide after seeing the results whether the BSP will support any alliance or not. ... read..
Narsinghpur (Madhya Pradesh) | April 26, 2024 2:01:17 PM IST
After casting his vote in the second phase of Lok Sabha polls, Madhya Pradesh cabinet minister Prahlad Singh Patel on Friday urged the people to vote for ensuring their participation in nation-building. ... read..
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) | April 26, 2024 2:01:15 PM IST
Political leaders in Uttar Pradesh, including BJP leader Atul Garg, BJP's MP Tejveer Singh and Congress candidate Danish Ali were among those who voted on Friday during the second phase of Lok Sabha polls. ... read..
Amravati (Maharashtra) | April 26, 2024 2:01:13 PM IST
BJP candidate from Amravati, Navnit Rana on Friday cast her vote as she attempts to retain the seat which she had won as an independent candidate in 2019. Speaking after casting her franchise Rana launched a scathing attack on the Congress manifesto and C ... read..
After the Supreme Court on Friday rejected all the petitions seeking 100 per cent verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) votes with their Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips, Public Interest Lawyer and Activist, Prashant Bhushan sa ... read..
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) | April 26, 2024 2:01:10 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh recorded 28.15 per cent voter turnout till 11 am in the second phase of polling for six parliamentary seats in the state, according to the data released by the Election Commission of India. ... read..
Chandigarh (Punjab) | April 26, 2024 2:01:06 PM IST
The Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) of the Punjab police, in a joint operation with Central agencies and J&K police, arrested 11 members of an organized criminal gang operated by Charanjit Singh alias Raju shooter. ... read..
Bengaluru (Karnataka) | April 26, 2024 2:01:04 PM IST
As voting for the second phase of Lok Sabha began on Friday, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Friday urged first-time voters to "go for a change" as BJP has been in power in the centre for a decade and to give his party, the Congress a cha ... read..
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) | April 26, 2024 2:00:46 PM IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday that after the Congress manifesto was released, people's inclination towards the Bharatiya Janata Party has increased further because Congress has repeated its old habit of appeasement in its manifesto. ... read..
Ramanagara (Karnataka) | April 26, 2024 2:00:43 PM IST
Amidst the ongoing second phase of Lok Sabha elections, Former Karnataka Chief Minister and JDS candidate from Mandya Lok Sabha seat, HD Kumaraswamy, along with his wife Anitha Kumaraswamy and son Nikhil Kumaraswamy cast their vote at a polling booth in R ... read..
There has been a substantial increase in voter turnout in Tripura, as the North-Eastern state recorded a 36.42 per cent voting percentage till 11 am, as per the Election Commission of India. ... read..
Nanded (Maharashtra) | April 26, 2024 2:00:36 PM IST
After casting his vote at a polling booth in Nanded here, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Friday urged the people to exercise their franchise in large numbers. ... read..
Malda (West Bengal) | April 26, 2024 2:00:32 PM IST
Tearing into the ruling Trinamool Congress and the erstwhile Left Front government in the state for putting the brakes on development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said they recked the greatness, global image and the dignity of Bengal under thei ... read..
Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda on Friday claimed that the Congress and INDIA bloc have a hidden agenda to snatch away the rights of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes and give it to Muslims for their appeasem ... read..
Malda (West Bengal) | April 26, 2024 2:59:55 PM IST
Tearing into the ruling Trinamool Congress and the erstwhile Left Front government in the state for putting the brakes on development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said they wrecked the greatness, global image and the dignity of Bengal under the ... read..
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected all the petitions seeking 100 per cent verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) votes with their Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips. ... read..
In a joint demonstration of seamless operational collaboration, a C-17 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force airdropped an indigenously developed heavy platform that can carry a maximum load of over 22 tonnes. ... read..
Mumbai (Maharashtra) | April 26, 2024 11:01:23 AM IST
For the first time, the entire film and TV industry of Mumbai have come together in one voice putting their entire might and support in favour of filmmaker Ashoke Pandit as their candidate for the Lok Sabha elections for the North West Constituency of Mum ... read..
By Shailesh YadavNew Delhi | April 26, 2024 11:01:20 AM IST
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has said that adequate arrangements have been made for smooth polling in the second phase of Lok Sabha polls and urged voters to participate in the festival of democracy in maximum numbers. ... read..
Polling preparations are underway at various places in the country as over 15.88 crore voters will be determining the fate of 1202 candidates today in the second phase of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections. ... read..
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cautioned the public against using websites or applications, and parting with their money to any unauthorized entity. ... read..
Polling commenced Friday in 88 constituencies spread across 13 states and Union Territories in the second phase of the 18th Lok Sabha elections ... read..