After a slow start to polling, voter turnout in Maharashtra began to pick up, reaching 45.53 % by 3 pm. Meanwhile, Jharkhand witnessed a comparatively higher voter turnout, recording 61.47 % during the same period. The polling for Maharashtra’s 288 assembly seats and 38 assembly seats in the second and final phase of Jharkhand is…
Ranchi: In the first six hours of the second and final phase of polling in Jharkhand, nearly 48 per cent of around 1.23 crore voters exercised their franchise on Wednesday in 38 assembly constituencies, officials said. Polling began at 7 AM in 14,218 booths across 12 districts and will continue till 5 PM. However, polling…
Mumbai: A voter turnout of 32.18 per cent was recorded till 1 pm on Wednesday in Maharashtra, where polling is underway in all 288 assembly constituencies, election officials said. Polling began at 7 am in the state assembly elections, where the ruling BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is vying to retain power and the Maha Vikas Aghadi…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday expressed confidence that the Mahayuti government will get a thumping majority as people will vote for development and work done by his dispensation. Shinde, who heads the ruling Shiv Sena and seeking his re-election from the Kopri-Pachpakhadi assembly constituency in Thane, was talking to reporters after casting…
Ranchi: Polling for 38 assembly seats in the second and final phase of Jharkhand elections commenced on Wednesday, amid tight security arrangements, officials said. Voting began at 7 AM in 14,218 booths across 12 districts and will continue till 5 PM. However, polling in 31 booths will end at 4 PM though people standing in…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged voters in Maharashtra to participate in the polls with full enthusiasm and enhance the splendour of the festival of democracy. In a post on X, he appealed to the women and young voters to poll in large numbers. He made a similar appeal to the voters…
Mumbai: Polling began Wednesday morning in the Maharashtra assembly elections, where the ruling BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is vying to retain power and the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) combine is hoping for a strong comeback. Voting began in all the 288 assembly seats at 7 am and will end at 6 pm, an election official said….
Jammu: Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will likely inaugurate Vande Bharat train connecting Kashmir to New Delhi on the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) in January. According to officials, the Vande Bharat Express train will directly connect the national capital to the valley starting January 2025. The…
Mumbai: Police on Tuesday registered two FIRs against BJP general secretary Vinod Tawde, party candidate Rajan Naik, and others in connection with the alleged distribution of cash to voters at a hotel in Palghar a day before the Maharashtra polls, an official said. The cases were registered at the Tulinj police station in the district…
New Delhi: Former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi on Tuesday claimed that the exit polls are patently illegal and they are happening before the eyes of the Election Commission (EC). Addressing the G V G Krishnamurthy Memorial Lecture here, he asked when the conduct of exit polls is banned during the “prohibited period” —…
