New Delhi: Of the 76.41 crore eligible voters in the first five phases of the Lok Sabha polls, as many as 50.72 crore people have cast their vote, according to data shared by the Election Commission on Saturday. India has the largest electorate in the world at 96.88 crore. The EC data showed that 11…
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Saturday came out with Lok Sabha constituency-wise data on the number of votes cast in the first five phases of the elections and asserted that there is a pattern in creating false narratives and mischievous design to vitiate the electoral process. It said that any alteration in the number…
Mangaluru (Karnataka): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said that the law is the same for everyone and wondered whether the allegations against BJP’s Harish Poonja who is facing charges for allegedly intimidating police be denied just because he is an MLA. The chief minister said an FIR has been registered under section 353 (Assault…
Thiruvananthapuram: The BJP on Saturday held a protest march demanding the resignation of Thiruvananthapuram Mayor Arya Rajendran, alleging that roads in the state capital were waterlogged and damaged and epidemics on the rise following the rains due to the inefficiency of the city corporation. The protestors, including women, marched to the office of the Thiruvananthapuram…
Kolkata: A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal is likely to concentrate into a cyclonic storm by Saturday evening and make landfall on May 26 night along the adjoining coasts of West Bengal and Bangladesh, the Met office said. The cyclone is likely to make landfall with a wind speed of 110-120 km per…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday that people rejected lies, hatred and propaganda and gave priority to real issues related to their lives in the first five phases of the Lok Sabha elections. He urged people to come out in large numbers in the sixth phase of the elections on Saturday and…
Bikram (Bihar): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday vowed to thwart alleged attempts to rob Dalits and backward classes of reservations by the INDIA bloc which he accused of “enslavement” and performing “mujra” for Muslim vote bank. The PM launched the blistering attack at a rally here in the Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency, about 40…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked people on Saturday to vote in large numbers in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha election, saying every vote counts. Democracy thrives when people are engaged and active in the electoral process, he said in a post on ‘X’. “I urge all those who are voting in…
Jalandhar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi continued his sharp attack on the INDIA bloc on Friday, saying the “balloon” of the opposition alliance has burst and no one wants to give their vote to it. Addressing a Lok Sabha poll rally in Jalandhar, his third in Punjab this election season, Modi pointed out that five phases…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said it cannot go by sentiments and has to act as per law, as it refused to entertain a petition seeking contempt action for alleged non-compliance with the top court’s order on the protection of properties of people displaced during the Manipur violence. A vacation bench of Justices Bela M…
