Village guard martyred in JK
A member of the Village Defence Guard (VDG), part of security forces combing a forest area to track down terrorists, sacrificed his life during a gunfight with the ultras in a remote village of Basantgarh in the Udhampur district on Sunday. This marks the third incident of terrorist-related violence in poll-bound...
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Pakistan’s narco plot busted by India
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ED arrest ploy to crush AAP, Kejriwal tells SC
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Voters show indifference to high octane campaign in Kerala
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Maharashtra: Youth migration, farmer woes cause voting to fall
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UP: Lack of enthusiasm or disconnect, wonder parties
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Forest on fire: Army, Air Force pressed into service in Nainital
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Parties sit up, take note as voting drops
28 April 2024 | Rajesh Kumar
SC to consider listing Delhi Government’s plea on services row with Centre
The Supreme Court on Friday told the Delhi Government that it would consider listing its plea challenging the Central Government’s law establishing pre-eminence of the Lieutenant Governor over the elected dispensation in controlling services in the national Capital. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and...
Jammu
More than 70 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the Jammu-Reasi Lok Sabha constituency in the second phase of polling amid tight security arrangements on Friday. Over 67.22 per cent polling was recorded till 5.00 pm and a large number of voters were still standing in the polling booths to...
karnataka
The first phase of Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka on Friday comprising 14 constituencies witnessed an impressive 65 per cent voter turnout where the Congress and BJP locked horns on the electoral battleground in less than a year. According to poll officials, 65 per cent voter turnout was recorded. The turnout...
Uttar pradesh
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...
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...
