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Saturday, 20 April 2024 | Pioneer News Service | Patna/Aurangabad/Gaya

Around 46.32 per cent of the 75 lakh voters in four Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar exercised their franchise till 5 pm on Friday, officials said. The polling began at 7 am and went on till 6 pm, a senior election official said. The voters will decide the fate of...

Uneasy lull in poll-bound Cooch Behar

Uneasy lull in poll-bound Cooch Behar

Friday, 19 April 2024 | Saugar Sengupta | Kolkata

The police administration on Thursday went on high alert as an uneasy lull descended in parts of Cooch Behar district of North Bengal which will go to first phase of elections along with neighbouring Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar on Friday. Union Home Minister for State Nisith Pramanik of the BJP is pitted...

Confusions galore in Bihar ahead of voting

Confusions galore in Bihar ahead of voting

Friday, 19 April 2024 | Deepak Kumar Jha | Gaya/Jamui

 A lot of confusion prevails in the minds of voters of the four Lok Sabha seats going to polls in the first phase on Friday as in these constituencies the cast for caste has been the pattern for decades and development is a non-issue as was put once by Bihar's...

BJP fights to retain Vidarbha

Friday, 19 April 2024 | T N RAGHUNATHA | Mumbai

The ruling BJP is battling hard to retain its stronghold over Vidarbha where it had swept the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in alliance the then Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena, while the Congress has little to lose but everything to gain, as half of the ten constituencies in the region go...

Western UP in the spotlight

Friday, 19 April 2024 | Biswajeet Banerjee | Lucknow

With the nation on the brink of the first phase of general elections slated for April 19, all eyes are focussed on Western Uttar Pradesh (UP) region, where the Jatava community, known for their support of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), and the Muslim electorate wield considerable influence. "The performance of...

BJP faces a tough fight in Tamil Nadu

BJP faces a tough fight in Tamil Nadu

Friday, 19 April 2024 | Kumar Chellappan | CHENNAI

Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry are set to witness one of the toughest electoral battles of recent times as both the State and the UT go to the polls to elect 40 representatives (39 from TN and a lone member from the UT) on Friday. What Tamil Nadu...

Country gears up for 1st phase of LS polls

Country gears up for 1st phase of LS polls

Friday, 19 April 2024 | Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi

Amid ongoing heatwave conditions in some parts of Southern and Eastern States, the 2024 Lok Sabha elections are set to kick off with polling in 102 constituencies (General- 73; ST- 11; SC-18) across 21 States and Union Territories (UTs). This phase marks the largest of the seven phases of the...

Mamata on collision course with Modi

Mamata on collision course with Modi

Thursday, 18 April 2024 | Saugar Sengupta | Kolkata

In an apparent view to grab and pull back the steadily alienating minority voters, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday promised through the Trinamool Congress manifesto that if her party comes to power as a constituent of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) in the Centre then it...

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