NEW DELHI: The electrifying election campaign for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections ended at 5 pm on Wednesday, with top leaders of the BJP-led NDA and the opposition INDIA bloc using all their might to woo voters to their fold.The end of the campaign also marks the commencement of a 48-hour silence period,…
India’s D Gukesh has made history by becoming the youngest player ever to win Candidates tournament, which earns him the right to challenge chess world champion Ding Liren. This achievement surpasses a record set by the legendary Garry Kasparov four decades ago.The 17-year-old Indian Grandmaster Gukesh scored 9/14 points to clinch the first place. He…
NEW DELHI: Congress, on Saturday, announced the names of 16 more candidates for the Lok Sabha elections and fielded former Union minister Manish Tewari and Himachal Pradesh minister Vikramaditya Singh for the Chandigarh and Mandi parliamentary seats respectively. Son of the Congress’ Himachal Pradesh unit chief Pratibha Singh, Vikramaditya, has been pitted against BJP candidate…
‘A test for all of us’ is how Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru described the first general elections in India, in his radio broadcast on Nov 22, 1951, 8.30pm. “This is our first election on an adult franchise. The standard we set now will act as a precedent and govern future elections.”In Madras, the elections were…
