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With the first phase of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 set to start tomorrow (April 19), the Election Commission of India (ECI) has already started printing and sending the Voter Information Slip (VIS) to registered voters whose names are in the electoral roll (Read: How to check your name in the electoral roll).For those unaware,…
RAIPUR: In apparent retaliation for the Kanker operation, Maoists murdered a BJP deputy sarpanch in neighbouring Narayanpur district late Tuesday, two days before Bastar constituency votes in the Lok Sabha elections.Pancham Das Manikpuri is the ninth BJP functionary/worker to be murdered by Maoists since Feb last year. Naxals accused him of working for police.The killing…
NEW DELHI: All BJP and NDA candidates contesting the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 19 got a pleasant surprise on Wednesday as they received a personalised letter written by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PM Modi’s letter, written on the auspicious occasion of Ram Navami, starts with a praise of the individual candidate…
RAIPUR: Two days before Bastar constituency goes for Lok Sabha elections, Maoists on Tuesday killed a deputy sarpanch who was also a BJP worker, in Narayanpur district. The incident took place in village Dandvan of Farasgaon around 11 pm on Tuesday when armed cadres broke the door of deputy sarpanch’s house and killed him in…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has advised West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose to cancel his proposed visit to Cooch Behar on the day of voting as it violates the model code of conduct, news agency PTI reported quoting sources.Having come to know of the proposed tour of West Bengal governor to Cooch Behar,…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks “no one must be scared” and questioned why leaders of his party were talking about changing the Constitution when BJP returned to power with over 400 seats.“Did anyone ask him why are leaders of BJP saying that they will change…
Reprising the old classic ‘bees saal baad’, Congress is gearing up to contest its lowest tally of seats ever in Lok Sabha elections. Announcing the fight plan on Monday, the grand old party drew parallels with 2004, when it had cut down on poll contests in favour of allies and gone on to remove the…
GUWAHATI: Gunmen positioned on hilltops fired at two fuel tankers near Keimei village on NH-37 in Manipur‘s Tamenglong district on Tuesday, wounding a driver in the leg. The highway connects Imphal with Silchar. Identity of the driver and the shooters remains unknown, police said.The gunfire caused oil spillage on the road, prompting authorities to dispatch…
SHIMLA: Congress seems to have further gambled its future in Himachal Pradesh by fielding two of its 34 MLAs in the Lok Sabha elections despite being already one short of a majority in the assembly. The equation has been dicey for Congress ever since the disqualification of six legislators who cross-voted in the Rajya Sabha…
