NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal called on citizens, especially women, to vote as polling commenced for all seven Lok Sabha seats in the national capital. Maliwal highlighted the importance of women’s participation in politics after casting her vote in Delhi.“It is a very big day for the democracy. I want…
NEW DELHI: Campaigning for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections ended on Saturday amid the sweltering heat and high-pitch political rhetorics and promises by contestants in the fray.In the fifth phase, polling will take place in 49 constituencies across six states and two Union Territories, including the high-stake Rae Bareli and Amethi seats…
The fourth phase of Lok Sabha polls in Bihar recorded the highest voter turnout of 69.2%. More women voted than men in the second, third, and fourth phases. TOI’s data excluded Srinagar due to delimitation. The turnout calculation includes all registered voters, including those using postal ballots. Source link
CHHAPRA (SARAN): Defying the midsummer sun, all of Khalpura, a Rajput-dominated village, poured out on the streets on Monday (May 13) to welcome Rohini Acharya, daughter of RJD chief and former CM Lalu Prasad and the party’s candidate from Saran. For most people in Bihar, she’s the “kidney girl”.One would think that a political greenhorn…
NEW DELHI: Voter turnout in the first four phases of the ongoing Lok Sabha polls stands at 67%, Election Commission said on Thursday. Around 45.1 crore of 97 crore registered electors have voted so far, it said.Polling data available till now indicate the turnout in the first three phases saw a dip compared to 2019,…
It’s peak time but Sundargarh in western Odisha seems unaffected by the intense political atmosphere gripping the state. Unlike politicians trying to checkmate each other with their election campaign rhetoric, teenagers in this tribal district are busy dribbling the ball past their opponents using crude, handcrafted hockey sticks to make a mark in the sport.“We…
PATNA: There can be nothing conventional about this family that takes the unconventional in its stride — be it the naming of two of their daughters or having four of their nine children take the plunge into active politics.With the Bihar power couple and former CMs Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi taking a step back…
Stock market today: Indian equity benchmark indices, BSE Sensex and Nifty50, opened in red on Wednesday. While BSE Sensex slipped around 300 points, Nifty50 was near 22,200. Source link
NEW DELHI: Congress party‘s Delhi unit chief, Arvinder Singh Lovely, has tendered his resignation ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. He cited the alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as one of the reasons. He said the Delhi Congress unit was against the alliance but the party high command went ahead with it.He clarified…
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal‘s wife, Sunita Kejriwal, stepped into the political arena with her debut Lok Sabha poll roadshow on Sunday in support of the AAP’s East Delhi candidate. During the event, Sunita Kejriwal engaged with party supporters in the Kondli area of East Delhi constituency.Sunita Kejriwal stood through the sunroof of…
