Ahmedabad, April 30 (IANS) Voting for the lone parliamentary constituency of Daman and Diu began Wednesday, officials said. Just four candidates are in the fray. Balloting is taking place at 119 polling stations. As many as 102,260 electors are eligible to exercise their franchise in the union territory.
Lucknow, April 30 (IANS) Lok Sabha polls in 14 constituencies and by-polls for two state assembly seats began in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday, officials said. The candidates to look out for include Congress president Sonia Gandhi from Rae Bareli and Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh from Lucknow. The other prominent contenders include BJP leader Murli Manohar […]
Srinagar, April 30 (IANS) Balloting in the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir began Wednesday, officials said. The main contest is between Farooq Abdullah of the National Conference and Tariq Hamid Karra of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). As many as 14 candidates are in the fray. Over 1.23 million voters are eligible to […]
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) Simultaneous balloting in West Bengal for nine Lok Sabha seats and bypoll for one state assembly seat began Wednesday, officials said. The BJP has fielded celebrities like Bollywood music composer Bappi Lahiri, Bengali actor George Baker and journalist Chandan Mitra. As many as 87 candidates are in the fray for the Lok […]
Hyderabad, April 30 (IANS) Simultaneous balloting began Wednesday in Andhra Pradesh for 17 Lok Sabha seats and 119 state assembly seats in Telangana region, officials said. The key contestants for the Lok Sabha are union Ministers S. Jaipal Reddy, Sarve Satyanarayana and Balram Naik, Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao, Lok Satta Party chief Jayaprakash […]
Chandigarh, April 30 (IANS) Balloting began Wednesday in Punjab for all its 13 Lok Sabha seats that went to the polls in a single phase, officials said. Prominent candidates are Akali Dal’s Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Bharatiya Janata Party’s Arun Jaitley, Congress’s Amarinder Singh, and three-time BJP MP, actor Vinod Khanna. As many as 253 candidates are […]
Patna, April 30 (IANS) Lok Sabha polls for seven seats of Bihar and bypoll for one state assembly seat began Wednesday, officials said. Prominent candidates include Sharad Yadav, Hukum Deo Narain Yadav, Ali Ashraf Fatmi, Kirti Azad, and Pappu Yadav. As many as 94 candidates are in the fray for the Lok Sabha polls in Madhepura, […]
Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) The sudden ban on import of Indian mangos by the European Union has hit hard the farmers of Maharashtra, renowned for the luscious Alphonso and other varieties which are in great demand worldwide. “The ban effective for two seasons till December 2015, subject to a review, will mean losses of at least […]
Kashipur (Uttarakhand), April 29 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday attacked the BJP, saying more people died due to terrorism during the NDA regime than during the Congress tenure. “We have statistics to prove we produced more electricity and curbed terrorism (than the BJP),” Gandhi said at an election rally here. “During the five […]
Chennai, April 29 (IANS) City-based Sundaram BNP Paribas Home Finance ended last fiscal with 19 percent growth in net profit and 13 percent increase in home loan disbursement, the company said Tuesday. In a statement, the company said its core business home finance disbursement touched Rs.1,740 crore last fiscal, up from Rs.1,543 crore disbursed in […]