Bhubaneswar, April 18(IANS) Amid stray incidents of violence, about 70 percent of the electorate Thursday cast their ballot in the second and final phase of polling for 11 Lok Sabha and 77 assembly seats in Odisha, officials said. State chief electoral officer Mona Sharma said the voting percentage was calculated on the basis of information […]
Kolkata, April 18 (IANS) West Bengal’s opposition Left Front Thursday accused the ruling Trinamool Congress of capturing nearly 150 polling booths during the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal. It also thanked the Election Commission for taking steps after receiving complaints of electoral malpractices. Addressing media persons, Left Front major Communist Party […]
Lucknow, April 17 (IANS) Voters in 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh turned out in large numbers to exercise their franchise Thursday, and 59 percent balloting was recorded till evening, officials said. The Election Commission said 59 percent balloting was reported till 5.30 p.m. Brisk polling was reported from Moradabad, Pilibhit, Nagina and Lakhimpur […]
Ranchi, April 17 (IANS) Jharkhand Thursday saw 62 percent balloting for the six Lok Sabha seats that went to the polls in the second phase even as Maoists who had asked people to boycott the election, blew up a railway track and attacked security forces. “Jharkhand registered overall polling of 62 percent,” chief electoral officer […]
Bhubaneswar, April 17 (IANS) Amid stray incidents of violence, about 70 percent of the electorate Thursday cast their ballot in the second and final phase of polling for 11 Lok Sabha and 77 assembly seats in Odisha, officials said. State chief electoral officer Mona Sharma said the voting percentage was calculated on the basis of […]
Kolkata, April 17 (IANS) West Bengal’s opposition Left Front Thursday accused the ruling Trinamool Congress of capturing nearly 150 polling booths during the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal. It also thanked the Election Commission for taking steps after receiving complaints of electoral malpractices. Addressing media persons, Left Front major Communist Party […]
Lucknow, April 17 (IANS) Voters in 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh turned out in large numbers to exercise their franchise Thursday, and 59 percent balloting was recorded till evening, officials said. The Election Commission said 59 percent balloting was reported till 5.30 p.m. Brisk polling was reported from Moradabad, Pilibhit, Nagina and Lakhimpur […]
Ranchi, April 17 (IANS) Jharkhand Thursday saw 62 percent balloting for the six Lok Sabha seats that went to the polls in the second phase even as Maoists who had asked people to boycott the election, blew up a railway track and attacked security forces. “Jharkhand registered overall polling of 62 percent,” chief electoral officer […]
Ranchi, April 17 (IANS) Jharkhand witnessed around 14 percent polling in the first two hours for six Lok Sabha seats Thursday amid a boycott call given by Maoist guerrillas. The highest 18 percent polling was registered in Jamshedpur, while the lowest voter turnout was 12 percent in Khuti constituency. The six seats where polling is taking […]
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Admiral R.K. Dhowan, a navigation and direction specialist, was Thursday named the new chief of the Indian Navy. He succeeds Admiral D.K. Joshi, who resigned in February following a string of accidents of submarines. Commissioned in the navy Jan 1, 1975, Admiral Dhowan is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy […]