Extensive security arrangements in Bihar for the polls; 59,000 security personnel & 2 choppers deployed

In Bihar, elaborate security arrangements are being made to ensure free and fair polling in the state tomorrow. Chief Secretary Ashok Kumar Sinha said that over 59 thousand security personal are being deployed in 7 Lok Sabha constituencies. Two helicopters will also be pressed into service.

Campaigning ends for 89 LS seats spread over 7 states & 2 UTs & 119 Assembly seats in AP; Polling tomorrow

Campaigning for the 7th phase of Lok Sabha elections ended last evening. 89 constituencies spread over 7 States and 2 Union Territories will go to polls in this phase tomorrow. These are all 26 seats in Gujarat, 17 in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh, 14 in Uttar Pradesh, 13 in Punjab, 9 in We...

Campaigning ends for 89 LS seats spread over 7 states & 2 UTs & 119 Assembly seats in AP; Polling tomorrow

Campaigning for the 7th phase of Lok Sabha elections ended last evening. 89 constituencies spread over 7 States and 2 Union Territories will go to polls in this phase tomorrow. These are all 26 seats in Gujarat, 17 in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh, 14 in Uttar Pradesh, 13 in Punjab, 9 in We...

75% voting takes place in re-polling at 6 polling booths in UP

In Uttar Pradesh about 75 percent voting has taken place in today's repolling at six polling booths in Agra, Etawah and Firozabad constituencies. Election was held in these constituencies on April 24.AIR Allahabad Correspondent reports that repolling was held at three polling booths in Firozaba...

EC restricts movement of Punjab State Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia

Farooq Abdullah says he has nothing against Narendra Modi as a person

Union Minister Farooq Abdullah today said he has nothing against Narendra Modi as a person but is apprehensive about his agenda with regard to Jammu and Kashmir and Muslims. Speaking at a rally at Kangan in Ganderbal district of Kashmir, Abdullah said abrogation of Article 370 would never be accepta...

Narendra Modi holds Abdullah family responsible for communalising J & K politics

Narendra Modi today hit back at Farooq Abdullah for his remark that those voting for the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate should drown in sea. Modi said the biggest blow to secularism in India was delivered in Kashmir from where Kashmiri Pandits were forced out due to their religion. Using a video me...

Arun Jaitley accuses Priyanka Gandhi of lowering political discourse with her remarks on BJP leaders

BJP leader Arun Jaitley today accused Congress and the Gandhi family of using Manmohan Singh as a puppet and held the ruling party responsible for weakening the country's security and economy.Jaitley, who is the SAD-BJP for Amritsar Lok Sabha seat, also accused Congress of "killing" democratic ...

Campaigning for 89 LS seats spread over 7 states & 2 UTs & 119 Assembly seats in AP ends this evening

Campaigning ends this evening for 89 Parliamentary constituencies, spread over 7 states and 2 Union Territories, which will go to the polls on Wednesday in the seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections. The states and union territories are, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Uttar...

Anticipatory bail plea of Giriraj Singh rejected in hate-speech case

An Additional District Judge Court of Bokaro in Jharkhand has rejected anticipatory bail application of BJP leader Giriraj Singh. The application was moved after an FIR was lodged by the SDO of Bokaro against Giriraj Singh following his alleged hate-speech during an election rally a few days ago.