Jharkhand records 24% turnout despite poll boycott call by Maoists

In Jharkhand, four Lok Sabha constituencies of Koderma, Chatra, Lohardaga and Palamu where polling is taking place today has witnessed more than 24 percent of polling till 11 AM.All the four are in naxal affected areas but people are coming out to vote despite the naxal call for poll boycott. Highes...

Kerala records over 40% and and Bastar 30 % voter turnout till noon

Moderate to high voting recorded in 91 LS and 70 Assembly seats where polling taking place today

Moderate to brisk polling has been reported from all the 91 Lok Sabha constituencies where voting is taking place today. These include all constituencies in Kerala, Haryana and Delhi and six Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, four in Jharkhand, nine in Madhya Pradesh, ten each in Maharashtra, Odisha and Utta...

Moderate to brisk polling reported in all 91 LS constituencies voting today

Moderate to brisk polling has been reported from all the 91 Lok Sabha constituencies where voting is taking place today. These include all constituencies in Kerala, Haryana and Delhi and six Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, four in Jharkhand, nine in Madhya Pradesh, ten each in Maharashtra, Odisha and Utta...

16% of candidates from UP for 2nd phase LS polls history sheeters

In Uttar Pradesh nearly 16 percent of the candidates contesting in for the second phase of Lok Sabha polling in the State have a criminal background. A non government organization the Association for Democratic Reforms has said that of the 147 candidates in the fray, 24 have criminal cases against t...

Enthusiastic women and youth voters in Haryana; State records 32% polling

In Haryana, where voting is taking place for all the ten Lok Sabha seats today, nearly 32 percent polling was reported till 12.30 p.m.No incident has been reported from anywhere in the State so far and polling is going on peacefully. Our correspondent reports that long queues of voters were seen at ...

LS polls: Kerala records 38% turnout till midday

In Kerala, 38 per cent of the electorate have exercised their franchise till mid-day today, for the 20 parliamentary seats in the state. Heavy polling has been reported from a large number of polling booths, with voters forming long queues to cast their votes. A large number of young men and women, ...

Huge explosives haul recovered in in naxal-affected Bastar; Security forces avert major strike

A huge haul of explosives, including 15 IEDs and three pressure bombs, were today recovered by security forces from different places averting a massive strike in the Naxal-hit Bastar Parliamentary seat in Chhatisgarh.Joint Chief Electoral Officer of the State DD Singh said in Raipur that the explosi...

Peacefull polling underway in MP; over 25% voter turnout recorded

In Madhya Pradesh, peaceful polling is underway in the nine parliamentary seats of Vindhya and Mahakaushal regions under the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in the state. More than 25 per cent polling was reported in the first five hours of the polling. Over 24 percent votes were cast in Chindwar...

Voters spurn naxal poll boycott call; over 24% turnout reported in Jh'khand

In Jharkhand, four Lok Sabha constituencies of Koderma, Chatra, Lohardaga and Palamu where polling is taking place today has witnessed more than 24 percent of polling till 11 AM.All the four are in naxal affected areas but people are coming out to vote despite the naxal call for poll boycott. Highes...