Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) Polling began Thursday for the lone Lok Sabha constituency in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a picturesque archipelago of 572 islands situated in the Bay of Bengal, officials said.
There are 257,856 voters in the union territory. Voting started in 386 polling booths at 7 a.m.
There 15 candidates in the fray. The main contenders are sitting MP Bishnu Pada Ray of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Kuldip Rai Sharma of the Congress and Sanjay Meshak of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Interestingly, 12.75 percent of the electorate is in the 18-25 age-bracket.
In the 2009 elections, the BJP garnered 44.21 percent of the votes and the Congress 42.86 percent.
China called its scientists from America: missiles and drone are being designed; Scientists returned, has worked on America's secret project
China has started inviting Chinese-origin scientists working in America's Secret Defense Project, top universities, and colleges. In 2021, 1,415 Chinese scientists returned from the US, while 1,162
Government concerns about the environment: PM Modi addresses 'Energy for Sustainable Growth' webinar, says need to plant solar trees at home
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed a webinar on the topic "Energy for Sustainable Growth". He emphasized the use of solar, hydrogen, LED bulbs. Along with this, the steps taken by the
Aftab's polygraph test report today: Shraddha's murderer confessed during interrogation, no regrets; narco test on December 1
The final report of the polygraph test of the Shraddha murder case accused Aftab Amin Poonawalla is to come on Wednesday. During interrogation, Aftab confessed that he killed Shraddha. He has no
IPL 2024: The one whom LSG did not consider capable, created chaos by taking 8 wickets alone and filled the batsmen with fear!
An exciting match was played in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023 on Tuesday, in which Himachal Pradesh faced Gujarat. In this match, the bowlers of Himachal Pradesh troubled the batsmen of the Gujarat
Terror Attack Reasi: Terrorists were wearing army uniforms, and kept firing bullets even after the bus fell into the ditch
The terrorists who attacked the devotees were in army uniform. The terrorists sitting in the ambush started firing as soon as they came in front of the bus. Before anyone could understand anything,
China's spy ship will not go to Sri Lanka: Yuang Wang 5 was about to reach Hambantota on August 11, India had expressed a strong objection
China's spy ship will no longer reach Hambantota Port in Sri Lanka on August 11. On Monday, the Sri Lankan government formally confirmed the news. China has taken the Hambantota port on a 99-year
Modi invokes Lord Ram in Faizabad, Congress complains
Lucknow/New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) BJP leader Narendra Modi Monday invoked the name of Lord Ram in a Lok Sabha election speech and urged the people to vote out the "corrupt and incompetent Congress
Medical Education: 20 thousand medical students who returned from Ukraine will not be able to study in the country, the government told this reason
Ukraine Returned Medical Students: The future of 20,000 medical students who returned home during the war between Russia and Ukraine is now on the verge of collapse. NMC i.e. National Medical
Nokia G Series: Nokia launches 2 smartphones, features like 50MP camera and 3 days battery backup, along with it is getting free
Nokia Latest Android Smartphone: Smartphone maker Nokia has launched a new smartphone in India. The company claims that under certain conditions, it will give battery backup of up to 3 days. Meaning
President calls for gender equity in India
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Terming equality, liberty and dignity as women's "sacred rights", President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday asked the people to reaffirm their commitment to ensure gender
