news-in-politicsWe expect better voting: Election Commission
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath Thursday hoped that voting percentage will keep improving with every round of the Lok Sabha election."We hope for better voter
Jairam Ramesh to campaign in Telangana from Thursday
Hyderabad, April 10 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and union Minister Jairam Ramesh will start campaigning for the party in Telangana Thursday.On the first day of his three-day visit, he will address
Sonia, Rahul, Kejriwal vote in Delhi
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi voted here Thursday in the Lok Sabha election.Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal also voted in
Gurgaon voters praise clean polling stations
Gurgaon, April 10 (IANS) Voters gave the thumbs up for polling stations here in Haryana, and for the clock-work precision with which they operated Thursday.Queues began forming in polling centres
`Delhi will break all voting records'
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Delhi will break all voting records, Chief Electoral Officer Vijay Dev said Thursday as polling for the seven Lok Sabha seats is on in the national capital."This time
Brisk voting in Delhi (Lead)
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Brisk voting took place Thursday across Delhi's seven Lok Sabha constituencies, all of which were won by the Congress in 2009.Queues were witnessed from the time polling
Voting under way in Odisha for LS, assembly polls (Lead)
Bhubaneswar, April 10 (IANS) Polling began on a peaceful note for 10 Lok Sabha and 70 assembly seats in Odisha, an official said.People stood in queues outside polling centres before polling started
Andaman and Nicobar Islands votes
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,
Polling begins in Lakshadweep
Thiruvananthapuram, April 10 (IANS) Balloting for the Lakshadweep Lok Sabha seat, with an electorate of less than 50,000, began Thursday.India's smallest union territory Lakshadweep is a group of 36
Voting on in Bastar (Lead)
Jagdalpur, April 10 (IANS) Polling began Thursday in Chhattisgarh's Bastar Lok Sabha constituency, one of India's worst insurgency-hit regions.Over 1.29 million voters will decide the fate of eight
Former Kerala governor faces uphill task in Bihar seat
Aurangabad (Bihar), April 10 (IANS) Former Delhi Police chief Nikhil Kumar, who quit as Kerala governor last month, is in the poll fray in Bihar's Aurangabad constituency where he is facing an
Madhya Pradesh votes (Lead)
Bhopal, April 10 (IANS) Balloting began Thursday in nine Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh, officials said.As many as 118 candidates are in the fray in the nine constituencies -
13 percent voting in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) Almost 13 percent of the electorate voted Thursday in the first two hours in the lone Lok Sabha constituency in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, officials said.There are a
Priyanka, Robert Vadra vote
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, and her husband Robert Vadra voted here Thursday in the Lok Sabha election.Priyanka was casually dressed in
11 percent voting in Jharkhand (Lead)
Ranchi, April 10 (IANS) Around 11 percent voting has taken place in the first three hours in Jharkhand's four Lok Sabha constituencies where polling is underway.Voting began in Koderma, Lohardaga,
Millions vote - peacefully - across India (Roundup)
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Millions voted across 14 states and union territories Thursday in the third round of parliamentary elections to pick 91 of the country's 543 MPs.An estimated quarter of
A third of Jammu casts its votes (Second Lead)
Jammu, April 10 (IANS) A third of the voters in Jammu Lok Sabha constituency Thursday cast their ballot in the morning hours as more waited patiently for their turn at polling stations.During the
62,000 Delhiites checked voters lists through SMS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) More than 62,000 electors in the national capital checked their names on the voters lists through a mobile phone message facility, an official of the poll panel said
Prove your identity, Ghulam Nabi Azad told
Jammu, April 10 (IANS) Union Health Minister and former state chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad was Thursday told to prove his identity at a polling booth in the Jammu Lok Sabha constituency.Azad
Nearly 15 percent polling in Chandigarh, Haryana
Chandigarh, April 10 (IANS) Up to 15 percent polling took place in Chandigarh and most parts of Haryana in the first three hours of voting Thursday for 11 Lok Sabha seats. At a number of polling
