Tag: 2024 Lok Sabha elections

Polling booth attacked, EVM set ablaze in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar

A mob attacked a polling station at Idiginatha village in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar and set an Electronic Voting Machine on fire.

April 27, 2024

Voters boycott polling at four places in Assam’s Silchar LS seat

Asit Baran Nag, an old-age resident of the area, said that they have been suffering from the problem of waterlogging for the past 10-12 years.

April 27, 2024

Jailed pro-Khalistani separatist Amritpal Singh to contest LS polls from Khadoor Sahib as Independent, says mother

Amritpal knows the issues of Punjab very well and these elections will be fought on those issues, she added.

April 27, 2024

Kerala CM’s principal secretary unable to vote after EPIC number duplication

The poll officials when they searched with the EPIC number using Abraham’s number , found that a woman with the same EPIC number had already cast her vote, as the voters' list contained the woman's name.

April 26, 2024

“Do whatever you have to do for appeasement but…”: Amit Shah rails against Rahul, Cong

Addressing a public meeting at Guna in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh on Friday, Shah said the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will be in force across the country.

April 26, 2024

“Competing for appeasement, vote bank”: PM Modi blasts TMC, Cong in Malda

On the Calcutta High Order cancelling all appointments of teaching and non-teaching staff made by the 2016 School Service Commission (SSC) panel, PM Modi said the TMC played with the future of Bengal's youth. 

April 26, 2024

“Here to restore democracy, faith in diversity and India’s pluralism”: Tharoor after casting vote

Tharoor went on to say that the elections are "far greater" than his own future, and he has repeatedly made this point.

April 26, 2024

Supreme Court dismisses all petitions seeking 100% verification of VVPAT slips during elections

The two-judge bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta delivered a unanimous verdict.

April 26, 2024

“India can speak to its own visa policy”: US on Australian journalist’s claims not allowed to cover elections

Patel further emphasised the role of the free press in the fabric of democracy.

April 26, 2024

“Inheritance tax could nullify India’s decade of progress” says Nirmala Sitharaman as she casts her vote

Sitharaman also criticized the Congress for advocating an inheritance tax like law, stating that it could nullify India's progress over the last decade.

April 26, 2024