In Telangana, over 890 candidates have filed 1488 nomination papers for all 17 Lok Sabha Constituencies for upcoming elections. The elections are set to witness multi-cornered contests in some constituencies as a large number of aspirants filed their nominations till yesterday on the last day for filing nominations. Of them, a large number of over
The notification for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha election was issued today. Elections will be held in 49 Lok Sabha seats in 6 States and 2 Union Territories in this phase. 14 seats of Uttar Pradesh, 13 seats of Maharashtra, 7 seats of West Bengal, 5 seats each of Odisha and Bihar, 3 seats
Prime Minister and Senior BJP leader Narendra Modi will address two public meetings today in Bihar in support of NDA candidates. First rally will be held at Forbesganj Airport Ground in Araria parliamentary constituency while the second rally will be held at Safiasarai Airport Ground in Munger parliamentary constituency.
The Supreme Court will pronounce its judgment today on a batch of petitions seeking 100 percent verification of the votes recorded in the Electronic Voting Machines(EVMs) with the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips. A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta had reserved its judgment on the batch of petitions including one
In Bihar, polling is underway in five Lok Sabha constituencies of Purnea, Katihar, Bhagalpur, Kishanganj, and Banka under the second phase of Lok Sabha polls. Long queues of voters are being witnessed at different polling booths. Special enthusiasm is being seen among youth and women voters. Around 94 lakh electorates of these five parliamentary constituencies
In Uttar Pradesh, more than 1.67 crore voters will decide the fate of 91 candidates on 8 seats in the second phase of elections. Akashvani Lucknow correspondent reports that polling started peacefully on 17704 polling booths of the 8 Lok Sabha seats of UP where voting is underway during second phase of general elections. These
In Para-Shooting, Indian para-shooter Mona Aggarwal claimed a gold medal in women’s 10m air rifle while Army man Amir Ahmed Bhatt secured a silver in 25m pistol at the World Shooting Para Sport tournament in Changwon, Korea, last night. 37-year old Mona claimed the R2-10 metre air rifle standing SH1 gold medal with a score
Voting for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections began this morning in 88 Parliamentary Constituencies spread over 12 States and Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. Voting is taking place in twenty seats of Kerala, 14 seats of Karnataka, 13 seats of Rajasthan, 8 seats each of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, 6 seats of
In Shanghai Archery World Cup Stage 1, the Indian trio of Tarundeep Rai, Dhiraj Bommadevara and Pravin Jadhav set up a gold medal clash with Olympic champions South Korea after storming into the men’s team recurve final on Thursday. It came a day after India were assured of at least two medals in the compound
Royal Challengers Bengaluru have set a target of 207 runs before Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Royal Challengers Bengaluru scored 206 runs for 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Earlier, Royal Challengers had won the toss and elected to bat. Currently, Faf du Plessis led Royal Challengers is