Lok Sabha election: Electors cast vote fearlessly for first time at former Maoist hotbed 'Budha Pahad' boothHalkan Kisan, 37, voted for the first time at 'Budha Pahad', his own booth, in Jharkhand's Palamu Lok Sabha constituency. Budha Pahad was a...
13 May, 2024, 03.21 PM IST
Inside Buxa Reserve, voters relocate for tiger conservation effortsTwo polling stations nestled deep within West Bengal's Buxa Tiger Reserve are slated to hold their final elections on April 19 before being...
15 Apr, 2024, 01.32 PM IST
Massive security deployment in Bastar for Lok Sabha Polls: 350 IAF companies, 10 choppers assignedExtensive security measures are underway in Bastar ahead of the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, with 350 companies of security personne...
10 Apr, 2024, 02.46 PM IST
From remote tribal areas to flooded cities, Indonesians go to pollsTens of millions of Indonesians participated in one of the world's largest one-day elections, with makeshift bamboo polling stations in rem...
14 Feb, 2024, 01.02 PM IST
Letter asking Foxconn to relocate to Bengaluru fake: Karnataka deputy CM DK ShivakumarThe letter also claimed that several industries in Hyderabad had expressed interest in relocating to Bengaluru. “We anticipate forming a fr...
04 Nov, 2023, 10.07 PM IST
Will the Maoists' call for a poll boycott affect the Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh?As Chhattisgarh gears up for elections in November, Maoists have called for a boycott, although response varies among residents, especially...
29 Oct, 2023, 12.17 PM IST
63.36 per cent votes cast in second phase of polling in JharkhandAn estimated 63.36 per cent votes were cast on Saturday in the second phase of election for the Assembly in Jharkhand where one person kill...
07 Dec, 2019, 07.22 PM IST
1 seat, 7 candidates, 80,000 security men: Bastar set to voteThe Bastar Lok Sabha (ST) constituency, where seven candidates are in the fray, consists of eight assembly seats.
10 Apr, 2019, 08.03 PM IST
Madrassas not place of worship, can host polling booths: Kerala HC"I have no doubt in my mind that a madrassa is not a place of worship and a polling booth can well be set up," Justice V Chitambaresh ruled.
21 Oct, 2015, 08.52 PM IST
125 polling stations to be relocated along Indo-Pak borderThe 11 segments of Jammu district will go to polls along with 9 others on December 20 in the 5th and last phase of polls in Jammu and Kashm...
31 Oct, 2014, 04.03 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Low turnout in Afzal Guru’s hometownNorth Kashmir, home to Maqbol Bhat and Afzal Guru, showed a contrast in Wednesday’s polling with Bhat’s Trehgam seeing people turning up in...
07 May, 2014, 11.32 PM IST
Chhattisgarh polls: Troop surge and detection of IEDs helped peace prevail in BastarScaling up of anti-Maoist operations closer to the polling date and large-scale detection of Improvised Explosive Devices saved the day in ...
15 Nov, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Election Commission shifts 167 polling stations in Chhattisgarh to 'safer' areasApprehension of Naxal attacks has prompted the Election Commission to relocate 167 polling stations in Chhattisgarh to safer areas.
06 Nov, 2013, 08.45 PM IST
Naxal threat: Choppers to ferry election staff in ChhattisgarhAlex Paul Menon did not reveal the number of helicopters the State Election Commission has sought from the Air Force for this purpose.
02 Nov, 2013, 06.06 PM IST
167 polling stations shifted in Bastar due to Naxal threatAs many as 167 polling stations in sensitive areas of Naxal-affected Bastar region have been relocated for "security and accessibility" rea...
01 Nov, 2013, 10.17 PM IST
US Presidential Elections 2012: New York, New Jersey goes out to voteResidents of New York and New Jersey, the two US states worst hit by the superstorm Sandy, braved near freezing temperatures and adjusted t...
06 Nov, 2012, 10.30 PM IST
- Delimitation brings BJP to EC doorstep
Buoyed by its electoral victories in 2007, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the BJP is all set begin its campaign process for ...
01 Jan, 2008, 03.57 AM IST