‘Ramlal’ the elephant strolls into poll queue, adds colour to Bengal votingPolling in West Bengal's Jhargram saw an unusual interruption. A wandering elephant, Ramlal, briefly paused voting at Jitushol Primary Scho...
23 Apr, 2026, 12.37 PM IST
Election Commission appoints Odisha-cadre IPS officer as police observer for West Bengal pollsThe Election Commission has appointed IPS officer Sarvana Vivek M as police observer for the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections. He wi...
13 Apr, 2026, 12.51 PM IST
Unprecedented compared to other democracies: EC shares data on Lok Sabha pollsIn the recent Lok Sabha polls, 64.64 crore voters participated, with women showing a higher turnout of 65.78 per cent compared to 65.55 per...
26 Dec, 2024, 02.33 PM IST
ECI gets EVM verification requests for eight Lok Sabha seatsThe Election Commission announced on Thursday that it has received eight applications from aggrieved Lok Sabha 2024 candidates requesting E...
20 Jun, 2024, 11.42 PM IST
Last lap of the world's biggest election: India's poll marathon nears finish lineThe seventh phase marks a grand finish to the world's largest polling marathon that began on the 19th of last month and has already covered...
01 Jun, 2024, 07.54 AM IST
LS polls phase-6: Dignitaries, politicians, wrestlers queue up to cast votePresident Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, and wrestlers Babita Phogat and Yogeshwar Dutt voted in the Lok Sabha polls. In ...
27 May, 2024, 11.07 AM IST
EC asks Chief Electoral Officers to take measures to manage impact of hot weather in 6th phase LS pollsPolling is scheduled in 58 PCs across eight states/UTs. Haryana and NCT of Delhi will head to polls in this phase. Bihar, Jharkhand, Jammu ...
25 May, 2024, 06.45 AM IST
Over 94.48 lakh voters, 383 aspirants for upcoming round of polls in Odisha: Chief electoral officerAddressing a press conference, Odisha's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) N B Dhal said the Election Commission will deploy 121 companies of Ce...
23 May, 2024, 06.46 PM IST
"It's a moment of pride to participate in an election of 140 crore people," says RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das after casting vote in MumbaiRBI Governor Shaktikanta Das and Union Minister Piyush Goyal participated in the fifth phase of voting for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 in ...
21 May, 2024, 12.59 PM IST
3.35 cr people eligible to vote in LS, assembly polls in OdishaThe district election officers have been instructed to ensure the availability of minimum facilities such as ramps, drinking water, electri...
18 Mar, 2024, 01.50 PM IST
Get set, go: All preparations almost complete for 2024 Parliamentary elections, says CEC Rajiv KumarChief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced that preparations for the upcoming 2024 Parliamentary elections are nearly finished. He a...
17 Feb, 2024, 06.09 PM IST
Lok Sabha Elections dates announced: Polls to be held from April 11 in 7 phases, result on May 23The elections will start on April 11 and continue till May 19. The counting will be held on May 23.
11 Apr, 2019, 08.29 AM IST
Heavy troop deployment on border weighs on poll securityEC to get about 10% less security forces; so poll period stretched by 3 days, phases increased for assembly elections.
13 Mar, 2019, 07.11 AM IST
2019 Lok Sabha elections: Delhi votes on May 12The general elections in the country will be held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19 and the votes will be counted on May 23.
10 Mar, 2019, 07.20 PM IST
62.71 per cent polling for Kandhamal Lok Sabha bypollPolling remained brisk in some parts of the Maoist-hit constituency where an estimated 11.4 lakh voters were eligible to exercise their fra...
15 Oct, 2014, 08.46 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: 15% polling in Odisha till 10 amAmong the early voters were Assam Governor J B Patnaik and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik as brisk polling was witnessed in several areas while.
17 Apr, 2014, 11.40 AM IST
Security beefed up ahead of second phase of Chhattisgarh pollsThe police has beefed up security after recovery of a huge explosives from Maoist-affected Gariyaband district of Chhattisgarh.
15 Nov, 2013, 04.57 PM IST