Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Voting to begin in 49 Lok Sabha constituencies; 35 Odisha Assembly seats

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Voting to begin in 49 Lok Sabha constituencies; 35 Odisha Assembly seats

Shortly before the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha polls are slated to begin, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday appealed to voters, especially women and young individuals, across the 49 constituencies to exercise their franchise.  As 49 seats across 8 states and UTs go to the polls today in the 5th phase of … Read more

RJD, Congress hold talks to iron out differences over seats

RJD, Congress hold talks to iron out differences over seats

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav speaks to the media in New Delhi on March 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav and Congress leaders held talks on Tuesday to sort out the differences that have emerged between the two allies over the seat-sharing arrangements in Bihar. The much-awaited meeting took … Read more

Nine LS seats, where DMK, AIADMK and BJP are fighting it out, saw a mixed bag of results in 2009 and 2014

Nine LS seats, where DMK, AIADMK and BJP are fighting it out, saw a mixed bag of results in 2009 and 2014

A mixed bag of results was witnessed in nine Lok Sabha constituencies in the 2009 and 2014 polls where the three lead parties of their respective fronts – DMK, AIADMK and BJP are contesting now.  In 2009, the ruling DMK won in six while the AIADMK-headed front, three. The former bagged North Chennai, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, … Read more

AIADMK nominates Jayavardhan for South Chennai, Saravanan for Madurai Lok Sabha seats

AIADMK nominates Jayavardhan for South Chennai, Saravanan for Madurai Lok Sabha seats

AIADMK candidate for South Chennai Lok Sabha constituency J Jayavardhan. | Photo Credit: M. Karunakaran The AIADMK on March 20 named its first set of 16 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections. J. Jayavardhan, who represented the South Chennai Lok Sabha constituency during 2014-19, and P. Saravanan, who was elected on the DMK ticket from Thiruparankundram Assembly constituency … Read more

Election Commission readies plan to increase voter turnout in 10 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh

Election Commission readies plan to increase voter turnout in 10 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh

The voter turnout in Uttar Pradesh in the 2019 elections was quite low at 59.11%, even though the State has the highest number of voters. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA The Election Commission has devised a plan to encourage voters in Uttar Pradesh, which recorded a tepid turnout of 59.11% in the … Read more

MVA says discussions complete on all 48 seats in Maharashtra

MVA says discussions complete on all 48 seats in Maharashtra

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut with other leaders addresses a press conference after a Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders meeting. | Photo Credit: PTI Stating that the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) had completed discussion on all 48 Lok Sabha seats, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) spokesperson Sanjay Raut on Thursday reiterated there were … Read more

Centre says ‘de-reservation’ of seats not allowed as UGC draft guidelines spark criticism

Centre says ‘de-reservation’ of seats not allowed as UGC draft guidelines spark criticism

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said there is no scope for ambiguity in reservations after the introduction of the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Act, 2019. File | Photo Credit: ANI A controversy erupted on January 28 over UGC’s draft guidelines proposing that any vacancy reserved for SC, ST and OBC candidates can … Read more

Mizoram Assembly elections: Polling to take place in 40 seats on November 7

Mizoram Assembly elections: Polling to take place in 40 seats on November 7

Sun set in Aizawl town capital of Mizoram on November 5, 2023. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR Polling in 40 Assembly seats in Mizoram Assembly elections is set to take place on Tuesday, November 7. More than 8.52 lakh voters will decide the fate of 174 candidates in Mizoram. According to the Chief Electoral … Read more

T.N. to conduct counselling for 86 vacant MBBS seats from November 7 to 15

T.N. to conduct counselling for 86 vacant MBBS seats from November 7 to 15

Photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Tamil Nadu’s Health Department has announced that counselling for vacant undergraduate medical seats under the State quota, will be filled through counselling between November 7 and 15.   A total of 785 MBBS seats from the State were surrendered to the Central pool at the start … Read more