Congress candidate from Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha seat, Varsha Gaikwad casts her vote for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections in Mumbai on Monday.
Polling is underway in 13 Paliamentary constituencies in Maharashtra including six in Mumbai. The seats are Mumbai North, Mumbai North West, Mumbai North East, Mumbai North Central, Mumbai South and Mumbai South Central.
Voting across 49 parliamentary constituencies spread over six states and two Union Territories (UTs) amid tight security and arrangements began on Monday morning.
The All India Trinamool Congress has alleged that an instance of molestation occurred when a woman was out for her morning walk on Sunday morning by Central Force personnel deployed for election duty in the Uluberia Parliamentary constituency.
A former spokesperson of the banned Jamat-e-Islami surrendered before police in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar district, an official statement said on Sunday.
In his address, General Anil Chuhan emphasized the need to maintain the desired standards of readiness and alertness. He underlined requirement for strengthening jointmanship and fostering environment of synergy in the Armed Forces.
Reacting to Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's remarks that "CBI, ED should be shut down," Former Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday asserted that "misuse" of central agencies and "dictatorship which hijacks" the system and destroys the institutions should be stopped.
The six seats in Mumbai that go to the polls on Monday are Mumbai North, Mumbai North West, Mumbai North East, Mumbai North Central, Mumbai South and Mumbai South Central. The other constituencies of Maharashtra that will be part of the ongoing election in the fifth phase include Dhule, Dind
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) Chief Farooq Abdullah expressed concern over the low voting percentage in Central Kashmir, saying that he expected around 70 per cent polling percentage in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
Kyrgyz police said they had mobilised forces in the Central Asian nation's capital yesterday to quell the violence, in which hundreds of Kyrgyz men attacked buildings housing foreign students, including Pakistanis.
The decision was taken following the party's central committee's approval of To Lam's name for the president post on Saturday, Al Jazeera reported, citing Vietnam News Agency.