Of the six seats that went to polls on the day, Chhindwara topped the charts in terms of voter turnout with 79.18 percent, followed by Balaghat at 73.18 percent, Mandla at 72.49 percent, Shahdol at 63.73 percent, Jabalpur at 60.52 percent, and Sidhi at 55.19 percent in the first phase, as
Hitting out at opposition parties at an election rally in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on Friday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath blamed Congress, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party for all problems in India and referred to the BJP as it's solution.
The Indian Meteorological Department delegation also briefed Bagchi on the third session of the World Meteorological Organisation's (WMO) Commission for Observations, Infrastructure, and Information Systems (INFCOM).
Tamil Nadu BJP president and party's Coimbatore candidate K Annamalai alleged "political interference" after names of several voters were allegedly found missing from voter list in the state on Friday.
"Today within the first three hours of the first phase of elections, 198 complaints have been lodged at the Election Commission, most of them against police, who are not trying to control the law and order situation in the state. This cannot go on," Paul said speaking to ANI on Friday, as th
Alleging election manipulation in Tripura, the INDIA alliance stated that the "tall talks" and promises made by the election commission of India have become teethless today.
INDIA bloc in Tripura has asked the Election Commission to countermand the polls of West Tripura Lok Sabha constituency and Ramnagar assembly constituency in the state, citing large scale instances of poll manipulation through booth jamming, intimidation and proxy voting.
Uttarakhand, which saw polling for all five Lok Sabha seats in the first phase of the general elections on Friday, recorded a voter turnout of 53.56 per cent till 5 pm, according to data shared by the Election Commission (EC).
The Pishin district government in Pakistan urged the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) to postpone a public gathering in Quetta scheduled for Saturday, amid a 'threat alert' issued by the law enforcement agencies, reported ARY News.
The Nationalist Congress Party- (Sharadchandra Pawar) on Friday filed a complaint with the Election Commission against Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Ajit Pawar and two BJP leaders for allegedly violating the Representation of the People's Act and poll code by promising disbursement