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Twitter lights up with poll day tweets; 1.2 mn tweets recorded on April 11
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), April 11 (ANI): Conversations and debates on elections filled Twitter on Thursday with the social media platform recording over 1.2 million tweets related to the Lok Sabha elections on a single day on 11 April, as the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections ended with pe
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Manipur records highest polling percentage at 78.20 per cent in first phas
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Apr 11 (ANI) : In the first phase of polling for the Lok Sabha elections Manipur recorded the highest polling percentage at 78.20 per cent (upto 5 pm), followed by Assam at 68 per cent, Lakshadweep at 65.9 per cent, Meghalaya at 62 per cent, Telangana 60.57 per cent fol
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Clashes between TDP and YSRCP workers mar polling in Andhra Pradesh
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Amravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr 11 (ANI): Violence marred polling in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday, which claimed the life of one Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader - S Bhaskar Reddy, while many others were injured in the poll-related clashes.
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Just like Indira Gandhi, PM Modi too deserves credit for giving befitting
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Mahasamund (Chhattisgarh) [India], Apr 11 (ANI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should be given credit for giving befitting reply to Pakistan just like the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was praised for the 1971 war and dividing Pakist
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Security personnel resort to aerial firing in Shamli
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Shamli (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 11 (ANI): Security personnel had to fire shots in the air after a few people tried to cast their vote without proper identification cards at a polling booth in Shamli on Thursday.
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TDP leader S Bhaskar Reddy killed in clashes in AP
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Anantapuram (Andhra Pradesh)[India], Apr 11 (ANI): While the state is busy in polling amidst the first phase of the Lok Sabha Elections, a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader got killed during clashes in Tadipatri town here on Thursday.
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Sonia Gandhi files nomination from Rae Bareli, says Modi not invincible
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 11 (ANI): UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday filed her nomination as the Congress party's candidate for the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli.
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BJP candidate Smriti Irani files nomination from Amethi LS seat
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 11 (ANI): Union Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani on Thursday filed her nomination from Amethi parliamentary constituency for the Lok Sabha elections.
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Maharashtra: Naxals trigger IED blast while voting underway; no casualties
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) [India], Apr 11 (ANI): As the people on Thursday turned up to vote in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra, Naxals triggered an IED blast near a polling booth in Etapalli in Gadchiroli district, police said.
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Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Jr NTR, Allu Arjun, Chiranjeevi cast their votes
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 11 (ANI): The first phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2019 commenced on Thursday morning amidst heightened security. Top stars from the Telugu film industry including renowned actors Allu Arjun, Chiranjeevi, Ram Charan Tej, Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Jr also kn
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Sonia Gandhi conducts 'hawan' before filing nomination
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 11 (ANI): United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Thursday conducted a 'hawan' before filing her nomination for the Lok Sabha elections from Rae Bareli.
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Doors are closed on alliance with AAP: PC Chacko says Congress will finali
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 11 (ANI): Congress leader PC Chacko on Thursday ended speculations of an alliance with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) stating that his party will contest the impending Lok Sabha elections on its own and will announce its list of candidates for all seven parliamentary seats in
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