With the first phase of voting for the Lok Sabha elections set to take place on Friday, let us look at the big faces in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA versus the opposition's INDIA bloc.
35 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) have been deployed at various places for night patrolling as the state votes in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections today, West Tripura Election Officer Vishal Kumar said.
US State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said on Thursday that the US is eager to continue deepening and strengthening its cooperation with partners in India.
One of the star candidates of the BJP, Nisith Pramanik, who holds the portfolio of the Union Minister of State for Home, is the most prominent candidate from West Bengal in the first phase.
As the nation gears up for the elections to the 18th Lok Sabha, a total of 16.63 crore voters will be voting in the first phase on April 19, deciding the fate of 1625 candidates.
Maharashtra, the second-largest state after Uttar Pradesh (80), which contributes 48 seats in 543-member Lok Sabha, will witness a fierce contest between the two major state coalitions - the Mahayuti (Bharatiya Janata Party, Shiv Sena, and Nationalist Congress Party) and the Maha Vikas Aghad
As the nation gears up for voting in the first phase of Lok Sabha election, the journey to the polling booth is a challenging feat in itself in the remote villages of Meghalaya.
For six seats, 88 candidates are in the fray, including former Chief Minister Kamal Nath's son Nakul Nath from Chhindwara and Union Minister Faggan Singh Kulaste from Mandla (ST).
Six parliamentary seats in the state of Madhya Pradesh- Sidhi, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Mandla, Balaghat and Chhindwara - will go to the polls in the first phase of polling on April 19.
With just a few hours left for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections to be held on April 19, nine special polling station has been set up for the internally displaced people near a relief camp in Imphal East.