Home to some of the juiciest and most delectable varieties of mangoes that are joyfully sampled and marketed across the country and beyond, Malda, along with the neighbouring Murshidabad district of West Bengal, will go to polls in Phase 3 of the ongoing general elections.
After Congress leader Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination from Uttar Pradesh's Raebareli, his opponent in Kerala's Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, Annie Raja, a CPI candidate, called it an "injustice to voters."
In the Mangalagiri Assembly Constituency, 212 voters aged above 85 years and 240 voters with disabilities exceeding 40 per cent opted for home voting. A total of 452 voters chose this option.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday targeted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying that Pakistan wants him as the next Prime Minister in order to have a weak government in power.
Election Commission of India has doubled up its voter participation interventions to overcome the small drop in turnout in the first two phases of Lok Sabha polls.
Invoking his earlier statement that Rahul Gandhi might have to seek another seat to contest after the casting of votes in Kerala's Wayanad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday tore into the former over his candidature from his mother's old seat, Raebareli, saying he bolted from the sea
After Rahul Gandhi was named by the Congress as its candidate from Raebareli Lok Sabha seat, Union Minister and BJP's candidate from Amethi, Smriti Irani on Friday said that Gandhi family has conceded defeat from here even before casting one vote, adding that the Congress would not have f
After the Election Commission of India (ECI) released the voter turnout data for the first and second phases of the Lok Sabha elections, BJP's Goa Lok Sabha election incharge, Ashish Sood said the way the Congress leaders reacted to ECI's figures shows their fear. He also said Congress shoul
Akshay Kanti Bam, whom the Congress pitted against BJP's sitting MP Shankar Lalwani withdrew his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal of nomination switched over to the BJP.