Coimbatore Lok Sabha seat will witness a high-stakes battle in the first phase of the General Elections scheduled to be held on April 19, with Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai facing DMK leader Ganapathy P Rajkumar and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK's Singai Ramachand
Chhindwara, one of the key Lok Sabha seat from Madhya Pradesh will witness the contest between the incumbent Congress MP Nakul Nath and BJP leader Vivek Bunty Sahu in the first phase of the General elections set to be held on April 19.
Voting to decide the idol of Lord Ram Lalla, which will be installed inside the sanctum sanctorum of the grand temple next month, is to be held on Friday, sources said.
Shiv Sena MP Rahul Shewale said on Wednesday that four members, Vinayak Raut, Omprakash Rajenimbalkar, Rajan Vichare, and Sanjay Jadhav, were absent during the voting on the Women's Reservation Bill and their absence is an insult to women, so the party will seek an answer from them legally.
The Bill was passed following division with 454 members voting in favour of the legislation and two against it on the motion for the passage moved by Meghwal. The amendments moved by opposition members were negatived and there was also voting on clauses of the bill.
Russia on Wednesday vetoed the UNSC resolution, drafted by France and UAE, on sanctions against Mali, TASS reported. Thirteen Security Council members voted in favour of a resolution to extend the UN sanctions and independent monitoring for another year. Russia cast a veto, while China absta
"RLD Chief Jayant Chaudhry could not go to Rajya Sabha on Monday as he had to attend his wife's operation. Rashtriya Lok Dal is with the I.N.D.I.A alliance. He wanted to vote but could not reach," party spokesperson said.
Following re-polling at 696 panchayat booths, after the voting on July 8 was declared void in light of alleged rigging, booth capturing and multiple reports of electoral malfeasance and voter intimidation, the stage is set for the counting of votes in West Bengal on Tuesday.
Erdogan is going head-to-head with opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu. In the first round of voting on May 14, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan secured a nearly five-point lead over Kilicdaroglu. However, he fell short of the 50 per cent threshold required to win.