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Elections 2024: 'Won't allow Manipur to break apart', says Amit Shah

'The Lok Sabha election is a battle between the forces trying to break Manipur and those striving to keep it united,' said Amit Shah during a rally in Imphal

Explained: Kshatriya community demands Rupala's removal as BJP candidate

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Union Minister Parshottam Rupala is expected to file his nomination papers for the Rajkot Lok Sabha seat on April 16

Highlights of the day: Iran risks 'uncontrollable regional escalation', warns G7

Catch all the latest updates from across the globe here

EC takes care of electoral rolls, not me: Owaisi on bogus votes allegation

Rejecting BJP Hyderabad Lok Sabha candidate K Madhavi Latha's allegation of about six lakh bogus votes in the constituency, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said the Election Commission takes care of the issue of voters' lists. Owaisi, who is seeking re-election from Hyderabad constituency, wondered what his role was in the matter. The AIMIM leader said the process of addition of names and publication of final voters' list is carried out every year by the Election Commission which he does not head. He was responding to a query from reporters about Madhavi Latha's charge that Owaisi wins with the help of the six lakh bogus votes The allegation amounts to "abusing" the Election Commission, he added. "By speaking like this, you are insulting Hyderabad electorate, which includes brothers from backward class and Dalits, minority Muslims, Christians who are going out to vote. Because of their votes, every party is getting votes and AIMIM is successful," he told reporters. A

Lok Sabha polls: CSDS survey reveals unemployment a key issue for voters

The CSDS-Lokniti 2024 pre-poll survey showed that 62 per cent of respondents across various demographics perceived a greater difficulty in securing employment in the past five years

Lok Sabha elections 3rd phase: Schedule for filing nominations announced

Election Commission says April 19 is the last date for filing nominations and candidates can withdraw from the race till April 22

Lok Sabha polls: BJP announces 10th list, drops Kirron Kher from Chandigarh

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Of the eight new names, seven are from Uttar Pradesh and one from Chandigarh

MVA seat-sharing: Uddhav's Sena gets 21 seats, Congress 17 and NCP 10

Shiv Sena Uddhav (UBT) faction will be contesting polls on 21 seats, the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party will contest elections on 10 seats while Congress will fight the polls on 17 seats

Bulgaria formally approves caretaker govt to run country until June 9 polls

Bulgaria's parliament on Tuesday formally approved an interim government to run the EU member country until snap parliamentary and regular European Parliament elections on June 9. Dimitar Glavchev, 60, was sworn in as interim prime minister in a ceremony at the National Assembly, where his ministers were also taking the oath of office. He was picked by Bulgarian President Rumen Radev under recent constitutional amendments that limited his choice to just a few senior state officeholders. Glavchev, the head of the National Audit Office and a former legislator from the center right GERB party and speaker of parliament, said the ministers he selected for his interim Cabinet are equally distant from all political parties. The move comes after the two largest political groups GERB and reformists led by We Continue the Change failed to find common ground to continue their uneasy coalition after nine months in office. The coalition's collapse in March helped pave the way toward a snap ...

Lok Sabha elections: Women 8% of total candidates in phase 1 on April 19

Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Nagaland, and Tripura are going to polls with no women candidates

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar gets Z security after IB report

Under Z-category protocols, a comprehensive security detail has been deployed for the protection of CEC Rajiv Kumar

LS polls: 1,210 candidates to contest across 13 states in phase two

As many as 1,210 candidates are in fray for phase two of Lok Sabha polls to be held on April 26, the Election Commission said on Tuesday. In phase two, Kerala has a maximum of 500 nominations from 20 parliamentary constituencies, followed by 491 nominations from 14 seats in Karnataka. The least number of 14 nominations were received from one constituency in Tripura, while Nanded seat in Maharashtra received a maximum of 92 nominations, the poll authority said. A total of 2,633 nominations were filed for 88 constituencies across 12 states and UTs going for polls in phase two. After the scrutiny of 2,633 nominations filed, 1,428 were found to be valid. But after some candidates withdrew nominations, 1,210 remain in race. Monday was the last day to withdraw from the electoral race. Fifteen assembly segments in Outer Manipur parliamentary constituency will go to polls on April 19 in phase one and 13 assembly segments of the Lok Sabha seat will go to polls on April 26 in phase two.

Lok Sabha elections highlights: It's an election between stability and instability, says PM Modi in Maharashtra

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10 TMC MPs sit on 24-hour dharna outside Election Commission office

The leaders are alleging that the probe agencies are targeting Opposition leaders ahead of the Lok Sabha elections

LS polls: 16% of candidates contesting in Phase 1 accused in criminal cases

Out of the 16%, 7 candidates have cases related to murder, 18 have declared cases related to crimes against women, and 35 candidates have cases related to hate speech against them

'Not joining any party or contesting polls,' says actor Sanjay Dutt

Actor issues a clarification stating he will not be contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024

'Step aside, take a break': Prashant Kishor's advice for Rahul Gandhi

Poll strategist said former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has been 'unsuccessfully' running the party for the last 10 years

Lok Sabha polls 2024: All you need to know about phase seven of polls

The elections for the seventh phase will be held on June 1 in 57 constituencies, and it will cover eight states and UTs

Right to live before right to vote: Common refrain in Manipur relief camps

"Why should I vote to elect a representative of a place which is no longer mine... elections mean nothing to us," says a distraught Nobi who lost her home 11 months ago to ethnic violence in Manipur, and is living in a relief camp. The 42-year-old is not alone as 'right to live before right to vote' and 'peace before polls' was the common refrain of many who have not been able to return to their home due to recurrent clashes and lingering hostilities between the warring ethnic groups in the northeast state. The state has traditionally seen a very high voter turnout with more than 82 per cent polling recorded in the 2019 elections. But the ethnic violence has cast a shadow on the polls this time around with several civil society groups and the affected people questioning the relevance of holding elections in the current circumstances. "The government hasn't been able to ensure my right to live with dignity and they are going to ensure my right to vote?" Nobi asks. "My house was burn

Extended poll timings, ORS, medical teams to help voters deal with heat

In anticipation of intense heat during the Lok Sabha polls in Jharkhand, comprehensive measures have been put in place to mitigate the effects of heat waves on voters, officials, and security personnel. These include extending poll timings, setting up makeshift sheds, providing ORS and lemon water, and deploying medical teams and ambulances, an election official said. The elections will be conducted in seven phases from April 19 to June 1, with Jharkhand's voting taking place on May 13, 20, 25, and June 1 for its 14 seats. With over 2.55 crore eligible voters, including 1.25 crore women, increasing voter turnout amidst the heatwave presents a significant challenge for both the state and the Election Commission. In 2019, Jharkhand's overall voter turnout was 66.8 per cent, lower than the national average of 67.4 per cent. To address this measures such as extending polling hours from 7 am to 5 pm and providing temporary shelters at booths have been implemented. Additionally, facili