Page 19 - Lok Sabha Elections 2019

Political violence continues three days after polling ends in West Bengal

Congress accuses likely ally TMC of attacking its cadres for eating into Muslim vote bank, while the Mamata-led outfit and BJP trade charges of brutality

Books and ballots

For Indians, there is surely only one novel in English that perfectly captures the many nuances of our vast and complicated electoral process: Vikram Seth's A Suitable Boy

Lok Sabha election 2019 results: Investors brace for hectic trade

Experts say the market has largely priced in an NDA victory

Lok Sabha polls: Agriculture will be in focus for the next government

The performance in the past five years serves as a directional template for the new government

BJP accounted for over 80% of election advertisements on Google: Report

Election season saw over 139,000 poll ads on Facebook and Google

Violence possible during counting of votes, home ministry warns states

The security agencies have received inputs that some organisations and individuals, particularly in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Tripura, have given certain statements which may lead to violence

Conjecture & surmise in imagined realities

The use of statistical tools might give exit polls a semblance of science but that does not make the inferences anything more than conjecture

Markets on election results day: How investors are preparing to trade

The benchmark Sensex and Nifty have gained 3.1% this week in anticipation that the ruling NDA govt will retain power with a comfortable majority as indicated by most exit polls

Shaken by impending defeat, opposition rallying against EVMs: Amit Shah

He also termed the demand of 22 opposition parties that the Election Commission change its counting protocol and count five random VVPATs first as unconstitutional

Rahul Gandhi warns Congress workers against 'propaganda of fake exit polls'

His appeal to workers came a day after opposition parties raised concerns over reports of alleged tampering of EVMs and asked the EC to ensure transparency in counting of votes

EC rejects Opposition demand on changes to VVPAT counting process: Report

The opposition parties which had approached the EC on Tuesday wanted five random VVPATs to be counted first so that if there is a problem or mismatch, all VVPAT slips can be counted before it is late

Delhi think-tank requests EC to initiate legal action against exit polls

CASC has written to the Election Commission saying the exit polls violate Section 126A of the Representation of People Act

There's an opportunity to buy good stocks now: Sudip Bandyopadhyay

However, the group chairman at Inditrade Group of Companies cautions that investors should tread cautiously given the sharp run-up.

As the poll haze clears, check out the top sectors experts are betting on

Investor sentiment, which took a hit intermittently during the election period that started April 11, got a major boost after the exit poll prediction.

SC to hear BJP candidate's plea for protection from arrest in West Bengal

The candidate from Barrackpore seat alleged that the WB police has filed cases against him to ensure that he remains away during the counting of votes.

EC wants to set new precedent of dark secrets, secluded chambers: Congress

A day before the counting of the votes polled in the Lok Sabha election, the Congress on Wednesday termed as "constitutional travesty" the EC's rejection of Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa's demand that dissent notes should be recorded and alleged that the poll watchdog wanted to set a new precedent of "dark secrets" and "secluded chambers" in performing its duties. "A Constitutional travesty! ECI wants to set a new precedent of 'dark secrets' & 'secluded chambers' in doing its constitutional duties. "If CEC can't play fair in its functioning, can it play fair in ensuring a free & fair election?," Congress's chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala wrote on Twitter. His comments came a day after the Election Commission (EC) decided not to record the dissents put forward by the members of the "full commission", overruling Lavasa. On Tuesday, the poll panel rejected with a majority vote Lavasa's demand that dissent notes should be recorded in its orders on model code violations, .

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Counting tomorrow, VVPAT may delay results

This is for the first time in a Lok Sabha election that results of voting machines will be matched with slips generated by paper trail machines

New govt should ease land acquisition, scrap archaic labour laws: CEA

It will also have to continue to clamp down on wilful defaulters, money laundering, and tax evasion to restore confidence in the corporate sector, said Krishnamurthy Subramanian

Next govt has to undo power-grab that has hijacked India's institutions

Modi prides himself on his image as a strong and decisive leader and, like many others before him, he seems to think that independent institutions stand in the way of strength and decisiveness

Lok Sabha elections 2019: EC says women voters outnumbered men in Bihar

Notably, among the constituencies with the highest female turnouts, only Supaul and Vaishali had a woman candidate as one of the main contestants