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LS polls: Over 2,000 personnel deployed for counting of votes in Mizoram

More than 2,000 personnel would be deployed for counting of votes for the lone Lok Sabha seat in Mizoram, a senior official said on Monday. Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Madhup Vyas said a three-tier security arrangement has been made in all the 13 counting centres across the state. There would be three counting centres in state capital Aizawl and one each in the other district headquarters, he said. Altogether, there would be 40 counting halls with 379 counting tables. Each table would be supervised and monitored by a counting supervisor, counting agent and micro observer, he said. The counting of votes would begin at 8 am on Tuesday, and postal ballots would be counted first, followed by votes cast in the EVMs, Vyas said. There were five assembly segments where five rounds of counting would be held, four rounds of counting would be held in 15 assembly segments, three rounds in 18 assembly segments, and two rounds of counting would take place in two assembly segments, he said. M

Reflections from Kanniyakumari: PM Modi's new vision for a developed India

These thoughts were penned by PM Modi on 1st June between 4:15 PM and 7 PM during his return flight from Kanyakumari to Delhi

India VIX eases 22% on June 3 as exit polls 2024 show 3rd term for PM Modi

India VIX on June 3: The decline in Indian markets' volatility index came after exit polls, which came in the evening on June 1, 2024, gave a clear majority to the BJP-led NDA alliance

Will win at least 12 LS seats, 110 Assembly constituencies in Odisha: BJD

The ruling BJD on Sunday asserted that the party would form the government in Odisha with a two-thirds majority by winning at least 110 of the 147 assembly constituencies in the state. The party said it would bag at least 12 of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in the eastern state. Rejecting exit polls that predicted that the BJP would win 15 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha, the BJD said that exit polls for the state have proved to be wrong in 2014 and 2019 elections and the trend would continue this time as well. "We are well poised to retain power in the state with a two-thirds majority in the assembly. Like in 2014 and 2019, this time as well the exit polls will be proved wrong," BJD spokesperson Sasmit Patra said. "Based on our surveys, analysis and feedback from the ground level, we expect to win at least 12 Lok Sabha seats and 110 seats in the assembly... we will form a strong and stable government in the state," he said. Exit polls have awarded 15 seats to BJP and five to BJD in Odisha. S

Indian bond yields seen lower as exit polls predict Modi govt's continuity

India's benchmark 10-year yield is likely to move in a 6.94 per cent -7.00 per cent range, following its previous close of 6.9809 per cent , a trader with a state-run bank said

Equity futures jump as markets cheer likely third term for PM Modi

NIFTY 50 index futures were up about 2.6 per cent in early trade, according to NSE International Exchange data

Exit poll impact: GIFT Nifty zooms past 23,300; Sensex to open gap-up

All you need to know before the market opens on Monday, June 03: Gift Nifty quotes around 23,300 levels as exit polls predict Modi 3.0; Asian shares rally up to 1.5% on favourable US inflation data.

Exit Poll 2024: Bank, auto, defence stocks may see 'Modi rally' on Monday

Lok Sabha elections exit polls 2024: The stock market bulls will be further emboldened by the better-than-expected 8.2 per cent growth in GDP numbers

Stock markets to cheer likely third term for PM Modi, hope for reforms

If the projections are accurate, investors will likely focus on expected policy continuity and a push for economic reforms

Rupee, bonds expected to rally as exit polls signal PM Modi's victory

The rupee should open higher on Monday and appreciate over the next day or two but could face some resistance near 83.10, a foreign exchange trader at a state-run bank said

Lok Sabha polls: Election Commission to hold press conference on June 3

The Election Commission will hold a press conference on Monday, a day before the counting of votes polled in the Lok Sabha polls. The seven-phase elections which began on April 19 concluded on Saturday. This is perhaps for the first time the poll panel has convened a presser on the conclusion of polls. "Press conference by Election Commission of India on General Elections 2024," the media invite by the EC said. Till the 2019 parliamentary polls, deputy election commissioners used to hold media briefings after each phase of polls, but the practice has been done away with.

Test of endurance: Narendra Modi's second lap outruns Manmohan Singh's

But 10-year returns finish line still elusive

Story in numbers: At least 644.08 mn may have voted this LS election

In 2019, 614.7 million of total 911.9 million voters had cast their votes, which had put the voter turnout average at 67.4 per cent, the best ever for a Lok Sabha election

Losses for non-aligned regional parties could be BJP's gains in LS polls

Archis Mohan analyses exit poll projections for the BJP and the rest

Arunachal Pradesh election results: There's no match for BJP and Khandu

Bagging 10 seats without a contest, the party secures an even bigger mandate for 3rd term

PM Narendra Modi chairs multiple meetings with a day to go for counting

The counting of votes for the 543 Lok Sabha seats is scheduled for Tuesday. Exit polls broadcast on Saturday predicted a win for the BJP-led NDA

Statsguru: After a long LS poll campaign, results will be declared on Tue

Challenges persist for incoming MPs, with over half of the constituencies off-target on 18 out of 33 SDGs

Assembly election result highlights: BJP returns in Arunachal, SKM in Sikkim after landslide victory

From the results of the state assembly elections of Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh to Delhi CM Kejriwal's ending interim bail, catch all the latest news from around the world here

It is 'Modi media poll', INDIA bloc will get 295 seats, says Rahul

Terming the exit polls "bogus", the Congress on Sunday said they were a "deliberate attempt" to justify rigging of the elections and part of "psychological games" being played by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lower the morale of the INDIA bloc workers. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi dubbed the exit polls as "Modi media poll". "This is not called an exit poll but its name is 'Modi media poll'. This is Modi ji's poll, it is his fantasy poll," Gandhi told reporters at the AICC headquarters after a meeting with party's Lok Sabha MPs via video conference. Asked how many seats INDIA bloc will get, Gandhi said, "Have you heard Sidhu Moose Wala's song '295'? So 295 (seats)." Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh also hit out at Prime Minister Modi for holding several meetings, including a long brainstorming session to review the 100-day agenda of the "new government", saying these were "pressure tactics" to send out a signal to the bureaucracy and the administrative structure

Nine counting centres set up for five Lok Sabha seats in J&K, one in Delhi

With two days left for the declaration of results of the Lok Sabha polls, nine centres have been set up counting of votes in five Lok Sabha constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. In addition, one counting centre has also been set up in Delhi for the counting of Kashmiri migrant votes which were polled by the displaced community at specially set up polling stations in Srinagar, Baramulla and Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seats, they said. The counting of votes, scheduled for Tuesday, also covering Udhampur and Jammu parliamentary seats in J-K, will decide the fate of 100 candidates, including senior BJP leader and Union minister Jitendra Singh, two former chief ministers Omar Abdullah of National Conference (NC) and Mehbooba Mufti of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The other bigwigs include former ministers Raman Bhalla and Choudhary Lal Singh of Congress, GM Saroori of DPAP, Aga Ruhullah Mehdi and Mian Altaf of NC, Ashraf Mir of Apni Party, Sajjad Lone of Peopl