Ahmedabad, April 30 (IANS) Lok Sabha polls in all 26 seats of Gujarat and by-polls for seven state assembly seats began Wednesday, officials said. A total of 334 candidates are in the fray for the Lok Sabha. Balloting is taking place at 45,380 polling stations where over 234,000 polling personnel have been deployed. More than 40 […]
Ahmedabad, April 30 (IANS) Balloting for the lone Lok Sabha seat of Dadra and Nagar Haveli began Wednesday, officials said. As many as 11 candidates are in the fray. A total of 188,783 people are eligible to vote at 163 polling booths across the union territory.
Ahmedabad, April 30 (IANS) Voting for the lone parliamentary constituency of Daman and Diu began Wednesday, officials said. Just four candidates are in the fray. Balloting is taking place at 119 polling stations. As many as 102,260 electors are eligible to exercise their franchise in the union territory.
Lucknow, April 30 (IANS) Lok Sabha polls in 14 constituencies and by-polls for two state assembly seats began in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday, officials said. The candidates to look out for include Congress president Sonia Gandhi from Rae Bareli and Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh from Lucknow. The other prominent contenders include BJP leader Murli Manohar […]
Srinagar, April 30 (IANS) Balloting in the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir began Wednesday, officials said. The main contest is between Farooq Abdullah of the National Conference and Tariq Hamid Karra of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). As many as 14 candidates are in the fray. Over 1.23 million voters are eligible to […]
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) Simultaneous balloting in West Bengal for nine Lok Sabha seats and bypoll for one state assembly seat began Wednesday, officials said. The BJP has fielded celebrities like Bollywood music composer Bappi Lahiri, Bengali actor George Baker and journalist Chandan Mitra. As many as 87 candidates are in the fray for the Lok […]
Hyderabad, April 30 (IANS) Simultaneous balloting began Wednesday in Andhra Pradesh for 17 Lok Sabha seats and 119 state assembly seats in Telangana region, officials said. The key contestants for the Lok Sabha are union Ministers S. Jaipal Reddy, Sarve Satyanarayana and Balram Naik, Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao, Lok Satta Party chief Jayaprakash […]
Chandigarh, April 30 (IANS) Balloting began Wednesday in Punjab for all its 13 Lok Sabha seats that went to the polls in a single phase, officials said. Prominent candidates are Akali Dal’s Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Bharatiya Janata Party’s Arun Jaitley, Congress’s Amarinder Singh, and three-time BJP MP, actor Vinod Khanna. As many as 253 candidates are […]
Patna, April 30 (IANS) Lok Sabha polls for seven seats of Bihar and bypoll for one state assembly seat began Wednesday, officials said. Prominent candidates include Sharad Yadav, Hukum Deo Narain Yadav, Ali Ashraf Fatmi, Kirti Azad, and Pappu Yadav. As many as 94 candidates are in the fray for the Lok Sabha polls in Madhepura, […]
Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) The sudden ban on import of Indian mangos by the European Union has hit hard the farmers of Maharashtra, renowned for the luscious Alphonso and other varieties which are in great demand worldwide. “The ban effective for two seasons till December 2015, subject to a review, will mean losses of at least […]