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Agartala, April 11 Preparations for the Tripura tribal council elections have been completed, with election officials being dispatched to booths with election materials, an official said on Saturday.Polling for the 28-seat Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) council is...

In Assam, the Election Commission has announced re-polling at one polling station in the Sribhumi district. The Commission has declared the polling held at the Babyland High English School Polling Station, under the Karimganj North Assembly Constituency, yesterday as invalid. Re-polling will now...

Kolkata, April 9 – Senior police officers in Kolkata will be required to patrol the streets from 10 pm to 2 am, according to a directive issued by Kolkata Police Commissioner Ajay Nand.On Thursday, he held a meeting with senior police officers in the city and issued this directive during the...

Kohima, April 9 A total of 82.21 per cent of 22,382 voters exercised their franchise in the by-election to the Koridang assembly constituency in Nagaland's Mokokchung district on Thursday, officials said.As many as 18,400 votes were cast by the close of voting. The polling, which began at 7...

Thiruvananthapuram/Guwahati/Puducherry, April 9. Polling in Thursday's Assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry saw a high turnout under largely peaceful conditions, with heavy deployment of security forces, as only isolated incidents of law and order were reported.The Union...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 9 – At 6 p.m. on Thursday, the official conclusion of what is often called the ‘festival of democracy’ arrived as polling across Kerala came to a close.However, in several booths, the spirit of democracy lingered a little longer, with voters patiently waiting to...

Thrissur (Kerala), April 9 A young mother in this central district, initially denied the right to vote due to an injured left index finger, finally cast her ballot towards the end of the polling after a long wait.She showed her bandaged finger, now marked with blue ink, and said she was able...

Puducherry, April 9 Voting for the 30 Assembly constituencies in the Union Territory of Puducherry concluded at 6 pm on Thursday, while people who arrived before the deadline were allowed to wait in queues and cast their votes, officials said.According to initial estimates, the polling...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 9 Voting for the 140 Assembly seats in Kerala concluded at 6 pm on Thursday, with people still waiting in queues outside many polling stations.Those present at the polling stations by 6 pm were given tokens and would be allowed to vote.Until 5 pm, a turnout of...

Guwahati, April 9 Rajasthan Royals' captain, Riyan Parag, cast his vote in his hometown of Guwahati on Thursday in the Assam Assembly elections.The cricketer is in Guwahati for the team's matches in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) season at the Assam Cricket Association Stadium, which...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 9 Kerala recorded a voter turnout of 62 per cent by 3 pm, as polling continued in 140 assembly constituencies on Thursday.These crucial elections will determine whether the ruling LDF will secure a straight third term, or if the UDF makes a comeback, or if the BJP...

Puducherry, April 9 Puducherry witnessed brisk polling on Thursday, with 72.4% of the electorate casting their votes by 3 pm, according to the Election Commission.As the NDA is striving to retain power, the opposition Congress-led alliance is pushing to wrest control from the AINRC-led front...

Guwahati, April 9 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma cast his vote for the assembly elections on Thursday and asserted that people will give a decisive mandate to the BJP-led NDA.He was accompanied by his wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, and their two children, Nandil and Sukanya, as they...

Puducherry, April 9 A robot carrying a plate of flower petals greeted voters at a model polling booth set up at the VOC government higher secondary school in the Raj Bhavan constituency during the Assembly polls on Thursday.Moving along the corridor, the robot greeted visitors and encouraged...

April 09, New Delhi – Voting is in full swing in Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry for the state assembly elections, with eligible voters turning out in large numbers to cast their ballots.In Kerala, over 27 million electors will decide the fate of 883 candidates across 140 constituencies. So far...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 9 Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar cast his vote here on Thursday and appealed to the public to exercise their franchise.Arlekar voted at a polling booth in Jawahar Nagar in the Vattiyoorkavu constituency.The governor said he felt fortunate to vote for...

Pathanamthitta/Wayanad (Kerala), April 9 A newly-married couple in the Pathanamthitta district of Kerala made a special stop at the polling station on Thursday, heading straight from their wedding to cast their votes.Their detour was a statement about the importance of democratic...

Guwahati, April 9 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma cast his vote for the assembly election on Thursday, asserting that people will give a decisive mandate to the BJP-led NDA.He was accompanied by his wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma and their two children, Nandil and Sukanya, as they exercised...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 9 – In a significant moment that underscores India’s electoral credibility, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has extended a warm welcome to a high-powered international delegation to observe the Kerala Assembly elections as part of its International Election...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed to voters in Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry to participate in the election in large numbers. In a series of social media posts, Mr. Modi urged the people of Assam to exercise their right to vote.The Prime Minister expressed his hope that the youth and...