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New Delhi, Apr 10: Polling began today for the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in the country's capital where BJP, Congress and newbie AAP are engaged in a three-cornered electoral battle. The voting began at 7 AM at over 11,500 polling stations out of which 327 have been declared critical and 90 hyper critical. A total of 1.27 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise which include

New Delhi, Apr 9: The stage is now set for the first substantial round of polling in the Lok Sabha elections tomorrow involving nearly 11 crore voters in 92 seats spread across 11 states, including Delhi and the national capital region and the riot-hit Muzaffarnagar. This will be the third round in the nine-phased elections which began on April 7 and will conclude on May 12. Tomorrow's round will

New Delhi, Apr 9: The Election Commission on Wednesday sought report from UP poll authorities on controversial remarks made by Azam Khan. The controversial Samajwadi Party leader and UP minister Azam Khan on Wednesday took a defiant stand over his ‘Kargil remarks’ as he said that he has said nothing wrong and that his “statement on the Kargil should be welcomed”. Talking to the reporters, Khan

Raipur, Apr 9: Launching a frontal attack ahead of polls in Chhattisgarh, Naxals on Wednesday killed two commandos of CRPF’s CoBRA battalion and injured five other troopers in ambush attacks in two districts of the state. In the first incident that occurred in Sukma district of the state, Naxals opened heavy fire on a patrol of the specialised anti-Naxal operations force CoBRA that was coming back

Itanagar, Apr 9: Balloting in simultaneous elections to Arunachal Pradesh's two Lok Sabha seats and the state assembly was sluggish in the first three hours, with reports of some political workers snatching voting machines. "An estimated 11% electorate cast their votes till 10 am for the two Lok Sabha seats - Arunachal West and Arunachal East - and 49 out of the 60 assembly seats. We expect the

Itanagar/Shillong/Imphal/Aizawl/Kohima, Apr 9: Polling begins today in six constituencies spread across four northeastern states in phase two of the nine-phase Lok Sabha elections. Voting is being held in one seat each in Nagaland and Manipur and two seats each in Arunchal Pradesh and Meghalaya. Manipur Polling is being held for the Outer Manipur seat. The Inner Manipur constituency will vote on

New Delhi, Apr 8: Undeterred by repeated attacks on him, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal today stuck to his stand of not accepting security. "I don’t need any security. I have written to police several times, but still you see some policemen surrounding me. They are there despite my writing. I can't remove them, but I don't need security," Kejriwal said at a press conference here. The AAP

Kolkata, Apr 8: A day after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee dared the Election Commission of India (EC) to take action against her for not complying with its order to transfer eight officials, including the police chiefs of five districts, the state administration agreed to budge. Though the state government said on Tuesday that transferring these officials would inconvenience the

New Delhi, Apr 8: The Congress will field local man Ajai Rai against the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in Varanasi in what is already the most watched contest in these general elections. Mr Rai, a legislator in the Uttar Pradesh assembly, will take on not only Mr Modi, but also but also Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal. Announcing Mr Rai's candidacy on Tuesday evening, the

New Delhi, Apr 8: In the second attack on him in the last four days, Arvind Kejriwal was on Tuesday slapped by an unidentified man during a roadshow in Sultanpuri area of northwest Delhi. The AAP leader immediately blamed BJP for the attack. The man slapped Kejriwal when he was shaking hands with his supporters. Kejriwal's supporters immediately caught hold of him and thrashed the attacker, an