Maharashtra: Security tightens in Naxal-affected Gadchiroli ahead of 1st phase for Lok Sabha polls

Fifteen thousand security personnel will be deployed in the naxal-affected Gadchiroli district for the first phase of polling tomorrow, a senior official said on Thursday. Gadchiroli Superintendent of Police Neelotpal told ANI that elaborated security arrangements that have been made in the district to avoid any untoward situation. Surveillance is […]

Maharashtra: NCP candidate Sunetra Pawan files nomination from Baramati seat in Pune

Nationalist Congress Party, Baramati candidate and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s wife, Sunetra Pawar filed her nomination on Thursday. Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, NCP leader Praful Patel and Union Minister Ramdas Athawale were present with her at the Divisional Commissioner’s office. Earlier, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) candidate and sitting MP from Baramati seat, Supriya Sule, filed […]

Eight seats in Uttar Pradesh go to the polls in first phase on Friday

Uttar Pradesh, which sends the maximum number of MPs to the Lok Sabha, will witness polling on eight seats in the first phase of the general elections, which is to be held on Friday. These constituencies are Pilibhit, Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina, Moradabad, and Rampur. In the Pilibhit constituency, the BJP has fielded Jitin Prasada, replacing two-time […]

Madhya Pradesh: Polling teams dispatched with EVMs to booths in Chhindwara

Polling teams on Thursday dispatched with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to the polling stations in Chhindwara for the first phase of Lok Sabha election 2024 to be held on April 19. The teams left from Government PG college for the 1940 polling stations in the district on Thursday morning. Chhindwara district collector Sheelendra Singh said,”There are a […]

Setback for Congress as party’s Uttar Pradesh co-coordinator Vikas Agrahari joins BJP

Uttar Pradesh Congress state co-coordinator Vikas Agrahari on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Union Minister and BJP candidate from Amethi Lok Sabha Constituency, Smriti Irani. BJP’s Amethi district president Ram Prasad Mishra was also present on the occasion. The joining comes even as the Congress […]

UP: Former SP leader Sanjeev Katiyar joins BJP

Former Samajwadi Party leader Sanjeev Katiyar joined the BJP in the presence of Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak on Thursday. Katiyar served the Samajwadi Party as its District Panchayat President. At the joining event, Brajesh Pathak, while welcoming Katiyar asked his support for BJP in Kannauj to secure victory in the Lok Sabha elections. “I welcome Sanjeev Katiyar in the BJP. He will […]

Lok Sabha polls: BJP fields Narayan Rane from Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg constituency

Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday announced that Union Minister Narayan Rane will contest the Lok Sabha polls from the Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg constituency in Maharashtra. Rane will face the Sena (UBT) leader and incumbent MP Vinayak Raut from this seat. Narayan Rane had repeatedly claimed before that the Sindhudurg-Ratnagiri constituency will have a BJP candidate […]

Sunita Kejriwal to participate in INDIA bloc’s rally on April 21 in Jharkhand

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife, Sunita Kejriwal, will participate in the INDIA bloc’s “Nyay Ulgulan Rally,” to be held on April 21 in Jharkhand’s Ranchi. According to the party sources, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP MP Sanjay Singh will also participate in this rally of the INDIA bloc. Earlier, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) held a meeting regarding the […]