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1:59 PM

Lok Sabha elections updates: Farooq Abdullah not to contest LS polls due to health reasons

National Conference president and sitting MP from Srinagar Farooq Abdullah will not contest the Lok Sabha polls due to health reasons, his son and former J-K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said.

 

1:55 PM

NC left us with no option other than to contest all LS seats in Kashmir: PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti

Mehbooba Mufti today stated INDIA bloc partner National Conference has left the PDP with no other option other than to contest the election on the three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir. The NC recently announced it would field its candidates on all three seats. The NC left two seats in Jammu for the Congress as part of the INDIA bloc's seat-sharing agreement.

1:26 PM

Lok Sabha polls 2024 update: BJP's Mahesh Sharma to file nomination today

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak accompanied BJP candidate from Gautam Budh Nagar, Mahesh Sharma, in his nominations for Lok Sabha polls.

12:47 PM

Former Bihar Dy CM Sushil Kumar Modi to not participate in LS polls, says suffering from cancer

Lok Sabha polls: Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi announces that he will not be participating in the polls as he is battling cancer. He made the announcement on X, formerly known as Twitter and wrote that he has been battling cancer since six months. He further added that the Prime Minister has already been informed of his health condition. 

12:22 PM

What Congress MP Amir Chand Nayak said on LS, Assembly polls in Odisha

 

"The people have already understood the false promises of the BJD and BJP in the centre. They have understood their unholy alliances are not working for the people's development but to woo the votes from the public at the time of the elections... We have seen the double-engine government in different states of the country. I don't think those states have ever developed," Congress MP Amir Chand Nayak said.

12:15 PM

General Elections 2024 updates: BJP candidate K Annamalai holds roadshow in Coimbatore

The Tamil Nadu BJP Chief and BJP candidate from Coimbatore, K Annamalai, hit the campaign trail today by holding a roadshow to make preparations for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.The roadshow began in Teppakulam Maidanam in Madurai at around 11:00 am. 

12:13 PM

LS polls update: What Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Singh Yadav said on the upcoming polls

11:52 AM

Who even believes what Rahul Gandhi says?: Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'country will be on fire' remark saying who even believes what he (Rahul Gandhi) says and what Rahul Gandhi says doesn't have any facts or seriousness. CM Yadav made the commentwhile speaking to reporters in Jabalpur district today morning.

11:41 AM

Lok Sabha polls 2024 update: Seven women among 80 candidates in first phase of polls in Uttar Pradesh

Among the 80 candidates in contention for the first phase of Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh, just seven or 8.75 per cent are women, according to official data.

The figure is lower than the first phase of the 2019 general elections when 12 of the 91 contenders or 13.18 per cent were women. However, none of those female candidates were victorious.

11:37 AM

General Elections 2024: Triangular fight in the offing in Udhampur

BJP leader and Union minister Jitendra Singh is seeking to retain the Udhampur seat for the third time while the Congress has pitted Choudhary Lal Singh, who is facing ED's investiagtion heat in a money laundering case. The entry of former minister G M Saroori on the ticket of his Democratic Azad Party (DPAP) has made it a three-cornered contest.

10:53 AM

Lok Sabha polls 2024: Rahul Gandhi to file nomination today in Wayanad

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will file his nomination papers for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. He will also hold a roadshow in the constituency where he had won in the 2019 Parliament polls with a margin of over 400,000 votes.

10:51 AM

Lok Sabha elections: Uttarakhand govt declares public holiday on voting day

Ahead of the General Elections in the country, the Uttarakhand government has declared a public holiday on April 19. The order was issued by the General Administration Department of the Uttarakhand government on Tuesday.

10:30 AM

CPI candidate from Wayanad, Annie Raja conducts a roadshow in the constituency ahead of filing her nomination.

9:48 AM

Lok Sabha polls update: Nine more candidates file nominations from Jammu Lok Sabha seat

Nine more candidates filed their nomination papers from Jammu Lok Sabha constituency on Tuesday, an official spokesperson said. The total number of candidates who have filed their nomination papers from Jammu Lok Sabha seat stands at 13, he said. Polling in Jammu will be held on April 26.

9:46 AM

AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami distributes party pamphlets in Periyar market area