Enthusiasm among elderly, first time voters in Jammu LS seat, 42.88 % voting till 1pm
An 86-year old Raj Dulari made sure to bring along her entire family to vote at a polling station in Peer Mitha of the Jammu city.
An 86-year old Raj Dulari made sure to bring along her entire family to vote at a polling station in Peer Mitha of the Jammu city.
The voting started at a brisk note but due to heatwave conditions, it became dull during afternoon.
With this polling, the fate of 152 contestants, including Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, two Union Ministers Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, and Kailash Choudhary, four sitting MPs, and seven women, has been sealed.
Former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti on Friday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) not to postpone the polls for the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency on the pleading of the BJP and its allies.
The incident, which occurred amidst the fervor of democratic engagement, has deeply saddened the community and sparked immediate inquiries by law enforcement.
Narendra Modi lashed out heavily at Congress saying that it had definitely formed the government by telling lies, but could not run it.
On Monday, Swapna flagged her concern in a social media post without naming Nandini, and appealed for support.
Tension brewed up in Rudrapur area of the district when land dispute led to killing of 6 people including two children and a woman in Fatehpur village on Monday morning.
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation is mulling over plans to set up plants for preparing a plastic mix to be used for repairing smaller roads.
Ethical values are very critical for growth of a nation and individual. No wonder now there is emphasis on ethics both in the corporate sector and also in the governmental sector. So much so now there is a paper on ethics for the Civil Services. But ethical values can be inculcated and not learnt. They have to be internalised. They can be imparted through personal and exemplary conduct and not preached, but practised. Gandhi emphasised on ethics and so does the New Education Pol