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.
Tripura recorded the highest voter turnout with 54.47 per cent eligible people taking part in the electoral exercise till 1 pm.
In the first phase 36.96 per cent of voters had used their franchise till 1300 hrs on April 19.
Out of 152 contestants, BJP and Congress have fielded 13 each on all seats, BSP on 12, 73 Independents and 41 of other smaller parties.
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.
Rahul Gandhi made Delhi Police wait for hours when they went to hand over a notice to seek information on the sexual harassment victims.
The Chief Executive Officer underscored that pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine has increased to over twenty five thousand pilgrims per day for the last about 10 days.
During his visit to the border district Rajouri, the DGP was accompanied by ADGP Jammu Zone, Mukesh Singh.
BJP Chief JP Nadda drew a comparison between the Congress leader and Billionaire investor George Soros and said that both of them speak the same "language".
As the multilateral air exercise, Desert flag concluded on Friday, the Korean Air Force interacted with the members of the IAF contingent.