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Punjab Chief Minister Was Not Assaulted By Crowd In Punjab
In Punjab, polling for 13 parliamentary constituencies will take place in a single phase on June 1. A video depicting a large crowd chasing and attacking a man in a yellow turban is circulating widely on social media. The claim accompanying the video suggests that the man being assaulted is Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann….
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The Hindu Morning Digest: May 27, 2024
Kolkata Knight Riders players celebrate with the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 trophy after winning the final match against Sunrisers Hyderabad at MA Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai. | Photo Credit: PTI Cyclone Remal makes landfall; one lakh evacuated in Bengal The severe cyclonic storm Remal started its landfall process between Sagar Island in West Bengal…
63.36% Voter Turnout Recorded In Lok Sabha Phase 6, Phase 5 Recorded 62.2%
In the sixth phase, 58 seats in eight states and Union territories went to polls on Saturday. New Delhi: The penultimate phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha election has recorded a 63.36-per cent voter turnout a day after polling was held. Of the six phases of polling held so far, the turnout in the fifth…
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Poll Body Chief On Voter Turnout Data Row
The Election Commission said it has decided to expand the format of turnout data. New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Saturday said it is some people’s job to create doubts and asserted the systems in place at the Election Commission (EC) are strong to ensure no mistakes creep in. He was responding to…
Finance Commission Chief Arvind Panagariya Casts His 1st Vote
Arvind Panagariya, at 71, had on Friday said he was excited to cast his first-ever vote. New Delhi: Sixteenth Finance Commission Chairman Arvind Panagariya on Saturday cast his first vote in the national capital. “Most likely, I have the distinction of being the oldest first-time voter at my polling booth. Real proud of it!!,” Panagariya…
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Who Will Be INDIA Bloc’s PM Candidate? M Kharge’s “Kaun Banega Crorepati” Reply
Mallikarjun Kharge addressed a press conference in Shimla today. (FILE) New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had a witty response ready when he was asked, yet again, who would be the Prime Ministerial candidate of the INDIA bloc. “It’s like asking ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’,” Mr Kharge said, referring to the popular TV quiz show hosted…
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Bengal BJP Candidate Forced To Run As Protesters Throw Stones
The BJP candidate said two of his security personnel had to be hospitalised. Kolkata: The BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate from Jhargram had to run away from the Mangalapota area of Garbeta in West Midnapore district as stones were thrown at him and his security personnel during the sixth phase of polling on Saturday. Dramatic visuals…
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Arvind Kejriwal’s Post With Inked Finger
Arvind Kejriwal and family after voting in the Lok Sabha elections 2024 New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said he has voted against “inflation and unemployment” as he spoke to supporters outside a polling booth in the national capital. Voting in all the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi was held today. Mr…
Did A Congress MLA Vandalise EVM Inside Andhra Polling Booth? A Fact Check
Video shows P Ramakrishna Reddy entering a polling station and throwing a voting device on the ground Hyderabad: A video titled “Congress MLA breaks voting machine due to fear of an impending defeat” (translated from Malayalam) has gone viral on social media showing several men smashing an EVM (electronic voting machine) inside a polling booth…
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