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Karnataka officers wear special sarees to encourage voting
Chamarajanagar (Karnataka), Apr 26 (PTI) Eight senior women officers of district administration wore specially-designed silk saris sporting a message that seeks to encourage voter participation which came in for all-round praise. Chamarajanagar is among the 14 Lok Sabha segments, where voting is underway in Karnataka on Friday. The eight included Deputy Commissioner of Chamarajanagar Shilpa…
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LS polls: Rajasthan records over 26 pc voter turnout in 13 constituencies till 11 am
Jaipur, Apr 26 (PTI) Polling picked up in the initial hours in the 13 Lok Sabha seats of Rajasthan where elections are being held in the second phase on Friday. Nearly 27 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the first four hours of polling across the 13 parliamentary constituencies and one assembly seat in…
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Senthilkumar, Akanksha enter quarters of PSA events
New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI) Top-seeded Indian Velavan Senthilkumar eased past Frenchman Matteo Carrouget in straight games to move into the quarterfinals of the Batch Open squash, a USD 12,000 PSA Challenger Tour event in Paris. National champion Senthilkumar, ranked 58th in the world, beat Carrouget 11-4 11-6 11-7 in 29 minutes in the second…
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Steady polling in LS polls in Kerala; 33.4 per cent turnout at 12.20pm
Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 26 (PTI) Polling in the 20 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala continued steadily in the first half of Friday with the state registering a turnout of 33.4 per cent till 12.20 pm. The election process, held amidst tight security arrangements, was primarily incident free except for instances of bogus voting and breakdowns of…
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Man arrested from Delhi airport for posing as pilot
New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI) A 24-year-old man was arrested for allegedly posing as a pilot of an airline from the IGI Airport, police said on Friday. According to police, they spotted a man wearing the uniform of an airline and wandering in the Metro Skywalk area on Thursday. “He presented himself as a pilot…
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Tripura East registers 36.79 pc voter turnout till 11 am
Agartala, Apr 26 (PTI) The Tripura East Lok Sabha constituency recorded a voter turnout of 36.79 per cent till 11 am on Friday, an official said. Long queues were seen outside polling stations since morning, as people turned up early to beat the heat, Additional Chief Electoral Officer S Bandopadhyay said. “The polling has largely…
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Omar, Mehbooba ask EC not to postpone polls in Anantnag-Rajouri LS seat
Srinagar/Jammu, Apr 26 (PTI) NC leader Omar Abdullah and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday asked the Election Commission not to postpone polls in Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat. The former chief ministers made the appeal after the EC sought a report from Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo and the Chief Electoral Officer on representations submitted by…
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21.68 pc voter turnout recorded in 5 seats of Bihar till 11 am
Patna, Apr 26 (PTI) A voter turnout of 21.68 per cent was recorded till 11 am in the five Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar where polling was underway in the second phase on Friday, officials said. The polling started at 7 am in Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Bhagalpur and Banka constituencies, and would continue till 6…