2024 elections
- India
NEET PG rescheduled to June 23 in view of Lok Sabha polls
New Delhi: In view of the Lok Sabha elections, the National Medical Commission (NMC) on Wednesday rescheduled medical entrance exam NEET PG to June 23. The NEET PG 2024 was scheduled to…
- India
UPSC postpones civil services preliminary exam to June 16 due to LS polls
New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Tuesday postponed the civil services preliminary examination to June 16 from May 26 due to the Lok Sabha elections. The civil services examination…
- Featured News
Election 2024: Govt must prioritise political transparency, accountability, ethical behaviour
The Chief Election Commissioner, Rajiv Kumar, has announced the 18th Lok Sabha election schedule, starting in April. He has identified four major problems that affect India’s free and fair elections. These are…
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Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, know state-wise seats in India’s lower house
Political temperatures rise in India as the Election Commission announced the schedule for the election to elect MPs for 543 seats of the 18th Lok Sabha polls on Saturday. With the schedule…
- India
Would be better if elections were conducted in 3-4 phases: Mayawati
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Saturday said that it would have been better if the Lok Sabha elections were held in three or four phases. In a statement issued by…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: 4,710 FIRs filed in 6 months against election fraudulent activities
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Meena on Saturday said that they have filed 4,710 FIRs in the last 6 months across the state against election fraudulent activities. “Between August…
- India
Round 14 of India-UK FTA talks closes ahead of election schedule
London: The fourteenth round of free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations between India and the UK closed on Friday ahead of the expected general election schedule to be announced by the Election Commission…
- News
SC to hear PIL seeking directions to conduct polls through ballot papers
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear, on Friday, a PIL seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to conduct the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls through ballot papers. As per…
- Hyderabad
Amit Shah to address BJP workers’ meeting in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Ahead of the general elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be addressing a meeting of BJP polling booth workers at the LB Stadium here on Tuesday afternoon, party sources said.…
- Kashmir
J&K: ECI team to meet political parties, admin ahead of LS polls
Srinagar: A team of the Election Commission of India (ECI) headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar will start discussions and meetings with political parties and the administration in J&K on…
- India
It will be easier for people of J-K to elect govt this time, says Azad
Srinagar: It will be easier for the people of Jammu and Kashmir to elect a government that will work for them as all regional and national parties have had a chance to govern…
- News
Asif Ali Zardari set to be Pakistan’s president for a 2nd time
Islamabad: Pakistan’s former president Asif Ali Zardari is set to be elected as the 14th president of the country in the election scheduled to be held on Saturday. The new president would…
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Ahead of elections, know areas under Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency, one of the 543 constituencies gearing up for the General Elections, encompasses seven assembly segment areas. Currently, six of these are represented by All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul…
- Technology
India elections: Google partners with news publishers, fact-checkers to curb deepfakes
New Delhi: Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Google on Friday announced to support ‘Shakti, India Election Fact-Checking Collective’, which is a consortium of news publishers and fact-checkers in the country, in…
- India
Voters should know about feasibility of assurances by parties, says CEC
Chennai: The voters have a right to know about the feasibility of fulfilling poll assurances made by political parties, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said on Saturday and made it clear that the…
