A polling officer arrange a polling sales space forward of the second section of the final elections, at a village in Barmer within the desert state of Rajasthan, India, April 25, 2024.
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Lok Sabha polls 2024 | 1,202 candidates in fray in section 2
The stage is about for polling in 88 constituencies throughout 13 States within the second section of the final election on April 26 (Friday). Over 15.88 crore voters would train their franchise in 1.67 lakh polling stations throughout the nation.
A complete of 1,202 candidates are within the fray, together with 1,098 male, 102 feminine and two transgender contestants.
The Supreme Court is scheduled on April 26 to pronounce its judgment on petitions looking for a extra clear system of voting to make sure free and honest elections.
The verdict coincides with the second section of polling for the General Elections to the Lok Sabha.
Congress names candidates for 8 Haryana Lok Sabha seats
The Congress on Thursday evening launched its checklist of candidates for eight of the 9 Lok Sabha seats it’s contesting in Haryana. The celebration is but to determine on its candidate for the Gurgaon seat. Sushil Gupta, the State president of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the INDIA bloc ally of the Congress, is contesting from the Kurukshetra seat.
Centre permits export of two,000 tonnes of onions
In a shock transfer, the Union authorities on Thursday partially relaxed the indefinite ban on onion exports once more, paving the best way for the “immediate” export of two,000 tonnes of white onions, primarily grown in Gujarat, from three designated ports.
Bangladesh repatriates Myanmar troops after combating on border
Bangladesh despatched residence practically 300 Myanmar troops and civil servants on Thursday who fled throughout the border to flee assaults on their outposts close to the frontier between the 2 nations.
Akhilesh Yadav recordsdata nomination from Kannauj constituency
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday filed his nomination from the Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency. Akhilesh Yadav, who had gained the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat first in 2000 and later represented it in 2004 and 2009, assured voters that he would full unfinished initiatives, and convey love and brotherhood again to Kannauj.
2021 census delayed as BJP-led authorities desires to finish SC/ST reservation, alleges Congress
The 2021 census has been indefinitely delayed to finish reservation for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), the Congress alleged on April 25, stepping up its assault on the BJP-led authorities over the difficulty of caste enumeration.
The University of Southern California canceled its fundamental stage commencement ceremony Thursday underneath new security measures being taken because the campus is roiled by protests stemming from the Israel-Hamas struggle.
Pakistani Hindus in Rajasthan who missed CAA reduce-off stare at unsure future
Amid the euphoria created across the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) within the ongoing normal elections, a laws which has introduced respite for some, however those that got here to India after December 31, 2014, have many unanswered questions. The latter now have to use underneath the first Citizenship Act, 1955, which has previously seen the candidates ready for years to get the identical. The Pakistani Hindu households which have migrated to Barmer — bordering Pakistan — years in the past really feel that the CAA or citizenship regulation is waste till their life situations are uplifted as a lot of them, even after changing into Indian residents, proceed to reside in poor situations and social stigma.
IPL-17: SRH vs RCB | All-round Royal Challengers have the measure of Sunrisers
Royal Challengers Bengaluru delivered a shocking all-spherical efficiency to upset crowd-favorite Sunrisers Hyderabad, registering a 35-run victory of their IPL league match, on the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium on Thursday.
