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Delhi on Saturday, with people queuing up outside booths across the city from early morning to escape the summer heat. The early morning voters included Union ministers S Jaishankar and Hardeep Singh Puri, Delhi Minister Atishi, outgoing East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir, and candidates of different parties.

Lok Sabha elections recorded a voter turnout of 10.82 per cent as of 9 am, revealed the data shared by the Election Commission of India on Saturday.

opposition parties are hailing their alliance in India’s capital Delhi, and hoping they can deny Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s and his party a third consecutive clean sweep of the region in the ongoing elections.

Jaishankar, Hardeep Singh Puri, Atishi, Bansuri Swaraj, Harsh Malhotra, and others, cast their votes in Delhi. Besides these, Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora and former India Cricketer Gautam Gambhir also voted today.President Droupadi Murmu showed her inked finger after casting her vote for general elections 2024 at a polling booth in Delhi today.After casting a vote at a polling booth in the national capital, Jaishankar showed his inked finger and said, “We have just cast our vote, and I was the first male voter in this booth.

Also Read: EC censures TMC's Humayun Kabir after 'throw BJP supporters in Ganga' remark sparked row“@MamataOfficial has repeatedly flagged how @BJP4India was trying to rig votes by tampering with EVMs. And today, in Bankura's Raghunathpur, 5 EVMs were found with BJP tags on them.

Amitabh Kant has lauded the significant changes witnessed in Jammu and Kashmir after the scrapping of Article 370 in 2019. Kant, the former CEO of NITI Aayog, has said that Kashmir has the potential of becoming the 'Valley of hope' for startups, especially after recent ‘radical’ transformation on the ground.“I have been coming here for a long time, and I have seen the period of stone pelting, hartals, and violence.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged eligible voters to come forward in large numbers and participate in the election process.In his post, PM Modi emphasised the importance of a single vote and its importance for a vibrant and flourishing democracy. He also mentioned women and young voters urging them to participate in large numbers in Lok Sabha elections 2024 phase 6 voting.“I request all the voters of the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections to come forward to vote in maximum numbers.

Sanju Samson won the toss and elected to field first in Chennai. Meanwhile, the well-established pair of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head opened the innings for SRH.

Top Events this week: This week was marked by significant events across various sectors. In Pune, a tragic car crash involving a juvenile driver led to the arrest of his father, while a bus accident on the Ambala-Delhi National Highway claimed seven lives. Legal troubles arose in Delhi as Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s personal secretary faced judicial custody.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Samajwadi Party leader Dimple Yadav who will be visiting Varanasi, Minister in Uttar Pradesh government Ravindra Jaiswal said the duo should also visit 'Tehkhana' in Gyanvapi complex and should have a glimpse of a God's idol present in the basement.

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday staged protest amid polling in Jammu Kashmir's Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seats.

Polling began on Saturday morning for six Lok Sabha constituencies and 42 assembly seats in Odisha amid tight security arrangements, an official said. Voting started at 7 am in Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Puri Lok Sabha seats along with 42 assembly segments that make up these Lok Sabha constituencies.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said when the country was ruled by the Congress and state by the Samajwadi Party, one's day would begin with news about corruption cases and end with that of terrorist blasts. The chief minister's remark came during a public meeting at Pipraich in Gorakhpur parliamentary constituency where he was seeking votes for BJP candidate and sitting MP Ravi Kishan Shukla.

Rishi Sunak's government on Friday became the highest profile Conservative lawmaker to join a growing parliamentary exodus ahead of the July general election.

Election Commission has asked concerned Chief Electoral Officers and state authorities to take adequate measures to manage the adverse impact of hot weather or rainfall wherever predicted in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha polls.

elections got underway at 7 am on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged voters to come out in large numbers and exercise their franchise.

sixth and penultimate phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 today, May 25. All 10 seats of Haryana and seven seats of Delhi are polling in this round of voting.The voting, which begins at 7 am, is being held in Bihar (8 seats), Haryana (all 10 seats), Jammu and Kashmir (one seat), Jharkhand (4 seats), Delhi (all 7 seats), Odisha (6 seats), Uttar Pradesh (14 seats), West Bengal (8 seats).

MUMBAI : With barely a fortnight left for the Lok Sabha election results on 4 June, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have significantly toned down their bearish sentiment in Indian markets. On Thursday, they cut their cumulative net short positions on index futures contracts by a whopping 121,415 contracts to 98,351 contracts, from 219,766 a day earlier. Along with their purchase of a provisional ₹4,670.95 crore of shares, this short-covering was a key reason why the markets tested a fresh high of 22993.60 on Thursday.

sixth and penultimate phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 today, May 25. All 10 seats of Haryana and seven seats of Delhi are voting in this round of polling. Elections to 486 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats will be over by the end of phase 6 polling today.

2024 Lok Sabha elections, covering 58 seats spread over six states and the union territories of Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir will be held on Saturday. Among the prominent candidates in the fray are former chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti (Jammu and Kashmir) and Manohar Lal Khattar (Haryana), union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Deepender Hooda, Naveen Jindal, Bansuri Swaraj, Manoj Tiwari, Kanhaiya Kumar, Bhartruhari Mahtab and JP Aggarwal States where polling will be held in the sixth phase are Bihar (8 seats), Haryana (10), Jharkhand (4), Odisha (6), Uttar Pradesh (14), West Bengal (8), Delhi (7). Polling will also be held in Anantnag-Rajouri seat of J&K where Mufti is the PDP candidate. Unlike in 2014 and 2019, when BJP had won all seven seats in Delhi, this time the battle is not easy for the party as AAP and Congress have joined hands with the former contesting four seats and the latter three.

Ministry of External Affairs has served a show-cause notice to suspended JDS MP Prajwal Revanna asking why his diplomatic passport should not be cancelled in view of allegations of sexual abuse against him. The MEA is awaiting his response before deciding on the next course of action, sources told ET. The show-cause notice, served through email, is part of the process initiated to cancel Prajwal's passport. The case is being dealt under the provisions of the Passports Act of 1967. The MP from Hassan left India on April 27, a day after voting for the Lok Sabha elections took place in his constituency. If his passport is cancelled, then Prajwal's stay abroad will be illegal and he may face legal action in the country of stay, sources said.