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Voting in the Northeast began at 21,585 polling stations including 9,574 booths in Assam, 2,201 in Arunachal Pradesh, 3,167 in Meghalaya, 2,227 in Nagaland, 1,175 in Mizoram, 1,679 in Tripura and 1,562 in Manipur
 

The states of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Telangana are voting today in a single phase.

The first phase of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections is set to take place on April 11. A total of 16633 polling stations have been set up. Campaigning for the first phase ended on April 9.

Showering praises on Krishna Byregowda, former chief minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah said, even BJP stalwart, Arun Jaitley has acknowledged Byregowda's work. Siddaramaiah often sent Byregowda for GST Council meet with Arun Jaitley.

Among the 184 candidates contesting in the Lok Sabha elections from Arunachal Pradesh, 131 are crorepatis. Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu emerged as the richest.

The security personnel discovered the dilapidated aircraft in a remote location, 30 kms from Roing. The skeleton of the aircraft was completely buried below five feet of snow and covered with thick undergrowth.

During checking by the flying squad team of the Election Commission of India and Income Tax department, Rs 1.8 crore cash was recovered from the vehicle bearing registration number AR-01K-0009

Omar Abdullah said, 'To maintain our identity distinct(ly), we entered certain things in the Constitution. We said our identity would be ours, we will have our own law, our own flag. At that time we also had our President and Prime Minister, and we will bring that back.'
 

Mehbooba Mufti's statement came after Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday pointed out how Article 370 and 35A are crippling Jammu and Kashmir and denying basic human rights

Union finance minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley, in a cryptic comment, lashed out at the opposition on Wednesday. The astute lawyer that Jaitley is, he quickly added a legal caveat saying, his mention of the word ‘idiot’ does not refer to any of his ‘political friends’
 

The Arunachal Pradesh chief electoral officer added that the Election Commission will officially declare the two BJP candidates as having won without a contest only after the last date of withdrawal of nomination papers on March 28

To understand, why the Modi government deserves distinction, one should first take note that the region is at least 30 years behind the Indian growth story. It means the benefits of liberalisation more or less bypassed them.

Former RBI governor and Chicago economist Raghuram Rajan, while in India to promote his new book The Third Pillar, spoke to two television channels. Earlier, Union finance minister Arun Jaitley had rubbished the concern raised by 108 economists about the reliability of data. MyNation spoke to economist Surjit S Bhalla where he said, while he was yet to complete his research on growth and job data, as of now the indicators from his study are positive.

Union minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju's immovable asset has gone up from Rs 9.50 lakh in 2014 to Rs 49 lakh at present.

The RSS-backed rights body Legal Rights Observatory (LRO) has moved the Election Commission of India (ECI) against the Arunachal Pradesh Christian Revival Church Council (APCRCC) for rallying voters to vote for a particular candidate on religious grounds in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.