Election  

Voting for the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections is underway in Murshidabad, Balurghat, Maldaha Uttar, Maldaha Dakshin and Jangipur constituencies of Bengal.

After casting his vote in Kalaburagi, senior Congress leader Mallikarjun sounded confident and dismissed theories that his candidacy would be affected due to the exit of his loyal supporters.

 
 

Sunny Deol is not the first to join BJP in recent days. Here is a consolidated list of leaders who either jumped the ship or simply walked directly to the saffron side.

It is just a desperate attempt by naxals to discourage the voting process, stated an officer, adding that despite the blast, the public are enthusiastically participating in the polling process.

Several high profile ministers were seen casting vote in Madhya Pradesh's Bilaspur and Raipur. Former minister and senior BJP leader Amar Agrawal was seen meeting Congress candidate Atal Shrivastava after casting his vote in Bilaspur. Congress candidate from high profile Raipur seat Pramod Dubey reached indoor stadium polling centre to cast his vote.

Five people died near polling booths while waiting their turn to cast their vote in separate incidents in Kerala. The deceased have been identified as Chacko Mathai, Vijaya, Thresya Kutty, Prabhakaran and Mani

Mallikarjun Kharge cast his vote in the Kalaburagi constituency today (April 23). The Congress leader sounded confident of yet another victory over BJP candidate Umesh Jadhav
 

Owner of Amma Canteen at Shahapur in Yadgir is distributing free meals to those who show their inked finger in a bid to encourage them to vote.

 

PM Modi cast his vote at a polling booth in Ranip, Ahmedabad on Tuesday. But before that the Prime Minister went and took the blessings of his mother. PM Modi is known to be extremely close to her.

For the third phase of polling, the Election Commission has set up 147 all-women polling stations in the four constituencies of Assam — 29 in Dhubri, 11 in Kokrajhar, 28 in Barpeta and 79 in Gauhati.

Third phase of polling begins today in 13 states and 2 Union Territories on Tuesday.

Though election authorities had warned Umashankar to stop faith-healing activities at his residence, the IAS officer paid no heed, following which the Election Commission decided to remove him as a poll observer in Madhya Pradesh

'Please take necessary steps for re-polling as pressing the voting machine twice can make changes in the voting,' a letter by Thushar Vellappally, NDA candidate, through chief election agent advocate Sinil Kumar G read

BJP candidate Umesh Jadhav contesting from Kalaburagi constituency, cast his vote in Chincholi which falls under the Bidar Lok Sabha constituency.