A polling officer arrange a polling sales space forward of the second part of the overall 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 part 2
The stage is ready for polling in 88 constituencies throughout 13 States within the second part of the overall 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 Courtroom is scheduled on April 26 to pronounce its judgment on petitions in search of a extra clear system of voting to make sure free and truthful elections.
The decision coincides with the second part of polling for the Basic 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 Occasion (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 way in which for the “speedy” 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 almost 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 international locations.
Akhilesh Yadav recordsdata nomination from Kannauj constituency
Samajwadi Occasion (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 produce 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 problem of caste enumeration.
The College of Southern California canceled its major stage commencement ceremony Thursday beneath new security measures being taken because the campus is roiled by protests stemming from the Israel-Hamas battle.
Pakistani Hindus in Rajasthan who missed CAA cut-off stare at unsure future
Amid the euphoria created across the Citizenship (Modification) Act (CAA) within the ongoing common 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 beneath the first Citizenship Act, 1955, which has up to now 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 legislation is waste till their life circumstances are uplifted as a lot of them, even after turning into Indian residents, proceed to dwell in poor circumstances and social stigma.
IPL-17: SRH vs RCB | All-round Royal Challengers have the measure of Sunrisers
Royal Challengers Bengaluru delivered a shocking all-round efficiency to upset crowd-favourite Sunrisers Hyderabad, registering a 35-run victory of their IPL league match, on the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium on Thursday.
