More than half of the polling booths in Jammu and Kashmir, or over 6,400, have been designated as ‘critical’, and around 1,000 companies of security forces would be deployed for the three-phase assembly elections, ET has gathered. The bulk of the ‘critical ‘ polling centres will vote in phase 1 on September 18. Several of … Read more
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Electoral Officer Pankaj Agarwal on Saturday said there will be a total of 20,629 polling booths for the upcoming assembly elections in the state. The Haryana assembly polls are due later this year. He further said a preliminary voter list for the state has been published at all designated locations on August … Read more
Traditional allies appear to have abandoned Nicolas Maduro as protests rock Venezuela in the wake of Sunday’s election, which the longtime president claims to have won with 51.2 per cent of the vote. Maduro was quickly recognized as the winner by Cuba, Nicaragua, Honduras and Bolivia, as well as Russia, China and Iran. But he got no recognition from … Read more
Canada’s deputy prime minister is echoing comments made by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, saying Canada has “serious concerns” about the official results of the election in Venezuela. Speaking in Toronto, Chrystia Freeland said the government is in conversation with its allies over the results amid claims from Venezuelans that the vote was rigged. “Canada has … Read more
As south Bengal, a traditional TMC stronghold, heads to the polls on Saturday, the region faces a significant electoral battle testing the party’s dominance amid an ‘old versus new’ power struggle, with the national spotlight on Sandeshkhali in Basirhat due to allegations of atrocities on women and land grabs. The seventh and final phase of … Read more
Anantnag/Rajouri (JK): With the threat of cross-border shelling in some border areas and satellite phones and special runners in place to deal with contingencies, all is in readiness for elections in the controversially redrawn Anantnag-Rajouri constituency from where PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti is contesting. Contesting against Mehbooba Mufti, working to revive her party’s fortunes following … Read more
Amid difficult mountain terrain and dense forests of Arunachal Pradesh’s Vijaynagar, where even mobile signals dare not venture, a unique electoral odyssey is unfolding. In this remote corner near the international border with Myanmar, where challenges loom as large as the towering peaks, polling personnel armed with solar lamps, VSATs, excavators and four-wheel drives, among … Read more
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (EC) is set to hold a comprehensive security review with the home ministry on March 8-9 to assess whether assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) can be held alongside the Lok Sabha polls. The meeting of the full commission and the secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, and … Read more
