IMPHAL: Voting for the remaining part of the Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituency began on Friday morning amidst heavy security covers.

CHANDIGARH: In a significant move for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Punjab, State President Sunil Jakhar on Thursday welcomed several high-profile political figures into the party fold. Among them is Rahul Singh Sidhu, a prominent political leader from Muktsar, and other political workers from Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal.

AMRITSAR: While campaigning in Amritsar, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann praised the Majha region and said that when the people of Majha make up their minds about something, they do not and cannot be swayed and this time the people here have made up their mind to make the Aam Aadmi Party win.

CHANDIGARH: In an endeavor to preserve the sanctity of the electoral process, enforcement agencies in Punjab have conducted extensive operations, resulting in the confiscation of cash, liquor, drugs, precious metals and freebies valued at Rs 321.51 crore since the implementation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for the Lok Sabha elections on March 16, till date.

DHARAMSALA: Former Chief Minister and Union Minister Shanta Kumar described the ongoing Lok Sabha elections as "historic," attributing this to the transformative leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking from his extensive experience in Indian politics, Kumar highlighted several groundbreaking achievements he anticipates will mark these elections.

KOLKATA: The fate of 47 candidates, including that of the BJP state President in West Bengal, will be sealed on Friday in the second phase of elections in three Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.

CHANDIGARH: INDIA bloc partners, the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday, for the first time, chalked out a joint strategy for the Chandigarh parliamentary constituency.

AMRITSAR: Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Amritsar Lok Sabha Constituency and former ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu Samani said that central funds should be investigated under Amritsar Smart City project and we will investigate it. Strict action will be taken against the officials if found guilty.

CHANDIGARH: The Congress party today suspended senior party leader and Phillaur MLA Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary for anti-party activities. He is son of former MP and minister late Santokh Singh Chaudhary.

The State Election Commission has decided to make special arrangements for the high-profile Bengaluru Rural Lok Sabha Constituency.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) got a boost in Jalandhar when BJP Scheduled Castes Morcha Vice President Robin Sampla left his party and joined it on Tuesday.

JALANDHAR: The Punjab Provincial Committee of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Democracy firmly holds that the present combination of BJP-RSS and its central govt. is determinedly bent upon to establish a full-fledged Fascist system in our country if it wins the ongoing lok-sabha election 2024. To put this line into practice, BJP-RSS govt. has already started implementing the centralization of administration and political sphere.

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today appointed leading lawyer and party chief spokesperson Arshdeep Singh Kler as coordinator of the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat.

DHARAMSALA: As the legislative assembly by-election approaches in Dharamshala on June 1st, political tensions are escalating. The Congress party has yet to announce its candidate for the seat, previously held by Sudhir Sharma. In the 2022 Himachal Assembly elections, Sharma was elected as a Congress representative but later switched allegiance to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), now contesting the by-election under its banner.

PHAGWARA: As senior Congress leader Mohinder Singh Kaypee quit the Congress party to join Akali Dal on Monday, Phillaur MLA Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary said that the candidature of Charanjit Singh Channi had wreaked havoc in the Jalandhar Congress and the party high command needed to wake up from its long slumber to salvage the sinking ship.

IMPHAL: Fresh polling in 11 polling stations in the Inner Manipur Parliamentary Constituency is underway amid tight security on Monday, officials said.

AGARTALA: The Election Commission (EC) has so far suspended 18 Tripura government staff for participating in political events and election campaigns in violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC), an official said on Sunday.

AMRITSAR: Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Amritsar Lok Sabha Constituency and India's Ambassador to America Taranjit Singh Sandhu Samari has requested the state government to immediately compensate the farmers for the heavy damage caused to wheat and other crops due to heavy rain, wind and hail. requested from BJP candidate Taranjit Singh Sandhu after bowing at Dera Har Bhagat Dwar of village Jethuwal of Attari constituency.

LUCKNOW: ‘Ab ki baar, 400 paar’ -- this is the only election slogan that is reverberating in the political arena in Uttar Pradesh.

KOLKATA: The tribal-dominated Purulia Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal is the only seat where the Congress-Left Front bonhomie got derailed as one of the front allies refused to honour the seat-sharing agreement.

DAHOD: Dahod, a key Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat, remains a significant battleground for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress.

CHENNAI: DMK General Secretary and Tamil Nadu Water Resources Minister S. Duraimurugan has said that the DMK-led alliance would sweep the Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu.

LUCKNOW: The ongoing Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh are witnessing the emergence of new generations from families with a history in politics.

NEW DELHI: Three weeks after the INDIA bloc held a mega rally in the national capital, the constituent parties are set for a show of strength in Ranchi on Sunday.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address one public meeting each in Rajasthan's Jalore and Banswara districts, respectively, on Sunday.

JAIPUR: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday launched a scathing attack against the Congress in Rajasthan's Kota, saying that had people voted for the Congress in the 2019 general elections, Kota would have turned into a stronghold of the now banned Popular Front of India (PFI).

AMRITSAR: Aam Aadmi Party candidate Cabinet Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal today addressed the people in the corner meetings conducted under the leadership of MLA from Constituency East Madam Jeevanjot Kaur.

SURAT: The nomination form of Nilesh Kumbhani, the Congress candidate for the Surat Lok Sabha seat, has come under scrutiny.

PHAGWARA: To further strengthen the sense of security among people during the Lok Sabha elections, Phagwara Police led by DSP Phagwara Jaspreet Singh, took out a flag march in Phagwara on Friday.

NEW DELHI: Denied a ticket from the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat by the Congress, which her husband Santokh Chaudhary served as MP twice, Karamjit Kaur on Saturday joined the BJP along with AICC secretary and co-incharge of Himachal Pradesh, Tajinder Bittu.

BENGALURU: A total of 337 candidates in Karnataka on Friday filed their nominations for the 14 Lok Sabha seats on the last date of the submission of nominations. These seats will go for polling on May 7, the State Election Commission said.

CHANDIGARH: In a first-of-its-kind initiative to sensitize voters and gather their suggestions to make the electoral process more efficient and transparent in the Lok Sabha elections 2024, Chief Electoral Officer Sibin C held a Facebook live session, 'Talk to your CEO Punjab,' with the people of Punjab on Friday.

BHOPAL: Voting for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in six constituencies of Madhya Pradesh began at the scheduled time of 7 a.m. on Friday.

ITANAGAR: Voting for the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh began on Friday morning under heavy security blanket, officials said.

AIZAWL: Voting for the lone Mizoram Lok Sabha seat began on Friday morning amidst heavy security cover, officials said.