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Trends: NDA crosses magic figure, Modi set to be PM

May 16, 2014, at 03:59 pm

New Delhi, May 16 (IBNS): As counting of votes progressed on Friday, trends showed the BJP-led NDA garnering magic figure of 272 and crossing it further with a government in New Delhi under Narendra Modi now almost a reality.

Lok Sabha polls counting: NDA crosses half-way mark

May 16, 2014, at 03:40 pm

New Delhi, May 16 (IBNS): Counting of votes in the Lok Sabha polls started on Friday as trends showed BJP-led NDA crossing the half-way mark.

Lok Sabha polls: Counting trends show NDA set to form govt

May 16, 2014, at 03:21 pm

New Delhi, May 16 (IBNS): Counting of votes in the Lok Sabha polls started on Friday as early trends showed the BJP-led NDA is all set to form the next government at the Centre under the prime ministerialship of Narendra Modi.

Lok Sabha polls counting: Trends at 9.30 am

May 16, 2014, at 03:03 pm

New Delhi, May 16 (IBNS): Counting of votes in the Lok Sabha polls started on Friday as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading in 184 seats while the ruling Congress is ahead in 56 seats.

Lok Sabha polls counting: Trends at 9 am

May 16, 2014, at 02:46 pm

New Delhi, May 16 (IBNS): Counting of votes in the Lok Sabha polls started on Friday as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading in 99 seats while the ruling Congress is ahead in 41 seats.

Poll violence: 13 injured in West Bengal

May 12, 2014, at 04:21 pm

Kolkata, May 10 (IBNS) As polling began in the final phase of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections on Monday, reports of intimidation and clashes poured in from West Bengal, a politically volatile state.

Final phase: 11.39% turnout in Bihar till 9 am

May 12, 2014, at 03:53 pm

Patna, May 12 (IBNS) Nearly 11.39% voters exercised their franchise till 9 am as six seats in Bihar are undergoing polls in the final phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Monday.

TMC will be the third largest party: Derek

May 12, 2014, at 03:34 pm

Kolkata, May 12 (IBNS) Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha member Derek O'Brien on Monday said his party will emerge as the third largest party in the 2014 Lok Sabha.

LS elections phase 8: Brisk polling till 9 am

May 07, 2014, at 04:27 pm

New Delhi, May 7 (IBNS) Brisk turnout was witnessed on Wednesday in the eighth phase of polling in India to elect a new Parliament in New Delhi with states like West Bengal witnessing around 24 per cent balloting in the first two hours.

Phase 8: Voting underway in 7 states

May 07, 2014, at 03:43 pm

New Delhi, May 7 (IBNS) India is undergoing its eighth phase of elections on Wednesday with 64 parliamentary constituencies across seven states going to the hustings.

Polling underway for India seventh phase elections

Apr 30, 2014, at 04:11 pm

New Delhi, Apr 30 (IBNS) India is undergoing its seventh phase of elections on Wednesday with 89 parliamentary constituencies across seven states and two union territories going to the hustings. BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi also cast his vote in this phase in his home state Gujarat.

Those opposing Modi will be attacked: Kejriwal

Apr 24, 2014, at 04:39 pm

Varanasi, Apr 24 (IBNS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday slammed the attack on senior party leader Somnath Bharti and said those people who will oppose the Gujarat Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will have to face a similar situation.

Akhilesh Yadav, Mulayam Singh vote in Uttar Pradesh

Apr 24, 2014, at 04:25 pm

Lucknow, Apr 24 (IBNS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his father and Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday cast their ballots in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections.

Lok Sabha polls: Voting underway in sixth phase

Apr 24, 2014, at 03:02 pm

New Delhi, Apr 24 (IBNS) Over 18 crore voters in 11 states and Union Territory (UT) of Puducherry are exercising their franchise in the sixth of the nine-phased Lok Sabha elections on Thursday.

Modi sought my support on Kashmir: Geelani

Apr 19, 2014, at 03:26 pm

Srinagar, Apr 19 (IBNS) Separatist Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani has claimed that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi had sought his support in solving the Kashmir issue.

Modi should limit himself to Gujarat: Shinde

Apr 17, 2014, at 04:27 pm

Solapur, Apr 17 (IBNS) Union Home Minister and Congress candidate from Maharashtra's Solapur, Sushilkumar Shinde, on Thursday said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi should limit himself to his state only.

Will win by a huge margin: Jaswant Singh

Apr 17, 2014, at 04:17 pm

Barmer, Apr 17 (IBNS) Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh, who is contesting the 2014 Lok Sabha elections as an Independent from Barmer constituency of Rajasthan, on Thursday said he is confident to win by a huge margin.

Have faith in people: Sule after casting vote

Apr 17, 2014, at 04:16 pm

Pune, Apr 17 (IBNS) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule, who is contesting the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Pune's Baramati, on Thursday said she has full faith in her voters.

Varun is fighting polls in a dignified way: Maneka

Apr 17, 2014, at 04:05 pm

New Delhi, Apr 17 (IBNS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Maneka Gandhi on Thursday said her son and party's candidate from Sultanpur Lok Sabha seat, Varun Gandhi, is contesting the polls in a dignified manner.

LS polls 5th phase: Voting on in 12 states

Apr 17, 2014, at 03:07 pm

New Delhi, Apr 17 (IBNS) Voting in 121 seats across 12 states is currently underway in the fifth phase of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections on Thursday.

AAP candidate beaten up in Bihar

Apr 14, 2014, at 04:09 pm

Nalanda, Apr 14 (IBNS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate from Bihar's Nalanda, Pranav Prakash, has alleged that a group of around 25 unknown assailants beat him up with iron rods while he was campaigning for his party at Udarfu on Sunday.

LS polls: 11% turnout in Goa in the first hour

Apr 12, 2014, at 03:55 pm

Panaji, Apr 12 (IBNS) Around 11% voter turnout was registered in the first hour as polling started in the two Lok Sabha constituencies of Goa on Saturday.

Voting underway in Assam, Goa, Sikkim, Tripura

Apr 12, 2014, at 03:41 pm

Guwahati, Apr 12 (IBNS) Voting for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections has begun in seven constituencies of Assam, Goa, Sikkim and Tripura on Saturday morning.

LS poll: Voting underway in Mizoram

Apr 11, 2014, at 02:58 pm

Aizawl, Apr 11 (IBNS) Voting for the lone Lok Sabha seat in Mizoram began on Friday morning.

LS: India witnesses impressive turnout in third phase

Apr 11, 2014, at 12:46 am

New Delhi, Apr 10 (IBNS): India in its third phase of voting for the Lok Sabha elections across 11 states and three Union territories witnessed good turnout of voters with the state of Kerala registering 73.2 percent balloting on Thursday.

Lok Sabha elections: Brisk polling in Jammu

Apr 10, 2014, at 05:53 pm

Jammu, Apr 10 (IBNS) Voting for the Jammu-Poonch Lok Sabha seat started on a brisk note on Thursday as enthusiastic voters queued outside polling stations waiting for their turns.

Kirron Kher accompanies father who casts his vote

Apr 10, 2014, at 05:11 pm

Chandigarh, Apr 10 (IBNS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Chandigarh and prominent Bollywood actress Kirron Kher on Thursday accompanied her 101-year-old father to a polling booth here where the senior citizen cast his vote.

Phase 3: Brisk polling across 11 states, 3 UTs

Apr 10, 2014, at 04:38 pm

New Delhi, Apr 10 (IBNS) Brisk polling was reported in the initial hours as voting in 11 states and three Union Territories (UTs) in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections began on Thursday morning.

Poll violence: Maoists kill CRPF jawans in Bihar

Apr 10, 2014, at 04:01 pm

Patna, Apr 10 (IBNS) Hours before polling in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections began in Jamui parliamentary constituency of Bihar, at least two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans were killed and three others were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) triggered by Maoists on Thursday, said reports.

LS polls: Voting begins in 4 NE states

Apr 09, 2014, at 02:56 pm

Itanagar, Apr 9 (IBNS) Voting in four North-Eastern (NE) states - Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Manipur - began on Wednesday morning.