8% Women Candidates Contested First 2 Phases Of Lok Sabha Polls

Women constituted only eight per cent of the total 2,823 candidates in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha elections, with political activists saying it reflects a deeper issue of gender bias and that talk of women's empowerment rings hollow.

Police have booked Sanatan Pandey, the Samajwadi Party's candidate from the Ballia Lok Sabha constituency, for allegedly spreading enmity and threatening the district election officer, officials said on Sunday.

The AAP on Sunday claimed the Election Commission (EC) has imposed a ban on the party's Lok Sabha campaign song, 'Jail ke jawab mein hum vote denge', stating that it shows the ruling BJP and central investigation agencies in a bad light.

BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla has criticized the Congress party following the resignation of the Delhi Congress Committee President Arvinder Singh Lovely who has accused the Congress party of lacking mission and vision and "steeped

The Election Commission of India has declared polling "void" for the Lok Sabha elections at six polling stations in the Outer Manipur Parliamentary constituency.

Several leaders and workers of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) joined the BJP in the presence of Union Minister and BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Sambalpur, Dharmendra Pradhan.