Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Poll Body's Directive On Freebies To Observers Ahead Of 1st Phase Of Polls

The Election Commission on Friday directed its observers deployed for the first phase of Lok Sabha polls to ensure that fake news and misinformation is curbed in time and facts are conveyed to voters on a pro-active basis to steer a "positive narrati

Ahead of the Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha and Assembly election, the post-poll supply of liquor has made headlines - as a pre-poll promise by none less than ex-Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu.

Cash, liquor, narcotics and other goods worth more than Rs 103 crore have been seized in Madhya Pradesh so far to ensure free and fair Lok Sabha elections since the model code of conduct came into force, an official said on Friday.

The Coimbatore police has filed an FIR against BJP candidate and its state chief K Annamalai for allegedly campaigning beyond the 10 PM deadline last night.

While Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav is busy campaigning for his party in the state, Dimple Yadav, who is contesting the Mainpuri seat, has found a new companion her elder daughter Aditi.

Election authorities in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district travelled on winding and treacherous tracks and through forests for 107 km to enable two elderly men to vote from their homes for the Lok Sabha polls, officials said today.