Delhi Police Identifies Around 2,000 Polling Booths In City As 'Critical'

Of the 13,500 polling booths in Delhi, police have so far identified around 2,000 as "critical" based on past cases as well as the probability of deterioration of the law-and-order situation and extra security personnel would be deployed there.

The BJP on Wednesday fielded Neeraj Shekhar, the son of former prime minister Chandra Shekhar, from Ballia in Uttar Pradesh as the party released its 10th list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections.

Both T.T.V Dhinakaran and Thanga Tamilselvan used to be in the AIADMK once, and it was Dhinakaran who had introduced the latter to Jayalalithaa and aunt Sasikala, who controlled the party apparatus back then.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday unveiled the party's manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections, promising a caste-based census by 2025 and scrapping the Agnipath scheme.

Two roadside astrologers who predicted the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) candidate's victory in the April 19 Lok Sabha election with the help of their parakeet were arrested on a charge of keeping parakeets caged but was later released.

Folk singer Maithili Thakur thought she was successful, with millions following her Hindu devotional tunes on social media -- but then Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent her popularity into the stratosphere.