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New Delhi, Apr 24: Braving rising temperatures, voters today turned up in good numbers in many of the 117 constituencies in 11 states and Union Territory of Puducherry in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha polls in which stakes are high for the Congress, BJP and number of other parties like AIADMK, DMK, NCP and Shiv Sena. An electorate of 18 crore voters will decide the fate of 2076 candidates

Hyderabad, Apr 24: YSR Congress party candidate B Shobha Nagi Reddy, who was seeking a re-election from Allagadda constituency in Andhra Pradesh in the upcoming assembly polls, today succumbed to her injuries sustained in a road accident in Kurnool district, police said. 46-year-old, Shobha, a sitting MLA was seriously injured after the four-wheeler in which she was travelling turned turtle at

Varanasi, Apr 24: BJP's Prime Ministerial pick Narendra Modi arrived here to a rousing welcome from party supporters to file his nomination for the mega electoral battle in the holy city where he has been challenged by AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal. Thousands of people wearing saffron caps, Modi masks and holding BJP flags, lined up along Nadesar, Andhrapaul, Lahurabeer and Cant area in the heart of

Patna, Apr 24: Armed with a court order, a joint team of Bihar and Jharkhand police raided the house of Bihar BJP leader Giriraj Singh today to arrest him for his alleged hate statements but could not find him. "A team of Bokaro police and Patna police raided Giriraj Singh's house around 5 AM in the morning to arrest him on the direction of a Bokaro court, which had issued a non-bailable arrest

New Delhi, Apr 24: Readers' poll for the 2014 TIME 100, which is the magazine's annual list of the top 100 people who influenced the world for better or worse, was today concluded with AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal leading the list with 261,114 "yes" votes, followed by BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi who received 164,572 similar votes. Readers were also allowed to vote on whether some

New Delhi, April 24: Over 18 crore voters in 117 parliamentary constituencies spread across 11 states and 1 Union Territory are eligible to exercise their franchise in the sixth phase of polling scheduled on Thursday. The sixth phase happens to be the second most major round of polling after the fifth phase held last week in which 121 constituencies were involved. All 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil

Varanasi, Apr 23: AAP leader Somnath Bharti was today assaulted allegedly by BJP workers at the Assi ghat here when he went there to participate in an election-related programme. "Somnath Bharti went to Assi ghat for an election-related programme arranged by a channel where BJP supporters took objections to the statements made by him. "Although AAP volunteers tried to pacify BJP workers, they

New Delhi, Apr 23: Stakes will be high for Congress and BJP and a number of other parties like AIADMK, DMK, NCP and Shiv Sena when 117 constituencies will go to polls tomorrow in yet another substantial round of polling in the Lok Sabha elections. Over 18 crore voters in 11 states and union territory of Puducherry will be able to vote in the sixth of the nine- phased elections tomorrow in which

Varanasi, Apr 23: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday filed his nomination papers to fight the Lok Sabha election here to take on BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. Kejriwal filed his papers at the district magistrate's office after a roadshow through parts of the Hindu holy city that drew thousands during which he attacked both Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. The other

Varanasi, Apr 23: Pitching his 'aam-aadmi' credentials, Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday on hit out at Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi for their "helicopter democracy" while projecting himself as an "honest" alternative. On his way to file his nomination papers for the Lok Sabha polls from this holy city, the AAP leader highlighted the "massive" spending in the advertisement campaigns for BJP's prime