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German elections: ‘Today more at stake than before,’ says first-time voter
Eighteen-year-old Gesa Schönwolff volunteered at a Berlin polling station and voted for the first time, expressing fears over political extremism
Published on Feb 24, 2025 10:05 AM IST
AP |
India nears epic milestone of over 1 billion voters, says CEC Rajiv Kumar
Kumar said that along with this overall milestone, the number of women voters is also going to be around 48 crore.
Published on Jan 07, 2025 08:05 PM IST
PTI |
Two die in Odisha as state votes in the last phase of polling
Officials said intense heat and high humidity were proving to be a problem in coastal districts as many voters complained of uneasiness while standing in the queue for voting
Updated on Jun 01, 2024 03:53 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
Opposition stuck in 20th century; voters want politics of 21st: PM Modi
In an interview to Hindustan that came on a day when campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls closed, Modi also endorsed the idea of simultaneous polls
Updated on May 31, 2024 02:32 AM IST
Shashi Shekhar, New Delhi
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Delhi's first-time voters are all set to get inked!
Delhiites will cast vote in Lok Sabha Elections' sixth phase on May 25. And here are some young debutants in democracy who are excited to click #VoteWaliSelfie.
Updated on May 25, 2024 12:14 AM IST
Kriti Kambiri
DU students say sadda haq and our duty in Lok Sabha elections in Delhi
As Delhi gears up for Lok Sabha elections on May 25, first-time voters from Delhi University open up on their excitement at being part of the electoral process!
Published on May 20, 2024 01:02 PM IST
Kriti Kambiri
Survey fleshes out citizens manifesto of Lokhandwala societies
Residents of Lokhandwala Township (LoTo) in Kandivali (E) have prepared a citizen manifesto based on an online survey that they will be presenting to candidates
Updated on May 06, 2024 09:05 AM IST
Lok Sabha elections | Jao jaakar matdaan karo, Vineet Kumar Singh urges in ditty
Mukaabaaz and Rangbaaz 3 actor Vineet Kumar Singh has come up with a poem, Matdaan, urging people to cast their vote.
Published on May 04, 2024 11:31 AM IST
Low polling carries message for parties
The mismatch between political rhetoric and the humdrum existence of daily life has left many voters feeling unsettled and indifferent to the election process
Published on May 03, 2024 01:15 AM IST
Smriti Irani becomes a voter in Amethi
Smriti Irani applied to become a voter after getting a house in Medan Mawai village of Gauriganj, Amethi.
Updated on Apr 04, 2024 01:28 AM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2024: Sole supplier of indelible ink says 70% production done
Mysore Paints and Varnish Ltd(MPVL) has been manufacturing the ink since 1962, solely for the Election Commission.
Published on Mar 06, 2024 01:05 PM IST
Adarsh Kumar Gupta
National Voters' Day 2024: Date, history, significance, theme this year
National Voters' Day 2024: Here's all you need to know about the date, history, significance and theme this year of National Voters' Day
Updated on Jan 25, 2024 08:02 AM IST
Zarafshan Shiraz, New Delhi
More women are voting, but not many in the House
Women may get into boardrooms and space missions, but women-led development can become a reality only when they are integrated as voters and candidates
Published on Dec 07, 2023 10:12 PM IST
Revolutionary balladeer, Gummadi Vithal Rao, who was voice of the marginalised dies at 77
Gaddar, a popular revolutionary balladeer and former Maoist party ideologue, has died at the age of 77 in Hyderabad after a brief illness.
Updated on Aug 07, 2023 12:26 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh urban local bodies polls: Yogi Adityanath first to cast vote in Gorakhpur booth
Voting is our right as well as main duty, says Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath after exercising his franchise in the urban local bodies elections
Updated on May 04, 2023 11:18 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Gorakhpur
Even a single vote matters: 101-year-old Lucknow voter
When asked about the reason to come out and vote despite his age, the 1923-born Hussain, a resident of Sheesh Mahal, Hussainabad, confidently said, “Even one vote matters”.
Updated on May 04, 2023 09:07 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Lucknow
K’taka polls: Suresh files papers as ‘precautionary measure’
Congress leader DK Suresh has filed nomination from the Kanakapura assembly constituency in Karnataka as a backup candidate in case of issues with the papers filed by his brother DK Shivakumar, the party?s state unit chief. Suresh said the measure was precautionary because of alleged conspiracies from the BJP. Shivakumar is the official candidate from Kanakapura, where he has won in the last three state elections. The BJP has fielded senior minister R Ashoka from the same constituency.
Updated on Apr 21, 2023 02:33 AM IST
HT Correspondent I Edited by Shilpa Ambardar, Bengaluru
Nagaland Elections 2023: How to check name in voter list
Nagaland elections 2023: Citizens of Nagaland, who will be exercising their right to vote must visit the polling station with their voter slip on polling day.
Published on Feb 24, 2023 03:24 PM IST
'First voter of independent India' dies at 106 in Himachal; condolences pour in
Shyam Saran Negi had cast his final vote through postal ballot for the state's assembly polls, according to the Election Commission.
Published on Nov 05, 2022 11:17 AM IST
EC wants voters on poll duty to cast postal ballot at facilitation centre only
A facilitation centre will be set up to enable poll duty voters to cast their votes at the facility before they are dispatched for the allotted polling stations for election duty.
Published on Sep 21, 2022 05:38 PM IST
PTI | | Posted by Lingamgunta Nirmitha Rao
Farooq Abdullah holds all-party meet over inclusion of non-local voters in J&K
Efforts of the NC and PDP to put up a united front against the "inclusion of non-locals as voters" in Jammu and Kashmir suffered a setback as the People’s Conference chairman Sajad Gani Lone opted out of the meeting.
Updated on Aug 22, 2022 01:29 PM IST
HT News Desk, New Delhi
Delhi to hold special voter enrolment drive across all polling stations
A special stall has also been established at the Delhi Pavilion of the ongoing India International Trade Fair (IITF) to assist voters, particularly the youth
Published on Nov 27, 2021 06:51 AM IST
ANI |