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Itanagar/Shillong/Imphal/Aizawl/Kohima, Apr 9: Polling begins today in six constituencies spread across four northeastern states in phase two of the nine-phase Lok Sabha elections. Voting is being held in one seat each in Nagaland and Manipur and two seats each in Arunchal Pradesh and Meghalaya. Manipur Polling is being held for the Outer Manipur seat. The Inner Manipur constituency will vote on

New Delhi, Apr 8: Undeterred by repeated attacks on him, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal today stuck to his stand of not accepting security. "I don’t need any security. I have written to police several times, but still you see some policemen surrounding me. They are there despite my writing. I can't remove them, but I don't need security," Kejriwal said at a press conference here. The AAP

Kolkata, Apr 8: A day after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee dared the Election Commission of India (EC) to take action against her for not complying with its order to transfer eight officials, including the police chiefs of five districts, the state administration agreed to budge. Though the state government said on Tuesday that transferring these officials would inconvenience the

New Delhi, Apr 8: The Congress will field local man Ajai Rai against the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in Varanasi in what is already the most watched contest in these general elections. Mr Rai, a legislator in the Uttar Pradesh assembly, will take on not only Mr Modi, but also but also Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal. Announcing Mr Rai's candidacy on Tuesday evening, the

New Delhi, Apr 8: In the second attack on him in the last four days, Arvind Kejriwal was on Tuesday slapped by an unidentified man during a roadshow in Sultanpuri area of northwest Delhi. The AAP leader immediately blamed BJP for the attack. The man slapped Kejriwal when he was shaking hands with his supporters. Kejriwal's supporters immediately caught hold of him and thrashed the attacker, an

New Delhi, Apr 8: In a setback to the Aam Aadmi Party, former High Court judge Fakhruddin, who was named the party's candidate in Rae Bareli against Congress president Sonia Gandhi, today withdrew from the fray. AAP sources said that the judge has withdrawn his candidature. However, the reasons for his withdrawal are not yet known. Justice (retd) Fakhruddin has served as judge in Madhya Pradesh

New Delhi, Apr 8: The Election Commission has said that it might cancel the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal if the state government doesn’t comply with its order on transfer of the officials. Banerjee had on Monday had defied EC orders, saying she would “not remove a single officer” and was ready to face the consequences. Mamata’s remarks came hours after the poll panel ordered the transfer of

New Delhi, Apr 8: Over Rs. 195 crore of cash has been seized so far by Election Commission (EC) appointed teams, with Andhra Pradesh topping the list. According to official data prepared till today, the EC-appointed Election Expenditure Observers have so far seized a total of Rs. 118 crore cash in Andhra Pradesh, Rs. 18.31 crore in Tamil Nadu, Rs. 14.40 in Maharashtra, Rs. 10.46 crore in Uttar

New Delhi, Apr 8: The Congress is likely to announce its candidate for Varanasi Lok Sabha seat on Tuesday, amid strong indications that Ajay Rai may get the party nod to take on Narendra Modi. Rai is Congress MLA from Pindra near Varanasi and belongs to Bhumihar community. Former party MP from Varanasi, Rajesh Mishra, is the second name on the second name on what the party circles called the

Agartala/Guwahati, Apr 7: Over 80 per cent of the electorate in Tripura cast their votes for one seat and 72 per cent Assam in five seats as the massive nine phase Lok Sabha elections began peacefully today from the Northeast. Election department sources in both the states said that the percentage might increase after final computation. In Assam, Tezpur recorded 73 per cent voting, Jorhat 75 per