Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar are among the prominent candidates in the fray.
At 9 am, Uttar Pradesh registered a turnout of 12.66% while Maharashtra recorded 7.28% voting.
Millions of Indians are queuing up to cast their ballot in the first of the seven-phase election.
Arvinder Singh Lovely, who stepped down from his post as the Delhi Congress chief, said he will not join any party.
The Bharatiya Janata Party expelled its leader KS Eshwarappa for six years for contesting the polls as an Independent candidate from Karnataka’s Shivamogga.
Omnichannel eyewear retailer Lenskart saw its consolidated operating revenue more than double to Rs 3,788 crore in FY23 from Rs 1,502 crore a year earlier. The Gurugram-based company reduced its losses from Rs 102 crore in FY22 to Rs 64 crore in FY23. Total expenses also increased in line with the growing scale of the company, coming in at Rs 4,025 crore in FY23 compared to Rs 1,726 crore in the year-ago period. Notwithstanding the loss on a net basis, Lenskart reported earnings before interest,...
While the final numbers are not yet out, polling figures for the first two phases are likely to be lower than those at the corresponding stages in 2019.
The rejection of Nilesh Kumbhani’s nomination paved the way for the BJP’s Mukesh Dalal to win the seat unopposed on April 22.
Kunwar Sarvesh Singh, who died of a heart attack, was unwell for a long time and was undergoing medical treatment in Delhi.
This came a week after the BJP won the Surat seat unopposed as the polling officer disqualified the Congress candidate and others withdrew their nominations.
Sitting Lok Sabha member from Mandya A Sumalatha said on Friday that she had sacrificed the seat to the JD(S) to extend her support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reports DHNS from Mandya.
.Speaking to reporters after casting her vote at Doddarasinakere village in Maddur taluk on Friday, Sumalatha said that at a time when several leaders in Karnataka were not ready to spare their constituencies for other candidates despite being defeated there, she parted with Mandya seat, which she...
The case was registered on a complaint by BJP leader JR Padmakumar, who accused the Congress MP of influencing voters in coastal regions.