No Trust Vote

Ruldu Ram's joy knew no bounds after he voted for the first time in his life at the age of 90, nearly eight decades after migrating from Pakistan during the Partition.

There is no proposal to make voting in the country compulsory, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan on Saturday attributed a relatively low voter turnout in Bihar in the first phase of Lok Sabha polls to "no challenge faced by the NDA" in the state.

Puvarti, a Maoist-stronghold in Sukma district bordering Bijapur district, is the home village of dreaded Naxalite leader Hidma.

A complaint has been filed against e-commerce major Flipkart and Tata Group firm BigBasket for allegedly making delivery boys work on the day of voting on April 19 in the state.

"Why should I vote to elect a representative of a place which is no longer mine ... elections mean nothing to us," says a distraught Nobi, who lost her home 11 months ago to ethnic violence in Manipur and is living in a relief camp.

At a time when Election Commission pledges to leave no stone unturned to bring eligible voters to polling stations, not many electors are aware of their right to "refuse to vote" even after registering their identities before the presiding officer.

Thousands of Kuki-Zo community people of Manipur, who have taken shelter in Mizoram following the ethnic violence in their home state, may not be able to exercise their franchise in the Lok Sabha polls, an official said on Tuesday.

Hours after the Congress suffered a major defeat in the Rajya Sabha polls in Himachal Pradesh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the opposition party is falling apart and has no knowledge where its MLAs are heading and whom they are votin

RJD leader Awadh Bihari Chaudhary was on Monday removed as Bihar assembly speaker.

The Nitish Kumar-led NDA government secured 129 votes in the test of strength amid opposition walkout in Bihar assembly.

To reach the polling station at Jhandana village ahead of the Madhya Pradesh elections, poll officials will have to first ride in a boat carrying the electronic voting machines (EVMs) with them, and then undertake a difficult journey on foot.

"No road, no vote" -- this is what the residents of Livada village in Uttarkashi have decided until an approach road to the village is built.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said even after the formation of Telangana state political parties were hesitating to celebrate the 'Telangana Liberation Day' due to vote bank politics.

There is no proposal to go back to the ballot system of casting votes in elections, the government told the Lok Sabha on Friday.

Ruldu Ram's joy knew no bounds after he voted for the first time in his life at the age of 90, nearly eight decades after migrating from Pakistan during the Partition.

There is no proposal to make voting in the country compulsory, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan on Saturday attributed a relatively low voter turnout in Bihar in the first phase of Lok Sabha polls to "no challenge faced by the NDA" in the state.

Puvarti, a Maoist-stronghold in Sukma district bordering Bijapur district, is the home village of dreaded Naxalite leader Hidma.

A complaint has been filed against e-commerce major Flipkart and Tata Group firm BigBasket for allegedly making delivery boys work on the day of voting on April 19 in the state.

"Why should I vote to elect a representative of a place which is no longer mine ... elections mean nothing to us," says a distraught Nobi, who lost her home 11 months ago to ethnic violence in Manipur and is living in a relief camp.

At a time when Election Commission pledges to leave no stone unturned to bring eligible voters to polling stations, not many electors are aware of their right to "refuse to vote" even after registering their identities before the presiding officer.

Thousands of Kuki-Zo community people of Manipur, who have taken shelter in Mizoram following the ethnic violence in their home state, may not be able to exercise their franchise in the Lok Sabha polls, an official said on Tuesday.

Hours after the Congress suffered a major defeat in the Rajya Sabha polls in Himachal Pradesh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the opposition party is falling apart and has no knowledge where its MLAs are heading and whom they are votin

RJD leader Awadh Bihari Chaudhary was on Monday removed as Bihar assembly speaker.

The Nitish Kumar-led NDA government secured 129 votes in the test of strength amid opposition walkout in Bihar assembly.

To reach the polling station at Jhandana village ahead of the Madhya Pradesh elections, poll officials will have to first ride in a boat carrying the electronic voting machines (EVMs) with them, and then undertake a difficult journey on foot.

"No road, no vote" -- this is what the residents of Livada village in Uttarkashi have decided until an approach road to the village is built.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said even after the formation of Telangana state political parties were hesitating to celebrate the 'Telangana Liberation Day' due to vote bank politics.

There is no proposal to go back to the ballot system of casting votes in elections, the government told the Lok Sabha on Friday.