Polling Booths

Voters at polling booths will be identified as per election rules but with due respect to their cultural values, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said on Tuesday.

The move, which comes into effect from midnight tonight, instantly sparked an outcry from the opposition, which called the toll waiver an election sop.

Balraj Kundu, the Haryana Jan Sevak Party nominee from Meham, said he was visiting a polling booth in the constituency when the incident took place.

Congress MP Kumari Selja cast her vote for the 2024 Haryana assembly elections at a polling booth in Hisar.

The Election Commission has set up 24 special polling stations in Jammu, Udhampur and New Delhi to facilitate voting by Kashmiri migrants in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, a senior official said.

Ahead of the Assembly elections, the Gurugram district election department has further accelerated the pace of preparations, saying that polling stations have been set up in the district's high-rise societies.

The highrise apartment complexes in Gurugram and some other cities of Haryana will have their own polling stations in the upcoming assembly elections.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urged voters to choose the Conservative party as polling booths opened across thecountry for the general election.He shared a photo with his wife, Akshata Murty, at a polling booth.

The Supreme Court has reacted sharply to grant of interim protection for an Andhra Pradesh MLA who was caught on camera this month destroying an EVM at a polling station in Palnadu district.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday filed a complaint against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, alleging that he violated the Mode code of conduct while exercising his right to franchise on Saturday in Bihar.

Tension erupted on Saturday in Odisha's Salipur assembly seat under Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency after the BJP MLA candidate Arindam Roy alleged booth capturing by some ruling BJD workers at a booth in Malasasan village under the segment.

A 70-year-old man died at a polling booth in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia on Saturday, an official said.

Gorakhpur Lok Sabha candidate Ravi Kishan on Saturday arrived at a polling booth in Gorakhpur and queued up in the line to cast his vote, emphasising that politicians are "servants of the public, not VIPs".

MS Dhoni arrived at a polling booth to cast his vote for the Lok Sabha Elections, and he was immediately surrounded by cameras.

President Droupadi Murmu cast her vote at an all-women polling booth in New Delhi constituency here on Saturday in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha polls, officials said.

Voters at polling booths will be identified as per election rules but with due respect to their cultural values, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said on Tuesday.

The move, which comes into effect from midnight tonight, instantly sparked an outcry from the opposition, which called the toll waiver an election sop.

Balraj Kundu, the Haryana Jan Sevak Party nominee from Meham, said he was visiting a polling booth in the constituency when the incident took place.

Congress MP Kumari Selja cast her vote for the 2024 Haryana assembly elections at a polling booth in Hisar.

The Election Commission has set up 24 special polling stations in Jammu, Udhampur and New Delhi to facilitate voting by Kashmiri migrants in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, a senior official said.

Ahead of the Assembly elections, the Gurugram district election department has further accelerated the pace of preparations, saying that polling stations have been set up in the district's high-rise societies.

The highrise apartment complexes in Gurugram and some other cities of Haryana will have their own polling stations in the upcoming assembly elections.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urged voters to choose the Conservative party as polling booths opened across thecountry for the general election.He shared a photo with his wife, Akshata Murty, at a polling booth.

The Supreme Court has reacted sharply to grant of interim protection for an Andhra Pradesh MLA who was caught on camera this month destroying an EVM at a polling station in Palnadu district.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday filed a complaint against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, alleging that he violated the Mode code of conduct while exercising his right to franchise on Saturday in Bihar.

Tension erupted on Saturday in Odisha's Salipur assembly seat under Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency after the BJP MLA candidate Arindam Roy alleged booth capturing by some ruling BJD workers at a booth in Malasasan village under the segment.

A 70-year-old man died at a polling booth in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia on Saturday, an official said.

Gorakhpur Lok Sabha candidate Ravi Kishan on Saturday arrived at a polling booth in Gorakhpur and queued up in the line to cast his vote, emphasising that politicians are "servants of the public, not VIPs".

MS Dhoni arrived at a polling booth to cast his vote for the Lok Sabha Elections, and he was immediately surrounded by cameras.

President Droupadi Murmu cast her vote at an all-women polling booth in New Delhi constituency here on Saturday in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha polls, officials said.