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An 18-year-old boy slipped into the deep side of a swimming pool and drowned in Kota on Monday, the police said. The incident occurred at noon when the deceased teenager, Abdul Muneed, and a few others went into the railway officers' club swimming pool. Muneed who did not know swimming slipped...
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An 18-year-old boy slipped into the deep side of a swimming pool and drowned in Kota on Monday, the police said. The incident occurred at noon when the deceased teenager, Abdul Muneed, and a few others went into the railway officers' club swimming pool. Muneed who did not know swimming slipped...
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The CBI has booked an Indore-based man for alleged sexual abuse and intimidation of a Australian minor through Instagram, officials said Monday. The agency had received the information from Interpol that Ankur Shukla, a resident of Indore, Madhya Pradesh, allegedly befriended a girl from...
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Industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata casts his vote in Mumbai/ANI Photo
A voter turnout of 49.15 percent was recorded in Maharashtra, where polling was held in 13 Lok Sabha constituencies, including half a dozen in Mumbai, in the fifth and final phase of elections in the state amid tight security on Monday, officials said, as actors, corporate leaders and prominent...
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PM Narendra Modi meets the family members of late Sushil Kumar Modi, in Patna/ANI Photo
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday arrived in Patna, on his second visit to the city within a week, in the thick of the Lok Sabha elections.Modi, who had last weekend held the city in thrall with a spectacular roadshow, was received at the airport by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy CMs...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday slapped a show cause notice on former Union Minister Jayant Sinha for not taking part in campaigning after Manish Jaiswal was declared candidate from the Hazaribag Lok Sabha seat and thereby maligning the party's image. Sinha, son of former Union Finance...
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Nineteen tribals, including 18 women, were killed and three others injured when a mini goods vehicle ferrying a group of tendu leaves collectors plunged into a valley in Chhattisgarh's Kabirdham district on Monday afternoon, the police said. As per preliminary information, a brake failure led to...
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Three persons have been arrested for alleged possession of 17.48 kg of charas worth Rs 3.48 crore in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district, police said on Monday.Acting on a tip-off, a police team seized the contraband and arrested the accused, including a woman, in the limits of Kolaras police...
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Five persons, all men aged between 17 and 20, drowned in Ganga in Bihar's Begusarai district on Monday, the police said.The incident happened at Simaria Ghat where residents of a nearby village had come for a holy dip, said Neeraj Kumar Chaudhary, the SHO of Chakia police station.They had come...
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Actor-politician Kamal Haasan's Indian 2: Zero Tolerance will release in theatres on July 12. Haasan shared the news in a post on X where he shared the first look from the movie that shows a silhouette of a man riding a horse. #Indian2 Releasing worldwide in cinemas 12th July 2024!...
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Voters standing in queue in Baramulla/Umar Ganie/Rediff.com
Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency, which was once militancy-infested, recorded its highest-ever voter turnout on Monday at 59 per cent on a violence-free polling day, the Union territory's Chief Electoral Officer P K Pole said in Srinagar. He also said that the Sopore assembly...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the biggest allegation he faced in his political career was that he owned 250 pairs of clothes. In an interview to PTI, Modi said the allegation was levelled by Congress leader and former Gujarat chief minister Amarsinh Chaudhary and which was countered by...
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West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee's youngest brother Swapan Banerjee, also known as 'Babun', on Monday could not cast his vote after his name was not found in the voters' list, an election official said.Babun, who is a voter of Howrah town, went to cast his...
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on Monday won a major reprieve as a London court permitted him to appeal against his extradition to the US on espionage charges, a legal saga which has been going on for over a decade. The 52-year-old Australian national has been held at Belmarsh high-security...
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The fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections for 49 parliamentary constituencies saw a cumulative voter turnout of 56.68 per cent till 5 pm, as per the data shared by the Election Commission.According to the poll body, West Bengal recorded the highest voter turnout (73 per cent), followed by Ladakh...
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Industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata on Monday exercised his voting right at a polling booth in Colaba locality under Mumbai South constituency. Monday is voting day in Mumbai. I urge all Mumbaikars to go out and vote responsibly, Tata, Chairman Emeritus, Tata Sons, wrote on his X timeline...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said after June 4, Rahul Gandhi will have to take out a Congress Dhundo Yatra as the grand old party will not even get 40 seats in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. After addressing a rally in Haryana's Karnal, Shah kept up his attack on the Congress on various...
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Madhuri Dikshit votes.
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Salman Khan casts his vote. His father Salim Khan and mother Salma voted earlier in the day.
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Sonakshi Sinha and her mother vote.
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Condemning the attack on Ramakrishna Mission ashram in Jalpaiguri, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused the TMC regime of letting loose a reign of terror on monks just to appease vote bank politics. Addressing an election rally in West Bengal's Jhargram, Modi said as Chief Minister...
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi
A one-day state mourning will be observed across India on Tuesday as a mark of respect for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash, the Union Home Ministry has announced. The national flag will be flown at half-mast on all buildings where it is regularly flown across...
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday addressed a public rally in Haryana's Kurukshetra in support of BJP candidate Naveen Jindal and asserted that the June 4 result will come with the message of Satyamev Jayate.Speaking at the rally, the UP CM described Kurukshetra as a...
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Actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan casts her vote at a polling centre in Mumbai. Check out Aishwarya's Cannes looks here.
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Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan cast their vote in Mumbai.
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Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Monday he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Karim Khan said that he believes Netayahu, his defence minister Yoav Gallant and three Hamas leaders are...
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Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, Founder and Chairperson of Reliance Foundation Nita Ambani vote. Anil Ambani voted earlier this morning.
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US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti with SII chief Adar Poonawala
Vaccines manufacturer Serum Institute of India (SII) on Monday said it has started exports of 'R21/Matrix-M' malaria vaccine to Africa as part of the global fight against the disease. Developed in collaboration with the University of Oxford and Novavax's Matrix-M adjuvant, the R21/Matrix-M...
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Priya Dutt and her family at a polling station in Mumbai. Dutt is a former Congress MP and is now a restauranteur.
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Narendra Modi at a rally in Bengal
The Congress on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should shed light on why CBI and ED action against Suvendu Adhikari and Tapas Roy stalled after they joined the BJP and asked how the ruling party can make pretensions about eradicating corruption when its washing machine is at full spin in...
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Four years behind bars have changed his perception of time, but my friend's restlessness that drove his crusade for justice endures. Read the column here.
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Smriti Irani voted in Amethi
The fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections for 49 parliamentary constituencies saw a cumulative voter turnout of 47.53 per cent till 3 pm, as per the data shared by the Election Commission.According to the poll body, Ladakh recorded the highest voter turnout (61.26 per cent) followed by West...
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BJP candidate Ujjwal Nikam and his family vote
A 38.77 per cent voter turnout has been recorded till 3 pm in 13 constituencies in the fifth phase of elections in Maharashtra.Dindori- 45.95% Palghar- 42.48% Mumbai North West- 39.91% Thane- 36.07%
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Veteran Actress Shubha Khote casts her vote at a polling station in Mumbai. She says, I have voted for the right candidate. I did not opt for home-voting and voted here so that people get inspired and come out and vote...
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PM at a rally in Medinipur, WB
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said poor campaigning by the Congress and its allies could be a reason for low voter turnout in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls with even their party workers not turning out to vote for them and this could politically benefit the BJP. The prime minister told PTI in...
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Yesteryear 'villain' Prem Chopra arrives at a polling station in Mumbai.
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The king has arrived. Shah Rukh Khan arrives at a polling station in Mumbai along with Gauri, Suhana and Abram.
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Actor Bhumi Pednekar casts her vote in Mumbai.
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Maharashtra: Actor Ranbir Kapoor arrives at a polling centre in Mumbai.
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Anand Mahindra, chairperson Mahindra group shows the finger. The privilege of deciding who will govern us' It's a blessing. Never turn your back on a blessing, he writes. Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das and former Uttar Pradesh governor Ram...
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Actor Dia Mirza shares this image with her mother after voting. Mother and daughter duty fulfilled Jai Hind. The queue to cast our vote is an equaliser like no other. The process that brings us all together as one. Remember to carry your #TravellingBottle, it's hot. Exercise your right to...
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Actor Kiara Advani casts her vote. See her Cannes look here.
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Actor Tiger Shroff cast his vote for the 5th phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024. He said, Voting is very important, so everyone is requested to go and vote.
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Bihar: After casting his vote for the Lok Sabha Polls, BJP candidate from Saran Lok Sabha seat Rajiv Pratap Rudy says, In the case of defeat, RJD workers are threatening the voters... I hope people will give a befitting reply to the violence of Lalu Yadav...
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Rekha and her secretary Farzana leave a polling centre
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said he has requested the Election Commission of India to look into complaints of slow pace of voting in Mumbai. Polling was underway from 7 am in 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra, including six in Mumbai, and will continue...
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Actor Aamir Khan and ex wife Kiran Rao show their inked finger after casting their votes at a polling station in Mumbai. Aamir Khan says I just want to appeal to the people to come out and cast their votes. Do not waste your votes. It is our responsibility to cast our votes...
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Emraan Hashmi shows his inked finger and writes, Cast your Vote ! Be the change you want to see.
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Actor Konkona Sensharma shared this selfie after voting and wrote, Voted (tick), You?
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Praising the Ramakrishna Mission or Bharat Sevashram Sangha for their philanthropic works, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she was not against any institution but criticised one or two persons for indulging in politics. Banerjee had on Saturday alleged that some monks of the two...
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The family Roshan
Hrithik Roshan shared this picture with his parents and his sister after voting.
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Nashik, Maharashtra: FIR registered at Trimbakeshwar Police station against Lok Sabha independent candidate Shantigiri Maharaj after he garlanded the voting machine at a polling booth in the constituency.
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Lyricist Javed Akhtar and actor Shabana Azmi show their inked fingers after casting votes at a polling station in Mumbai, for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. Shabana Azmi says Voting is a huge responsibility and the right of every citizen. Everyone must come out and cast their...
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After casting his vote actor Ranjeet says, Voting is our right. The country needs a good government. Mumbai continued to disappoint with voter turnout failing to cross 30 per cent till 1 pm. Mumbai North recorded a turnout of 26.78 per cent; Mumbai North Central saw a turnout of 28.05 per cent,...
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NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal votes in Nashik
Phase 5 turnout: A 36.73% voter turnout has been recorded till 1 pm, in the fifth phase of elections. Bihar 34.62% Jammu & Kashmir 34.79% Jharkhand 41.89% Ladakh 52.02% Maharashtra 27.78% Odisha 35.31% Uttar Pradesh 39.55% West Bengal 48.41%
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hit out at the Congress for orchestrating endorsements from Pakistani leaders for electoral gains and said the opposition party often let national interest suffer when it came to dealing with Pakistan. In an exclusive interview to PTI, the prime minister also...
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Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh: After casting his vote, Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik) leader Raghuraj Pratap Singh 'Raja Bhaiya' says, The voting is going on very well. It is happening peacefully. I feel that there is an anti-incumbency wave against the present MP...We have made an appeal and it is also...
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After casting her vote, actress-model Malaika Arora says, I would appeal that it's your right to vote, so go out and exercise your right to vote.
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Hrithik Roshan votes and says, Study the candidates before you vote, know what your are voting for.
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Director Boney Kapoor and actor Khushi Kapoor arrive at a polling station in Mumbai, to cast their votes.
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today visited Rae Bareli the constituency from which he is contesting and offered prayers at Peepaleshwar Hanuman Temple. Gandhi is also contesting from Wayanad in Kerala where he is the sitting MP. Earlier in the day, the former Congress Chief reached at the Lucknow...
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Actors Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone arrive at a polling station in Mumbai to cast their vote.
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Sachin Tendulkar and his son cricketer Arjun Tendulkar cast their votes at a polling station in Mumbai.
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Lyricist Gulzar and his daughter and filmmaker Meghna vote in Mumbai
Scattered incidents of violence marred the fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls in seven parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal on Monday, as TMC and BJP workers clashed in various parts of Barrackpore, Bongaon, and Arambagh seats. Although the poll panel has claimed that the polling has been...
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After casting his vote at a polling booth in Mumbai, film producer-director Subhash Ghai says, I would ask every voter to cast their vote. I have done this for my country, for the development of the country. I hope that the government of the next five years will ensure respect for all religions,...
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Mumbai: After casting his vote, Shiv Sena leader Milind Deora says, This is the first time in 45 years that our family is not contesting the elections from the South Mumbai seat. In a way, it's a bit of a strange feeling. I appeal to the voters that India is the largest democracy in the world,...
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After casting his vote, actor Suresh Oberoi (seen here with his wife) says ...I don't think Mumbaikars will not come out to cast their votes because of the heatwave conditions. People will surely come out and exercise their right to vote. I am requesting everyone to come out...
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Pic: ANI via video shared by Iran's Press TV
Mortal remains of Iran President Ebrahim Raisi and Iran Foreign Minister being retrieved from the helicopter crash site.
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Voters at Baramulla
Amid reports and allegations of voter suppression from the parliamentary constituency of Sambhal in western Uttar Pradesh, a Muslim educator shares her struggle to cast her vote in the 2024 general election. Read the column here.
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Mumbai: After casting his vote, actor Manoj Bajpayee says, This is the biggest festival and everyone should vote as you will get this opportunity after 5 years. If you haven't voted then you have no right to complain...
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BJP supporters at a rally by the PM in Puri
Asserting that the BJD government in Odisha is on its way out, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said he was hurt over the destruction of the state. Modi said this while addressing a public meeting here under Dhenkanal Lok Sabha seat. Though the state is rich in mineral resources, its...
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Will Narendra D Modi return to power with an unprecedented majority?How free and fair is the 2024 election?If there is a free and fair election, Modi will not come back. But we all know that this is not a free and fair election, Jayati Ghosh, the well known economist and professor of economics at...
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Actor Anil Kapoor votes
The fifth phase of polling for Lok Sabha polls on May 20 across 49 parliamentary constituencies spread over six states and two Union Territories (UTs) saw a voter turnout of 23.66 per cent till 11 am, the Election Commission (ECI) said on Monday. While Bihar recorded a 21.11 per cent voter...
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Mumbai: After casting his vote, actor Anupam Kher says, Today is the festival of democracy and we should come out and vote to elect our government for the next 5 years...
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Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh: After casting his vote, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple chief priest Acharya Satyendra Das says, Voting is everyone's right and no one should give up on this... I wish PM Modi to be the PM again and the BJP government would come to power, I have voted with this feeling. 'Jo...
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The Thackerays pose after voting outside their home
Amid voting underway in 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Monday claimed there were lot of complaints from electors about facilities outside the polling booths.Voters were trying to beat the heat and exercise their franchise in large numbers,...
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Veteran actor Dharmendra casts his vote at a polling booth in Mumbai.
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Singer Kailash Kher says, ...I want to say that India is changing and you (people) are responsible for this. I want you to keep working in the national interest.
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After casting her vote, actress and BJP MP Hema Malini says, A large number of people are coming to vote. Yes, (400 paar) will be successful.
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After casting her vote, actress Esha Deol says, I appeal to people to come out and vote. It is our right. Every vote counts. He (PM Modi) is doing a lot of things for the country. Not only in India but also at the international level, he is taking our country forward.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has credited the Constitution for the trajectory of his own life, asserting that even if one assumes he acts out of self-interest, his own welfare lies in the welfare of the Constitution. In an interview with PTI, Modi rejected the opposition's claim that he intended...
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Actor Randeep Hooda shows the indelible ink mark on his finger after casting his vote at a polling booth in Mumbai.
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Former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray along with his son Aaditya Thackeray arrives at a polling booth in Mumbai to vote.
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MNS Chief Raj Thackeray, his family members, cast their votes at a polling booth in Mumbai.
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Rashmi Thackeray, wife of former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, shows the indelible ink mark on her finger after casting her vote at a polling booth in Mumbai.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asserted that the BJP will emerge as the single largest party in the south, as he remained unwaveringly confident that his NDA alliance will cross 400 seats in Lok Sabha when election results come out on June 4. Our strategy for the entire nation is the same. Phir...
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Actress and MP Hema Malini, her daughter and actress Esha Deol (not in picture) cast their votes at a polling booth in Mumbai.
10:42
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi
Update: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has died in the helicopter crash, Mehr News Agency, a semi-official news agency of the Iranian government said on Monday. However, there has been no official confirmation of this.Mehr news agency today...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he has never uttered a word against minorities, and the BJP has not just today but never acted against them. He, however, made it clear that he is not ready to accept anyone as special citizens. The comments in an interview to PTI Videos late Sunday is...
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BJP leader Shaina NC votes and says, The message to Mumbaikars is think, vote. Because only if you vote can you criticize the system. Only if you vote can you question and for Mumbai as the financial capital I think it's extremely imperative that we have the right representatives in parliament....
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Maharashtra: Ira Khan and Junaid Khan -- children of actor Aamir Khan --cast their votes at a polling booth in Mumbai.
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Suniel Shetty (left) at a polling station
Actor Suniel Shetty arrives at a polling booth in Mumbai to cast his vote.
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Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde casts his vote at a polling booth in Thane. Shinde says All the important decisions have been taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the last 10 years. So I am confident that the people of Maharashtra are going to vote for Mahayuti.
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrives at a polling booth in Lucknow to cast his vote. He is a sitting MP and BJP candidate from Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency. Samajwadi Party has fielded Ravidas Mehrotra from this seat.
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Actor Pooja Bhatt shares this image with her father, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt. She writes, Please go out and cast your vote. Your voice matters! #MumbaiNorthCentral #Bandra #Mumbai.
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Anil Ambani (left) queues up to vote
In view of the fifth phase of voting in the six of Mumbai's Lok Sabha constituencies, Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar said that police personnel were deployed at polling booths yesterday itself. This is a very big day. Polling is being held in 6 parliamentary constituencies in...
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Shahid Kapoor votes
LokSabhaElections2024: Phase 5: 10.28% voter turnout recorded till 9 am, in the fifth phase of elections. Bihar 8.86% Jammu & Kashmir 7.63% Jharkhand 11.68% Ladakh 10.51% Maharashtra 6.33% Odisha 6.87% West Bengal 15.35%
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As polling began in 49 constituencies for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday urged people to vote for love and not hatred and cast their ballot against unemployment and inflation.Voting is being held in 49 constituencies in six states and...
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Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das cast vote with his family in Mumbai early in the morning and urged all electors to exercise their franchise. I urge all the voters to vote,. This is a right in our parliamentary democracy and everyone should exercise it, Das told PTI after casting...
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Actor-Director Farhan Akhtar with his sister-director Zoya Akhtar and their mother and actor-screenwriter Honey Irani show their inked fingers after casting their votes at a polling station in Mumbai.
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Akshay Kumar
Polling booths in many parts of Mumbai witnessed brisk voting as soon as the polling began at 7 am on Monday in the six Lok Sabha constituencies in Mumbai.Among the early voters were Union minister Piyush Goyal, the BJP nominee from Mumbai North seat, and city Congress chief Varsha Gaikwad, who...
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Representational image. Pic: Reuters
Just In: Iran state TV has no reported that no sign of life has been detected at the crash site of helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi, various media outlets have reported.Details soon.
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As polling began in 49 constituencies for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday urged people to vote for love and not hatred and cast their ballot against unemployment and inflation. Voting is being held in 49 constituencies in six states and...
08:34
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is set to seek support in the lower House of Representatives on Monday, marking his fourth vote of confidence in parliament within 18 months of him assuming power. The federal parliament secretariat has included tabling and put in motion, the proposal of...
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Indian stock markets, including the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE), are closed today in observance of the fifth phase of parliamentary election voting in Mumbai. The decision to close the markets was taken to ensure that citizens, including those working in the...
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Just In: Rescuers have located the crash site of helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, state media says, CNN has posted on X.
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Directors Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar cast their vote in Bandra west, Mumbai, on Monday morning.
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Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar was among the first to line up to cast his vote in Mumbai.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged voters on Monday to cast their franchise in record numbers for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections, making a special plea to women and young voters to actively participate in the festival of democracy. As 49 seats across 8 states and UTs go to the polls...
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Industrlialist Anil Ambani queues up to vote
Voting for the fifth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections 2024 began on Monday morning across 49 parliamentary constituencies spread over six states and two Union territories (UTs) amid tight security and arrangements. The voting started at 7 am and will continue until 6 pm, with those in...
