Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 2 Voting LIVE Updates: Tripura, Manipur, Assam, West Bengal, and Chhattisgarh were among the states leading voter turnout at 5 pm as per data released by the Election Commission. Tripura recorded a turnout of 77.95 percent, the highest among the states polling in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections on Friday. Karnataka, where 14 constituencies are voting today, recorded a turnout of 64.46 percent by 7 pm, as per EC figures. Voting, which began at 7 am, took place in 88 constituencies across 13 states and Union Territories and concluded at 6 pm.

BY Nayanika Sengupta 26 April 2024

With around 969 million registered voters, 543 constituencies across 36 states and Union Territories (UTs), India's Lok Sabha elections 2024, touted as the world's largest-ever democratic exercise, began on April 19. Phase 2 voting of Lok Sabha elections is taking place today in 88 constituencies across 13 states and UTs amid heavy security..

BY Nayanika Sengupta 26 April 2024

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 2 Voting: Polling is taking place today, April 26, in 88 constituencies across 13 states and Union Territories to decide the fate of several key political leaders, some of whom are Congress's Rahul Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor, BJP's Tejasvi Surya, Arun Govil, Hema Malini and Rajeev Chandrasekhar.

BY Nayanika Sengupta 25 April 2024

A spokesperson for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government said Israel was "moving ahead" with a ground operation, but gave no timeline, a Reuters report cited a defense official as saying.

BY Nayanika Sengupta 25 April 2024

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Congress seems to have been pushed on the backfoot with its senior leader Sam Pitroda suggesting a "US-like inheritance tax" in India amid row over PM Modi's remarks that the Congress has promised in its manifesto that it will "redistribute wealth" of country's people, a charge that the Grand Old party has been denying so far. Pitroda came under fire from the BJP and even PM Modi while the Congress distanced itself from his remarks. Reacting to Pitroda's remark, PM Modi on Wednesday said the Congress will 'impose inheritance tax', reiterating his stand that the party manifesto has 'Muslim League' stamp on it .

BY Nayanika Sengupta 24 April 2024

A remark by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, first made on Sunday, rubbed the Opposition the way he intended to, sparking reactions from Congress and other rivals of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who called PM's remark "divisive" and "hate speech". Read story below to know more.

BY Nayanika Sengupta 23 April 2024

The first phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 covering a total of 102 constituencies across 21 states and Union Territories (UTs) ended with a turnout of 60 per cent. The highest voter turnout was recorded in Tripura at 80.14 per cent followed by West Bengal at 77.57 percent, with Bihar witnessing the lowest turnout at 47.93 percent according to the final data released by the Election Commission of India at 7 PM.

BY Nayanika Sengupta 19 April 2024

Lok Sabha elections 2024 will take place in seven phases, starting April 19 and the counting of votes will take place on June 4. While voting for Phase 1 will take place on April 19, polling for Phase 2 to Phase 7 will take place on: April 26, May 7, May 13, May 20, May 25, and June 1.

BY Nayanika Sengupta 16 April 2024

While booms and air raid sirens shook Israel as Iran's extensive missile assault approached, the former's famed 'Iron Dome' air defense system detected and 'Arrow' system destroyed most of the Iranian projectiles in the Israeli airspace.

BY Nayanika Sengupta 15 April 2024

Congress Manifesto For Lok Sabha Polls: The manifesto, titled ‘Nyay Patra’, was released at the Congress headquarters in Delhi in the presence of party president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.

BY Nayanika Sengupta 5 April 2024