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LS Polls: Meghalaya records highest voter turnout in its electoral history
North East

LS Polls: Meghalaya records highest voter turnout in its electoral history

Shillong, April 21: Meghalaya has registered the highest voter turnout in its electoral history for any Lok Sabha elections, with 76.60 percent turnout, raising the question of whether it’s a pro- or anti-incumbency verdict. In the final tally, the Shillong parliamentary constituency registered...
Mizoram Additional CEO attributes low voter turnout to multiple factors
North East

Mizoram Additional CEO attributes low voter turnout to multiple factors

Aizawl, April 20: Although there were no irregularities or untoward incidents reported in Mizoram during the Lok Sabha election process, the Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Dr. H. Lianzela, said that the voter turnout stands at 56.68%. However, the final figures will be determined...
Manipur: Three arrested for Moirangkampu firing incident on poll day
North East

Manipur: Three arrested for Moirangkampu firing incident on poll day

Imphal, Apr 20: Manipur police arrested three people in connection with the firing incident on poll day, which took place on Friday at Moirangkampu Primary School in Imphal East district.During the incident, a man sustained bullet injuries in the indiscriminate firing that took place. The victim was...
Mizoram records low voter turnout for Parliamentary election
North East

Mizoram records low voter turnout for Parliamentary election

Aizawl, Apr 20: The first phase of Lok Sabha polls in Mizoram witnessed a lower voter turnout, on Friday. According to the ECI Voter Turnout Portal, the voter turnout as of 5 PM was 56.68%, which is less than the 2019 general election to the Lok Sabha, where the final voter turnout was...
INC to seek re-polls amidst election violence in Manipur
North East

INC to seek re-polls amidst election violence in Manipur

Imphal, April 19: Amidst reports of booth capturing, EVM vandalism and gun firing by armed miscreants, which have left at least three people injured on voting day so far, Manipur Congress Vice President Debrata Singh criticised the ruling party for allegedly supporting armed groups for electoral...
Voting underway in Nagaland amid ENPOs poll abstention
North East

Voting underway in Nagaland amid ENPO's poll abstention

Nagaland, April 19: The voting process for Nagaland's single Lok Sabha seat began on Friday morning, even as the Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Organisation (ENPO) chose to refrain from participating in the parliamentary elections. Contesting for the Nagaland Parliamentary Lok Sabha...
Violence mars first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Inner Manipur Constituency
North East

Violence mars first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Inner Manipur Constituency

Imphal, April 19: As citizens of Inner Manipur constituency participate in the democratic exercise of polling for the first phase of Lok Sabha Election, 2024, the day has been overshadowed by incidents of violence, despite stringent security measures in place.The tranquility of the polling process...
ENPO declares total shut down in Eastern Nagaland on eve of LS Polls
North East

ENPO declares total shut down in Eastern Nagaland on eve of LS Polls

Nagaland, Apr 18:Tension grips Nagaland on the eve of the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls, as Eastern Nagaland districts will enter an indefinite total shutdown on Thursday night.Under the authority of the Eastern Nagaland Public Emergency. The shutdown will take effect at 6 p.m. on April 18,...
Mizoram all set for polling on April 19
North East

Mizoram all set for polling on April 19

Aizawl, April 18: The preparation for filling up of 1-Mizoram (ST) Parliamentary Constituency, General Election to the Lok Sabha, 2024, which is to be held on April 19, 2024, has reached its final stage. Out of the 1,276 polling stations, there are 168 P-2 polling stations (polling stations that...
Suspended BJP MLA joins Congress party in Manipur
North East

Suspended BJP MLA joins Congress party in Manipur

Imphal, Apr 18: Former MLA of Hiyangalam Assembly constituency E. Dwijamani Singh, who was suspended from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), joined Congress just days after he was suspended from the primary membership for six months.K Saratkumar, General Secretary of the BJP, said in a telephonic...
Bridge in West Garo Hills collapses, probe underway
North East

Bridge in West Garo Hills collapses, probe underway

Shillong, Apr 17: A bridge in West Garo Hills collapsed after two "overloaded trucks" tried to cross over and "smuggle sugar to Bangladesh" with the connivance of “deputy commissioners, police chiefs of West, South and North Garo Hills districts and customs officials.” In this regard, a...
40 election officials airlifted to remote polling stations in Arunachal Pradesh
North East

40 election officials airlifted to remote polling stations in Arunachal Pradesh

Itanagar, Apr 17: A batch of 40 election officials, including police personnel, was airlifted to four remote polling stations in Arunachal Pradesh’s Kra Daadi district to facilitate polling for the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections scheduled for April 19.The officials, accompanied by...
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