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Air India Express offers 19% discount for first-time voters flying home to cast their votes

Air India Express offers 19% off for first-time voters flying home to cast their votes in Lok Sabha elections.

The Hindu

General elections 2024 Phase 1 | How to check your polling booth, do’s and dont’s on polling day

Lok Sabha elections 2024: A comprehensive guide on how to find your polling booth; do’s and don’ts at a polling booth during general elections 2024.

The Hindu

Hindutva vs Dravidianism: Why Tamil Nadu resists the BJP

With the Lok Sabha polls just around the corner, many in Tamil Nadu seem to perceive this as an ideological fight between Dravidianism and Hindutva.

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Over 1800 polling stations ready for Lok Sabha elections in Assam's Sonitpur

The Sonitpur district election office dispatched polling parties to their respective polling stations on Thursday for the first phase of elections. Read further on Dynamite News:

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India Lok Sabha election 2024: Who votes in Phase 1 and what’s at stake?

A total of 102 constituencies in 21 states will vote on April 19 for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections.

Al Jazeera

Lok Sabha polls | Palaniswami slams DMK, BJP on fuel prices, funds for disaster relief

AIADMK general secretary criticizes DMK's credibility on petrol and diesel prices, promises benefits for Tamil Nadu if elected.

The Hindu

Election Commission issued notification for fourth phase of Lok Sabha polls

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday issued a notification for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Deafening silence over decimation of democracy in Bengaluru city’s administration

Imagine this scenario: Lok Sabha polls cancelled and an unelected and unconstitutional force is taking over the running of the country, or maybe extended President’s Rule is imposed on handpicked states without much explanation. Imagine the rage and outpourings from political parties, the intelligentsia, the courts and perhaps even from…

The Hindu

Rahul Gandhi may have to fight future poll from across oceans: Madhya Pradesh CM

Madhya Pradesh CM predicts Rahul Gandhi may have to contest elections from overseas due to lack of safe seats.

The Hindu

Nitish Kumar’s absence from PM Modi’s public meeting on April 16 sets tongues wagging

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's absence from PM Modi's rallies sparks speculation amid recent gaffes, raising eyebrows in political circles.

The Hindu

Commissioning of EVMs begins in Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram begins EVM commissioning for Lok Sabha polls, loading candidate photos and symbols in machines by April 20.

The Hindu

A fight to finish Azam Khan in his bastion of Rampur in U.P.

Rampur Lok Sabha seat faces post-Azam era as SP, BJP, and BSP vie for Muslim-dominated constituency.

The Hindu

Morning Digest | Campaigning ends for 102 seats in 1st phase of LS polls; EC halts proposed visit of Bengal Governor to Cooch Behar, and more

The Hindu Morning Digest gives a select list of stories to start the day. Read the top news today on April 18, 2024

The Hindu

PM Modi focuses on welfare, development initiatives in Tripura rally

PM Modi highlights BJP manifesto, development initiatives, criticizes opposition parties, and urges support for BJP candidates in Agartala election rally.

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‘The Congress government in Karnataka will emerge stronger after elections’

Even as a perceived turf war is on between Deputy Chief Minister and Karnataka Congress president D.K. Shivakumar and Janata Dal (Secular) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy over leadership of the Vokkaliga community, the former says that he is not just “one community’s leader” but works on a larger canvas as a…

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In Rajasthan’s Bharatpur, anger over development and caste, and BJP’s uphill battle

This is the second story in a special series with The Mooknayak on the election machine in reserved constituencies.

The Hindu

Lok Sabha polls | Modi failed as PM of the great democracy that is India: T.N. CM Stalin

Tamil Nadu CM M.K. Stalin criticizes PM Modi, warns against BJP rule, and alleges AIADMK-BJP alliance in Lok Sabha polls.

The Hindu

Rajput community to boycott BJP candidates in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar, Kairana, Saharanpur

The Rajputs held a ‘mahapanchayat’ and decided to boycott the BJP candidates in Muzaffarnagar, Kairana and Saharanpur Lok Sabha constituencies for allegedly neglecting the community while distributing party tickets, a leader said

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Madhu Bangarappa says sister’s win in Shivamogga will be our reply to father’s defeat in 2009

Karnataka’s Minister for School Education Madhu Bangarappa said, “S. Bangarappa joined the BJP in 2004 and won. However, he left that party within a few months, and won the by-election in 2005 as well.”

The Hindu

Lok Sabha polls | In Kerala, online slander campaigns dominate poll narratives as UDF, LDF square off

Use of cyberspace for bullying and harassing public figures, including women politicians contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, appeared to dominate the campaign narrative in Kerala

The Hindu

Rajnath Singh seeks Congress’ stand on CPI(M) poll promise to dismantle nuclear weapons

Rajnath Singh questions CPI(M)'s manifesto promise to dismantle India's nuclear weapons, demands Congress clarify stance.

The Hindu

Lok Sabha elections | Rahul and Akhilesh hold the PM to account for corruption

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav predicts a clean sweep of the BJP from Ghaziabad to Ghazipur in upcoming elections.

The Hindu

Lok Sabha polls Phase 1 | 8 Union Ministers, 2 former CMs, one ex-governor in fray

Union ministers, former CMs, and ex-governors face electoral battles in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections.

The Hindu

Top news developments in Karnataka on April 17, 2024

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Family ties prioritised in Biju Janata Dal’s nomination for women for Assembly seats in Odisha

Biju Janata Dal's nomination of 22 female candidates for Assembly elections highlights gender equality challenges in politics.

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