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]Lok Sabha elections: Voting underway, PM Modi says vote in record numbers
Updated on Apr 19, 2024 08:04 AM IST
Voting in Lok Sabha polls: Out of India's 97 crore registered voters for the elections to the 543-strong Lok Sabha, 16.63 crore are eligible to vote today.
Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi to be India’s next chief of naval staff
Tripathi was the Western Naval Command chief before he was appointed as the navy’s vice chief in January 2024
Updated on Apr 19, 2024 08:06 AM IST
Rahul Singh
Vice Admiral Dinesh Tripathi to be next chief of naval staff
He will take charge on April 30 after present Naval chief Admiral R Hari Kumar, retires from service.
Updated on Apr 19, 2024 07:41 AM IST
Latest News, Live Updates Today April 19, 2024: ‘We will provide Cauvery water to Bengaluru residents by hook or by crook’: DK Shivakumar
Welcome to the live updates platform for Hindustan Times. Follow all the major news updates, headlines and breaking news stories from India and around the world right here. Track the real-time developments of major events for April 19, 2024.
Updated on Apr 19, 2024 08:25 AM IST
Assembly Election 2024 LIVE: Voting underway in Sikkim, Arunachal
Assembly Election 2024 live: Polling in Arunachal and Sikkim are being held simultaneously with the 1st phase of the Lok Sabha elections.
Updated on Apr 19, 2024 08:21 AM IST
Firing at Salman Khan's house: Probe reveals Portugal link. 10 points
Firing at Salman Khan's house: The Mumbai police have arrested Vicky Gupta (24) and Sagar Pal (21) for the crime.
Updated on Apr 19, 2024 07:42 AM IST
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Voting LIVE: Rajinikanth casts vote at Chennai
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Voting LIVE: Check out the top news updates from the first phase of polling in the 2024 general elections.
Updated on Apr 19, 2024 08:26 AM IST
How EVMs came into being: A brief history
Elections are the heartbeat of a democracy. When India became independent, sceptics thought a poor and illiterate nation would fail to keep democracy alive.
Updated on Apr 19, 2024 05:53 AM IST
Lok Sabha elections: What does the NDA-INDIA contest look like in Phase 1?
As far as the parties in the INDIA bloc are concerned, they have put up 114 candidates in the 102 PCs which are going to polls in this phase.
Updated on Apr 19, 2024 07:10 AM IST
Nishant Ranjan, New Delhi
Leaders file papers as election process begins in Andhra, Telangana
While Andhra Pradesh is going for simultaneous elections to the state assembly and Lok Sabha, Telangana which had its assembly elections on November 30, will face the general polls
Updated on Apr 19, 2024 08:02 AM IST
Srinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad
Will a high-octane campaign help BJP enter Dravidian bastion Tamil Nadu?
The big question is whether the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) can translate an intensive, vocal, and energetic campaign into enough votes to pip its erstwhile ally, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), and whether these votes will translate into seats
Updated on Apr 19, 2024 08:00 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
Lok Sabha elections: World’s largest polls begin
LS polls are a mind-boggling affair in India, where voting population is larger than combined populations of the US, the UK, Brazil, Russia, Japan, and France.
Updated on Apr 19, 2024 07:09 AM IST
Aditi Agrawal, New Delhi
Why stop a system that is working well: Supreme Court on EVMs
The SC also sought information about reports that four EVMs mistakenly recorded votes for the BJP during mock elections in Kerala earlier this week
Updated on Apr 19, 2024 05:29 AM IST
Utkarsh Anand, New Delhi
Court sentences Ludhiana woman to death for killing neighbour’s child
On the day of the killing, Kaur abducted Dilroz from a lane near her home at 2.15pm, driving the toddler on a scooter 13 kilometers away to Salem Tabri, where she buried her alive in a pre-dug pit
Updated on Apr 19, 2024 06:26 AM IST
Tarsem Singh Deogan, Ludhiana
ED: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal eating sweets, mangoes to raise sugar level
Delhi minister and AAP leader Atishi responded by saying there was a “huge conspiracy” to kill Kejriwal in prison, attributing jump in his blood sugar levels.
Updated on Apr 19, 2024 05:29 AM IST
Deepankar Malviya, New Delhi
Latest News, Live Updates Today April 18, 2024: European Commission proposes youth mobility agreement with UK to help youngsters
Welcome to the live updates platform for Hindustan Times. Follow all the major news updates, headlines and breaking news stories from India and around the world right here. Track the real-time developments of major events for April 18, 2024.
Published on Apr 18, 2024 11:54 PM IST
WHO updates terminology for pathogens that transmit through air
The UN health agency said the change aims to help identify, communicate about and respond to existing and new airborne pathogens
Updated on Apr 19, 2024 01:31 AM IST
Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
Dubai flood: Indian consulate issues helpline, guidelines for people stranded
In the past few days, heavy rain have disrupted daily routines in the UAE.
Published on Apr 18, 2024 11:04 PM IST
Stage set for 2024 Lok Sabha elections as India votes for 102 seats in 1st phase
The 2024 Lok Sabha elections will kick off Friday with polling for the first phase scheduled in 102 seats spread across 21 states and Union territories.
Published on Apr 18, 2024 10:57 PM IST
ED lied about Kejriwal's diet; he is being denied insulin, plot to kill him: Atishi
ED lied about Kejriwal's diet; he is being denied insulin, plot to kill him: Atishi
Published on Apr 18, 2024 10:36 PM IST
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Amanatullah Khan leaves ED office after being questioned in Waqf Board case
AAP MP Sanjay Singh reached Amanatullah's house late on Thursday night. AAP released the Okhla MLA's message on social media.
Updated on Apr 19, 2024 05:28 AM IST
BSF detects two ammunition dumps in Malkangiri forests ahead of polls next month
A BSF officer said 7 single barrel muzzle loader guns, tiffin IEDs of 5 kg, hand grenades and hundreds of fragmented steel balls have been seized
Published on Apr 18, 2024 10:31 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
Sanjay Singh, who gave clean chit to Aryan Khan, takes voluntary retirement
Sanjay Kumar Singh told HT that he had decided to take voluntary retirement due to personal reasons. “I have had a fruitful career,” he said
Updated on Apr 18, 2024 10:09 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Elections: List of key candidates in Phase 1
UP Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Eight crucial constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, including Pilibhit and Rampur, will also elect their representatives.
Updated on Apr 19, 2024 06:14 AM IST
Jharkhand gang rape case: Tourist couple detail encounter with attackers
The video revealed the campsite where they stayed and the grim site of the incident.
Updated on Apr 18, 2024 10:23 PM IST
What's open, what's closed on April 19 as India goes to polls for phase 1?
April 19 is a state holiday in Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and Nagaland because of the first phase of election.
Updated on Apr 19, 2024 05:50 AM IST
India to deliver 1st batch of BrahMos missiles to Philippines on Friday
The deliveries of the BrahMos missile to the Philippines were held up as the two nations hadn’t signed a non-disclosure agreement
Published on Apr 18, 2024 09:01 PM IST
‘Incomplete clip, but sorry’: Owaisi challenger Madhavi Latha on ‘arrow’ gesture
Reacting to the video, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi exuded confidence the people will “reject” the “vulgar and provocative ideas” of both the BJP and RSS.
Published on Apr 18, 2024 08:49 PM IST
HT News Desk, New Delhi
Beniwal, Kaswan among key candidates in Rajasthan's 1st phase of Lok Sabha polls
Twelve of 25 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan will go to polls in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on Friday.
Updated on Apr 18, 2024 08:27 PM IST
Assam Lok Sabha elections 2024-Phase 1: Key constituencies and candidates
Assam Lok Sabha elections 2024-Phase 1: Voting will be held in five out of total 14 consituencies in the state.
Updated on Apr 19, 2024 05:45 AM IST