Politics

The state of Meghalaya constitutes of two Lok Sabha constituencies of Shillong and Tura.

Congress senior leader Ajay Singh lost to his BJP counterpart by less than 10000 votes in Satna.

The counting process across India starts at 989 centres at 8 AM with postal ballots being taken first and at around 8:30 AM EVMs would be opened.

Nearly 8000 candidates, including top guns Narendra Modi, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal were in the fray, in the largest-ever electoral exercise held in Indian history.

BJP sounded optimistic of a government in Odisha with help of a section of newly elected BJD MLAs.

"We pledge our commitment to world peace, non-violence and service to humankind, ideals that were very close to Lord Buddha," Modi said.

Our Delhi-obsessed media and political pundits seem to have completely forgotten about Vasundhara Raje, Shivraj Chouhan and Raman Singh.

Zeliang, 62, a confidant of Rio, is currently the planning and co-ordination minister in the Rio-led DAN coalition.

The EC served a notice to Kejriwal over his remarks that vote casted against Congress and BJP will be "treachery against God and the country".

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"Its watchwords were science not superstition, rationality not revivalism, spirituality not religion," Sonia said.

"If Congress is in a position to form a government, it will come forward," Chidambaram said.

Section 144 of the CrPC restricting gathering of people was imposed as BJP activists were stopped around the nearby All India Radio building and prevented from going towards the Commission.

The BJP is holding a roadshow in Varanasi in protest against the EC after Modi was denied permission to hold a rally in the holy city.

While maximum number of 34 candidates are in fray from Amethi, minimum of 10 candidates are contesting from Bahraich constituency.

"In 2004 and in 2009 (Lok Sabha elections) they were celebrating. They lost," Jairam Ramesh said.