ground-report

A statewide protest against Rajkot candidate Rupala due to his remark about the Kshatriya community in Rajkot failed to deter his chances. Throughout the protest, Kshatriyas held the slogan ‘Modi tujhse bair nahi, Rupala teri kher nahi.’

Union Minister Arjun Munda, ST Morcha chief Samir Oroan, Sita Soren, Tala Marandi, Geeta Kora face defeat.

Union Minister Anurag Thakur registers fifth consecutive win in Lok Sabha polls from the Hamirpur Parliamentary constituency.

After Lata Thakur, who had won the Assembly election on a Congress ticket in 1972 and had later died in 1976 in a road accident, no party fielded a woman candidate in the Assembly polls all these years.

Naidu's latest electoral triumph, where his Telugu Desam Party was ahead in 133 of the 175 seats as per the latest figures, comes months after his arrest in an alleged corruption case. In the outgoing House, TDP has 23 members.

Huge voting numbers were witnessed in Maoist-ravaged areas for the first time in decades.

National Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi held a roadshow in Solan and later paid obeisance at Jakhu temple in Shimla, while Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addressed poll rallies in Hamirpur and Mandi. 

A triangular contest awaits the by-poll in the tribal Lahaul & Spiti Assembly segment in Himachal Pradesh, where a woman nominee is challenging the male bastion after a gap of 52 years.

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu is trying to corner the Congress rebels, contesting on BJP ticket now in six Assembly constituencies, by linking their revolt to personal ambition and money at the instance of BJP, rebels defensive in public.

While Congress banks on Sharma’s stature and maturity in politics, BJP hopes to cash in on his outsider tag and seek votes on PM Modi’s name.

A massive fire at a Gaming Zone in Gujarat's Rajkot has left the nation shocked and many families in mourning. Official sources have stated that 34 are confirmed to be dead, but the figure may be expected to rise.

"The state will have 10,343 polling locations with over 20,000 polling booths. Among these, 1,362 locations with 3,033 booths have been identified as critical and 51 booths as vulnerable, necessitating additional police presence," it said.