Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 LIVE Updates: The polling started for 93 Lok Sabha seats across 12 states and union territories in the third phase of the general election on Tuesday at 7:00 am. The states and union territories where the elections are being held in this phase are Assam (4), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (7), Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (2), Goa (2), Gujarat (25), Karnataka (14), Maharashtra (11), Madhya Pradesh (8), Uttar Pradesh (10) and West Bengal (4). The BJP has bagged the Surat seat unopposed. In this phase, more than 1300 candidates, including around 120 women, are in the fray. We are closing LIVE blog now

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 4 LIVE Updates: Voting for the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections in 96 Parliamentary Constituencies across nine states and one Union Territory began on Monday at 7:00 am. Polling for all 175 seats of the State Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh and 28 seats of the State Legislative Assembly of Odisha also started simultaneously with the Lok Sabha polls. Of the 96 Lok Sabha seats, 25 are from Andhra Pradesh, 17 from Telangana, 13 from Uttar Pradesh, 11 from Maharashtra, eight each from Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, five from Bihar, four each from Jharkhand and Odisha, and one from Jammu and Kashmir. We are closing LIVE blog now

India General Elections 2024 Phase 5 LIVE Updates: Voting for the fifth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections 2024 began on Monday morning across 49 parliamentary constituencies spread over six states and two Union Territories (UTs) amid tight security and arrangements. The voting started at 7 am and will continue until 6 pm, with those in line by the closing time still allowed to vote. Eight states/UTs going for polls in phase 5 are: Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. Cities like Mumbai, Thane, and Lucknow are going to the polls in this phase, which has in the past suffered from urban apathy in voting. We are closing LIVE blog now

India General Elections 2024 Phase 6 LIVE Updates: Voting for the sixth phase of the ongoing India General Elections 2024 began on Saturday morning across 58 parliamentary constituencies spread over six states and two Union Territories (UTs) amid tight security and arrangements. The voting started at 7 am and will continue until 6 pm, with those in line by the closing time still allowed to vote. States/UTs going for polls in phase 6 are Bihar, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Delhi, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. We are closing the LIVE blog now

India General Elections 2024 Phase 7 LIVE Updates: The largest festival of democracy has come to its final stage with the last phase of polling kicking off in 57 parliamentary constituencies across seven states and the Union Territory of Chandigarh on Saturday. The seven states polling today are Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Polling for the remaining 42 Assembly Constituencies of the Odisha State Legislative Assembly is taking place simultaneously. Follow LIVE updates here

Lok Sabha election results 2024 Updates: Ministers start arriving at the NDA meeting at 4 pm. We are now closing the LIVE blog

Latest News LIVE Updates: The Karnataka government on Wednesday put the reservation bill for Kannadigas in private firms on hold amid fierce criticism. We are now closing the LIVE Blog

Latest News LIVE Updates: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday directed the agencies, police, and concerned departments under the Central and State governments to adopt a "ruthless" approach towards the drug supply chain, emphasizing a commitment to prevent any drugs from entering the country and ensuring that India's borders are not used for drug trafficking. We are closing the LIVE blog

Latest News LIVE Updates: An autorickshaw driver was arrested on Friday by the Navi Mumbai police's Anti Human Trafficking Cell for alleged involvement in a sex racket, an official said. We are closing the LIVE blog now

A global Microsoft outage on Friday led to disruptions in airline operations in several parts of the world. Pics/AFP

ICG three ships were conducting a firefighting operation after a major fire broke out on the MV Maersk Frankfurt cargo ship. Pics/X

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has criticised the opposition for engaging in "negative politics" and misusing Parliament to conceal their political failures. He emphasised that Parliament should serve the country rather than party interests. Pics/ PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: From Rs 97,134 crore in Financial Year 2014, the gender budget has consistently increased, reaching Rs 3.1 lakh crore in FY 2025, the Economic Survey said on Monday. We are closing the LIVE Blog now

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held a red 'Bahi Khatha'--digital tablet containing Union budget 2024 documents outside the Ministry of Finance ahead of the budget presentation. Pics/ Pallav Paliwal & PTI :: Text/ ANI

Union Budget 2024 LIVE Updates: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is presenting her seventh consecutive Budget in Parliament on Tuesday. Follow Budget 2024. We are now closing the LIVE Blog