Despite India’s demographic prowess, youth influence on the elections appears to be stifled: with fewer than 40 per cent of eligible voters aged between 18 and 19 being registered for the 2024 general elections
27 April,2024 10:30 AM IST | Mumbai | Ainie RizviDespite the presence of police, Tripura State Rifles (TSR), and central forces at the polling station, the local community remains unmoved by the government's attempts to intervene. They have stated their intention to delay their participation in the voting process until they receive a satisfactory commitment directly from the DM
26 April,2024 07:27 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentRejecting a batch of petitions seeking mandatory cross-verification of the votes cast with Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips, the Supreme Court on Friday said that raising repeated doubts on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) can have the contrarian impact of creating distrust and can and can reduce citizen participation in elections
26 April,2024 07:16 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentDimple Yadav is contesting from the Mainpuri seat, and earlier her daughter Aditi Yadav, campaigned for the party in Mainpuri and urged the people to vote for Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav
26 April,2024 07:03 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentSpeaking at a press briefing here, Pakistan's Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that Islamabad rejects all the claims made by Indian leaders over Jammu and Kashmir
26 April,2024 06:46 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentA 26-year-old man was detained after he allegedly damaged an EVM by hitting it with an iron object when he came to cast his vote for Lok Sabha elections 2024 at a polling booth at Rampuri in Maharashtra's Nanded
26 April,2024 06:34 PM IST | Nanded | mid-day online correspondentThe legislator quit the BJD on April 3 after being denied a ticket to contest the upcoming polls
26 April,2024 06:15 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentAs the day progressed, queues outside the polling stations also became longer as every voter, particularly first-time voters, as well as those living in border areas, turned out to exercise their franchise. Women voters also came out in large numbers
26 April,2024 05:10 PM IST | Jammu | mid-day online correspondentIn the second phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024, eight constituencies in Maharashtra recorded voter turnout of 43.01 percent until 3 pm, the officials said
26 April,2024 04:20 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentMeanwhile, ISRO chief S Somanath also cast his vote in Thiruvananthapuram and appealed to the Indian youth to exercise their right to vote and fulfill their duty towards the country
26 April,2024 02:52 PM IST | Thiruvananthapuram | mid-day online correspondentADVERTISEMENT