India

Despite Election Commission directives, nothing much seemed to have changed on ground for the physically challenged and senior citizens.

Union Health Minister and former state chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad was on Thursday told to prove his identity at a polling booth in the Jammu Lok Sabha constituency.

Former Delhi Police chief Nikhil Kumar, who quit as Kerala governor last month, is in the poll fray in Bihar's Aurangabad constituency where he is facing an uphill task.

Soha, who is spreading awareness about voting, says if you don't vote, you don't have the right to complain.

Eleven bombs planted by Maoists in Gaya and Aurangabad Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar were found on Wednesday by security forces, police said.

Jharkhand will go for first phase polling on April 10 amidst tight security in Maoist-affected Palamu(SC), Chatra, Koderma and Lohardaga (ST) Lok Sabha constituencies where voting is expected to begin at 7 am.

A factory worker was drugged and robbed of in Noida phase 2 area, police said on Wednesday.

The Patna High Court on Wednesday rejected a petition challenging the election of JD(U) MP Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lallan Singh from Munger Lok Sabha seat in the 2009 general elections.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted eight days temporary bail to BSP MP Dhananjay Singh so that he could file his nomination papers from Jaunpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Union Minister and NC president Farooq Abdullah is among the 16 candidates to have filed nomination papers from the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency which is going to polls on April 30.

A businessman and his son carrying Rs 45.5 lakh unaccounted cash were arrested on Wednesday from a place under Town police station in Bihar's East Champaran district, the police said.

Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit on Wednesday referred to the Election Commission (EC) as a toothless body and said it does not act on complaints.

Actor Daniel Craig has reportedly dropped out of his upcoming movie 'The Whole Truth'.

As the lone Lok Sabha constituency in Sikkim goes to poll on April 12, the Buddhist minority wants their Karmapa to be enthroned in his seat in Rumtek monastery while the Nepali communities, which form almost half of the populace, seek tribal status.

Powered by burgeoning smartphone adoption and increasing Internet penetration in the country, Facebook has seen a meteoric rise in its user base since setting up its first office in India in 2010 in Hyderabad.

Simpson was the second Jamaican athlete to be handed a doping ban on Tuesday as Olympic discus thrower Allison Randall was suspended for two years after she too failed a drugs test during the 2013 national trials.