Bidhannagar subdivision recorded a lower voter count in the 18-21 age group compared to the average of the 33 assembly constituencies in North 24-Parganas in the summary revision of electoral rolls in...

Rafikul Islam, 35, was in a rush on Tuesday morning to catch the mechanised countryboat, which will take him to his polling booth located on the sar across the Brahmaputra, from Goroimari’s Alikakh ...

Most of the residents of a hamlet in Bankura’s Saltora do not go to vote and prefer to remain busy in regular work on the polling day.It is not because they do not want to participate in the elector...

Lakhi Paul, at first instance, may seem like any other centenarian but she has secured for herself an indelible mark in the annals of Charaideo’s history.At 104, Lakhi is oldest voter in Charaideo a...

It is noon. The surroundings of Sadarpatty mosque is filled with the fragrance of ittar, Jannat-ul Firdoush (aroma). Hundreds of Muslim youths bow down and offer namaz of jumma (special prayers on Fri...

In adherence to the Election Commission’s motto, “No voter to be left behind”, all efforts are being made by the Hailakandi district administration to ensure that the differently-abled persons g...

The Bankura district administration has decided to deploy for the first time teams comprising forest officers and villagers to chase away elephants from polling booths. Foresters have said at least 40...

Phase IV of the Assembly election passed without incident in the 15 seats that voted on Monday.In these constituencies, 62.54 per cent voters exercised their franchise, the turnout 2.12 percentage poi...

Basanti Mahto was barely able to walk while heading to cast her vote at Pragati Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir booth in Jamshedpur East constituency on Friday.The 80-year-old, a resident of Birsanagar ...

Mizos welcomed Brus to vote during peaceful Assembly elections in Mizoram on Wednesday, days after a collectorate was ransacked in the northeastern state, three bureaucrats were transferred and the ve...