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Firstpost Editor's Picks: Exit poll results out, phase 7 of Lok Sabha polls conclude, Game of Thrones fans outrage over S08, and other top stories
Fp Staff • 6 years agoExit poll results 2019, final phase of Lok Sabha polls, Ramazan in Kolkata's Zakaria Street and why the furore over Game of Thrones Season 8 may be seriously flawed, and other top stories
West Bengal election: Protests at polling booths in Basirhat, Jadavpur; BJP, voters claim TMC workers not letting people vote
• 6 years agoVoters in Basirhat and Jadavpur have alleged that TMC workers are disrupting the election process by not allowing them to vote.
Full text of Article 324: EC invokes provision in West Bengal after TMC-BJP workers clash in Kolkata; campaigning to end at 10 pm tomorrow
Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe Election Commission on Wednesday announced its decision to implement Article 324 in West Bengal. Here's the full text of Article 324 as defined in the Constitution
TMC-BJP violence: Saffron party holds silent protests in Delhi, complains to EC after workers clash at Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata
Fp Staff • 6 years agoAfter clashes broke out in BJP chief Amit Shah's roadshow in West Bengal on Tuesday, top BJP leaders and Union ministers held a silent protest against in Delhi
West Bengal poll violence: 'Either suspend Mamata Banerjee-led TMC govt or impose of President's Rule,' Adityanath urges Kovind
• 6 years agoChief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday condemned the attack on BJP chief Amit Shah's rally and requested the President to suspend the West Bengal government immediately citing lack of law and order situation in the state.
Poll violence in West Bengal: A look at why political parties in the state accept violence as sole tool to fight elections
Debjyoti Chakraborty • 6 years agoWhat West Bengal is witnessing today, the rest of India already witnessed yesterday. The posit may sound a little trite, but is, sadly, true
Narendra Modi's decision to rally in West Bengal during polling is smart strategy, shows he knows BJP is weak in state
Fppolitics • 6 years agoNarendra Modi is aware that the BJp's organisational strength is weak in West Bengal, and most of his leaders may not be perceived as strong.
Odisha Assembly Election 2019 Voting Updates: State registers 32.82% voter turnout till 2 pm; Bhubaneswar polls 27.17%
Fp Staff • 6 years agoOdisha Assembly Election 2019 Voting LIVE Updates: Till 2 pm, Odisha recorded a voter turnout of 32.82 percent. Dhenkanal constituency recorded the highest at 37.67 percent, and Bhubaneswar continues to lag at 27.17 percent.
Lok Sabha polls: Election Commission behaving like a child who can't decide what is good and bad
K Raveendran • 6 years agoThe acknowledgement by the Election Commission in the Supreme Court that it is now aware of its powers after the court ordered the commission to act decisively against offenders, reduces the status of the poll panel to that of a minor in need of guardianship
Toll in Bangladesh election day violence rises to 10: Six die in Awami League-BNP clashes, three in police firing; cop killed by activists
• 6 years agoThe election-day deaths brought to 14 the official police toll for Bangladesh election violence since the ballot was announced on 8 November. Voting is being held under tight security until 4 pm (1000 GMT) and polls have predicted a record fourth term for Sheikh Hasina.