However, in 950 booths, voting will end at 4 pm, though people standing in the queue at that time will be able to exercise their franchise.
Diwali festivities with Bollywood stars and their little ones continue in full swing.
Nearly 13.04 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 9 am on Wednesday in 43 assembly constituencies in Jharkhand where voting is underway in the first phase, officials said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party announced on Saturday that Navya Haridas, a two-time councillor in the Kozhikode Corporation, will be the National Democratic Alliance candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha by-election.
Dressed in a white-gold embellished gown with a floral tiara, Geeta looked absolutely ravishing!
The Commonwealth gold medallist said that women must focus on developing their inner strength.
In a ceremony attended by close relatives and friends the couple exchanged marriage vows through Sikh rituals at a Gurdwara in Jalandhar . The wedding was attended by no member of the film industry.
Another family in a remote village of Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district on Wednesday claimed that Geeta, the deaf and mute girl who returned from Pakistan after being separated from her parents over a decade ago, is their daughter.
Bucking anti-incumbency, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party pulled off a hat-trick of wins in Haryana to retain power and halt Congress' comeback attempt in the assembly elections, results of which were announced on Tuesday.
With Vinesh Phogat's heartbreaking disqualification over discrepancies in weight at the Paris Olympics just when India was keeping its fingers crossed for a sure shot victory at the finals, spirits have hit an all-time low. Art mirrors life and it won't be a surprise if our sports biopic obsessed film-makers turn this dramatic change of events into a movie one day.
Bollywood actress and cricketer Harbhajan Singh's wife Geeta Basra celebrated her 32nd birthday with the Indian cricket team. Harbhajan Singh shared many pictures on social media and also tweeted a message for his wife. "Happy Bday to u, Happy Bday to u, Happy Bday to my lovely wifey. Should hv put more cake on ur face," Harbhajan posted on Twitter. "Happy Birthday Bhabhiji," tweeted young all-rounder Hardik Pandya.
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has announced cash award of Rs three lakh each for Geeta Phogat and Babita Phogat for winning bronze medals in the ongoing Women's World Wrestling Championship at Edmonton, Canada.
Geeta Phogat might be feeling the pressure of making a comeback at the upcoming Pro Wrestling League after a long injury lay-off but the celebrated grappler said it is nothing compared to the "tough training" she and her siblings went through during their formative days. Inspired by the story of Phogat sisters -- Geeta and Babita -- and their hard taskmaster father Mahavir Singh, Aamir Khan-starrer 'Dangal' has set the cash registers ringing at the the box office.
Carrying bottles of dirty water, the BJP protesters raised slogans against the AAP government and smashed 'matkas' (earthen pitchers) as a mark of protest over water scarcity in the national capital.
Vinesh Phogat announced her retirement from wrestling, prompting an outpouring of support from the sporting community.
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Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh has pledged to feed 5000 under-privileged families in his native Jalandhar, who are suffering due to the coronavirus pandemic which has infected over a million people globally and wreaked havoc on the economy.
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At the Lakme Fashion Week, Geeta Basra became the first celebrity to walk the ramp at the Spring-Resort 2011 season here in Mumbai. She was the showstopper for designer duo Parvesh Jai.
The BJP's top leadership will drop its MPs found to be facing anti-incumbency, according to its internal surveys -- a pivotal tactic to ensure the party achieves its target of winning 370 seats.
Geeta told the police she had nothing to do with the deaths and had never even exchanged an SMS with any of the family members, a fact confirmed by the call details of the cell phones recovered by the police from an almirah in the house on July 1.
Bollywood kept its date with the Ambanis when folks arrived at the launch of Isha Ambani's Jio World Plaza, Mumbai's latest retail destination.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 celebrated the Igas Bagwal festival with the family members of the 41 rescued workers from the Uttarkashi tunnel at his residence in Dehradun.
Elated over Geeta's return from Pakistan after a gap of 15 years, the Mahatos from Bihar on Monday turned up at the Indira Gandhi International Airport to accord a warm welcome to their "family member", only to be left dejected hours later as she refused to recognise them.
'Vinesh you are a gold medalist of courage and morality.'
Protesting wrestlers joined several of their colleagues to prepare for the Asian Games trials.
Four hospitals in Delhi received a bomb threat via email on Tuesday morning, officials of the Delhi Fire Services said.
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The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday announced Prime Minister Narendra Modi will fight again from Varanasi in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as it named 34 Union ministers in the first list of 195 candidates.
The police had no reports of domestic violence from the house.
The share of candidates who were successful among the BJP was 56.5% in 2019. It was 5% for the Congress.
Battalion Cadet Adjutant Praveen Singh, son of a printing press owner from Agra, wants to join the infantry and serve the country to the best of his ability.
The wrestlers have been sitting on protest since April 23, demanding the arrest of WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh alleging that he has sexually harassed seven female grapplers, including one minor.
The BJP has played the social engineering card in Rajasthan with an eye on the Lok Sabha election where the party will try and retain all the 25 seats that it had won in the 2014 and 2019 elections.
Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Sarita Mor and Sakshi Malik, who staged a sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar for three days demanding the sacking of the WFI president, posted identical tweets on the micro-blogging site, expressing their dismay.
Harbhajan Singh was part of two World Cup winning teams -- 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2011 ODI World Cup.
'There must have been some wonderful genetic disorder due to which I was attracted towards filmi songs.'
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