Prime Minister Narendra Modi donned the traditional gear of the Naga tribes
Nagaland Chief Electoral Officer C J Ponraj told UNI that some 35,459 voters in two districts of Dimapur and Tuensang are expected to cast voter during daylight.
"The voting percentage is likely to go upwards when reports from all polling stations are obtained as polling is scheduled till 6 pm in many constituencies. Final figures will be known on Saturday after the scrutiny of form 17A," the EC said.
Though seven opportunities have been granted to the states, it appears that full compliance has not been affected and several states are in default, it said.
The portion of 'none of the above' option or NOTA dropped from 1.08% in 2014 to 1.06% in 2019.
Tata Electronics on Saturday began the construction of its Rs 27,000-crore chip assembly plant in Assam, which is expected to become operational next year and create 27,000 jobs initially. The plant will produce 4.83 crore chips per day using indigenously-developed technologies. The plant's Bhumi Pujan (foundation stone laying) ceremony was held at the project site at Jagiroad in Morigaon district in the presence of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran.
On May 15, the weather office had announced the onset of monsoon over Kerala by May 31.
The portion of 'none of the above' option or NOTA dropped from 1.08% in 2014 to 1.06% in 2019.
India have sent an 84-strong contingent of para-athletes, the largest ever in the country's history -- a heady mix of youth and experience, for the Paralympic Games, starting in Paris on Wednesday.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal for 'one nation, one Election' as recommended by the Kovind panel, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday.
The government on Saturday said a committee will be formed to propose safety measures for healthcare professionals even as OPD services were hit across the country as doctors joined the 24-hour nationwide strike called by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) to protest the alleged rape and murder of a trainee medic in Kolkata.
Days after National Security Advisor M K Narayanan briefed Leader of Opposition L K Advani of the threat perception to Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Advani and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the party will send both the leaders to campaign for twenty-five party candidates in Nagaland.
Official sources said cadres of both factions of NSCN were engaged in a fierce gun battle from 0430 hours resulting in the death of at least 12 NSCN-K cadres. On getting information, officials of the district administration rushed to the area, but could not reach the spot due to heave firing which took place at a teak plantation between the Kelhozhe and Seithekima villages.
Sarma said no NDA partner will enter into any alliance with either Congress or the Trinamool Congress after the results are declared on Thursday.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has expressed its anger over the manner in which the Congress party is trying to bring Nagaland under President's rule through the backdoor and thereby, have an better playing field in the forthcoming state assembly elections in Feburary 2008.
A court on Wednesday granted bail to former Nagaland Home Minister Imkong L Imchen who was arrested in Wokha district here for allegedly transporting Rs 1.10 crore in cash and arms and ammunition. Imchen was produced before the Wokha district judicial magistrate who granted him bail on 'health ground'.
Nagaland Home Minister Imkong L Imchen resigned from the council of ministers after he was arrested for allegedly transporting Rs 1.10 crore in cash and arms and ammunition in a vehicle in Wokha district in the poll-bound state.
An Election Commission surveillance team on Saturday seized Rs one crore cash from a helicopter allegedly being used by a candidate of the Nagaland Peoples Front in the poll-bound state. A team of EC-appointed observers seized the cash from a chopper, which was allegedly hired to ferry Nyemli Phom who is contesting the Assembly polls from a constituency in Longleng district, official sources said.
Sangtam was prevented from unfurling the flag by activists of Chang Tribal Council and Chang Students Union at the district headquarters town of Tuensang.
Gujarat has witnessed the steepest decline in the number of contestants in the fray for its 26 seats, from 371 five years ago to 266 in 2024.
Wrapping up his three-day maiden visit to Nagaland, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Wednesday unveiled a Rs 1,050 crore (Rs 10.8 billion) economic package to accelerate development in the state.
The violent protests forced the Nagaland CM to call off the elections.
The union government and Naga insurgent group NSCN-IM continued talks for the second day on Wednesday when its demand for sovereignty for Nagaland and its territorial claims over portions of neighbouring states was categorically rejected.
Among other things, the Golden Quadrilateral project will be extended from Silchar (Assam) to Kohima.
The move could virtually put an end to the Free Movement Regime prevalent along the porous border.
The venue holds significance as the announcement of Nagaland's statehood on December 1, 1963 was made from Kohima by the then president Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
The rains after arriving over Kerala will quickly cover Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, but then might slacken a bit, which could delay its arrival over Northwest India.
If 74.9 per cent of NRI voters are from Kerala, Andhra Pradesh at 6.4 per cent, Maharashtra at 4.7 per cent, Tamil Nadu and Telangana at 2.9 per cent each follow way behind.
Yuzvendra Chahal might be despondent after the selectors snubbed him for the T20I series against Australia, but the leg-spinner channelised his angst positively with a six-wicket burst against Uttarakhand.
Amid escalating protest against the lynching of a rape accused by a mob in Nagaland's Dimapur, Internet and text messaging services have been blocked across the state till Monday evening.
The home ministry on Monday lodged a protest with the ministry of external affairs over the visit of eight envoys of the European Union to Nagaland without any intimation and security clearance and raised concern on the delegation meeting with political leaders and civil society.
A man, accused of raping a girl, was beaten to death on Thursday after being pulled out of a jail by a mob at Dimapur in Nagaland.
Rio is heading the 'People's Democratic Alliance' government in partnership with the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state.
At least seven insurgents belonging to Naga rebel group, Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang, including one woman cadre, were killed in an exchange of fire with security forces that took place at Pangsha in Tuensang district of Nagaland close to Indo-Myanmar border.
Security measures have been beefed up around NSCN (IM) camp at Hebron, near Dimapur, where the two leaders -- chairman Issac Chisi Swu and general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah -- would be staying, official sources said.
The commission said enforcement authorities have seized Rs 4,650 crore even before polling begins for the Lok Sabha elections and it is the "higher than total seizures" made in the 2019 polls
Amid people's protests against alleged encroachment of Assam land by Naga people at Merapani area in Golaghat district violating the status quo agreement between the two governments over the disputed boundary,Nagaland Armed Police on Thursday removed the 'controversial' makeshift camp it had set up at Merapani area recently on request from Assam government.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has released its manifesto for the upcoming Nagaland assembly elections, promising a special package for the eastern part of the state and establishment of a board for the holistic development of the region if the party returns to power for the second time in a row.
The FMR allows people residing close to the India-Myanmar border to venture 16 km into each other's territory without any documents.
