"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.
Over 60 per cent voter turnout was recorded on Monday in 49 constituencies in six states and two Union territories in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections, with Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir recording its highest-ever voting percentage.
Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, who is heading the five-judge constitution bench which is hearing the matter, also touched upon the notion that only the very highly educated or elitist want fewer children.
It was an emotional moment for the people of Kashmir when the PM flagged off the bus along with Gandhi.
The police said the woman works as a pilot with a private airline while her husband is deployed with the ground staff in another private airline.
The prime ingredient in Nannari Sherbat is sarsaparilla syrup, made from a tropical root or vine,
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'I received many threatening calls and letters.' 'A fatwa was issued against me.'
'Suddenly I felt a jolt and got thrown off my berth. It took a while before I could understand what had happened,'
A 34-year-old man threw acid on his ex-wife when she refused to do 'Halala' with his elder brother, prompting authorities to arrest him, police said on Wednesday.
Thomas Abraham and his wife Mariyamma, 88, both have been fully cured after days of life-and-death battle against the deadly virus which they contracted from their son, daughter-in-law and grandson who returned from Italy last month.
John and Tamilarasi had their newborn stolen eight years ago, and lost all hope of ever finding him. Now they have got him back, though not fully. Not yet.
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'England were going great guns when Kapil threw the ball to Jimmy and then to me.'
Quite a few Hindi films have taken up issues related with sex, and managed to shine the torch on some pertinent issues.
'We always think of retirement as a time to settle down, that it is the sunset of our lives.' 'Instead of calling it retirement, we must call it 're-tyre-ing', that is putting a new set of tyres and going on a new journey.'
Dimple Yadav, who was elected to the Lok Sabha in a by-election in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh on December 9 -- an election caused by her father-in-law Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav's death -- took the oath as a member of the House of the People on Monday, December 12, 2022.
Thomas Abraham, 93, and his wife Mariyamma, 88, both have been fully cured after days of life-and-death battle against the deadly virus. The secret behind their recovery seems to be the healthy lifestyle they have been leading.
'I remember that when I was about seven years old, a doctor saw me and told my family that I would only survive for six months and that the disease had no cure. But my mother never gave up. She would always say, 'My son is born to become a renowned wrestler'.'
'I really feel a series would have done more justice to Riverdale and its teens than a movie.'
She said, 'At the end of the day, two points will come home only.'
More and more pictures from Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor's wedding!
Doctors warn that overwork is leading to lifestyle diseases like diabetes and spondylitis.
Producer Guneet Monga got married to Sunny Kapoor on December 12.
The regular 'band, bajaa, baraat' were missing but the festivities seemed intact as Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann turned groom for his wedding with a doctor from Kurukshetra at his home.
Havelock should be your destination for 2024. It is love at every sight!
At least 12 persons died in the landslide that took place late Wednesday night in remote Irshalwadi, reaching which takes more than an hour from the nearest motorable road.
There they were, showing the world that there are still people motivated not by religious structures, not by past glories, not by hatreds deliberately stoked. These were ordinary folks doing something extraordinary purely because they think that effort might shake a nation out of a spiralling miasma of division, mistrust, cynicism, sophistry and violence.
A group of retired army officers have come together to provide a home for girls who never had a home before.
You'll need an extra pair of eyes for the content flood on OTT this week.
She's living her best days as the newest Ambani bride-to-be.
On a Pakistan tour to India, Waqar said a prominent Indian minister came to meet the team. While all the Pakistan cricketers shook hands with the minister gently, Afridi gave him a hard time with his firm handshake.
'Just because of my background and poor academic qualifications, most people disbelieve what I have done.'
Tejasswi parties with Sussanne... Amala explores London... Mallika celebrates her birthday...
Among the many pearls of wisdom he bequeathed me, this one is probably the most precious: If you don't enjoy what you have created, how will anyone else? Manish Jhaveri remembers the legendary adman Sylvester daCunha.
A girl, kidnapped almost nine years ago from the Gilbert area of Mumbai's Andheri, was reunited with her family on Friday in Mumbai.
The order came on the complaint filed by the couple who had alleged that they found out about the cancellation of their flight scheduled for December 18, 2010 after reaching Heathrow Airport, UK as the airline did not inform them in advance about the same.
Like every year, Producer Ramesh Taurani threw a grand Diwali Bash for his friends in the film industry.
'I only challenge myself in every way possible and feel that an actor's job is to be universal.'
