Amit Shah To Adhir Chowdhury: Big Guns Contesting Lok Sabha Polls Phase 3
NDTV
A total of 92 seats across 11 states and Union Territories will be going to polls in the third phase of Lok Sabha election today.
A total of 92 seats across 11 states and Union Territories will be going to polls in the third phase of Lok Sabha election today. Out of 1352 candidates, there are several heavyweights whose poll fortunes will make national headlines.
Earlier, 94 seats were to vote in this phase. But while results for the Surat seat have been declared because the BJP candidate has no opposition, polling for Anantnag has been deferred due to bad weather.
Here are some of the high-profile candidates:
Amit Shah: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is contesting Lok Sabha polls from the Gandhinagar constituency in Gujarat. The Congress has fielded Sonal Patel from the BJP stronghold. The Gandhinagar seat, which was represented by BJP veteran Lal Krishna Advani six times, has been with the BJP for about 35 years now. In the 2019 election, Mr Shah had recorded a thumping victory over the Congress's Chatursinh Javanji Chavda, defeating him by a margin of over 5 lakh votes.
Voting for the 288 seats in the Maharashtra Assembly - the last major election this year - took place in a single phase on Wednesday; the majority mark is 145.
The AAP surprised many by releasing an early-bird first list of 11 candidates - of whom three are recent joinees from the Congress and three from the BJP - for next year's Delhi Assembly election.
The builder said he got a video call from a man wearing a police uniform who claimed to be an officer from the Narcotics Control Bureau.
This tragedy is not an isolated incident, but emblematic of the broader devastation wrought by the ongoing conflict in Manipur
Senior police officer Dinesh P told the media that Katyal misused his contacts at St Stephen's and the connections he made during his stint in corporate affairs to drop names
Ajita Pandey, is a snake rescuer from Bilaspur, India. She has saved thousands of snakes, spreading awareness about their ecological value.
A Delhi court had issued an attachment order against Bikaner House in favour of Enviro Infra Engineers Pvt Ltd. The recovery amount from this heritage property is Rs 50 crore
Adani Group has asserted that these were mere allegations and must be seen only as that. It also said it would explore a legal course of action.
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has ordered a thorough probe into the incident that occurred at Maganoor Zilla Parishad Government High School and sought a detailed report.
The Squirrel Cage Jail, an architectural marvel, is one of only three remaining revolving jails in the US, and it’s renowned for its eerie and unsettling design.
The possible involvement of an outsider in releasing the snake inside the train's coach is among the angles being investigated.