India election

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar. Photo: Collected
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'We were always here': India's poll body chief on 'laapata gentlemen' memes on social media

He made the comment while addressing a press briefing ahead of counting votes for the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections in India.

Rahul Gandhi speaks with the media at a press conference in Ghaziabad, India, April 17, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Priyanshu Singh/File Photo
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'It is not exit poll, it is Modi media poll', says Rahul Gandhi

Mamata Banerjee (L) and Narendra Modi. Photo: Collected
South Asia

BJP ahead of Trinamool in West Bengal, predict exit polls

Voters stand in line to cast their votes at a polling station during the seventh and last phase of the general election, in Firozpur district, Punjab, India, June 1, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
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India election: How accurate were exit polls in 2014 and 2019?

Bharatiya Janta Party supporters in Amritsar on May 30. Photo: Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images
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Voting for India's 7-phase election ends, early exit polls show Modi set for another big win

People walk past a water sprinkler in a Varanasi market. Photo: Niharika KULKARNI / AFP
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Millions suffer through heatwave on last day of India election

A woman gets her finger marked with ink before she cast her vote inside a polling station during the sixth phase of India's general election, in Bhubaneswar, India, May 25, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer
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India elections: Over 59% voter turnout in phase 6, West Bengal leads with 78%

People wait in lines to cast their votes at a polling station during the sixth phase of India’s general election in New Delhi, India, May 25, 2024. REUTERS/Priyanshu Singh
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Scarred by 2020 Hindu-Muslim riots, India district voters want peace

People get their names checked in voters' lists inside a polling station during the fifth phase of India's general election in Howrah district in the eastern state of West Bengal, India, May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Sahiba Chawdhary
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India elections: Phase 5 sees over 57% voter turnout, West Bengal leads with 73% polling

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Politics

India's 5th Lok Sabha polls: Voting begins in 49 seats, top leaders in most contests

People stand in line to vote at a polling station during the fourth general election phase, in south Kashmir's Pulwama district, May 13, 2024. REUTERS/Sharafat Ali
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India elections: Over 62% voter turnout in fourth phase, West Bengal sees highest polling at 75.91%

Narendra Modi (L) and Rahul Gandhi. Photo: Collected
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Congress will get fewer seats than age of its 'shehzada': Modi's dig at Rahul Gandhi

FILE PHOTO: Arvind Kejriwal, chief of Aam Aadmi (Common Man) Party (AAP), shouts slogans after taking the oath as the new chief minister of Delhi during a swearing-in ceremony at Ramlila ground in New Delhi February 14, 2015. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee/File Photo
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India top court grants temporary bail to opposition leader Kejriwal to campaign in elections