India Voting

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  Dharamveer, 118, And Balbir Kaur, 117, Oldest Voters In Haryana

  At the age of 118, Dharamveer of Palwal district is Haryana's oldest male voter while Balbir Kaur of Sirsa, aged 117 years, is the oldest female voter, Chief Electoral Officer Anurag Agarwal said on Friday.

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  India Votes In Favour Of UN Resolution Demanding Gaza Ceasefire

  India on Tuesday voted in favour of a draft resolution in the United Nations General Assembly that demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict as well as the unconditional release of all hostages.

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  For First Time Ever, India Votes Against Russia Over Ukraine at UN

  India for the first time voted against Russia during a "procedural vote" at the UN Security Council on Ukraine, as the 15-member powerful UN body invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to address a meeting through a video tele-conference.

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  Aadhaar Card As ID, 4 Turns To Register: Centre's New Voting Reforms

  It has also given the EC all the powers required to take over any premises for the conduct of elections. There were some objections to taking over schools and other important institutions during the period of elections.

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  Israeli PM Thanks PM Modi for India's Vote Against Palestinian Group

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for voting in favour of a decision introduced by the Jewish state that objected to granting consultative status to a Palestinian group at the UN's Economic and Social Council.

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  Andhra Pradesh CM Approaches Election Commission Over EVM Malfunctioning

  Chandrababu Naidu also alleged that inadequate security led to incidents of violence during polling in Andhra Pradesh.

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  How A Messaging Campaign Lowered Votes For Candidates Facing Criminal Charges In UP

  After mobile-phone based information campaign, UP election candidates facing murder charges saw a 12 percent decline in votes. 

• Buy Now to Profit From India Vote Volatility, FundsIndia Says

  FundsIndia has launched two portfolios of mutual funds geared toward both possible outcomes from next year’s general election.

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  India Will Be the First Country to Have No Duplicacy in Voters List: Chief Election Commissioner HS Brahma

  India is set to become the first country in the world to have biometric data and no duplicacy in the voters' list after linking of Aadhar card with voter identity card, Chief Election Commissioner HS Brahma said on Saturday.

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  Welcome to The World of Second Class Citizens

  Thanks to its intervention, the government has accepted the Election Commission's recommendations that NRIs, who are also Indian citizens, be permitted to vote either through an e-ballot system or through proxy.

• India Votes in Support of UNHRC Resolution on Gaza

  India along with BRICS countries today voted in support of a UN Human Rights Council resolution to launch a probe into Israel's offensive on Gaza.

• Heavy Security in Arunachal Pradesh for Poll Counting on Friday

  Elaborate security arrangements have been made in Arunachal Pradesh for counting of votes today for two Lok Sabha and 49 state assembly seats, polling for which was conducted on April 9.

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  Foreign investors return with high hopes for India vote

  Foreign investors are playing a big role. As the outcome of the elections has become clearer, foreign investors plowed more than $2 billion into Indian stocks in February and March, a reversal from the start of 2014.

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  India Votes 2014: Lok Sabha polls from April 7 to May 12, results on May 16

  The world's biggest voting exercise pits the BJP's Narendra Modi against Rahul Gandhi, who is leading the campaign of the Congress as the party asks voters for a third consecutive term in power.

• 'India succumbs to US pressure': Sri Lankan dailies criticise UN vote

  India may have managed to extricate itself from a domestic political imbroglio at Sri Lanka's expense, but that has "plunged" the country "into an unholy diplomatic and political mire", a leading daily here said on Friday, a day after India voted against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council.