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61% voting in Maharashtra Assembly polls, less than 2014 turnout

The highest turnout, of 83.93 per cent, was reported in the Karveer assembly seat in Kolhapur, while the lowest was in south Mumbai's upmarket Colaba area at 40.11 per cent

Maha Assembly polls: Shah, Uddhav to address rallies in Amravati on Friday

Polling for the 288 Assembly seats in the state will be held on October 21 and counting of votes will take place on October 24

Four main parties in Maharashtra polls field 46 women for 288 seats

The overall number of women candidates too is dismal, considering that they account for only 4.6 per cent of the total 3,239 candidates in the fray

Maharashtra poll results: Aaditya Thackeray leading from Worli seat

Aaditya Thackeray, the 29-year-old son of Shiv Sena chief, Uddhav Thackeray, is the first member of the family in the party's history to contest elections.

Assembly poll results: BJP takes substantial lead in Maharashtra, Haryana

In Maharashtra, the BJP was leading at 83 seats and its ally Shiv Sena was ahead at 53 in the 288-member Assembly, according to IANS-CVoter

Satara Lok Sabha bypoll EVM 'snag': Congress says shocking incident

Bypoll for Satara Lok Sabha constituency was held simultaneously with the Assembly polls on October 21

Exit polls predict landslide victory for BJP in Maharashtra, Haryana

The India Today-Axis exit poll projected 166-194 seats for the BJP-Shiv Sena in the 288-member Maharashtra assembly and 72-90 for the Congress-NCP alliance

I don't endorse his ideology, but Savarkar was accomplished man: Singhvi

Singh had noted that Indira Gandhi as prime minister issued a postal stamp in Savarkar''s memory

Maharashtra Assembly elections 2019: 6.5% polling recorded till 9 am

Long queues were observed outside several polling stations, indicating the percentage may go up in subsequent hours

Bharat Ratna for Savarkar is an essential piece of Hindutva mosaic

In its manifesto for the Maharashtra state legislature elections, the BJP has promised to confer Bharat Ratna, the highest civil award, posthumously, on Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

BJP looks to retain power as voting begins in Maharashtra, Haryana

Bypolls are also being held to 51 assembly seats and two Lok Sabha constituencies spread across 18 states

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Malegaon recycles the 'unrecyclable' ahead of polls

As Malegaon's residents queue up to vote for the Assembly polls on Monday, an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 of them are unified in their concern for survival of the fledgling industry

Steal ideas from Congress manifesto for economic growth: Rahul tells Modi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged on Friday that the government is "clueless" about the economy and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman should "steal" ideas from his party's Lok Sabha poll manifesto to tackle the "mess". Gandhi's attack on the government came over a media report which claimed rural consumption generally grows faster than urban consumption, but in this quarter the trend has been reversed with rural consumption being at its lowest in seven years for the quarter of September. "Rural India is in severe distress. The economy has sunk and the govt is clueless about what to do," the former Congress president said in a tweet. "PM & FM should steal ideas from manifesto.inc.in, where we had anticipated and set down detailed plans to tackle the mess," he also wrote on the microblogging site.

Maharashtra BJP wants Bharat Ratna for Savarkar; Oppn says Godse maybe next

The BJP's manifesto for Maharashtra assembly elections said the party will ask the NDA government at the Centre to confer India's highest civilian award on Savarkar

Maharashtra Assembly: Eyes on Worli as Aaditya Thackeray makes poll debut

The region was hit by large-scale desertions from opposition ranks ahead of polls, handing the saffron alliance an advantage at the hustings

Congress names media in-charges for Haryana, Maharashtra Assembly elections

The terms of the current assembly in Maharashtra ends on November 9 and in Haryana on November 2

NCP releases list of 40 star campaigners for Maharashtra elections

Besides Pawar, Maharashtra NCP unit president Jayant Patil, senior leaders Praful Patel, Chhagan Bhujbal, Ajit Pawar and party MP Supriya Sule are named as the campaigners by the party

Devendra Fadnavis declares assets of over Rs 3.86 cr in election affidavit

Fadnavis' affidavit put his immovable assets at Rs 3.78 crore, against Rs 1.81 crore in 2014

Why Marathas are deserting Cong, NCP and seeking shelter in BJP, Shiv Sena

The exodus is so overwhelming that three descendants of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the most revered Maratha hero, are now all in the BJP

Assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana to be held on Oct 21: EC

The term of the Haryana Assembly expires on November 2