TDP candidate for Andhra Assembly elections, Gottipati Lakshmi, delayed her poll campaign to help deliver a baby via a C-section after she was informed that the woman was losing amniotic fluid. The party shared a video of Lakshmi, who is a doctor, with the baby. "Nothing in this world brings me more joy than welcoming...life onto this Earth," she said.

Voter turnout till 9 PM in the 1st phase of Lok Sabha elections is 80.17% in Tripura, 77.57% in West Bengal, 74.21% in Meghalaya, 73.50% in Puducherry and 72.10% in Assam. The voter turnout in Rajasthan is 56.58%, UP (58.49%), Bihar (48.50%), Chhattisgarh (63.41%), J&K (65.08%), Lakshadweep (59.02%), MP (64.77%), Maharashtra (55.35%), Manipur (69.13%), Uttarakhand (54.06%) and Tamil Nadu (65.19%).

PM Narendra Modi on Friday said that the condition of many countries in the world has worsened and some are even facing bankruptcy. Making an apparent reference to Pakistan, he added, "Even one of our neighbours, which was a supplier of 'aatank (terrorism)', is now struggling for supply of 'atta (flour)'." PM Modi was addressing an election rally.

Accusing BRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao of aligning with PM Narendra Modi to aid his daughter, MLC K Kavitha, CM A Revanth Reddy urges voters to reject "Telangana traitors." Kavitha was arrested in the Delhi Liquor policy case. Revanth alleges a BRS-BJP pact at a Congress rally in Mahabubabad.

K Annamalai, the Tamil Nadu BJP Chief, has questioned the Election Commission's readiness for the polls in the constituency and called for re-election in booths where significant voter names are missing. "The sad part about Coimbatore election is names of around 1 lakh voters are missing from voters list. We don't know the logic behind these deletions...," he said.

Assets of former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and his family grew by over 41 percent in the past five years to Rs 810.42 crore, per his poll panel affidavit on Friday. Naidu’s wife, N Bhuvaneswari, filed the nomination on behalf of her husband at Kuppam for the Andhra Pradesh Assembly election slated for May 13.

CIDCO has appealed to the office bearers and executive committees of housing societies in Navi Mumbai to carry voter awareness activities to increase the voter turnout in Navi Mumbai for the Loksabha General Election of 2024. Election Commission of India has announced the Loksabha General Election and the election will be held in total 7 phases across the country.

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan 'reminded' Congress leader Rahul Gandhi that the latter's grandmother Indira Gandhi had "jailed them for one-and-a-half years" during Emergency. His remarks came after Rahul questioned Centre for not acting against the CPI(M) leader. Congress alleged that Vijayan wasn't criticising PM Narendra Modi because of probe by agencies into a scam at his daughter's IT firm.

While several rural voters in Tamil Nadu lined up at polling stations in big numbers, Vengaivayal village in Tiruchi Lok Sabha constituency and Ekanapuram village in Sriperumpudhur constituency boycotted the election. Even though government authorities made several attempts at persuasion, they refused to budge. What led to the voter fury? The Federal explains the reasons in a nutshell.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has urged migrant workers present in Bengal to cast their votes before they return to work. "Please don't go back without voting because if you don't vote...they'll take away your Aadhaar card and your citizenship," Banerjee said. "I won't let CAA be implemented here. I haven't let NRC be implemented here," she added.