Another grenade attack on polling booth in Pulwama
Suspected militants hurled a grenade at a polling station in Chatpora locality of Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, Rising Kashmir reports. Polling is currently underway in Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency. A petrol bomb was also reportedly hurled at a polling station in Bhatnoor village of Tral.
Earlier in the day, militants hurled a grenade towards a polling station in Rohmoo in Pulwama district.
Update: The Election Commission relaxes Model Code of Conduct in Maharashtra to allow the state government to do drought relief work, ANI reports. Polling in all 48 Lok Sabha seats in the state got over on April 29.
JUST IN: PDP-Congress workers clash in Anantnag district's Pulwama, which is voting in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha polls.
JUST IN | Grenade attack at a polling booth reported from Cahapora in Pulwama. The grenade exploded outside the wall of the Government Higher Secondary School, in which the polling booth is located. No loss of life or injury has been reported, according to News18. This is reportedly the second such grenade attack in Jammu and Kashmir today.
JUST IN: EVM machines vandalised in Hooghly, West Bengal, Times Now reported.
Update: Locket Chatterjee, the BJP candidate in West Bengal’s Hooghly constituency, has accused the Trinamool Congress of rigging polls at a few booths, reports Hindustan Times. Central forces have not been deployed at such booths, she alleges.
Democracy doesn't exist in West Bengal: Prakash Javadekar
The BJP says it will move the Election Commission, demanding re-polling in the Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency. “Democracy does not exist in West Bengal,” ABP Ananda quotes Union minister Prakash Javadekar as saying.
Voter Turnout:
#Jharkhand: 63.72% till 5 pm,
#West Bengal: 73.97% till 5 pm,
#Madhya Pradesh: 62.60% till 5 pm,
#Uttar Pradesh: 57.33% till 6 pm,
#Bihar: 57.86 % till 6 pm,
#Rajasthan: 63.75% till 6 pm,
#Anantnag: 8.76%,
#Ladakh: 63.76%
The overall provisional turnout till 6 pm was 60.8 percent.
Provisional voter turnout till 6 pm:
Jharkhand: 63.9 percent
Bihar: 59.7 percent
J&K: 17 percent
Rajasthan: 59.3 percent
Madhya Pradesh: 62.9 percent
Uttar Pradesh: 53.2 percent
West Bengal: 74 percent
These numbers are likely to be updated by the Election Commission.
NEWS FLASH: Voting in the fifth phase has concluded.
Voting in the fifth phase of 2019 Lok Sabha polls is set to end shortly.
Provisional voter turnout till 5 pm:
Jharkhand: 58 percent
Bihar: 48.1 percent
J&K: 15.5 percent
Rajasthan: 51.9 percent
Madhya Pradesh: 54.3 percent
Uttar Pradesh: 45.8 percent
West Bengal: 65 percent
Overall provisional turnout till 5 pm was recorded at 51.5 percent.
Provisional voter turnout in West Bengal till 4 pm was 62.8 percent.
Update: News agency ANI is now reportin that a petrol bomb was hurled at a polling booth in J&K's Shopian. No injuries were reported.
A grenade attack has taken place at a polling booth in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian, News18 has reported.
Provisional voter turnout till 3 pm:
Jharkhand: 58.6 percent
Bihar: 44 percent
J&K: 15.3 percent
Rajasthan: 50.2 percent
Madhya Pradesh: 52.8 percent
Uttar Pradesh: 44.1 percent
West Bengal: 62.6 percent
Another grenade attack on polling booth in Pulwama
Suspected militants hurled a grenade at a polling station in Chatpora locality of Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, Rising Kashmir reports. Polling is currently underway in Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency. A petrol bomb was also reportedly hurled at a polling station in Bhatnoor village of Tral.
Earlier in the day, militants hurled a grenade towards a polling station in Rohmoo in Pulwama district.
Update: The Election Commission relaxes Model Code of Conduct in Maharashtra to allow the state government to do drought relief work, ANI reports. Polling in all 48 Lok Sabha seats in the state got over on April 29.
JUST IN: PDP-Congress workers clash in Anantnag district's Pulwama, which is voting in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha polls.
JUST IN | Grenade attack at a polling booth reported from Cahapora in Pulwama. The grenade exploded outside the wall of the Government Higher Secondary School, in which the polling booth is located. No loss of life or injury has been reported, according to News18. This is reportedly the second such grenade attack in Jammu and Kashmir today.
JUST IN: EVM machines vandalised in Hooghly, West Bengal, Times Now reported.
Update: Locket Chatterjee, the BJP candidate in West Bengal’s Hooghly constituency, has accused the Trinamool Congress of rigging polls at a few booths, reports Hindustan Times. Central forces have not been deployed at such booths, she alleges.
Democracy doesn't exist in West Bengal: Prakash Javadekar
The BJP says it will move the Election Commission, demanding re-polling in the Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency. “Democracy does not exist in West Bengal,” ABP Ananda quotes Union minister Prakash Javadekar as saying.