The poll-bound states Maharashtra and Haryana are all set to go to assembly elections on October 21 (today). Heavy security has been beefed up in the two states.

Amid tight security, polling began at 7 am for the 40-member Mizoram assembly election on Wednesday, officials said.

Voting for the third phase of municipal polls ended peacefully on Saturday in Jammu & Kashmir's Samba, Srinagar, Anantnag and Baramulla districts, with an overall turnout of 16.3 per cent.

The Election Commission would conduct intensive mapping aiming at getting the maximum number of differently-abled voters to exercise their franchise including in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and later, an official said here on Saturday.

The Election Commission would conduct intensive mapping aiming at getting the maximum number of differently-abled voters to exercise their franchise including in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and later, an official said here on Saturday.

In a major decision aimed at empowerment of people, the State Administrative Council (SAC) headed by Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik decided on Friday to commence the formal process for conducting municipal body and panchayat elections.

Voting in Mali's presidential election began on Sunday morning as polling stations opened nationwide, despite threats of violence from groups linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State militant organization in the West African country.

Voters in large numbers started flocking outside polling stations across the country to cast their vote in Pakistans 11th general election, according to DawnNewsTV.

Brisk polling was underway here on Thursday at the Radhakrishnan Nagar (R.K.Nagar) constituency to fill the vacancy in the Tamil Nadu Assembly caused by the death of the late J. Jayalalithaa.

The second phase of state assembly polls began in Gujarat on Thursday. Voting has begun in 93 assembly constituencies across 14 districts in northern and central regions.