Telangana

The EVMs of Medak Lok Sabha Constituency were kept in BVRIT College, Narsapur and Tribal Welfare Residential School in Narsapur.

The huge turnout of people at the former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s road show in the district created a positive impact and there was a silent voting in favour of BRS, Nageswara Rao explained.

Polling percentage in rural areas was higher than that in urban areas. There is more than 10 percent difference in voting between rural and urban assembly segments.

The election held on Monday witnessed a voter turnout of 76.09 percent. In the 2019 Lok Sabha election 75.3 percent voter turnout, which was highest in the State, was recorded.

He thanked the party cadre and leaders for working hard for over 50 days for BRS candidate P Venkatrami Reddy.

For instance, Adilabad Assembly segment saw 72.50 percent of voting, while Nirmal constituency registered 71.98 percent of turnout.

The rooftop solar adoption has been very slow, especially in the residential sector in the State as the installation of solar power is still an expensive option for many.

Sadanandam (48) complained of chest pain while he was returning home after completing duties on Monday night.

The Narsapur assembly segment recorded 84.25 percent polling while the Palair assembly segment in Khammam Lok Sabha constituency recorded 83.30 percent polling, the second best in the State

Rauthu Sattaiah, a farmer, alleged that the staffers at the centre were secretly stealing around three kilograms of grains per bag by tampering with the weighing machine.

Police resorted to a lathi charge on teachers reportedly when they demanded full payment for their work after duty on Monday.

Ministers Bhatti Vikramarka, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy and Tummala Nageswara Rao cast their votes in their respective polling stations in Khammam district on Monday.

The Nagarkurnool district administration established an auxiliary polling station for their convenience in a private building at Mallapur Penta for 10 Chenchus.

Voters were seen standing in serpentine queue lines at polling booths to exercise their franchise right from the beginning of polling at 7 am.

With weather remaining a bit cool compared to the last few days, voting percent increased after every hour.

Taking strong exception to Revanth Reddy addressing a press conference in the middle of the voting, the union Minister said the Revanth had no respect for norms.

All the assembly segments in both the Lok Sabha constituencies attracted a huge number of voters beginning from morning except the Patancheru assembly segment

The tension was created between the rival groups when BRS MLA Palla Rajeshwar Reddy and Congress leader Kommuri Rakesh Reddy have reached the same polling station.

Polling, which began on a dull note, picked up after a couple of hours and an approximate voter turnout of 69.10 percent was recorded.

He hoped for the best after the hard fought battle on the polling day. Shortly after the polling concluded, Rama Rao took to X and expressed his happiness over the courage and resilience displayed by the party cadre in the parliament elections.

KT Rama Rao said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was campaigning across the country, but was dishing out step-motherly treatment to Telangana with no Central university or hospital given in 10 years.

However, urban areas especially Hyderabad, Secunderabad and Malakajgiri parliamentary constituencies witnessed a lukewarm response from voters recording a poor poll percentage.

At Lachagudem of Yellandu mandal in Kothagudem district the villagers have boycotted polls in protest against the government’s failure to address the problems.

Thanks to a dip in maximum temperatures caused by light to moderate rains that cooled down sweltering heat wave conditions, the segment saw 69.81 percent of voting by 5 pm when compared to 75.34 percent registered in 2019.