Google launches poll portal in India

Meanwhile, in a bid to capitalise on the election season frenzy, Google has launched an election portal to help voters understand the electoral process, get access to all the news related to elections and politics, get detailed information on specific political parties as also get linked to the official web presence of each party.

The official post said, the portal had been designed, to serve as a one-stop destination to ''help voters get answers to their elections and voting-related queries to make an informed decision.''

The first phase of the project would see the portal cover news information and videos related to state elections for Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Mizoram. It would pull in news for leading publications and broadcasters in both, English as well as Hindi.