Polling Booths In Puducherry's Mahe To Be Staffed By Women Officers Only

As India gears up for the biggest festival of democracy, Puducherry's Mahe district will set a unique example of a gender-inclusive electoral process. All 31 polling stations in the district will be staffed by women polling officers. Votes will be polled on April 19, the first of the seven phases of the election process. "Women at the forefront of Democracy: All 31 Polling Stations of Mahe district in Puducherry will be staffed by Women Polling Officials in the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections 2024," the Election Commission of India said in an Instagram...

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BJP Picks SS Ahluwalia To Take On Shatrughan Sinha In Bengal's Asansol

The BJP on Wednesday announced the nomination of former Union minister SS Ahluwalia from the Asansol Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal. Mr Ahluwalia would take on TMC's heavyweight candidate and the party's star face, Shatrughan Sinha, in Asansol, an industrial hub encapsulating the state's coal belt. The BJP had previously replaced Ahluwalia, the party's sitting MP from the Burdwan-Durgapur seat, with former state president Dilip Ghosh as candidate for the constituency. Mr Ghosh was, in turn, moved from his erstwhile winning seat Medinipur to fight...

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केरल और जम्मू-कश्मीर में बुधवार को, देश के बाकी हिस्सों में बृहस्पतिवार को मनाई जाएगी ईद

केरल, जम्मू-कश्मीर और लद्दाख में बुधवार को जबकि देश के अन्य हिस्सों में ईद-उल-फित्र का त्यौहार बृहस्पतिवार को मनाया जाएगा. फतेहपुरी मस्जिद के शाही इमाम मौलाना मुफ्ती मुकर्रम अहमद ने ‘पीटीआई-भाषा' को बताया कि मंगलवार को ईद का चांद नज़र नहीं आया, इसलिए ईद-उल-फित्र का त्यौहार बृहस्पतिवार को मनाया जाएगा तथा बुधवार को 30वां और आखिरी रोज़ा होगा. मुकर्रम ने बताया कि ईद का चांद नज़र नहीं आया है, इसलिए ईद का त्यौहार 11 अप्रैल को मनाया जाएगा. हालांकि, ईद केरल, जम्मू-कश्मीर और लद्दाख में बुधवार को मनाई जाएगी. सैयद सादिक अली शिहाब थंगल और जिफरी मुथुक्कोया...

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Woman Dies, Husband Critical After Couple Attempts Suicide In UP: Cops

A woman died while her husband is critical after the couple allegedly consumed poison in their house here, police said on Tuesday. A suicide note was recovered from the couple's room at their house in the city's Tollawala area, they said. The incident took place on Monday night when Ankur Sharma (27) and his wife Shivani Sharma (22) allegedly consumed poison after they had a fight, Haldaur SHO Ram Pratap Singh said. On finding the couple unconscious the next morning, their family members rushed them to a hospital, Mr Singh said. Shivani died during...

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Only 1 Application Received So Far In Assam Under CAA: Himanta Sarma

Only one application has so far been received for citizenship under the CAA in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday. The lone application was made in Barak Valley, he said, without elaborating further. "The anti-CAA movement was based on lies and they (who were at the forefront) will have to answer now. So many days have passed, and only one application has been made in the state till date," Sarma said. The Chief Minister was talking to reporters after an election rally at Sonari in Sivasagar district, which comes under the...

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Rajnath Singh Draws From Bollywood To Take A Swipe At Congress

Taking dig at Congress over its "relationship with corruption", Defence Minister Rajnath Singh recalled a bollywood song "Aaja Sham Hone Aayee...tu chal mai aayee" and said whenever the Congress forms government, corruption follows itself in a similar manner. The Union Minister mocked the Congress by recalling the songs from bollywood movies Ek Duuje Ke Liye (1981) and Maine Pyar Kiya (1989), he said that the name of the movie Ek Dujhe Ke Liye is similar to Congress relationship with corruption. Further, he mentioned a song from Maine Pyar Kiya...

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Himanta Sarma Says Congress Manifesto Is For Polls In Pak, Party Responds

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday alleged that the Congress' poll manifesto was more appropriate for elections in neighbouring Pakistan than for India. The Congress, on the other hand, said a turncoat like Mr Sarma would not be able to understand the secular and inclusive ethos of the grand old party, and asserted that its manifesto aims to safeguard the interests of all sections of the society. Mr Sarma condemned the poll promise document brought out by the opposition party, claiming that it was targeted at dividing the society...

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