Repolling at nine booths in Odisha today

Besides six booths of Niali Assembly segment under Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha seat, repolling would also be held in two other booths of Keonjhar and one booth in Kendrapara Lok Sabha seat.

Polling in these booths was held on April 17. But following allegations of massive rigging and other irregularities like EVM damages, the Election Commission had ordered repolling in these nine booths.

Congress and BJP nominees had alleged that ruling BJD workers had vandalized the booths damaging the EVMs after an attempt to rig the polls.

   

Meanwhile, the Cuttack district administrations along with the district rural police have made elaborate arrangements to conduct the repolling in Niali without any further hiccups.

   

While all booths would be covered by web-cameras, arrangements have been made to video-record all developments outside the booths.

   

Micro-observers have been appointed for each booth in Niali, said the Returning Officer of the segment and Cuttack ADM Laxmidhar Mohanty.

   

"Each booth in Niali would be under the supervision of a DSP assisted by an Inspector. Besides, there would be forces in place to meet any eventuality," Cuttack (Rural) SP, Gurudas Kundu said.

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Bengal Number one in expenditure under 100-day scheme: Mamata

"West Bengal is now number one state in the country in terms of expenditure on employment generation under 100-days work scheme as reported on April 23, 2014 in the website of the Union Rural Development Ministry, Government of India," Banerjee said on Facebook.

She said that the state achieved expenditure of more than Rs 5,521 crore in 2013-14, which is highest in the country under the 100-days work programme.

The Chief Minister pointed out that out of that figure, Rs 1,815 crore was a liability and not received from the Government of India.

Banerjee claimed that the performance proved that Bengal had changed for the betterment of the people.

(Agencies)

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Re-investigate mosque demolition case against Jindal firm: Court

The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Bhilwara gave the direction while disposing of complaints lodged by two locals alleging that police investigation carried out in the case against Jindal Saw Limited had not been done properly.

According to the FIR lodged against Jindal Saw Limited, the company had allegedly paid Rs 65 lakh to Anjuman Committee of Pur in Bhilwara district to buy the mosque and demolished it on April 19, 2012 for mining purpose.

The court gave direction to Pratap Nagar police station to reinvestigate the case and submit a progress report before the court within a month.

(Agencies)

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Over six lakh litres liquor, Rs 10 crore cash seized in poll-bound Punjab

Officials said the seizures were made till Wednesday and the figures will see an increase as there is still a week to go for the final polling date in the state.

  

The Election Commissioned has also created a maximum of 841 village level awareness groups in the state comprising citizens who have been brought on board to spread the message of clean and fair elections, a senior official said.

All 13 seats of Punjab will vote on April 30 with Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance taking on Congress directly. The strong presence of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab this time around has spiced up the electoral battle in the Wheat Bowl of India.

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'Prohibitory orders paving way for AIADMK to give cash, gifts'

DMK Treasurer M K Stalin filed a complaint with the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Praveen Kumar, marked to Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath, alleging that AIADMK candidates were involved in distributing cash and gifts through their agents and that despite complaints local Returning Officers were not taking any action.

"In fact, police officials are hand-in-glove in perpetuating the illegal activities by letting loose the offenders even when they nab them or intimate in advance about the complaint given by us," he said, alleging Rs 3,000 cash per voter was being distributed since yesterday," it said.

The party even accused policemen and other officials of transporting money in their vehicles and even if it was brought to the notice of higher authorities, no action was being taken and there was a 'complete breakdown of the enforcement by the Election Commission’.

"It is submitted never ever in the history of state of Tamil Nadu prohibitory orders under Sec 144 CrPC has been issued on the eve of elections. This has paved the way for the ruling AIADMK party to distribute money with the blessing of police officials.

"The entire administration is now virtually taken over by the police by way of abdication of powers of the Election Commission due to this prohibitory order," it alleged.

The move had sounded the 'death knell' to democracy, it charged, adding DMK men trying to prevent money distribution were targeted with the prohibitory orders.

"Hence the prohibitory orders have to be necessarily lifted for ensuring free and fair elections and to inspire confidence among all parties and the people," it said.

The party demanded that the prohibitory orders be lifted and EC prevent distribution of money and gifts.

Later, Stalin told reporters that AIADMK was allegedly involved in money distribution due to fear of losing.

When asked about allegations of his party men distributing money, he said that action must be initiated if there was proof.

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BJP urges EC to ensure free and fair poll in Arunachal

The party has also demanded proper surveillance and strict monitoring of all the strong rooms in the state.

"The Congress is making desperate attempt to forge and manipulate postal ballot votes in favour of its candidates and resorting to sabotage the counting process," the party alleged in a statement.

"It is shocking and surprising that a Congress worker, from Hapoli Assembly constituency, who was subsequently arrested, in Lower Subansiri district had collected postal ballot papers by producing forged identity card and submitted in favour of the party candidate from the constituency" the statement said.

Many more such incidents of malpractice have been reported from entire state, it claimed.

(Agencies)

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Modi, Rahul to address rallies in tribal areas of Gujarat

Modi, who is contesting from Vadodara as well as Varanasi constituencies, will address a rally here tomorrow and at Pavijetpur, which falls under Chhota Udepur reserved constituency, on Saturday.
   
Rahul will be addressing two public meetings at Devgadh Bariya under Dahod (ST) constituency and at Dediapada under Bharuch parliamentary constituency on the same day, sources said.
   
While Dahod is currently represented by Congress MP Prabha Taviyad, Chhota Udepur and Bharuch seats by tribal leaders Ramsinh Rathwa and Mansukh Vasava, both belong to BJP, respectively.
   
Ahmed Patel, the political secretary to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, has been camping in the region as Congress is pulling all stops to wrest Chhota Udepur and Bharuch from BJP.
   
Patel himself had represented Bharuch seat for three terms in the past. However, since 1989 BJP has been winning the seat on a trot. Interestingly, even though Bharuch is a general seat, it has been won by Vasava, a tribal leader.
   
Congress has fielded Jayesh Patel from this seat against Vasava.

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West Bengal voters have ‘Mamata’ for Modi wave, BJP gains momentum amid TMC-CPM fight

In several seats of Greater Kolkata, the TMC seems to be taking the BJP head-on. No one can overlook this conclusion that the swell in vote share is going to reap dividends for the saffron party.

According to a BJP supporter at Dumdum area in the city, the increase in tally may turn the tables for Rajnath Singh-led party and it may not have to depend on Mamata’s support to form the government in Delhi. However, Mamata may have to bank on the BJP to keep her ship steady at Writers’ Building.

Mamata may be well-aware of this fact and though on one hand she is taking digs at Modi, on the other she is also charging the BJP, Congress and CPI-M of ‘working together’.

The basis of this confidence among the common people is that the BJP will eat into the vote shares of Congress and TMC. This may lead to a situation which could compel the TMC to join hands with the saffron party.

Due to this changed equation, the party’s national leadership has suddenly started expecting big from West Bengal. In spite of BJP wave in 1999, the party could garner only two seats. However, it was successful in getting TMC’s support back then.

Though the BJP’s hold in eastern regions of the country is weak, its performance in West Bengal has been most disappointing. Taking this very fact into account, BJP maintained silence over Mamata’s repeated attacks on the party.

In spite of a number of allegations leveled by the TMC chief, the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi only said that Delhi needs a ‘strict headmaster’ to ensure that the Bengal government functions in a proper manner.

Besides, in a cautious move of not to upset Mamata, the party also did not include the demand of Gorkhas in its manifesto even when it bagged 2.5 lakh votes from the region in the 2009 general elections.

The air however changed in a few days and taking a note of it, Modi has trained his guns on Mamata. He made a public criticism of Saradha chit fund scam for the first time. He further escalated the fight by saying that Mamata’s government in the state is a fake ‘poriborton’ (change).

By grasping the mood of states’ voters, Modi has started giving it back to Mamata and the ground realities of West Bengal lends strength to these claims.

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Naxal arrested after encounter in Chhattisgarh

Bastar Superintendent of Police Ajay Yadav said that the Ultra was arrested following the gun-battle between rebels and the joint squad of Special Task Force (STF) and district force in Chandameta forests under Darbha police station limits.

After the April 12 attack on an ambulance in Darbha region killing five CRPF personnel and two ambulance staff, the team of security forces was on a combing operation in the region to nab the attackers, he said.

On their way back to their fold on Tuesday, Naxals triggered a landmine blast in Chandameta forest, located around 28 kms away from Darbha police station limits, and opened indiscriminate firing on the security forces, he added.

The exchange of fire continued for around an hour after which the Naxals fled to the forest.

"No injuries or causalities were reported in the incident," the SP informed.

A combing operation was launched after the firing ceased and an ultra was nabbed, Yadav said, adding that the Naxal was being interrogated.

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Poll panel unfair, prejudiced against Samajwadi Party: Mulayam

Yadav said in case the Election Commission did not withdraw the order banning Azam Khan from holding election campaigns, millions of his party workers would "become Azam Khan".

He was speaking during election rallies in Shahabad and Rampur cities on Monday.

“The EC is after us, Azam Khan has been banned from addressing public meetings and I have been issued a notice," Yadav told a gathering while explaining that he has the highest regard for women and has been gone to jail for taking up their issues.

He said the right to speech and expression could not be banned in the country.

The Election Commission had on April 11 banned Khan from campaigning in Uttar Pradesh and had asked authorities to initiate criminal proceedings against him for his alleged hate speeches.

On Monday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav defended Khan, saying the poll body has taken action against the senior Samajwadi Party leader without going through his explanation.

“Azam was served notice by EC...He has replied to it. The EC, however, did not go through his reply and had taken action against him", Akhilesh said while addressing an election rally in Badaun in support of his cousin brother Dharmendra Yadav.

The Chief Minister’s remarks came a day after Khan accused the Election Commission of working at the behest of the Centre.

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JD (U) candidate from Kisanganj withdraws in Congress favour

"I have decided to withdraw myself from election in favour of sitting Congress candidate to check split of minority votes,” JD(U) candidate Akhtarul Iman said.

Congress candidate Maulana Asrarul Haque is seeking re-election from the minority dominated Kisanganj Lok Sabha seat.
   
Iman had recently crossed over to JD (U) from RJD and had resigned as an MLA of Lalu Prasad Yadav’s party from Kochadhaman in Kisanganj district. He was among 13 RJD MLAs to rebel against the party and seek separate status.
   
He was rewarded by Nitish and given the Lok Sabha ticket from Kisanganj.
   
With the withdrawal of Iman, Kisanganj will witness a direct contest between Asrarul Haque (Congress) and D K Jaiswal (BJP). Voting for this Lok Sabha seat will take place on April 24.

Iman said he tried to contact the Chief Minister to acquaint him with his decision to withdraw from the race but could not get through him. "I have acquainted JD (U) leaders in Kisanganj about the decision," he said.
   
"My purpose to enter the field was to defeat communal forces represented by Narendra Modi...I decided to withdraw from the race to strengthen the secular forces, " he said.

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wever, said he would remain in JD (U).

Sources in Kisanganj attributed the withdrawal to lack of support he was getting from the Chief Minister.

The JD (U) cannot put a replacement for Iman as last date for filing nomination ended on April 9.

The bad news from Kisanganj came to Nitish Kumar close on the heels of another party candidate Shabir Ali pulling out of the race from Sheohar Lok Sabha seat.

JD (U), however, was able to field state minister Shahid Ali Khan from Sheohar Parliamentary seat.

Shabir Ali later left JD (U) for BJP but he was out of the saffron party soon because of strong resistance from BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.

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Pinaki Mishra richest Lok Sabha nominee in Odisha

While Pinaki Mishra, a Supreme Court lawyer, tops the list of rich candidates with property worth Rs 137 crore, Ama Odisha Party nominee Sunjoy Hans comes second with assets of Rs 57 crore followed by BJD's Balasore aspirant Rabinda Jena with property worth Rs 57 crore and sitting M  Baijayant Panda of Kendrapara with Rs 31 crore, OEW state Coordinator Ranjan Mohanty same.

  

Sabyasachi Mahapatra of CPI(ML)-Red Star of Cuttack constituency has assets worth just Rs 600 and identified as the poorest candidate in this phase of polls.

  

Subas Chandra Mallick of SUCI (C) from Jajpur constituency whose assets amount to Rs 6,000 and Debendra Kumar Mallik of BSP from Jajpur constituency has property worth only Rs 10,000, the report said.

   

There are six candidates who have declared assets worth less than Rs one lakh.

   

The report also revealed that there are five candidates who have declared annual income of more than Rs 1 crore. Rabindra Kumar Jena has declared the highest income of Rs 6.64 crore followed by Pinaki Misra (Rs 3.92 crore). Baijyanta Panda of BJD comes third with income of Rs 3.57 crore.

  

The party-wise list of crorepatis candidates shows 9 out of 11 candidates of Congress, 8 out of 11 of BJD, 4 out of 11 of BJP, 3 out of 10 of AAP and 1 of the 2 candidates of Trinamool Congress have declared assets more than Rs one crore.

  

From among 97 candidates in 10 Lok Sabha seats in the first phase poll on April 10, 26 were crorepatis with BJD's Kandhamal candidate Hemendra Singh being the richest with asset value of Rs 50 crore followed by Congress candidate Harihar Karan with Rs 9 crore asset.

(Agencies)

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Party hasn't given me copy of manifesto: Congress candidate

Naik said he has not been able to read the manifesto because he has not been given the document yet.

"I have not read the manifesto yet because I haven't been given the copy of it, by the party yet," Naik said while addressing a press conference.

The election manifesto has been released by the state Congress last week, a few days after the Congress released its national manifesto.

Naik, who has been linked to Goa's drug mafia in a legislative committee report, also said that he was unaware of the election promise made by the Congress state unit in the manifesto to appoint a central agency to probe Goa's narcotics market.

“What is that? I am not very sure. I told you, I have not read the manifesto yet!” Naik said.

Reacting to Naik's claim that he has not been given a copy of the manifesto, state Congress president John Fernandes said the former’s erroneous answer was because of nervousness and exhaustion caused due to constant campaigning.

"I am sure, if he logs on to our website, he can access the manifesto. He is exhausted and tired of campaigning and must have wrongly said that he hasn't read the manifesto," Fernandes said.

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Women candidates from diverse background contesting in Rajasthan LS polls

Of the 17 women contesting in 20 constituencies in the first phase, three sitting MPs, including two Congress Union ministers Chandresh Kumari Katoch and Girija Vyas hope to cash in on their work to secure victory at the hustings.

A total of 239 candidates are fighting in the first phase on April 17. Rajasthan, which has a total 25 constituencies, will witness the second phase of polls for five seats on April 24 for which the nomination process is on.

Union minister and Congress' Katoch, who has assets worth over Rs 10 crore, is fighting to retain her Jodhpur seat. She bagged the seat in 2009 after defeating the then BJP sitting MP Jaswant Singh Bishnoi by over 98,000 votes.

The Jodhpur constituency, which had sent Ashok Gehlot to Parliament five times, is also being eyed by Independent candidates Mehmooda Begum and Jayda, who is an illiterate.

In Jhunjhunu, the five women in fray are BJP's Santosh Ahlawat, Congress' Raj Bala Ola, BSP's Rahisa Bano, Megh Desham Party's Urmila and Independent candidate Rajbala.

Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Girija Vyas, also from Congress, is fighting to retain her position from Chittorgarh where two other women CPI's Radha Devi and

Rajasthan Vikas Party's Vijaya Ray has thrown in hats.

Congress' Jyoti Mirdha, who holds an MBBS degree and is the richest woman in the first phase of polls from the state, is the sitting MP from Nagaur that lies about midway between Jodhpur and Bikaner.

Women constitute about 50 percent of total 4.2 crore voters expected to exercise franchise from the border state.

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LS polls: Ajay Maken eyeing hat-trick from New Delhi constituency

Earlier represented by the likes of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Lal Krishna Advani, the constituency is considered crucial due to its symbolic importance as it houses the country's power centers and Maken, Lekhi and Khaitan are putting up an engrossing fight to grab the seat.
   
"The entire nation's eyes are always fixed on New Delhi seat as it reflects the social characteristic of the country. The party which wins in New Delhi, wins in the country also," says senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley.
   
In the first two Lok Sabhas, the seat was represented by freedom fighter Sucheta Kripalani.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was defeated by BJP's Jagmohan in a tight fight in the constituency in the 1999 Lok Sabha polls.
   
In the December 4 Assembly polls, the AAP had won seven out of 10 Assembly seats under the constituency but Maken feels people will vote differently in the Lok Sabha election and AAP's support base has eroded significantly after it quit power in February.
   
In the Assembly polls, Arvind Kejriwal had handed a shock defeat to then Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the New Delhi assembly constituency trouncing her by over 25,000 votes.
   
"I have done lot of development work in the area and I am very confident of winning the seat for the third time," says 50-year-old Maken.
   
In 2004, Maken had defeated BJP's Jagmohan while in 2009 he came out victorious against Vijay Goel, also from BJP by nearly two lakh votes.

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Prime accused sentenced to life in Suriyanelli rape case

Of the 35 accused in the case, five had died during the pendency of trial.

While Dharmarajan was sentenced to life, the remaining were sentenced to varying terms of rigorous imprisonment up to 13 years and fined by a division bench, comprising Justices K T Sankaran and M L Joseph Francis, which delivered the judgment on separate appeals filed by the accused.

For default of sentence, the accused would have to undergo an additional three months RI. The case relates to the abduction and sexual exploitation of a minor girl from Suriyanelli in Kerala's Idukki district by several persons in 1996.

    

The bench rejected the plea of the accused that the victim was 'deviant' and that she could have escaped during her captivity.

   

The judges said there was no embellishing in the evidence of the victim which runs to 598 pages and it was totally accepted.

    

"There are materials to show that her evidence is true. She was mercilessly and brutally raped," the court held.

Dharmarajan, Raju, lured Usha procured her and she was subjected to rape by other accused, the court held.

   

Dharmarajan, who had been absconding, was later arrested. While the trial court had convicted all the accused on charges of rape, gang-rape and kidnapping, the High Court had acquitted all but one.

   

On an appeal filed by the state government and the victim, the Supreme Court had ordered the High Court to consider afresh the appeal filed by the accused.

   

The prosecution case was that the girl, who was studying in school, was enticed, abducted and sexually exploited by a bus conductor on January 16, 1996.

   

The girl was later handover to two others, including prime accused Dharmarajan. She was then taken to various places and raped by many persons, before she was released after being in captivity for 40 days.

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Want to be BJP’s ‘colleague’: TDP chief

Things would become clear in a day or two, he told reporters at a press conference, even as talks over seat-sharing with the BJP appear to be caught in a stalemate.

   

When he was asked if he is hopeful of sealing an alliance with the BJP, Chandrababu said that he is a "responsible leader" and hence would not like to make any comments.

   

"I am responsible leader. I have to talk responsibly. It's not correct on my part to speak something when discussions are still on," he said.

   

The TDP chief said that he wanted to join hands with the BJP once again to protect "national interests". Also, after bifurcation, two new states would face several problems like lack of revenue resources, power and employment, he said.

   

"We have to address all these things. So we are seeking a tie-up with the BJP and help it form the government at the Centre," he said.

   

Dismissing talk that his party itself is in a weak position and is hence willing to concede more number of seats to the BJP, Chandrababu remarked that the TDP is 'strong'.

   

"It's a wrong perception that we are weak. We are strong in both regions and the people's mood is in our favour. Of course, Narendra Modi is also being preferred as the prime ministerial candidate. We have to look into all these factors as these are very crucial polls," he said.

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Candidates in Sikkim not resorting to huge rallies

Candidates say it is a small state and together with party workers and they are having door-to-door meetings to give a personal touch to campaigning.

  

Hardly any party is holding political rallies or large election meetings in Gangtok. Occasionally, one can find small stickers pasted on walls seeking votes.

  

"All our candidates are meeting voters on a one-to-one basis in their houses. It is a small place and we are trying to cover as many houses as possible in our meetings. It does take time but this is the most effective way of campaigning," Sikkim Krantikari Morcha's (SKM) general secretary Jacob Khaling said.

  

The border state goes to polls on April 12 for 32 assembly constituencies and the lone Lok Sabha seat.

  

The ruling party Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), which has all the 32 MLAs in the outgoing assembly, is also doing door-to-door meetings in a similar way.

  

"In certain areas where the voters are very large or the candidate has little time, we have group meetings with voters to explain our agenda and the good work our government has done," SDF's vice-president K B Chamling said.

  

He said the candidates are mostly walking on foot during campaigning.

With such low key political campaigning, tourists visiting this hill station do not even realise that the state is going to vote for a new Assembly.

  

Large election rallies are being held only for heavyweights like Chief Minister Pawan Chamling or SKM supremo P S Goley.

  

Party workers are also distributing pamphlets seeking votes for their respective party candidates.

  

State election commission officials said they are keeping a close watch on campaigning and so far no party or candidate has been found guilty of violating the Model Code of Conduct.

  

Besides SDF and SKM, Congress is the only party contesting all 32 assembly seats. The BJP has put up candidates in 13 constituencies while Trinamool Congress has fielded nominees in seven seats.

  

For the lone Lok Sabha seat, sitting MP Prem Das Rai of SDF is pitted against nominees from SKM, BJP, Congress, Trinamool and Aam Admi Party.

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Flood, plantation, influx among major poll issues in Assam

The Congress nominees during the electioneering are highlighting the economic reforms undertaken by the UPA, eradication of poverty schemes, MNREGA and social justice measures, particularly for the tea tribes and women, its state unit Chief spokesman Mehdi Alam Bora said.

The Self Help Group (SHG) scheme is a crucial issue during the poll here underscoring its role in giving employment to both the youth and women voters, Bora said.

The BJP is harping on the change factor, by triggering development under the leadership of Narendra Modi, fight corruption, seal the Indo-Bangladesh border, grant refugee status to the victims of religious, social and political atrocities in Bangladesh, party state unit General Secretary Santanu Bharali said.

Turning to local issues, the saffron party has promised to also make efforts for fulfilling the demand for Article 244(A) in Karbi Anglong district, improve the condition and increase production of the world's oldest running refinery at Digboi, save rhinos from poachers, oppose construction of mega dams in the upper reaches of river Brahmaputra, Bharali said.

For the regional party Asom Gana Parishad, illegal migration from Bangladesh is again its poll plank on which it was voted to power immediately after its formation in 1985.

The contestants of the party, which had come to power for second time in 1991, are also seeking votes on local issues such as opposition to big dams, implementation of the Assam Accord, curbing price rise, 100 per cent employment to locals in public and private sector offices in the state, said its publicity secretary Manoj Saikia.

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Sudarsan's sand animation to attract voters to polling booths

Sudarsan, also the state icon for state Election Commissioner, said the one-and-a-half minute film will be telecast on Doordarsan and private TV channels and screened at cinema halls across the state besides on social media websites.

  

Through the film, Sudarsan tried to give messages like "Don't sell your vote," "Don't get biased by false promises" and "Don't get swayed by freebies".

  

The animation film and two photographs of sand art were released by Director General of Election Commission Akshay Rout .

  

"We hope this innovative and creative film will motivate people to cast their vote and popularise the sand art form as well," CEO Mona Sharma said.

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46 students held in Lonavla rave party

The rural police raided a birthday party organised by one of the students in the early hours on Wednesday at a bungalow in Gold Valley of Lonavla.

Bungalow owner Saifuddin Bungalowala and caretaker Dilip Rammilan Yadav were arrested, Lonavla police station sub-inspector CB Kamble said.

Hookahs and foreign liquor worth Rs 19,000 were also seized.

The students, all in the age group of 20-23 years, were charged under section 294 (obscene acts and songs) of the IPC, sections 110, 112 and 117 of the Bombay Police Act and the section (65)(E) of the Bombay Prohibition Act.

All the students were sent for medical examination to a government hospital.

The students were later produced in the court of a first class judicial magistrate at Vadgaon which granted them bail.

(Agencies)

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‘Aam Aadmi’ slaps Kejriwal during roadshow in Delhi

Kejriwal, however, appealed his partymen to remain calm soon after the incident. He asked them not to resort to any kind of violence.

According to reports, Kejriwal was slapped twice by the attacker, who has been taken away by the police. The identity of the attacker has not been disclosed yet.

Further details into the incident are awaited.

It may be recalled here that Kejriwal, who has been holding rallies and road shows for the past few months, has faced a hostile crowd on several occasions.

The AAP leader, who is contesting against BJP’s prime ministerial Narendra Modi from Varanasi, was attacked with eggs and ink during his visit to the holy city last month.

Kejriwal has of late been heavily criticized over his decision to step down from office in Delhi just 49 days after the formation of AAP government in the national capital.

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