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Second major round of Lok Sabha polls today

April 24, 2014

New Delhi, April 24: Over 18 crore voters in 117 parliamentary constituencies spread across 11 states and 1 Union Territory are eligible to exercise their franchise in the sixth phase of polling scheduled on Thursday.

Lok_SabhaThe sixth phase happens to be the second most major round of polling after the fifth phase held last week in which 121 constituencies were involved.

All 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu, the lone seat in Puducherry, 19 seats in Maharashtra, 10 in Madhya Pradesh, 5 in Rajasthan, 7 each in Bihar and Chhattisgarh, 6 each in Assam and West Bengal, 4 in Jharkhand and 12 seats in Uttar Pradesh are involved in Thursday’s polling.

With the sixth phase, the polling process will be completed in Assam, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.

The stakes are high not only for the BJP and Congress but also for key regional parties like the AIADMK, DMK, Trinamool Congress, Nationalist Congress Party and the Shiv Sena.

Thursday’s polling will seal the fate of several top contenders, including BJP senior leader Sushma Swaraj (Vidisha), Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav (Mainpuri), actor-turned-politician Hema Malini (Mathura), former Union minister Dayanidhi Maran (Central Chennai), former telecom minister A Raja (Nilgiris), Finance Minister P Chidambaram's son Karti (Sivaganga), MDMK leader Vaiko (Virudunagar), Union minister Milind Deora (Mumbai-South), AAP candidates Medha Patkar (Mumbai North East) and Meera Sanyal (Mumbai-South), former cricketer Mohd Azharuddin (Tonk-Sawai Madhopur) and former Jharkhand chief minister Shibu Soren (Dumka).

In Bihar, BJP's Shahnawaz Hussain, party's lone Muslim face in the outgoing Lok Sabha (Bhagalpur), is in the fray.

Among the prominent candidates in Chhattisgarh is Karuna Shukla, niece of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Shukla, who is the Congress candidate from Bilaspur, had left the BJP a couple of months ago. President Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijeet is contesting on a Congress ticket from Jangipur, West Bengal.

Anantnag in Jammu and Kashmir also goes to polls on Thursday where the fate of 12 candidates, including National Conference leader Mehboob Beg and opposition People’s Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti would be decided.

With the sixth phase, the polling in 349 of the 543 seats would be completed. The polling in remaining seats will be held on April 30, May 7 and May 12.

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March 23,2020

Thrissur, Mar 23: Kerala police on Monday has booked a Catholic priest for violating the Covid-19 advisory against conducting Holy Mass in which more than 100 people attended.

Fr. Pauly Padayatti, vicar of Nithya Sahaya Matha (Mother of Perpetual Help) church at Koodapuzha near Chalakudy in Thrissur district has been arrested by the police.

Despite the strict restrictions of the health department and the Kerala Catholic Bishops Council (KCBC) to temporality suspend church services involving laity in churches, the vicar conducted the Holy Mass on Monday.

The police have also registered case against the devotees for violating the guidelines by attending the service.

The top church leadership including Cardinal Mar George Alencherry repeatedly urged the laity not to go to churches for Holy Mass or other services.

The faithful have been asked to participate in the online streaming of Holy Mass by bishops and priests and pray from their homes.

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February 11,2020

New Delhi, Feb 11: People of Delhi have explained the true meaning of nationalism through their mandate, AAP's prominent face Manish Sisodia said as he clinched victory on the Patparganj seat.

Sisodia, who retained his seat for the third time, said the BJP indulged in "politics of hate", but people refused to be divided.

"I am happy to have won the Patparganj seat again. The BJP indulged in politics of hate, but I thank the people of Patparganj. Today, Delhi's people have chosen a government which works for them and explained the true meaning of nationalism through their mandate," he told reporters.

Sisodia, who was the Deputy Chief Minister and led the government's education reforms agenda, defeated BJP's Ravinder Singh Negi by a margin of over 3,500 votes.

The initial trends saw a seesaw battle between Sisodia and Negi.

In 2013, Sisodia had won by a margin of 11,000 votes and in 2015 by over 28,000 votes.

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May 30,2020

Coronavirus lockdown in India has been extended till June 30 with more relaxations.

While the lockdown has been extended in containment zones, relaxations outside containment zones include reopening of religious places for public  from June 8. 

Hotels, restaurants and shopping malls also to open from June 8. Decision on opening educational institutions to be taken in July.
 

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