Bogus voting charges fly thick & fast
High drama was witnessed in the city after polling in the Central and East constituencies.
High drama was witnessed in the city after polling in the Central and East constituencies.
The district witnessed voter turnout of approximately 64.7%. The district election officer said the voting remained peaceful.“We are calculating. The percentage is likely to increase”, said officials.
The district administration received more than 100 complaints from residents through C-vigil mobile application as well as complaint cell officials on Sunday.
It was all pink at all women employees polling booth at Lodhi Club in west constituency on Sunday where voters were gathering to cast their votes. The voting staff was all women but any eligible voter could cast vote at this polling station.
A youth was allegedly killed and another was injured after their motorcycle was reportedly run over by an SUV in Samrala on Saturday night. Taking note of the circumstances, which indicated towards the murder, the police have booked three persons.
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Even though several eligible voters skipped voting on Sunday, there were several old and physically disabled voters who came to the polling booths to exercise their democratic right. Manjit Kaur, 78, a resident of Haibowal, had come to cast her vote.
With voting gradually picking up pace, traffic jams were also witnessed in the areas where polling stations were located in narrow lanes on Sunday. The beginning of voting was little slow, but as the day grew the number of voters at polling stations increased.
Twenty nine persons tested positive for Covid even as there was no death due to disease in Ludhiana on Sunday. A day before, one person from Ludhiana had died and 22 persons had tested positive for the disease.
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Dakha constituency of Ludhiana, which became very notorious for poll-related violence, specially after the bypolls of 2019, managed to stay peaceful on Sunday.
As voters sealed the fate of candidates and the political parties after casting their vote on Sunday, most of the candidates from across the parties looked confident about their victory from their respective constituencies.
Of the 36,096 young voters who have voted in 14 constituencies in Ludhiana, there were 2,568 first-time voters in Khanna, 3,020 in Samrala, 3,616 in Sahnewal, 2,599 in Ludhiana east, 1,854 in Ludhiana south, 1,825 in Atam Nagar, 2,600 in Ludhiana west, 2,473 in Ludhiana north, 2,430 in
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The state election commission ordered lodging of an FIR against senior BJP leader and Kanpur Mayor Pramila Pandey for getting herself photographed while casting her vote inside a polling booth and then uploading the frame on her personal Facebook page.
After six years, the body language of the first family of Samajwadi Party appeared robust with the Yadav clan unitedly queuing up to vote in their backyard, Saifai, on Sunday, dousing any semblance or undercurrent of tension.
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Altercation broke out between election personnel and some Muslim voters allegedly over removing ‘hijab’ outside Hudson School in Civil Lines. Women voters allege that the workers were insisting on removing the ‘hijab’.
Alleging that a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel on Sunday ‘misbehaved’ and abused party workers at a polling booth in Jarauli area in Maharajpur assembly segment, a group of Bharatiya Janata Party workers created ruckus and demanded immediate action against the offender.
Fulfilling their obligations of being responsible citizens, three newly-wedded brides arrived at respective polling booths in the city to cast their votes.Shubhi Agarwal Dixit’s marriage was solemnised on Saturday (February 19) and her vidai’ ceremony took place on Sunday.
PSPL chief Shivpal Yadav, on the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s jibe on his photo with SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav and SP national president Akhilesh in Samajwadi Rath during a public meeting in Karhal, said that not only the party, but also their hearts have united.
President of the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party-Lohia (PSP-L) met elder brother and SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav at his residence in Etawah on Sunday morning to seek his blessings before polling.Shivpal was accompanied by his son Aditya Yadav.
Altamash Rahman, 21, travelled over 450 km to Kanpur, to cast his vote for the first time. A student, born and brought up in Kanpur and pursuing MBA in Delhi, Altamash was very excited to use his right to franchise for the first time.
The Samajwadi Party candidate from Maharajpur Fateh Bahadur Singh Gill allegedly created a ruckus on finding the BJP flags near the polling booth in Maharajpur assembly constituency on the polling day on Sunday.He removed the flag and had an argument with the the BJP workers.
Body of a polling personnel was recovered near Beri Kapadian village in Ajitmal Kotwali police area in Auraiya district on Sunday.The incident came to light after some locals, heading towards the polling station, after coming across the dead body, informed the police.