Poll turnout likely to cross 83% in Mizoram
Aizawl: The turnout in the elections on Monday was the highest ever in the State, surpassing the 2008 Assembly polls when it was 82.35 per cent.
The turnout in Mizoram polls would cross 83 per cent, which is the highest-ever in polls in the State, State Chief Electoral Officer Ashwani Kumar said on Tuesday. The turnout in the elections yesterday was the highest ever in the state, surpassing the 2008 assembly polls when it was 82.35 per cent, Kumar said.
Rahul gifts Amethi new trains, rly line
Amethi: Gifting his constituency two new trains and a railway line, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday admitted that such steps alone would not eradicate poverty but stressed that UPA Government’s flagship MNREGA and Food Security schemes would help change the face of the country. The Congress Vice-President was here in his parliamentary constituency to inaugurate two trains and lay foundation of a new railway line in Salon area.
Sankararaman case verdict today
Chennai: A Puducherry court will on Wednesday deliver its verdict in the high-profile 2004 Sankararaman murder case, in which two Kanchi Mutt seers Jayendra Saraswathi and Vijayendra are the prime accused.
Puducherry Principal District and Sessions Judge C S Murugan will pronounce the judgment after a trial which ran for over nine years.
Bihar: another dies of ‘mysterious’ disease
Motihari/Patna: One more person has died, taking the toll to 10, due to a ‘mysterious’ disease in Sugauli Nagar Panchayat in east Champaran district, police said on Tuesday. 35-year-old Jainarayan Raut succumbed at his home last night, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) PK Mandal said.