Nearly 65 families in the village also hold voting rights in Meghalaya due to their proximity to the border. Living along the disputed Assam-Meghalaya border areas, these “dual voters” have been exercising their franchise in Assam for decades, even after the creation of Meghalaya in 1972. Assam govt provides them electricity and has built...
Read MoreAs the clock ticked, the gathering grew for the final rally of NCP’s Baramati Lok Sabha seat candidate Sunetra Pawar at the Christian Colony ground. Barely 2.5km away, supporters of NCP (SCP) candidate Supriya Sule huddled at Kasba ground to hear veteran politician Sharad Pawar and entourage on the last day of campaigning before...
Read MoreCampaigning for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections on May 7 ended Sunday in a blaze of high-decibel sound across 93 seats in 12 states and UTs, including all 25 seats of Gujarat and key constituencies with prominent contestants such as home minister Amit Shah in Gandhinagar, Jyotiraditya Scindia in Guna, Dimple Yadav...
Read MoreAfter surviving a complicated neurosurgery, a man passed away due to cardiac arrest induced by an extra dose of anaesthesia administered at a private scanning centre in Kilpauk, Chennai. Fifteen years later, the family won a legal battle at district consumer disputes redressal forum in Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, against the scanning centre and secured...
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