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Amidst the ongoing Lok Sabha polls in Assam, tensions escalated at a polling booth situated in Science College, Kokrajhar town, following allegations of electoral misconduct, leading to the apprehension of a worker associated with the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF). The situation unfolded when a contingent of BPF workers, accompanied by Sewly Mohilary, the wife of […]
Tensions flared at a polling booth in Mankachar, situated within Assam’s Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency, as clashes broke out between two groups of voters on May 7. The altercation occurred at the No. 158 polling booth in Kathalbari, leading to chaotic scenes outside the premises. Security personnel swiftly intervened to quell the situation and reinstate […]
In response to recent ethnic violence in Manipur, authorities are establishing 29 special polling stations for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections to accommodate approximately 5,000 displaced individuals currently residing in camps. Polling officials, acting on instructions from the central government, are implementing these arrangements to ensure that all displaced individuals have the opportunity to cast […]
The Supreme Court dismissed a plea on Wednesday advocating for the implementation of breathalyser tests for voters waiting in queues at polling booths during elections, upholding the decision of the Andhra Pradesh High Court which had earlier rejected the petition. A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta declined to intervene, remarking that the […]