INDIA
Only 7.8% women candidates in Assam electoral battle
According to the state's Chief Electoral Officer Nitin Khade, of the total 946 candidates, 74 are women while, out of the overall 2,33,74,087 voters, 1,15,50,403 are females. He said out of the 33,530 polling stations set up for the three phases (March 27, April 1, April 6) of the polls across the state, 1,351 are all women managed.
Bijapur Maoist attack: 22 security personnel martyred, search on
As the identity of the security personnel is yet to be confirmed, both the state police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) confirmed that 22 bodies were recovered in a massive search operation. Of the 22 personnel, nine belong to the CRPF, while the remaining are from state police's District Reserve Guard (DRG) and the Special Task Force (STF).
UK's 2nd Covid wave started by young people, same scenario in India: Oxford Professor
In the UK, the second wave of the coronavirus was started by young people and it seems very likely that in India too, youngsters, who have been infected with the new strains of the virus, are spreading to more than one person, said Zhengming Chen, Professor of Epidemiology, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford.
Increase of women voters might play key role in Bengal polls
Among the other major states, West Bengal is the one where women's participation in the electoral process has been substantially high. The final electoral roll published by the ECI shows that the percentage of women in the state is 49.01 per cent.
Bijapur gunfight: 21 security personnel missing
The gunbattle began on Saturday noon with a group of over 300 Maoists after a joint team of CRPF's elite unit CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action), the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and the Special Task Force (STF) launched an operation in the area. There were reports of heavy damage to the Maoists too.
PM Modi chairs high-level meet to review Covid situation
All senior officers including Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, Principal Secretary to PM P.K. Mishra, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, and Vinod Paul, NITI Aayog member and chairman of government's empowered group on Covid management are participating in the meeting.
Miss India finalist to contest UP Panchayat polls
Diksha, a finalist in 2015, is contesting the polls from Jaunpur. She told reporters that she would contest from the Baksha ward of the district and would be filing her nomination papers on Sunday. Jaunpur goes to the polls on April 15 and the result would be announced on May 2 after four phases of polling. Diksha has already started campaigning in her ward.
5,000-page charge sheet in Hathras case filed against 8 PFI members
The 5,000-page charge sheet filed on Saturday said that the accused received funds from abroad to incite caste riots in Hathras, following the alleged gang rape of a 19-year-old girl which led to her death in September 2020. The charge sheet has been accepted and the court has fixed May 1 as the next date of hearing.
5,000-page charge sheet in Hathras case filed against 8 PFI members
The 5,000-page charge sheet filed on Saturday said that the accused received funds from abroad to incite caste riots in Hathras, following the alleged gang rape of a 19-year-old girl which led to her death in September 2020. The charge sheet has been accepted and the court has fixed May 1 as the next date of hearing.
ED attaches properties worth Rs 3 cr of Trinamool's Ghosh, Satabdi Roy
An ED official said that the agency has attached properties in the form of movable and immovable assets worth Rs three crore pertaining to Ghosh, Roy and Mukherjee in the Saradha chit fund case. The ED action comes a month after it questioned Ghosh on March 2 this year in connection with the case.
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