Mangaluru: AIPIF Message of Humanity and Blood Donors Mangalore collaboratively organized a blood donation drive on Sunday at the Iqra Arabic School in Kankanady here in the city. The drive began at 8:30 am on Sunday and concluded at 12 pm.

Gokarnath Temple’s Treasurer Advocate Padmaraj, Prof. UT Iftikhar Ali, MCC Bank Chairman Anil Lobo, Blood Donors Mangalore’s President Siddiq Manjeshwar, Iqra Arabic School’s Principal Saleem Nadvi, AIPIF members Farhan Nadvi and Dawood Ahmed Nadvi were present as special guests during the blood donation drive.

Prof. UT Iftikhar Ali inaugurated the blood donation camp by donating blood.

Speaking at the event, Farhan Nadvi urged people to respect other religions and to follow the teachings of their religion. He also added people should understand each other and co-exist peacefully in the society.

Members of AIPIF Message of Humanity and Blood Donors Mangalore were present during the event.

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New Delhi (PTI): The Election Commission on Saturday asserted that all poll procedures it followed in Maharashtra were transparent and assured that it would review all legitimate concerns flagged by the Congress, which alleged serious inconsistencies.

In its interim response to the party, the poll authority invited a Congress delegation on December 3 to discuss concerns expressed by it.

The Congress on Friday raised with the Election Commission "serious and grave inconsistencies" which it said were being revealed in the data relating to the polling and counting processes for the recently-concluded Maharashtra Assembly polls and sought an in-person hearing to present relevant evidence.

In the response, the EC reiterated that the process was transparent with the involvement of candidates or their agents at every stage.

The commission also assured of a review of the Congress' legitimate concerns and a written response after hearing the party's delegation in person.

It asserted that a transparent electoral roll updation process was undertaken with the involvement of all political parties.

Responding to the issue regarding the voter turnout data, the EC asserted that there was no discrepancy in it and the data was available with all candidates polling station-wise and is verifiable.

The gap in the 5 pm polling data and the final voter turnout was due to procedural priorities, as presiding officers perform multiple statutory duties near the close of polling before updating the voter turnout data.

As an additional disclosure measure, an EC press note at around 11:45 pm was introduced during the 2024 Lok Sabha election and followed subsequently during all assembly polls thereafter, the poll body told the Congress.