Kasargod all set for polling day for Lok Sabha elections
10,11,031 eligible voters in the constituency for Tuesday's poll day
Kasargod: Kasargod is all set to go into polling for Lok Sabha Election on Tuesday with 10,11,031 eligible voters set to exercise their voting right from across the constituency.
The 968 polling booths in the constituency are also well equipped to go into the polling day on Tuesday and adequate materials and equipments have been provided to the booths.
Training was provided at Kasargod Government College and Padnekad Nehru College to the staffs who have been appointed for election duty.
The district has a total of 10,11,031 voters out of which 5,15,942 are female voters and 4,95,088 are male voters. 24,859 new voters will also cast votes for first time.
All the polling booths have been equipped with VVPAT machines with other basic facilities as directed by the Election Commission of India.
A lot of curiosity has gripped the constituency going into this Lok Sabha Election, as the constituency was a bastion of the CPM led LDF for over 30 years and has been led by LDF. This time around UDF led by Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party are also expected to bag good number of votes in the constituency.
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Four of family killed as car jumps divider on highway in Gujarat's Panchmahal
Godhra (Gujarat) (PTI): Four members of a family were killed, and one sustained grievous injuries after their speeding car jumped a divider on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway corridor in Gujarat's Panchmahal district on Monday, police said.
The car driver lost control of the wheels near Kalol. As a result, the four-wheeler jumped the divider and veered off to the other side of the highway, an official from Kalol police station said.
Soon after the accident, some locals rushed to the scene and also alerted the police. Efforts were made to pull out the people trapped in the car.
Four persons died on the spot, while one suffered injuries, the official said.
The deceased were members of a family from Vadodara and were returning from Rajasthan when the tragedy struck, the official said.
They have been identified as Sajid Iqbal Khinji (55), Ilyas Iqbal Khinji (50), Ishaq Iqbal Khinji (48) and Rehan Azgar Khinji (35).
