Election for 3 Kerala RS seats on June 21
New Delhi, May 30: The election to three Rajya Sabha seats from Kerala will be held on June 21, the Election Commission announced on Wednesday.
The vacancies would be created as three members -- Joy Abraham, P.J. Kurien and C.P. Narayanan -- are due to retire in July on the completion of their six year term.
The notofcation would be issued on June 4 and nominations can be made by June 11. The last date for withdrawal of candidature is June 14.
The polling will be held on June 21 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. and the counting of votes would be done the same day, the EC said.
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Laddu row: Karnataka govt instructs temples to use only home brand ''Nandini'' ghee
Bengaluru (PTI): With Tirupati Laddu row snowballing into a major controversy, Karnataka government on Friday issued a circular instructing all temples coming under the Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Department, to maintain quality in 'prasada' prepared there.
The temples have also been asked to only use the Nandini brand ghee of the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) at the temples.
"It is hereby instructed that at all notified temples that come under the Karnataka State Religious Endowment Department to only use Nandini ghee compulsorily for 'sevas' (services), lamps, preparation of all kinds of prasadas, and at 'Dasoha Bhavans' (where food is served)," the circular said.
It said, "It is instructed to maintain quality in prasada at the temples."
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), which manages the super-rich Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple on Friday revealed it has come across sub-standard ghee and presence of lard in samples tested for quality, echoing claims first made by Andhra Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu two days ago.
