Now, people aged above 85 years to get postal-ballot facility, but not those above 80
New Delhi (PTI): The government amended electoral rules on Friday to allow citizens aged above 85 years to use the postal ballot facility in elections.
So far, those aged above 80 years were eligible for the facility.
The amendment came days before the schedule of the Lok Sabha and four state Assembly polls is likely to be announced.
According to the latest voters' list issued by the Election Commission (EC), while 1.85 crore voters have been identified as above 80 years of age, the number of "centenarian" (those who are aged 100 years and above) voters stands at 2.38 lakh.
According to a gazette notification issued by the law ministry on Friday, amendments have been made in the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 to extend the facility of postal ballots to those aged above 85 years.
Through an earlier amendment, the EC had allowed those above 80 years of age to exercise their franchise through postal ballots.
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Jharkhand: 6 killed as SUV collides with truck in Hazaribag
Hazaribag (PTI): Six people, including three minors, died after an SUV rammed into a truck in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district, police said on Sunday.
The accident took place around 6 pm on Saturday in Danua Valley area, they said.
Officials had on Saturday evening said four people had died, but later identified two more bodies inside the mangled SUV.
Among the deceased were five members of a family, including three children, a police officer said.
“A 42-year-old man identified as Shiv Kumar Bhuiyan, along with his wife and three children, was travelling to Gaya from Dhanbad to attend a wedding ceremony, when the accident took place,” Barhi SDPO Ajit Kumar told PTI.
He said the SUV driver was speeding and tried to overtake a truck.
"The impact of the collision mangled the SUV," said Saroj Singh, the officer-in-charge (OC) of Chouparan police station.
The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination.
