Karnataka: Gram Panchayath Elections to be held in two phases; dates announced
Bengaluru: The State Election Commission on Monday announced that the Gram Panchayath Elections in the state will be held in two phases.
Addressing a press conference on Monday, the Commission’s Commissioner added that the elections will be held in two phases in each district and that the Deputy Commissioners of each district will issue notification on December 7 and 11 for the first and second phase of elections respectively.
It further added that the filing of nomination will begin after the issuance of notifications. The last date for filing nomination for the first phase will be December 11, while the last date for filing of nomination for the second phase will be December 16. Nominations will be screened on December 12 and 17 for the first and second phases respectively.
Candidates of first phase elections will be allowed to withdraw nominations till December 14, while second phase’s candidates will be allowed to withdrawn nominations till December 19. The first phase of elections will be held on December 22, the second phase will be held on December 27.
In the case of recounting, the first phase will be held on December 24 and the second phase on December 29.
In the wake of elections in Gram Panchayath, the Commission has announced Code of Conduct applicable from Monday, November 30.
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Five railway staffers injured as van headed to Rajdhani Express fire site overturns in MP
Ratlam (MP) (PTI): Five railway staffers were injured, one of them critically, when their van carrying repair equipment to the site of a Rajdhani Express fire overturned in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam district on Sunday, officials said.
The blaze erupted in an AC coach of the Delhi-bound Thiruvananthapuram-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express between Vikramgarh Alot and Lunirichha stations under the Kota division of the railways in Ratlam at 5.15 am.
It disrupted the movement of several trains on the Mumbai-Delhi route, as per the officials.
A van carrying necessary equipment to Alot overturned on the way when a cow suddenly strayed into the middle of the road, they said.
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Five railwaymen were injured, one of them critically, the officials said.
The incident took place when the van carrying essential equipment for overhead electric line repair, among other things, was on its way to Alot from Shyamnagar in Ratlam, West Central Railway's chief public relations officer Harshit Shrivastava told PTI.
The injured persons were rushed to the hospital and were subsequently referred to Kota in Rajasthan, officials said.
No casualties were reported in the train fire.
