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  • 5 meeting elections: Polling from Nov 7- 30, counting on Dec 3

    By way of On-line Table

    The Election Fee of India (ECI) on Monday introduced the agenda for containing meeting elections in 5 states, together with Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram.

    The election in Chhattisgarh can be held in two stages – the primary degree of balloting can be hung on November 7. The second one segment can be hung on November 17. Legislative elections in Madhya Pradesh can be hung on November 17. Legislative elections in Mizoram can be on November 7. Rajasthan will move to polls on November 23 and Telangana on November 30 in one segment. 

    Counting of votes in all 5 states can be hung on December 3, Leader Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar introduced at a press convention.

    The Meeting elections this 12 months are extraordinarily important as they arrive simply months earlier than the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and can mirror the temper of the voters within the run-up to the overall elections.

    Take a look at the ballot agenda for #AssemblyElections2023 of Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram, which starts on November 7. The counting is on December 3.

    READ: https://t.co/eQvzokjbVc percent.twitter.com/KnZF8HdWIn

    — The New Indian Specific (@NewIndianXpress) October 9, 2023

    At the moment, there’s a BJP govt in Madhya Pradesh led by way of Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh have Congress governments led by way of Ashok Gehlot and Bhupesh Baghel respectively.

    Telangana, alternatively, has the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) govt led by way of Ok Chandrasekhar Rao while the Mizo Nationwide Entrance (MNF), a BJP best friend, is in energy in Mizoram. 

    The phrases of the legislative assemblies in Telangana, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh are set to conclude on quite a lot of dates in January 2024, whilst the time period of the Mizoram Legislative Meeting will finish on December 17 this 12 months.

    SCHEDULE for Legislative Meeting Elections of #MIZORAM, #CHHATTISGARH, #MADHYAPRADESH, #RAJASTHAN & #TELANGANA#ECI #AssemblyElections2023 #MCC #ElectionSchedule percent.twitter.com/BYgfPvA672

    — Election Fee of India #SVEEP (@ECISVEEP) October 9, 2023
    Leader Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar addresses a press convention in Delhi
    We now have met all stakeholders, together with political events and enforcement companies, forward of 5 meeting polls: CEC Rajiv Kumar.
    Election Fee has given particular emphasis on making electoral rolls inclusive, center of attention can be on roll-to-poll conversion: CEC Rajiv Kumar.
    Election Seizure Control Gadget being presented for 5 meeting polls for reinforcing oversight for inducement-free elections: EC.
    940 checkposts in position for strict vigil on interstate borders and to dry up influx of illicit liquor, money, freebies and medicine: EC
    0 tolerance in opposition to use of cash energy; strict vigil over suspicious on-line money transfers via wallets: EC on 5 meeting polls
    Election Fee to make a decision on J-Ok elections at proper time, protecting in thoughts safety state of affairs and different elections there: CEC Rajiv Kumar.
    Bulletins of freebies all the time have ‘tadka’ of populism, public has proper to grasp from the place freebies will come: CEC Rajiv Kumar.

    The Election Fee of India (ECI) on Monday introduced the agenda for containing meeting elections in 5 states, together with Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram.

    The election in Chhattisgarh can be held in two stages – the primary degree of balloting can be hung on November 7. The second one segment can be hung on November 17. Legislative elections in Madhya Pradesh can be hung on November 17. Legislative elections in Mizoram can be on November 7. Rajasthan will move to polls on November 23 and Telangana on November 30 in one segment. 

    Counting of votes in all 5 states can be hung on December 3, Leader Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar introduced at a press convention.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The Meeting elections this 12 months are extraordinarily important as they arrive simply months earlier than the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and can mirror the temper of the voters within the run-up to the overall elections.

    Take a look at the ballot agenda for #AssemblyElections2023 of Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram, which starts on November 7. The counting is on December 3.
    READ: https://t.co/eQvzokjbVc percent.twitter.com/KnZF8HdWIn
    — The New Indian Specific (@NewIndianXpress) October 9, 2023
    At the moment, there’s a BJP govt in Madhya Pradesh led by way of Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh have Congress governments led by way of Ashok Gehlot and Bhupesh Baghel respectively.

    Telangana, alternatively, has the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) govt led by way of Ok Chandrasekhar Rao while the Mizo Nationwide Entrance (MNF), a BJP best friend, is in energy in Mizoram. 

    The phrases of the legislative assemblies in Telangana, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh are set to conclude on quite a lot of dates in January 2024, whilst the time period of the Mizoram Legislative Meeting will finish on December 17 this 12 months.

    SCHEDULE for Legislative Meeting Elections of #MIZORAM, #CHHATTISGARH, #MADHYAPRADESH, #RAJASTHAN & #TELANGANA#ECI #AssemblyElections2023 #MCC #ElectionSchedule percent.twitter.com/BYgfPvA672
    — Election Fee of India #SVEEP (@ECISVEEP) October 9, 2023
    Leader Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar addresses a press convention in Delhi
    We now have met all stakeholders, together with political events and enforcement companies, forward of 5 meeting polls: CEC Rajiv Kumar.
    Election Fee has given particular emphasis on making electoral rolls inclusive, center of attention can be on roll-to-poll conversion: CEC Rajiv Kumar.
    Election Seizure Control Gadget being presented for 5 meeting polls for reinforcing oversight for inducement-free elections: EC.
    940 checkposts in position for strict vigil on interstate borders and to dry up influx of illicit liquor, money, freebies and medicine: EC
    0 tolerance in opposition to use of cash energy; strict vigil over suspicious on-line money transfers via wallets: EC on 5 meeting polls
    Election Fee to make a decision on J-Ok elections at proper time, protecting in thoughts safety state of affairs and different elections there: CEC Rajiv Kumar.
    Bulletins of freebies all the time have ‘tadka’ of populism, public has proper to grasp from the place freebies will come: CEC Rajiv Kumar.

  • Attorney who filed PILs towards Hemant Soren arrested in Kolkata

    By way of ANI

    KOLKATA: Rajiv Kumar, the attorney who had filed a PIL towards Jharkhand Leader Minister Hemant Soren over corruption, used to be arrested by way of the Kolkata Police Detective Division (DD) on fees of allegedly duping other people of cash.

    Police mentioned he used to be picked up from a bar underneath the Hare Side road police station space executing a warrant issued towards him by way of the Jharkhand Police.

    Police declare he used to be arrested in a dishonest case lodged towards him in Jharkhand. Police discovered money amounting to Rs 50 lakh with him.

    As consistent with data, he had were given one PIL filed in Ranchi Prime Court docket towards one Kolkata-based businessman and used to be hard Rs 10 crore to withdraw the PIL. In preliminary negotiations, he got here right down to Rs 4 crore and in spite of everything to Rs 1 crore. The primary instalment of Rs 50 lakh used to be paid Sunday when he used to be stuck redhanded.

    He had additionally informed the businessman that he had connections with central businesses and would get his area and place of work raided. It’s been learnt that he’s the mind in the back of greater than 600 PILs.

    Two PILs have been filed towards CM Soren. One in all them accused Soren of granting himself a mining hire whilst maintaining the Mining portfolio. The opposite said that Soren used to be allegedly connected to shell corporations and cash laundering.

    In the meantime, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s press marketing consultant Abhishek Prasad alias Pintu could be interrogated by way of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at its Ranchi zonal place of work on Monday.

    The ED issued summon to him on July 26 and requested him to seem ahead of the company for wondering underneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) in reference to unlawful mining on Monday.

    In its ongoing intensive operation in Jharkhand, ED has already arrested Pankaj Mishra who’s the MLA consultant of the Leader Minister in his Meeting Constituency Berhait.

    In keeping with the ED resources, Mishra took Abhishek Prasad’s identify throughout the interrogation and printed a couple of key issues, following which the ED summoned CM’s press marketing consultant.

    Mishra used to be arrested on July 19, after virtually 8 lengthy hours of interrogation. The Particular PMLA courtroom had despatched him to ED custody two times for 6 days every.

    In the meantime, a number of groups of ED carried out extra searches in Sahebganj ensuing within the seizure of 1 inland vessel particularly M.V. Infralink-III.

    “In reference to the continuing investigation within the unlawful mining, extortion and many others in Jharkhand, Enforcement Directorate (ED) has additional seized one inland vessel particularly M.V.Infralink- III bearing registration quantity WB 1809 throughout a seek carried out on July 26,” ED mentioned on Wednesday.

    “The mentioned inland vessel used to be being operated illegally with no need any allow from Sukargarh Ghat, Sahebganj. It used to be being operated on the behest of Rajesh Yadav aka Dahu Yadav in collusion with Pankaj Mishra and others for transporting illegally mined stone chips/stone boulders,” it added.

    The company additional disclosed that the estimated price of the vessel can be round Rs 30 crore.

    “This used to be preceded by way of freezing of 2 illegally operated stone crushers of Maa Amba Stone Works operated by way of Bishnu Yadav and Pavitra Yadav at the side of the freezing of 3 HYVA vans discovered at MauzaMajhikola, Sahebganj sporting illegally quarried stone chips/boulders with no need any mining challans throughout a seek carried out on July 25 by way of the ED,” it added additional.

    KOLKATA: Rajiv Kumar, the attorney who had filed a PIL towards Jharkhand Leader Minister Hemant Soren over corruption, used to be arrested by way of the Kolkata Police Detective Division (DD) on fees of allegedly duping other people of cash.

    Police mentioned he used to be picked up from a bar underneath the Hare Side road police station space executing a warrant issued towards him by way of the Jharkhand Police.

    Police declare he used to be arrested in a dishonest case lodged towards him in Jharkhand. Police discovered money amounting to Rs 50 lakh with him.

    As consistent with data, he had were given one PIL filed in Ranchi Prime Court docket towards one Kolkata-based businessman and used to be hard Rs 10 crore to withdraw the PIL. In preliminary negotiations, he got here right down to Rs 4 crore and in spite of everything to Rs 1 crore. The primary instalment of Rs 50 lakh used to be paid Sunday when he used to be stuck redhanded.

    He had additionally informed the businessman that he had connections with central businesses and would get his area and place of work raided. It’s been learnt that he’s the mind in the back of greater than 600 PILs.

    Two PILs have been filed towards CM Soren. One in all them accused Soren of granting himself a mining hire whilst maintaining the Mining portfolio. The opposite said that Soren used to be allegedly connected to shell corporations and cash laundering.

    In the meantime, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s press marketing consultant Abhishek Prasad alias Pintu could be interrogated by way of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at its Ranchi zonal place of work on Monday.

    The ED issued summon to him on July 26 and requested him to seem ahead of the company for wondering underneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) in reference to unlawful mining on Monday.

    In its ongoing intensive operation in Jharkhand, ED has already arrested Pankaj Mishra who’s the MLA consultant of the Leader Minister in his Meeting Constituency Berhait.

    In keeping with the ED resources, Mishra took Abhishek Prasad’s identify throughout the interrogation and printed a couple of key issues, following which the ED summoned CM’s press marketing consultant.

    Mishra used to be arrested on July 19, after virtually 8 lengthy hours of interrogation. The Particular PMLA courtroom had despatched him to ED custody two times for 6 days every.

    In the meantime, a number of groups of ED carried out extra searches in Sahebganj ensuing within the seizure of 1 inland vessel particularly M.V. Infralink-III.

    “In reference to the continuing investigation within the unlawful mining, extortion and many others in Jharkhand, Enforcement Directorate (ED) has additional seized one inland vessel particularly M.V.Infralink- III bearing registration quantity WB 1809 throughout a seek carried out on July 26,” ED mentioned on Wednesday.

    “The mentioned inland vessel used to be being operated illegally with no need any allow from Sukargarh Ghat, Sahebganj. It used to be being operated on the behest of Rajesh Yadav aka Dahu Yadav in collusion with Pankaj Mishra and others for transporting illegally mined stone chips/stone boulders,” it added.

    The company additional disclosed that the estimated price of the vessel can be round Rs 30 crore.

    “This used to be preceded by way of freezing of 2 illegally operated stone crushers of Maa Amba Stone Works operated by way of Bishnu Yadav and Pavitra Yadav at the side of the freezing of 3 HYVA vans discovered at MauzaMajhikola, Sahebganj sporting illegally quarried stone chips/boulders with no need any mining challans throughout a seek carried out on July 25 by way of the ED,” it added additional.

  • ‘Have energy to sign up, need authority to cancel registration of events’: EC to Legislation Minister

    The election regulation supplies the ballot panel energy to sign up an affiliation of other folks as a political birthday celebration, however does no longer give it the authority to de-register.

  • NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar steps down for unknown causes

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI: NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar has stepped down, resources stated. The rationale at the back of his transfer may just no longer be in an instant ascertained.

    Kumar, an eminent economist, took over as vp of NITI Aayog in August 2017 after the then Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya exited the federal government think-tank to go back to teachers. Kumar holds a DPhil in economics from Oxford College and a PhD from Lucknow College. He used to be additionally a senior fellow on the Centre for Coverage Analysis (CPR).

  • NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar steps down, Suman Ok Bery to exchange

    Via PTI

    NEW DELHI: The federal government on Friday appointed Suman Ok Bery because the vp of NITI Aayog, following the surprising resignation of Rajiv Kumar. Bery will take fee from Might 1, 2022, an legit order mentioned.

    Kumar’s tenure will finish on April 30. Kumar, an eminent economist, took over as vp of NITI Aayog in August 2017 after the then VC Arvind Panagariya exited the federal government think-tank to go back to teachers.

    In step with the order, Kumar’s resignation has been authorised and he could be relieved from the submit with impact from April 30. Kumar performed a key function in NITI Aayog’s coverage making, with center of attention on agriculture, asset monetisation, disinvestment, aspirational districts programme and electrical cars, amongst others.

    Kumar holds a DPhil in economics from Oxford College and a PhD from Lucknow College. He used to be additionally a senior fellow on the Centre for Coverage Analysis (CPR). Bery had previous served as Director-Common (Leader Government) of the Nationwide Council of Implemented Financial Analysis (NCAER), New Delhi.

    He used to be additionally a member of the Top Minister’s Financial Advisory Council, Statistical Fee and the Reserve Financial institution of India’s Technical Advisory Committee on Financial Coverage.