
31 nominations received
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Collector-cum-District Election Officer J U Chandrakala has said that the nomination process for the rural local body polls would come to a close on September 22. Speaking to reporters after inspectin
Collector-cum-District Election Officer J U Chandrakala has said that the nomination process for the rural local body polls would come to a close on September 22.
Speaking to reporters after inspecting the counting centres at Paramakudi and Bogalur panchayat unions here on Tuesday, she said that the polling process commenced since September 15 with filing of nominations.
The district would be conducting polls for the post of one district panchayat ward, 6 village panchayat presidents and 33 village panchayat ward members. So far, 31 nominations were received for 40 posts. She inspected the counting centres at the Paramakudi Government Girls Higher Secondary School and at the Anna University Engineering College campus. Superintendent of Police E Karthik, Additional Collector K J Praveen Kumar and other officials accompanied him

The Centre has rejected reports that the definition of the Aravalli hills was changed to permit large-scale mining, citing a Supreme Court-ordered freeze on new leases. It said a court-approved framework will bring over 90% of the Aravalli region under protected areas and strengthen safeguards against illegal mining. The clarification follows controversy over the “100-metre” criterion used to define hills across states.












