Council polls deferred
The Hindu
The Election Commission of India has deferred the election to the State Legislative Council to fill six vacancies from MLAs quota caused by retirement of sitting members on June 3 in view of Covid. Th
The Election Commission of India has deferred the election to the State Legislative Council to fill six vacancies from MLAs quota caused by retirement of sitting members on June 3 in view of Covid. The elections were postponed till the pandemic situation significantly improved and conditions became conducive to hold these biennial elections, a release of ECI said. It added that the commission had reviewed the matter on Thursday and decided that due to outbreak of the second wave of Covid in the country, it would not be appropriate to hold the polls at this time.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.