Policemen vote in postal ballot
The Hindu
5,000 had registered for voting on Wednesday
Around 2,000 policemen and Home Guards, who will be busy with poll duties on April 6, cast their votes through postal ballots at 16 places in the city on Wednesday. Over 5,000 police personnel had registered for postal ballot on Wednesday. The voters included personnel from the city police, Armed Reserve, Tamil Nadu Special Police and Home Guards. Voting facilitation centres were established at 16 places, including Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar, Perambur, and Kolathur.The Shakti Scheme in Karnataka has completed its first year, yet the smart cards intended for the beneficiaries remain undistributed. According to Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy, while the smart cards have been prepared, their issuance has been stalled due to the absence of electronic ticketing machines (ETMs) in all buses, making them impractical.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly R. Ashok were engaged in war of words over the Lok Sabha election results on Tuesday, with the former calling the latter “ignorant and entertaining people”. In response, Mr. Ashok said the Chief Minister “sometimes wakes up from deep slumber to exhibit his arrogance and anger”.
Makineni Jishnu Sai from Guntur secured the first position in the engineering stream while Yellu Srishant Reddy from Nizampet in Telangana bagged the first place in the Agriculture and Pharmacy (Bi.P.C. stream) in the Andhra Pradesh Engineering, Agriculture and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test (EAPCET)-2024.