‘Anganwadi workers to verify’: CEC Gyanesh Kumar on ‘identification’ of burqa-clad voters in Bihar polls; cites guidelines | India News

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar during a press conference regarding the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) NEW DELHI: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Monday said the Election Commission (ECI) will follow its rule book and deploy ‘Anganwadi’ workers at polling booths during the upcoming Bihar assembly elections to help…

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Bihar elections: NDA vs Mahagathbandhan & Prashant Kishor factor – ‘Mother of all elections’ is here | India News

NEW DELHI: Calling it the “mother of elections,” the Election Commission on Monday blew the conch for the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar announced that the elections will be conducted in two phases — November 6 and 11 — and the results will be declared on November 14.Ahead of the…

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‘Inconsistent with dignity’: BCI suspends lawyer for hurling shoe at CJI Gavai; disciplinary proceedings to follow | India News

NEW DELHI: The Bar Council of India on Monday suspended advocate Rakesh Kishore from practising in any court with immediate effect, after he allegedly attempted to hurl a shoe at Chief Justice of India B R Gavai during proceedings in the Supreme Court. The incident took place around 11.35 am, when the 71-year-old lawyer, identified…

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‘An assault on Constitution’: Sonia Gandhi condemns ‘attack’ on CJI Gavai; urges solidarity | India News

CJI BR Gavai; CPP president Sonia Gandhi NEW DELHI: Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday condemned the “attack” on Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai, saying it was not just an attack on him “but on the Constitution itself.”Also Read | ‘Sanatan ka apmaan nahi sahenge’: Lawyer tries to hurl shoe towards…

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Highway, rail ministries plan to build three rail-cum road tunnels | India News

NEW DELHI: In a first-of-its-kind move, the highways and railway ministries have come on board to take up construction of rail-cum-road tunnels on corridors of strategic importance. The two ministries plan to build such tunnels for the Northeast Chicken Neck corridor, across the river Brahmaputra in Assam and on the Maranahally-Addahole (Shiradi Ghat) stretch in…

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Evening news wrap: Bihar to vote in 2 phases, results on Nov 14; Nobel Prize winners for Medicine announced, and more | India News

CEC Gyanesh Kumar; 2025 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine recipients The Election Commission on Monday announced the schedule for the Bihar assembly elections. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said voting will take place in two phases — on November 6 and 11 — while counting of votes will be held on November 14. The…

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