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EC announce Bihar Assembly Elections date, from Oct 28 to Nov 7 held in 3 phases; counting on Nov 10.

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The Election Commission of India on Friday announced the dates for the highly-anticipated Bihar Assembly elections, which will be conducted in three phases in October and November. The results will be announced on November 10.

As per the schedule, 28 districts will have single-phase elections and 10 districts will have two phases of elections, such as Patna and Bhagalpur.

Bihar Assembly elections 2020 – Full Schedule:

Particulars Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
Constituencies 71 94 78
Issue of notification October 1 October 9 October 13
Last date of nomination October 8 October 16 October 20
Date of scrutiny October 9 October 17 October 21
Last date of withdrawal October 12 October 19 October 23
Date of Polling October 28 November 3 November 7
Date of counting/Results November 10 November 10 November 10
  • Social media platforms have been asked to put forth adequate arrangements to safeguard against misuse of their platforms and set up strict protocols to handle such issues as and when they arise.
  • Anyone who makes mischievous use of social media to foment unruly actus shall have to face consequences.
  • Model Code of Conduct brought into force with immediate effect. “The Commission has already made elaborate arrangements for ensuring the effective implementation of MCC guidelines,” Arora said.
  • Roadshows have been allowed, but they are subject to the convoys being broken after every 5 vehicles. There is a propaganda doing rounds that only virtual campaigning will be allowed. It is untrue.
  • Covid-infected patients who are quarantined will be able to cast their vote on the last day of the polls at their respective polling stations under the supervision of health authorities. This is besides the option of postal facility that has already been extended to them.
  • Large gatherings during campaigns and nominations which increase human to human contact have been prohibited. The ECI is exploring options for in-person voting and the ‘absentee voters’ concept was introduced for those who are aged 80 and above. “We wanted those 65 and above to also be included. Political parties also had views but because manpower was so stretched we decided to stick to 80 years age this time,” the CEC said.
  • Polling time has been increased by one hour. Voters can cast their ballot from 7 am to 6 pm. However, this rule will not be applicable to Left-wing affected areas.
  • The Election Commission has allocated over 7 lakh hand sanitizer units, about 46 lakh masks, 6 lakh PPE kits, 6.7 lakh units of faces-shields, 23 lakh (pairs of) hand gloves for the polls. Specifically for voters, about 7.2 crore single-use hand gloves have been arranged.
  • Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora has said that as days and months passed by and the Covid-19 pandemic did not show any signs of slowing down, “it was realized that we would have to find some way to balance the democratic rights of citizens and protecting health of citizens”.
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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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