Anil Kumar Jha

Bringing policing closer to the people, Assam Police will roll out its ambitious "Citizen Portal" from January 1 as a pilot project by offering a host of services like tenant or staff verification, issue of character certificate and event request.

"We will initially offer only a few services during the pilot launching of the site," Assam Additional Director General of Police (Communication) Anil Kumar Jha said.

Nearly 560 candidates representing various political parties and Independents have filed nominations for the Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka, a senior election official said on Wednesday.

Karnataka added over 1.3 million (1,390,000) new voters since Feb 8 till Sunday, which was the deadline to enroll in the voters' list for the general elections, a senior poll official said on Monday.

Reang tribal refugees, sheltered in seven camps in Tripura for the past 16 years, on Tuesday began casting their votes through postal ballots for the assembly polls in Mizoram, officials said.

Two Lok Sabha seats in south Karnataka voted on Wednesday to choose MPs for the remaining months of this Lok Sabha term. The seats of Mandya and Bangalore Rural fell vacant after the sitting MPs from the Janata Dal (Secular) resigned to join the Karnataka assembly as MLAs after elections in May.

An estimated 50 per cent of the electorate cast their ballots in peaceful Lok Sabha bypoll today in Mandya and Bangalore Rural, which witnessed a straight contest between the ruling Congress and JDS.

As many as 84 candidates filed their nominations today for the May 5 Assembly elections on the second day of the poll process, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Anil Kumar Jha said.

Rs 200 crore would be spent on conducting elections to the State Legislative Assembly on May 5, the state's Chief Electoral Officer Anil Kumar Jha said in Bangalore today.

Bringing policing closer to the people, Assam Police will roll out its ambitious "Citizen Portal" from January 1 as a pilot project by offering a host of services like tenant or staff verification, issue of character certificate and event request.

"We will initially offer only a few services during the pilot launching of the site," Assam Additional Director General of Police (Communication) Anil Kumar Jha said.

Nearly 560 candidates representing various political parties and Independents have filed nominations for the Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka, a senior election official said on Wednesday.

Karnataka added over 1.3 million (1,390,000) new voters since Feb 8 till Sunday, which was the deadline to enroll in the voters' list for the general elections, a senior poll official said on Monday.

Reang tribal refugees, sheltered in seven camps in Tripura for the past 16 years, on Tuesday began casting their votes through postal ballots for the assembly polls in Mizoram, officials said.

Two Lok Sabha seats in south Karnataka voted on Wednesday to choose MPs for the remaining months of this Lok Sabha term. The seats of Mandya and Bangalore Rural fell vacant after the sitting MPs from the Janata Dal (Secular) resigned to join the Karnataka assembly as MLAs after elections in May.

An estimated 50 per cent of the electorate cast their ballots in peaceful Lok Sabha bypoll today in Mandya and Bangalore Rural, which witnessed a straight contest between the ruling Congress and JDS.

As many as 84 candidates filed their nominations today for the May 5 Assembly elections on the second day of the poll process, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Anil Kumar Jha said.

Rs 200 crore would be spent on conducting elections to the State Legislative Assembly on May 5, the state's Chief Electoral Officer Anil Kumar Jha said in Bangalore today.