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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
More than 69.96 per cent voters cast their votes till 3 pm on Thursday in the Tripura Assembly polls which is in progress in all the 60 constituencies amid heavy security, election officials said.
Several incidents of violence, attacks and counter attacks were reported in the poll-bound bordering northeastern state.
At least 60 opposition party workers were injured when the ruling party workers attacked them in south, Gomati, Sepahijala and West Tripura districts.
The Income Tax department's 'survey' at the BBC office here continued for the third straight day on Thursday as officials gathered financial data from select staffers and made copies of electronic and paper data of the news organisation.Voting for the 60-member Assembly in Tripura began at 7 am on Thursday amid tight security, said Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Gitte Kirankumar Dinakarrao. Altogether 28.13 voters are scheduled to exercise their franchise during the day in 3,337 polling stations of the northeastern state to determine the fate of 259 candidates, he said.
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A court in Gujarat's Surendranagar district has issued an arrest warrant against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Hardik Patel for failing to appear before it in a 2017 case in which he is accused of violating a government order.
Patel had made a political speech in violation of a government order at a village in the district ahead of the 2017 Gujarat Assembly elections.
Additional chief judicial magistrate D D Shah at Dhrangadhra issued the arrest warrant against Patel for failure to appear the court. Through its order dated February 2, the court directed the Dhrangadhra taluka police station officer in Surendranagar district to arrest Patel and produce him before the court without fail.
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First Published: Feb 16 2023 | 7:56 AM IST