Bharat Bandh LIVE: Farmer protests erupt in Punjab, Haryana, Karnataka

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Bihar election 2020: Fewer phases this time

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Bihar election 2020: Hate speech, fake news will be dealt with severely, says ECI

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Health protocol to be maintained for Bihar election campaigns, says Sunil Arora, CEC

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Bihar election 2020 LIVE: Election meetings to be monitored by election and health officials

All elections meetings will be monitored by election and health officials. Public gatherings can take place following social distancing norms. The District Election Officers will decide on the number of people allowed in such gatherings, says CEC Sunil Arora. 

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Bihar election 2020: Election officials visited Bihar, found preparations in place to hold Assembly elections

Election officials visited Bihar this month to see preparations for the Bihar elections. They reported the infrastructure is in place to hold elections to the state of Bihar, says CEC Sunil Arora. He also says all polling stations will be located on the ground floor to ensure comfortable experience of persons with disabilities.

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Bihar election 2020: Model code of conduct comes into effect from today, says CEC Sunil Arora

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Covid-19 patients can vote in the last hour of voting process

Apart from postal facility, those with Covid-19 who are quarantined can vote in the last hour of voting. Polling time has been increased by one hour, and will not be held from 7 am to 6 pm. 

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Bihar elections: Postal ballots extended to people above age of 80 years

Postal ballots has been extended to people above the age of 80 years. Whereever required and asked for, the facility will be extended. Further, voters with disabilities, and who are suffering with Covid-19, will be taken care of, says CEC Sunil Arora. 

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Covid-19 security measures for Bihar Assembly Elections 2020

Nomination form for Bihar Assembly Elections is now available online, apart from offline. Security money can also be transferred in online mode, says CEC Sunil Arora. The number of people who will accompany the candidate to file nomination papers is restricted to two people. For campaigning, door-to-door campaigning limit is three persons; convoys will be restricted to five cars.

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For voters specifically, 72 million single-use hand gloves arranged, says Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora.

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Bihar election 2020: Polling hour increased by an hour in view of coronavirus pandemic, says CEC Sunil Arora

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Bihar election 2020: Number of polling booth will be increased, says CEC

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Bihar election 2020: 2.3 million gloves, 700,000 hand sanitizers will be given to polling staff, says CEC

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Bihar election 2020: 4.6 million face masks, 600,000 PPE kits will be given to polling staff, says CEC

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Bihar Election 2020: Voters per polling station reduced to 1,000 from 1,500 owing to coronavirus pandemic

The EC has revisted the instructions for holding elections due to Covid-19. The first major step that was taken to reduce the number of electors at each polling station. This has reduced from 1,500 to 1,000, says CEC Arora.