BJP sweeps Chhattisgarh polls despite setbacks in UP, Maha
The lone seat retained by the Congress is Korba, where incumbent MP Jyotsna Mahant defeated BJP's national vice president Saroj Pandey.
The lone seat retained by the Congress is Korba, where incumbent MP Jyotsna Mahant defeated BJP's national vice president Saroj Pandey.
Project Tiger was launched by the Government of India on 1 April 1973. It came into being to arrest the rapidly dwindling population of the Indian tiger and work towards well-strategised conservation of this majestic beast.
Reports of delays, missing voter names, and inadequate facilities have highlighted systemic failures in the electoral process.
One of the most visible features of the just-concluded fifth phase of polling in Mumbai, which also marked the completion of Maharashtra's tryst with the ballot, was the spotlight on Bollywood and, to a lesser extent, television stars showing up to vote.
Campaigning for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections ended at 6 p.m. on Saturday.
The number of fresh cases remained below the 25K-level
12,420 people living in the coastal stretches of Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg and Raigad districts have been shifted to safer places, said an official statement adding that these include 8,380 people in Raigad, 3,896 in Ratnagiri and 144 in Sindhudurg.
Compared with 850 deaths on Thursday, the state fatalities fell to 695, taking the toll to 79,552, while the number of new infections remained below the 50,000-level, dropping to 39,923, with the state tally rising to 53,09,215 now.
Coastal Maharashtra, especially the south Konkan region, could be lashed by squalls reaching speeds of up to 60 kmph on Saturday, and increasing to up to 80 kmph on Maharashtra-Goa coasts on Sunday, besides very rough seas.
The IMD has already put Mumbai and Thane under a Yellow Alert, signifying isolated heavy rains accompanied by strong winds, while Orange and Red Alerts have been issued for several districts in Gujarat and Kerala.
