As many as 586 candidates are in the fray in fifty-five Assembly seats spread across nine districts of Saharanpur, Bijnor, Moradabad, Sambhal, Rampur, Amroha, Budaun, Bareilly and Shahjahanpur. Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), Civil Police and Home Guards have been deployed at all the polling stations in nine districts of the state.
Meanwhile, four new cases of Covid were detected in Agra district on Tuesday, taking the tally of active cases to 14, the highest in the last three months.
The second phase Panchayat election is currently underway in 48 blocks of 34 districts of Bihar with 71,467 candidates including 40,169 women candidates in the fray. They were contesting for 23,161 posts under the 6 categories
A steady slowdown in the rest of the country has brought the number of active Covid-19 cases below the 3-lakh mark for the first time in six months. Only five states-Kerala, Maharashtra, TN, AP, and Mizoram-are currently reporting more than 1,000 cases a day
The Congress party released its second list of candidates nominated for 13 Assembly seats. In the latest list, Congress has…
