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Voting for five assembly elections will begin on March 27, with West Bengal conducting the maximum eight phases continuing till April 29, and votes for the polls in the four states and one Union territory will be counted on May 2, the Election Commission said on Friday. IMAGE: Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, centre, with Election Commissioners Sushil Chandra, left, and Rajiv Kumar addresses a press conference in New Delhi, February 26, 2021. Photograph: Manvender Vashist/PTI Photo. As many as 18.68 crore voters will be eligible to cast their votes at 2.7 lakh polling stations for 824 assembly seats across Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. The elections for the five assemblies are expected to witness a determined attempt by the Bharatiya Janata Party to put up a strong show, including in Assam where it is already in power, as well as in West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry where the saffron party has been pushing hard in recent years. ... » Learn More about One phase poll in TN, Kerala, Puducherry; 3 in Assam; 8 in Bengal; Counting on May 2

Video Player Close UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday announced the appointment of Ligia Noronha of India as assistant secretary-general and head of the New York Office of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). She will succeed Satya Tripathi of India to whom the secretary-general is grateful for his leadership and dedicated service during his tenure, according to a press note issued by the UN chief's office. Noronha is an economist with more than 30 years of international experience in the field of sustainable development. She has worked since 2014 as director of UNEP's Economy Division based in Nairobi, leading UNEP's work on climate mitigation and energy transitions. She has also led the UN Nairobi office on inclusive green economies, sustainable consumption and production, as well as on trade and sustainable finance, and the nexus of environment, pollution and health. Prior to joining UNEP, ... » Learn More about Ligia Noronha of India appointed as UN assistant secretary-general, head of UNEP’s New York Office

'The Constitution, which talks about democracy and equality, is something that will be applied in this country, and not Manusmriti in which the RSS believes.' IMAGE: Dalits protest during the Maharashtra bandh on Wednesday, January 3, in Dharavi, Mumbai. Photograph: Sahil Salvi As violence in Pune spread to other parts of Maharashtra on Tuesday, January 2, the Pune police said it had received a complaint against Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani and student leader Umar Khalid for 'provocative' speeches at an event in Pune on December 31. Mevani and Khalid had attended the Elgar Parishad, an event organised to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the battle of Bhima Koregaon, at Shaniwar Wada in Pune. Khalid, who left Pune a day before violence broke out, spoke to Rediff.com 's Syed Firdaus Ashraf about Dalit politics in India. Tell us about the meeting you attended in Pune on December 31. The meeting was about the celebration of the battle of Bhima Koregaon in ... » Learn More about ‘BJP hasn’t given up its Brahminical vision for India’

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The day-long 'Bharat Vyapar Bandh' called by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) evoked a lukewarm response with most shops and commercial establishments open through the day. The traders' body, however, claimed that shopkeepers supported its nationwide business shutdown call to protest against issues related to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and "unethical business practices of foreign e-commerce companies". Delhi: Various markets in the national capital were open on Friday during the Bandh with many saying that despite supporting the cause, they did not want to suffer another day of losses. However, CAIT in a statement said the shutdown was a "grand success" as more than 8 crore small businesses belonging to about 40,000 trade associations across the country kept their shutters down and no trading activity took place in any commercial market. Brijesh Goyal, president of the Chamber of Trade and Industry (CTI), said most of the markets in Delhi were open but ... » Learn More about Bharat Bandh today: Day-long strike evokes lukewarm response, here’s what all was affected