New Delhi: The State Election Commission in Rajasthan has sought a detailed report on the coronavirus situation and a meeting with the state government on July 10 over conducting urban local body polls scheduled in the state in August. 129 urban local bodies in the state are scheduled to go to polls in August along with some Panchayati Raj institutions. However, the urban areas scheduled for elections, especially Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, and Bhilwara, are the ones most affected by the coronavirus pandemic. 4,450 wards of the state are supposed to go to polls in the 129 urban local bodies in 31 districts of the state. This has prompted the state election commission to write to the state government on July 2 seeking a report, which was submitted on Wednesday. The Home Secretary of the state, the Director General of Police, Health Secretary, and Urban Development Secretary will be now meeting the State Election Commissioner on July 10. The Election Commission of India announced this week … [Read more...] about State Election Commission asks Ashok Gehlot government for report on covid-19 situation ahead of local body polls
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What Vikas Dubey takes to the grave
A look at the life and times of one of UP’s most dreaded criminals and the nexus of crime-politics behind his killing In Uttar Pradesh, the lexicon of criminology is deeply layered and has at least half a dozen terms to describe a dodgy character. Sadly, most people who mouth epithets like don, gangster (pronounced “gangeestar” with relish), “bahubali”, history-sheeter and “baagi” for criminals, do so freely and interchangeably, without bothering to probe their etymology as long as they sound ominous and foreboding. So in UP, while every gangster may be a baaghi, a rebel, because the person defies the system and overrides it, every baaghi may not have the good fortune to be elevated to the status of a don. Someone who rules over a fief after negotiating a “peace” with the overlords -- which of course comes with a heavy price, and allows him to either live in relative calm or transmigrate to the role of a “neta”, the … [Read more...] about What Vikas Dubey takes to the grave
A storm is raging in Uttar Pradesh: What Vikas Dubey takes to the grave
A look at the life and times of one of UP’s most dreaded criminals and the nexus of crime-politics behind his killing In Uttar Pradesh, the lexicon of criminology is deeply layered and has at least half a dozen terms to describe a dodgy character. Sadly, most people who mouth epithets like don, gangster (pronounced “gangeestar” with relish), “bahubali”, history-sheeter and “baagi” for criminals, do so freely and interchangeably, without bothering to probe their etymology as long as they sound ominous and foreboding. So in UP, while every gangster may be a baagi, a rebel, because the person defies the system and overrides it, every baagi may not have the good fortune to be elevated to the status of a don. Someone who rules over a fief after negotiating a “peace” with the overlords -- which of course comes with a heavy price, and allows him to either live in relative calm or transmigrate to the role of a “neta”, the … [Read more...] about A storm is raging in Uttar Pradesh: What Vikas Dubey takes to the grave
