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HAFLONG: The CEM (Chief Executive Member) of NCHAC (North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council), Debolal Gorlosa distributed cheques of Rs. 2.5 lakh each to the widows, whose husbands died of COVID-19, under the Chief Minister s COVID-19 Widows Support Scheme. The cheques were given away in a function held at DC conference hall today along with Haflong LAC MLA, Nandita Gorlosa and Deputy Commissioner Paul Barua.
Altogether two beneficiaries have been identified to benefit a financial support under this scheme in Dima Hasao district whose husbands died due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the norms of the scheme, the beneficiary should be a permanent resident of Assam, the beneficiary s husband should be a COVID-19 positive patient at the time of death and certified by the State level COVID Death Audit Board and belong to a low income family having an annual income upto 5 lakhs.
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Assam Election 2021: 171 votes cast at polling booth that has 90 voters, 5 polling officials suspended
In a case of massive irregularity, 171 votes were cast in a polling booth at Assam s Dima Hasao district even though 90 voters were eligible to exercise their franchise. Following the incident, five polling officials at the booth have been suspended.
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UPDATED: April 6, 2021 07:42 IST
The incident took place on April 1 in Haflong assembly constituency in the hill district that went to the polls in the second phase of 2021 Assam Election. (Representational Image: PTI)
In a case of massive irregularity, 171 votes were cast in a polling booth at Assam s Dima Hasao district even though 90 voters were eligible to exercise their franchise.