Over 16 lakh voters set to cast their votes in Krishnagiri district
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The voters will vote to elect among the 86 candidates for the assembly constituencies.
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Last-minute check: An official at the election control room at the Krishnagiri District Collectorate monitoring the sensitive booths on Monday.
| Photo Credit: BASHKARAN N
The voters will vote to elect among the 86 candidates for the assembly constituencies. COVID patients will be allowed to cast their ballots between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m, on the polling day on April 6, here on Tuesday, said Collector V.Jayachandra Bhanu Reddy on Monday.
Speaking to the reporters on the arrangements ahead of the polls as the district’s 16,05,280 voters are set to cast their ballots in the six Assembly constituencies, the Collector said the arrangements have been made in accordance with the orders of the Election Commission of India.
Randomisation of personnel for poll duty completed
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Collector V. Jayachandra Bhanu Reddy (third left) presiding over the randomisation of police duty at the Collectorate in Krishnagiri.
A total of 1,071 police personnel will be stationed in the 1,071 polling stations on the polling day on April 6. The randomisation of duty for police personnel for the six Assembly constituencies was carried out at the Collectorate.
The randomisation of duty for police personnel for the Assembly constituencies of Uthangarai, Bargur, Krishnagiri, Vepanahalli, Hosur and Thally was completed in the presence of Collector and District Election Officer V. Jayachandra Bhanu Reddy and general observers P.D. Palsan (Uthangarai and Bargur), and Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma (Krishnagiri and Vepanahalli) and police observer Sunil Bhaskar and Superintendent of Police Bandi Gangadar.
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Additional checkposts and pickets to be set up
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Krishnagiri Collector Jayachandra Bhanu Reddy and Superintendent of Police Bandi Gangadar at a consultative meeting on the inter-State border patrol at the Collectorate on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Additional checkposts and pickets to be set up With the State Assembly elections round the corner, the inter-State borders shared by the district with Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have come under the scrutiny of the Prohibition Enforcement Wing (PEW) to prevent bootlegging from across the border.
In its wake, an inter-State consultative meeting was held under the aegis of District Collector Jayachandra Bhanu Reddy at the Collectorate here.
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Collector S.P. Karthikaa accepted the guard of honour at the district sports stadium in Dharmapuri on Tuesday.
Collector V. Jayachandra Bhanu Reddy unfurled the Tri-colour, marking the 72nd Republic Day celebrations at the district sports complex here on Tuesday. The celebrations were devoid of the usual cultural extravaganza put out by school students every year owing to COVID-19 prorocols.
Over 48 police personnel were given the Chief Minister’s medal for service excellence. Similarly, 119 government staff of various departments were felicitated with shields and certificates. Welfare benefits to the tune of ₹35.74 lakh were distributed to 25 beneficiaries.
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Incident red-flags the lack of safety at NBFCs
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On the job: DIG Pradeep Kumar inspecting the scene of crime at Muthoot Finance in Hosur on Friday.
Incident red-flags the lack of safety at NBFCs
Muthoot Finance, the non-banking finance company has been constantly in the news for reports of robbery in its various offices across the country. In the wake of the robbery here on Friday, a few anxious customers gathered outside the firm for information on their valuables. The latest incident has raised questions over the security at non banking finance firms (NBFCs) that hold valuable assets of the borrowers, especially the rural poor.