By-polls: Sikkim CM PS Golay leads by over 8,000 votes
Elections | October 24, 2019 12:02 ISTDemocratic Front (SDF) by a margin of 8,727 votes in the by-poll to the Poklok Kamrang Assembly constituency in the state.
Democratic Front (SDF) by a margin of 8,727 votes in the by-poll to the Poklok Kamrang Assembly constituency in the state.
Brisk polling is recorded in the first six hours in the three Sikkim Assembly constituencies where bye-elections are underway on Monday, election officials said.
The 1986-batch IAS officer will take charge as the chief secretary on October 1 upon the superannuation of present Chief Secretary A K Shrivastava on September 30, the notification issued by Principal Secretary Tenzing Gelek said.
Chief Minister P S Golay directed the authorities to clear the road as soon as possible for the passage of the vehicles carrying tourists to their respective destinations.
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Counting has begun for the 32 seats of the Sikkim state assembly. Follow live updates here.
"It appears that these dead yaks had got nothing to eat during the prolonged period of snowfall since December last year," Raj Yadav said.
The polling will be held between 7 am and 5 pm in total of 567 polling station across four districts.
Voting for 543 Lok Sabha seats will be held in seven phases: April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19. Counting will be done on May 23. In Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Odisha, assembly polls to 175, 32 and 28 seats, respectively, will be held simultaneously in the first phase.
The polls in the Himalayan state would be held in the first phase of the election
Chamling, the longest serving Chief Minister in independent India, personally handed out temporary appointment letters to two beneficiaries from each of the 32 Assembly constituencies in the state as a token gesture to kickstart the scheme during 'Rojgar Mela 2019' at the packed Paljor stadium here
The tourists were returning from Nathu La and Tsomgo (Changu) Lake on Friday evening when snowfall in the region blocked roads, leaving over 300 to 400 civil vehicles stranded at various points on Jawahar Lal Nehru Road, East Sikkim District Magistrate Kapil Meena said.
The sources also hinted at a possibility of holding elections to the Jammu and Kashmir assembly, dissolved this month before it completed its tenure, with the general elections.
Bhutia's party want the Supreme Court to either expunge or clarify over the word 'immigrant' to prevent any unrest in the region.
Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra said India's relationship with China is one of its most important bilateral relationships.
Shorey scored his fourth first-class hundred -- 106 not out off 177 balls as Delhi declared their second innings at 281 for 4, leaving HP with a stiff target of 376.
Test spinner R Ashwin and paceman M Mohammed finished with four wickets each to help TN restrict Madhya Pradesh from posting a huge total.
Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling and Sikkim Democratic Front MP Prem Das Rai are in Rome to attend the award-giving ceremony, besides Indian Ambassador Reenat Sandhu.
Sent in, Bihar amassed 338 for six in the stipulated 50 overs with Rahmatullah smashing a 103-ball 156 before retiring hurt with the team's score at 307. He struck 10 boundaries and eight sixes.
Describing the state as 'serene and splendid', PM Modi tweeted a series of images using the hashtag 'Incredible India', the tagline of India's tourism.
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