EC issues notification for Phase I of UP election
Source: IT News

New Delhi, January 01 2017: The poll process for the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh has begun, with the issuance of notification for the first phase.

With this, the filing of nominations has commenced for 73 constituencies in western part of the state going to polls in this phase on the 11th of next month.

The last date of filing of nominations is the 24th of this month, while the withdrawal of candidature can be done till the 27th.The districts going to polls in the first phase include Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Agra and Kasganj .

UP will have seven-phase polling between 11th of next month and 8th March.

25 children including 13 girls selected for National Bravery Awards New Delhi, Jan 17: Twenty five children have been selected for the national bravery awards 2016.These include 13 girls.

Four of the awards have been given posthumously.

The coveted Bharat award has been conferred on 8 year old Late Kumari Tarh Peju of Arunachal Pradesh, who sacrificed her life while saving two of her friends from drowning.

The prestigious Geeta Chopra award has been conferred on 18 year old Tejasweeta Pradhan and 17 year old Shivani Gond of West Bengal who showed immense courage fearlessly helping police and NGO in uncovering an international sex racket leading to the arrest of the mastermind in Delhi.

The Sanjya Chopra award has been given to 15 year old Sumit Mamgain of Uttarakhand who displayed outstanding bravery in fighting a leopard to save his cousin.

The children will receive their awards from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 23rd of this month.

They will participate in the parade.

President Pranab Mukherjee will host reception in their honour.

Delhi HC to hear plea seeking MHA report on poor food to BSF soldier New Delhi, Jan 17: The Delhi High Court today sought a response of the Union Home Ministry on a plea seeking its status report on alleged poor quality food being served along the LoC, as claimed by a BSF soldier on social media.

The court also issued notice to Border Security Force, Central Reserve Police Force, Central Industrial Security Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Sashastra Seema Bal and Assam Rifles seeking their stand on the issue.

It directed BSF to produce before it the investigation report and the steps it has taken with regard to allegations levelled by the BSF jawan in the video.

The bench, however, refused to issue any direction with regard to not taking any action against the jawan, as sought by the petitioner, saying it will not go into it.

The petition was filed by a former central government employee in the wake of the video posted by the jawan on Facebook claiming corruption among officers and poor working conditions.

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