Hyderabad, Oct.3 (Hydnow): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday released the schedule for the by-elections to seven Assembly constituencies in six States, including in Munugodu of Telangana, with the by-poll to be held on November 3.
The Election Commission will issue a Gazette notification on October 7. According to the schedule, the last date for nominations is October 14 and scrutiny will be done the next day, while the last date for withdrawal of nominations is October 17.
The by-poll will be held on November 3 and its counting will be held on November 6.
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EVMs and VVPATs will be used, with the model code of conduct to come into force immediately.
Apart from Munugodu, the Election Commission of India is conducting the by-elections to six Assembly segments, including Andheri East in Maharashtra, Mokama and Gopalganj in Bihar, Adampur in Haryana, Gola Gokrannath in Uttar Pradesh, and Dhamnagar in Odisha. (Hydnow)
The Union Home Minister has alerted the states of the country in the wake of the Indo-Pak War. The Telangana government and police, which were immediately alerted, took preemptive measures. Security has been tightened in Hyderabad.
Thirty-two airports across northern and western parts of the country, including Srinagar and Amritsar, have been closed for civilian flight operations till May 15, according to the civil aviation regulator.
In view of the ongoing high alert across India and intensified security arrangements in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the city police have issued a ban on bursting firecrackers or fireworks in public spaces, particularly near military cantonment areas.
India responded strongly to Pakistan’s repeated drone and missile attacks and hit at least eight military targets inside Pakistan on Friday night with precision, thereby causing significant damage, the Centre told the media, as part of a special briefing on ‘Operation Sindoor’.