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Maharashtra: Voting For Kasba, Chinchwad Assembly Bypolls To Be Held Today
Voting for the Kasba and Chinchwad Assembly byelections in Maharashtra will be held on Sunday. Voting will start at 7 in the morning. The bypolls in Kasba and Chinchwad were necessitated due to the death of Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs Mukta Tilak and Laxman Jagtap, respectively.
The Kasba Assembly constituency in Pune city will witness a contest between the BJP's Hemant Rasane and Congress's Ravindra Dhangekar who is supported by the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance of Congress, NCP and Shiv Sena (UBT). Chinchwad, an industrial township near Pune city, will see a contest between Ashwini Jagtap of the BJP and Nana Kate of the NCP. There are 2,75,428 registered voters in Kasba constituency. Chinchwad constituency has 5,68,954 registered voters.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, state Congress president Nana Patole, NCP leader Ajit Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray and others campaigned in both the constituencies over the last ten days.
Congress Ravindra Dhangekar on Saturday went on a hunger strike after alleging that the BJP distributed money to voters. He ended the strike after police assured that they would investigate the matter. Counting will take place on March 2.
International Tennis Federation Women's 25K To Start In Bengaluru Today
International Tennis Federation Women's 25K is set to take place between February 26 and March 5, 2023, in Bengaluru at the Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence. The tournament is expected to draw women tennis players who will battle it out for the crown in both the singles and doubles categories. The qualifying rounds will be played on February 26 and February 27 with the final set to begin on Tuesday.
The tournament promises to be a good experience for both players and spectators, as Ankita Raina, a World No 245, and World No 265 Karman Kaur Thandi are the top-ranked Indian women's players who will take part in the tournament. Playing with them will be two younger players who train at the PBI - CSE tennis academy, Sahaja Yamalapalli and Soha Sadiq.
59 Migrants Including A Baby Die In Boat Wreck Off Italy
At least 59 migrants, including a baby just a few months old, died after their overloaded boat sank early on Feb 26, 2023, in stormy seas off Italy's southern Calabria region, officials said, reports AFP.
Kerala Police Arrests 12 Persons In Connection With Child Pornography
Kerala police arrests 12 persons in simultaneous raids and registers 142 cases besides seizing 270 electronic devices for allegedly viewing and sharing objectionable contents related to children as part of its crackdown on child pornography, PTI reported.
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