Breaking News Live: 76% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 5:30 PM In Last Phase Of Bengal Polls
Breaking News Live, Thursday, 29th April 2021: Voting is underway for the eighth and final phase of West Bengal 2021 Elections, All eyes are on Trinamool Congress Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal as he is under the strict surveillance of the Election Commission. Maharashtra, which is facing lockdown-like restrictions till May 1, will see an extension of the curbs for another fortnight as the state continues to report huge numbers of coronavirus cases. Around 1.33 crore people applied for vaccination on Wednesday while 80 lakh people registered on Wednesday as the government’s dedicated website, CoWIN, opened for registrations on Wednesday.
Police in Kashmir was directed on Thursday to ensure hassle free movement of health workers and essential services during the lockdown.
Voting turn out till 1 pm in West Bengal
Total - 56.19%
North Kolkata - 41.58%
Birbhum - 60.08%
Murshidabad - 58.89%
Malda - 58.78%
An incentive of Rs 1000/month to each ASHA worker shall be paid for the period from April to July, 2021 as they are taking active role in surveillance, contract tracing, containment measures & mobilization of beneficiaries for COVID vaccination: Govt of Odisha
Crowds line the voting line at a booth on Dhapa Road in the Antalya Assembly. Police appealed to everyone to maintain distance rules through a mic.
Amid the surge in the Covid-19 pandemic, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has appealed to Tibetan communities worldwide to contribute to India's ongoing relief measures to the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund).
Poll Percentage in Bengal till 11 AM
Total - 37.80%
Malda - 41.58%
Murshidabad -41.04%
Kolkata north - 27.60%
Birbhum - 38.11%
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to hold a meeting with officials later today over the situation of Covid vaccines in Delhi. Health Minister Satyendar Jain will also be present at the meet. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said, 'We don't have vaccines as of now. We have made requests to the company regarding vaccines, we will tell you when it comes', when asked about inoculation of people above 18 years of age, from May 1st.
Uttarakhand government has suspended Char Dham Yatra this year in view of Covid-19 situation in the state. Only priests of the four temples will perform rituals and puja: Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and his wife Sudesh Dhankhar cast their votes at a polling booth in Chowringhee, Kolkata.
High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital orders state govt to conduct 30,000-50,000 RT-PCR & Rapid Antigen tests daily in Dehradun, Haldwani & Haridwar. HC also asked the state govt to take the help of 2500 registered dentists of the state as the state is facing shortage of doctors. The HC also gave order to the state's Health Secretary to provide all facilities to COVID-19 patients in home isolation. The Court further said that private labs and hospitals of the state be registered under National Disaster Management Act and be used for RT-PCR tests.
Cooperation with UK continues. Welcome another shipment from the United Kingdom, containing 120 oxygen concentrators that arrived early this morning: Arindam Bagchi, Official Spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to chair a meeting on vaccination drive later today, via video conferencing. Thackeray to also chair another meeting with all District Collectors and Divisional commissioners to assess the situation of Covid-19 Management in the state today.
India reports 3,79,257 new Covid-19 cases, 3645 deaths and 2,69,507 discharges in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry.
- Total cases: 1,83,76,524
- Total recoveries: 1,50,86,878
- Death toll: 2,04,832
- Active cases: 30,84,814
Total vaccination: 15,00,20,648
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot has tested postive for Covid. He tweeted "Today my report on getting the Covid test also came out positive. I have no symptoms and feel fine. I will continue working in isolation following the Covid protocol".
BKC jumbo vaccination to begin soon, 5000 does reached after BMC received fresh shipment last night.
16.04% voter turnout recorded till 9:31 am. Voting underway in 4th and final phase of UP panchayat polls amid coronavirus surge in state. Over 5.27 lakh candidates in fray for more than 2.10 lakh seats across 17 districts.
Poll Percentage in Bengal till 9 AM
Total - 16.04%
Malda - 18.94%
Murshidabad -18.89%
Kolkata north - 12.89%
Birbhum - 13.50%
BMC received a fresh stock of Covishield last night. It is to be distributed only in Government & MCGM hospitals/centres (not pvt) today morning. So, all Government & MCGM Covid Vaccination Centres will be functional but only post 12 PM: BMC
First shipment of emergency relief material carrying 440 oxygen cylinders and regulators; 960,000 Rapid Diagnostic Tests and 100,000 N95 masks, departed from California to New Delhi on Wednesday (local time).
WB Election LIVE : Voting began with a half an hour delay due to a glitch in the EVM, at polling booth number 188 in Birbhum. Final phase of voting in West Bengal today.
Nearly 1.33 crore people applied for vaccination on Wednesday as the government's dedicated website, CoWIN, opened for registrations today. Those between 18 and 44 can get Covid shots from May 1
Voting will be held at 11,860 polling stations spread over 11 assembly constituencies each in Murshidabad and Birbhum, six in Malda and seven in Kolkata. All eyes will be on Trinamool Congress Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal as he is under the strict surveillance of the Election Commission. Three-cornered contests are expected in many of the 17 constituencies in Malda and Murshidabad districts where the Left-Congress-ISF combine has a stronghold apart from the TMC and the BJP.
Background
Breaking News Live, Thursday, 29th April 2021: Voting for the eighth and final phase of the ongoing West Bengal assembly elections commenced at 7am on Thursday at polling booths across 35 assembly constituencies going to the polls in this phase.
All eyes will be on Trinamool Congress Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal as he is under the strict surveillance of the Election Commission. Mondal has been placed under surveillance till Friday 7 am, as the chief electoral officer in the state has received “several complaints against him”, an EC official said. The TMC leader was placed under similar surveillance during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and the 2016 assembly polls.
Voting is done under the shadow of Covid 19 as West Bengal on Wednesday logged 17,207 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest-single day spike recorded in the state so far, pushing the tally to 7,93,552, a bulletin issued by the health department said. The death toll climbed to 11,159 with 77 more fatalities which is also the maximum count during a day, it said.
Around 1.33 crore people applied for vaccination on Wednesday while 80 lakh people registered on Wednesday as the government’s dedicated website, CoWIN, opened for registrations on Wednesday.
Many people took to social media to complain about the technical problems they faced trying to register themselves for the third phase of the inoculation drive that is scheduled to begin from May 1. Some of them complained that the portal was not responding while others complained that it had crashed.
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