EC identifies 32 polling stations in Mizoram as ‘critical’
Aizawl: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has identified 32 polling stations in Mizoram as ‘critical’ and 38 ‘vulnerable locations’, the state’s Joint Chief Electoral Officer Zorammuana said on Sunday. The state will have a total of 1,164 polling stations for the November 28 Assembly polls. Along with the state armed police, 40 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) would also be deployed in critical polling stations and also in those at vulnerable locations, Zorammuana told PTI. While the training for poll officials is on, the state election machinery is preparing to conduct free, fair and peaceful polls as was done in the past. (PTI)
APPSC exam held amid protest
Itanagar: A recruitment examination organised by the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) was held on Saturday amid protests by a section of the aspirants who were dispersed by the police using water canon here, officials said. The incident occurred near a school where the mains examination of the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission Combined Examination (APPSCCE) was going on. A section of the candidates protested outside the school demanding postponement of the mains examination on the ground of court cases related to the examination. APPSC secretary Taru Talo said 900 out of total 1336 candidates appeared in the first day of the mains exam. The Commission on Friday night notified that it would conduct the examination according to schedule from November 10 to 20 after the Itanagar bench of the Gauhati High Court vacated a stay order on November 8 on holding the examination. However, the court ordered that the result of the examination will be kept in a sealed cover and will be subject to the final outcome of the writ petition filed by some candidates. The Court has fixed the next joint hearing for November 14 next. A section of the candidates decided to boycott the examination. They demanded that the mains examination be held only after the final verdict of the high court is out. The APPSC has rejected the demand. (PTI)