The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India have urged the Election Commission to deploy additional forces at all counting centres to prevent tampering of electronic voting machines (EVMs) by officials at the instance of the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).
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"Deploy more forces at all counting centres"
Posted by divya (#2) 765 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)Election Commission orders re-poll in Puliyampatti
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One more polling station, which forms part of Puliyampatti in Sankarankoil Assembly constituency of Tirunelveli district,is set for re-polling on Saturday along with seven others spread across five Assembly constituencies.
Seven-day jail term for Muthukaruppan set aside
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a Madras High Court judgment awarding seven-day simple imprisonment to former Chennai Police Commissioner Muthukaruppan for filing a false affidavit.
Paramilitary forces to guard EVMs
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Central paramilitary forces are to be deployed closest to the strongrooms where electronic voting machines are being kept, Chief Electoral Officer Praveen Kumar said on Friday.
Prolonged poll process has brought government to standstill: Karunanidhi
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Arguing that the government had come to standstill due to the prolonged election process, Chief Minister and DMK president M. Karunanidhi on Friday questioned whether an elected government could be stalled from discharging its regular functions in the name of elections.
Tributes paid to firemen
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Officials of the Fire and Rescue Services Department paid tributes to martyrs who lost their lives during rescue operation. Tributes were paid to 26 martyrs who lost their lives in the line of duty from 1955 to 2011 during the Fire Service Week celebrations organised by the Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services, Western Region unit, on Thursday.
Kilvelur witnesses highest voter turnout at 91.89%
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Kilvelur, a reserved Assembly constituency in Nagapattinam district, has recorded the highest voter turnout in the State at 91.89 per cent.Totally, 1.29 lakh persons in the constituency cast their votes in the Wednesday's Assembly elections, of whom 62,463 were men and 67,219 were women.
Supreme Court issues notice to Tourism Minister
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The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Tamil Nadu Government and State Tourism Minister N. Suresh Rajan questioning a judgment of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court discharging the Minister from a disproportionate wealth case.