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MP bypoll: Admin focus on dacoity-affected areas

Gwalior, Mar 7 (UNI) The banditry-affected areas of this parliamentary constituency are in the administration's focus since dacoit chieftain Rambabu Gadaria's sister Ramshri Baghel is in the poll arena as the Rashtriya Samanta Dal nominee for tomorrow's byelection where 23 other candidates are in the fray.

Nominees and their supporters went from door to door today for drumming up support.

Though the Gadaria gang has almost dwindled into insignificance, its previous reign of terror still haunts villages. The parliamentary constituency comprises eight assembly constituencies of which this district's Gird and Dabra and Shivpuri district's Karaira were the gang's areas of activity.

As many as 148 of Karaira's 214 polling centres have been declared sensitive while corresponding figures are Gird 79/170 and Dabra 56/174. The total sensitive centres are 483/1,470.

''Besides the district police, 12 companies of paramilitary forces are deployed,'' said District Returning Officer Rakesh Shrivastav. Polling begins at 0730 hrs and will conclude at 1630 hrs.

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Lok Dal to go it all alone in UP assembly poll

Jaunpur, Feb 20 (UNI) Lok Dal (LD) today reiterated it will not enter into any pre-poll alliance in the forthcoming Vidhan Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh. ''Our party is not dependent on any political party...so there is no question of having a pre-poll alliance. LD will field candidates for all the assembly seats,'' party state president Abdul Haq Ansari said addressing a news conference here. ''The name of cadidates would be decided at a meeting headed by LD national president Rajendra.....

LC polls: Venkaiah to file papers on Feb 22

Vijayawada, Feb 20 (UNI) Senior Congress leader Ilapuram Venkaiah will file his nomination on February 22, for the elections to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council (MLC). Announcing this at a newsconference here this evening, city Congress president Pyala Sominaidu said Mr Venkaiah would file his nomination at the Machilipatnam Collectorate. Mr Venkaiah, who is also the co-chairman of the Other Backward Classes (OBC) Department of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee, will contest the Council polls from the Local Authorities Constituency (LAC).....

Environment activist denounces cock-fight

Aizawl, Mar 7 (UNI) Environment activist New World Laldingliana has urged the law-enforcing agencies to stop cock-fighting. After successfully preventing Sechhun, traditional spearing of Mithun, being staged at Chapchar Kut, the biggest community festival of Mizoram, Mr Laldingliana raised voice against this event. Cock-fighting is conducted every Saturday at the Animal Husbandry&Veternary directorate complex at Khatla here and Mizos enjoy the fight. ''This is a shameful practice and violation of the law. Law enforcing agencies must stop this cruel practice,''.....
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