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Maharashtra Chief Minister casts his vote

Mumbai, Oct 13 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan cast his vote here today.

After casting his vote, Chavan asked the people to come out and use their right to vote for their candidate.

Besides Chavan, Anil Ambani, Poonam Mahajan and Ajit Pawar also cast their votes.

Meanwhile, Shiv Sena workers alleged that Congress MLA Janardhan Chandurkar was distributing money to lure voters.

Chandurkar, a three-term MLA, is contesting from Bandra (East) constituency. He is being questioned by the police.

For the Maharasthra Assembly, 3,559 contestants, including 211 women and 1,820 Independents are in the fray.

Most of the Independent candidates are rebels from the Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party and other parties. (ANI)

Bird flu spreads to new areas in Assam

Kamrup (Assam), Dec 6: With a fresh outbreak of bird flu in poultry being detected in Assam, authorities are prepared to start the culling of thousands of chickens.Reports say the virus has spread to the districts of Barpeta and Nalbari from Hajo in Kamrup District, where it was first reported. Samples were sent to laboratories in Bhopal and have tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza.The State Government has ordered culling operations and culling officers have already started going.....
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