Assembly Election 2022 News LIVE Updates: Model code of conduct comes into immediate effect in 5 states

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Model Code of Conduct in connection to the forthcoming General Election 2022 for five states including Manipur have come into immediate effect. The Election Commission of India is set to announce the poll schedule of 5 states today. The EC in its statement focuses on Covid-safe elections with maximum participation in the 5 states.

Out of the 5 poll-bound states, the BJP is in power in 4 states including Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh. While the term of the current Uttar Pradesh assembly is ending in May, those of the other four assemblies are ending on different dates in March.

The CEC also laid down the various COVID-19 protocols that will be followed as India is witnessing a huge rise in cases due to the Omicron variant. Candidates contesting polls will be given an option for online nomination.

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Comprehensive plan of action in place to ensure inducement-free elections in all five states.

– CEC Sushil Chandra

Polling time has been increased by 1 hour in all polling stations

Political party websites

It is mandatory for political parties to upload on their website detailed information regarding individuals with pending criminal cases selected as poll candidates. They will also have to give a reason to select the candidate

Any violation of model code of conduct, coming into effect with announcement of election schedule, will be strictly dealt with: EC

All eligibile election officers on poll duty will be treated as frontline workers and will be provided booster shots: EC

All polling booths will be fully sanitised: EC

Mandatory for candidates to make public their criminal records: EC

All eligibile election officers on poll duty will be treated as frontline workers and will be provided booster shots: EC

Preparation for smooth conduction of elections

EVMs and VVPATs will be utilized in all the polling stations. Election Commission has already made arrangments to ensure an adequate number of EVMs and VVPATs for the smooth conduct of elections: CEC Sushil Chandra in Delhi

Candidates contesting polls will be given an option for online nomination: Election Commission

Suvidha app developed for all political parties: EC

All polling stations will be equipped with Covid-mitigation facilities including sanitisers and masks; Number of booths increased: EC

A polling station just for women

ECI has mandated that at least one polling station managed exclusively by women shall be set up in every Assembly constituency. Our officers have identified much more than that. There’re 690 Assembly seats but we are setting up 1620 such polling booths: CEC Sushil Chandra

The commission has zero tolerance to money power and misuse of government machinery.

– CEC Sushil Chandra

More than 18 crore voters, including over 8.5 crore women, will be eligible to vote in five state assembly polls: CEC Sushil Chandra

Elections to be held for 403 assembly seats in UP, 117 in Punjab, 70 in Uttarakhand 60 in Manipur and 40 in Goa: CEC Sushil Chandra

As COVID cases soared in view of Omicron variant, ECI held meetings with Union Health Secretary & Home Secretary, experts, & health secretaries of States. After taking these views & ground situation, ECI decided to announce polls with safety norms in place: CEC Sushil Chandra

A total of 18.34 crore electors including service voters will take part in this election out of which 8.55 crore are women electors: CEC Sushil Chandra on 5 States polls

All polling stations shall be located at ground floors with availability of Covid-safety gear: ECI

A total of 24.9 lakh first-time electors have registered in 5 states: Election Commission of India

Election commission focuses on Covid-safe elections with maximum participation

Election Commission announces the schedule for Assembly elections to Goa, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh

ECI to announce Poll dates

Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra along with ECI officials arrives at Vigyan Bhawan, to announce poll schedule for five States including Uttar Pradesh

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accuses BJP of having set up several “factories” of hate, says ‘Tek Fog’ app is one of them

Election Commission of India to announce the schedule for Assembly elections to Goa, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh shortly

A group of Naxals set (around 27) vehicles on fire in Ghumla district yesterday evening. Many vehicles have burnt completely. An extensive search operation has been launched, says Gumla Police.

IPS Viresh Kumar Bhawra has been appointed as the new DGP of Punjab on the consideration of the panel received from UPSC

India has lost 2 of its PMs due to such mistakes & Congress has understood the loss. PM’s security breach was wrong. But as per the videos surfaced, why was his route changed at the last minute & how did BJP workers gather there?: Congress Maharashtra chief Nana Patole

  • “Such an attack cannot happen in Maharashtra, the Police are competent,” says Congress Maharashtra chief Nana Patole, on an alleged recce of Jaish-e-Mohammed at the RSS Headquarters in Nagpur

PM Modi’s Security Lapse | The very first security breach was absentee of DGP. State Home Minister & Home Secretary were also not present. Even the district collector was absent. Was breach a pre-planned conspiracy? It is a clear case of ambush of the PM: Former IPS Kiran Bedi

From Dec 1 till now, we have 936 patients onboard with 100 daily admissions. Most patients do not need oxygen support. Till now, we have not had any mortality at the centre: Dr Rajesh Dere, Dean, BKC Jumbo COVID-19 vaccination centre

Bharatiya Janata Party’s Sarabjit Kaur elected as the new mayor of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation with 14 votes. Total votes cast were 28.

Omicron variant driving third wave of pandemic across states

  • The third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic across all states is being driven by the fast-spreading Omicron variant, official sources said on Saturday, citing the latest data.
  • Till a few days ago it was only in the western region of the country that the surge in Covid cases was due to Omicron, while in the northeastern states, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Odisha the Delta variant was predominant.

Delhi Commission for Women Chief Swati Maliwal tests positive for coronavirus, says feeling “terribly ill”

No Omicron-related death till now in Delhi; among nine fatalities recorded on Friday, most patients had comorbidities

– Delhi Health Minister Satyender Jain

2500 beds are available at the BKC Jumbo COVID19 Centre. So far, there are no ICU patients at the centre. Most patients are asymptomatic. Weekend lockdown will not be imposed for now: Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar

Visuals: Barricading and checking underway by the Delhi Police at the Delhi-Noida Border

Bengal govt relaxes Covid curbs; allows salons, parlours to operate with 50 per cent capacity till 10 pm: Official

Reports PTI

Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale occurred at Andaman Island with its epicentre located at a depth of 55km at 1112 hours today: National Center for Seismology

Election Commission of India to announce the schedule for Assembly elections to Goa, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh at 3.30pm today

Reports ANI

Salons, beauty parlours can operate with 50% seating capacity up to 10pm in the State. Customers & staff should be fully vaccinated: West Bengal government

Delhi will report around 20,000 fresh cases today, positivity rate to rise by 1-2%. Currently, only 10% of hospital beds are occupied in the city: Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on COVID19 situation

Over 2 crore youngsters between the 15-18 age group have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in less than a week of vaccination drive for children

– Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya

Visuals: Delhi shopping market Lajpat Nagar closed during the weekend curfew as a measure to contain the spread of COVID-19

Tamil Nadu Health Min Ma Subramanian, Health Secy J Radhakrishnan, Chennai Corporation Commissioner GS Bedi reviewed 18th mega vaccination drive at Indira Nagar today

  • 77.3% of eligible population vaccinated with 1st dose, 61.46% with 2nd dose in the State, the minister says

MHA restores FCRA registration for Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity after it submitted the necessary document to concerned department: Govt Sources

  • Earlier, MHA refused to renew the Mother Teresa-founded NGO’s licence due to some “adverse inputs”.

Visuals: Shops closed at Janpath as weekend curfew is imposed in the national capital to curb COVID-19 spread

Odisha reports 3,679 fresh COVID-19 cases, biggest single-day spike in over 6 months: Health Department

A total of 3,071 Omicron cases were reported in 27 States/UTs of India so far. The number of persons recovered is 1,203: Union Health Ministry

Photo: ANI

India reports 1,41,986 fresh COVID cases, 40,895 recoveries, and 285 deaths in the last 24 hours

  • Daily positivity rate: 9.28%
  • Active cases: 4,72,169
  • Total recoveries: 3,44,12,740
  • Death toll: 4,83,178
  • Total vaccination: 150.06 crore doses

Pakistan: ‘Fake’ COVID restrictions notification claims closure of educational institutes till Jan 31 in Sindh

  • “Fake” COVID restrictions notification circulating on social media is misleading the public in Sindh province which claims that all educational institutes will remain closed till January 31.
  • Negating the widely shared notification, the Sindh government on Friday clarified that the notification is “fake” and no such directives have been issued, reported Geo News.
  • In a statement, the spokesperson for the Sindh chief secretary said that the provincial government has not issued any order related to coronavirus measures.
  • “The notification circulating on social media is fake,” he said, reported Geo News.

Too early to determine if additional doses of Covid-19 vaccine needed: Singapore health minister

  • Singapore’s Health Minister Ong Ye Kung has said it is “too early” to determine if further doses of the Covid-19 vaccine would be required. “It is too early to answer that question. If we look at an endemic disease like Influenza, people take annual vaccines to protect themselves. This is because the Influenza virus keeps mutating so a new vaccine dose is necessary every year,” he said.

Tourists booked for weekends with valid stay vouchers are permitted to travel in their cars/taxis and other means of transportations. There are no restrictions for in-house guests staying in hotels/resorts. Safari in forests areas are permitted: Karnataka Tourism Department

Public gatherings restricted to 100 people in Goa, says CM Pramod Sawant

  • Amid the rise in COVID-19 cases in Goa, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant announced that public gatherings in the poll-bound coastal state has been limited to 100 people in outdoor venues and 50 per cent of the sitting capacity or maximum 100 in cases of indoor venues.
  • “Maximum 100 people will be allowed at the venue at any one point in time. However, people coming in and going out of the venue will not be counted to calculate the capacity limit,” said Sawant.
  • The restrictions have been imposed to prevent large gatherings in marketplaces, public meetings, political meetings, beaches, etc.

Former PM tests positive as omicron cases rise in Australia

  • Australia’s former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, as case numbers hit new highs across the country and health officials warned that the real number of cases is likely much higher than testing shows.
  • Turnbull, who was prime minister from 2015 to 2018, confirmed on Twitter he was isolating at home after a positive test.

No fresh registration required for ‘booster’ dose

  • Those eligible to receive ‘precaution dose’ (booster) of Covid vaccines can book online appointment from Saturday evening. However, there would not be any need for new registration of such beneficiaries, the health ministry said on Friday. “Those who have taken two doses of Covid-19 vaccine can directly take an appointment or walk in to any Covid-19 Vaccination Centre,” an official said. Administration of precaution dose of Covid vaccines will begin from January 10. Health and front-line workers and those above 60 years of age with co-morbidities will be eligible to get the ‘precaution dose’ or booster shot.

India and China to hold 14th round of Corps Commander level talks on January 12 to resolve the ongoing stand-off on the Line of Actual Control (LAC): Govt Sources

Light to moderate intensity rain would occur over & adjoining areas of entire Delhi & NCR (Ballabhgarh, Chhapraula, Noida, Dadri, Greater Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad, Manesar, Tizara, Alwar (Rajasthan) during the next 2 hours (issued at 7 am): IMD

COVID-19 | Mizoram reports 852 new cases and 2 deaths; Active caseload stands at 3,617

Uttarakhand bans political rallies, protests till January 16 over Covid spread

Delhi’s air quality improves to ‘moderate’ from the ‘poor’ category with Air Quality Index (AQI) standing at 132, as per SAFAR-India

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