Gandhinagar, April 26 (IANS) Polling for Gujarat’s local body elections concluded at 6 p.m. on Sunday, with turnout figures indicating moderate participation across the state’s urban and rural local bodies.According to the data, the overall voter turnout stood at 57.14 per cent.Among the different tiers, taluka panchayats recorded the highest turnout at 61.22 per cent, followed by district panchayats at 60.66 per cent and municipalities at 58.12 per cent.Municipal corporations registered a compa…

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Jaisalmer, April 26 (IANS) In his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ address to the people of the country on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appreciated the conservation efforts of Rajasthan’s endangered state bird — Great Indian Bustard, which has faced severe threats from habitat loss and power line collisions. During the 133rd episode of the monthly radio programme, the Prime Minister said that the Great Indian Bustard was once the identity of our desert areas, but at one time its numbers had reduc…

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Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday directed the central forces deputed for the second phase of the two-phase West Bengal Assembly elections on April 29 to conduct a special crackdown on crude bomb makers across the state ahead of polling.The Commission at the same time instructed the force personnel to immediately step up their activity in defusing bombs and ensure that no bomb explosions occur on the polling day.The direction to the central forces by the E…

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