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Delhi Election 2020: Voting underway, nail-biting climax on February 11

Delhi is all set vote to elect the next government tomorrow. Votes will be counted three days later on February 11 following which the national capital will get a brand new government before the term of the 70-member assembly expires on February 22.

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Delhi began voting to elect the next government this morning. Votes will be counted three days later on February 11 following which the national capital will get a brand new government before the term of the 70-member assembly expires on February 22.

The high-decibel election campaign for the Delhi assembly polls, riddled with bitter and communal statements, concluded on Thursday with marathon public meetings and numerous roadshows by all the major parties.

The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which scored an eye-popping 67 out of 70 seats in 2015, is seeking an equally grand return.

The BJP, which sent only three MLAs to the Assembly the last time and hasn’t been in power in Delhi since 1998, is trying its best to wrest Delhi from the AAP.

The Congress, which drew a blank in 2015, is also hoping for a comeback. The party had previously been in power for 15 years between 1998 and 2013 under former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.

While the AAP has fielded candidates on all 70 seats, the BJP is contesting 67 and the Congress 66 seats. The BJP’s alliance partners Lok Janshakti Party and Janata Dal United are fighting on three seats whereas the Congress has formed an alliance with Lalu Yadav-led Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which has a share of four seats.

In the 2015 polls, the AAP had secured 54.3 per cent of the vote share. The BJP managed 32.3 per cent and the Congress trailed with a meager 9.7 per cent.

Voting began at 8 am at about 13,750 polling stations across the city. All five polling stations in Shaheen Bagh have been declared “critical” by Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh.

“I went to Shaheen Bagh and I did not find any obstruction in the proceeding of the election. There are 40 booths out of which five polling stations which have been tagged critical,” said Ranbir Singh.

Shaheen Bagh in South-east Delhi has made international headlines after it emerged as the epicenter of countrywide protests against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act that its critics describe as anti-Muslim and against the secular character of the Constitution.

Hundreds of women along with children, men from the area have been camping on a road here ever since the citizenship law cleared both the houses in December. The BJP designed its poll campaign around the movement at Shaheen Bagh with several top leaders making shocking comments that were both communal and hurtful.

Elaborate security arrangements have been made for the smooth conduct of Delhi Assembly polls with the deployment of 190 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), 19,000 Home Guards and 42,000 Delhi Police personnel.

A multi-layered security has been provided to 21 counting centres and 2,689 polling premises, of which 545 are “critical.”

The Delhi Metro started its services at 4 am today to facilitate the movement of polling staff to their designated duty locations.

There are 672 candidates in the fray in all 70 constituencies. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is contesting from New Delhi while Deputy CM Manish Sisodia is fighting from Patparganj.

However, of these 672 contenders, only 79 (or 11.75%) women. The three big parties – AAP, BJP and Congress – have together fielded only 24 women.

To break it down, the AAP has fielded nine women candidates, the BJP five and the Congress 10.

A total of 1,46,92,136 people — 80,55,686 men, 66,35,635 women and 815 belonging to the third gender – feature in the final voters’ list of Delhi. It also means 824 of the 1,000 voters in Delhi are women.

More than 132 centenarian voters are eligible to vote — 68 men and 64 women. The highest number of centenarians, 21, was found in West Delhi district and the lowest, 7, in New Delhi district.

The Election Commission has restricted media to conduct or publish any exit poll between 8 am to 6.30 pm today. But exit polls are expected as soon as the voting ends.

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Dust storm, light rain expected in Delhi-NCR today, heatwave conditions to abate

IMD claimed in a tweet that Thunderstorm dust with light to moderate intensity rain and gusty winds with speed of 30-50 km/hr would occur over and adjoining areas of many places of Delhi, North Delhi, North East Delhi, North west Delhi, West Delhi, Central Delhi, East delhi and NCR( Loni Dehat, Hindon AF station, Ghaziabad, Indrapuram, Chapraula) Sonipat, Rohtak, Kharkhoda (Haryana) Baraut, Bagpat, Meerut, Khekra, Modinagar, Kithor , Garhmukhteshwar, Pilakhua, Hapur ,Gulaoti ,Siyana ,Sikandrabad , Bulandshahr ,  Jahangirabad (UP)

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On Wednesday, a dust storm with light to moderate rain is expected in numerous locations in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). The India Meteorogical Department (IMD) stated the city’s maximum and minimum temperatures are predicted to be in the range of 40 and 25, respectively.

The IMD tweeted an advisory that thunderstorms, dust with light to moderate intensity rain and gusty winds with speed of 30-50 km/hr would occur over and adjoining areas of many places of Delhi, North Delhi, North East Delhi, North West Delhi, West Delhi, Central Delhi, East Delhi and NCR (Loni Dehat, Hindon AF station, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chapraula) Sonipat, Rohtak, Kharkhoda (Haryana), Baraut, Bagpat, Meerut, Khekra, Modinagar, Kithor, Garhmukhteshwar, Pilakhua, Hapur, Gulaoti, Siyana, Sikandrabad, Bulandshahr, Jahangirabad (UP).

For the next two hours, light to moderate intermittent rain is expected over and near Adampur, Hissar, Hansi, and Meham (Haryana).

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On Thursday, May 18, light rain is predicted for in Delhi based on the seven-day prediction for the city. The sky will mainly be cloudy, with the potential of a light  rain or drizzle, according to the weather office.

The air quality will continue to be deteriorated in the city after strong winds with dust swept across the Delhi-NCR on Tuesday. Following this, visibility had reduced to 1000 metres. Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of regional forecasting centre, said the dry atmosphere is one of the reasons for the dust storms.

Following Tuesday’s severe winds and dust storm that blasted across the Delhi-NCR, the city’s air quality had taken an alarming dip.

The monsoons, which are awaited across India, are likely to make landfall in Kerala on June 4. Usually, the monsoon arrives on May 31 or June 1 but the delay will be made up as the phenomenon progresses on its south-west to north-east arc. With extreme temperatures right from a cold sytart to May to dust-laden winds in mid-May, the weather in the country is paying the price for accelerating climate change.

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Security lapse at Navjot Singh Sidhu’s Patiala home, says it will not deter him from raising his voice against Punjab

After his release from jail, he slammed the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government for its law and order in the state.

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Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu has filed a complaint with the Punjab Police after he spotted a suspicious person wrapped in a grey blanket on his terrace. He alleged a security lapse at his Patiala home. He couldn’t catch him as he fled after his servant raised an alarm.

Taking to Twitter, Sidhu said, Today on the terrace of his residence an unknown suspicious character wrapped in a grey blanket was noticed around 7:00 pm, the moment his servant went out raised the alarm, and called for help, he immediately ran and escaped.

The 59-year-old further said that he has spoken to DGP Punjab Police and has also informed SSP Patiala. He said the security lapse will not deter him from raising his voice for Punjab.

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Punjab Police registered a case in this matter. According to the reports, the Patiala Senior Superintendent of Police Varun Sharma visited his residence after the complaint and is currently investigating the matter. The CCTV footage of the area is also being scanned, reports state.

Cricketer-turned-politician came out of the Patiala Central Jail on April 1 after serving nearly 10 months in a 1988 road rage case. After his release from jail, he slammed the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government for its law and order in the state.

He said Democracy is in chains. Punjab is the shield of this country. When dictatorship came in this country, a revolution also came, led by Rahul Gandhi.

Sidhu also slammed the Mann government over the pruning of security of slain singer Sidhu Moosewala and also making it public.

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Air India Delhi-San Francisco flight suffers tech glitch before take-off, returns to stand

The airline has not given any official statement in this matter.

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Air India flight which was en route to San Francisco from Delhi on Monday had to be returned to the stand because of a technical glitch. The San Francisco-bound flight suffered a tech issue before take off.

According to the reports, the aircraft which was carrying over 200 passengers from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) had to be replaced with another aircraft. Later, the passengers were accommodated in another aircraft.

The airline has not given any official statement in this matter.

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Earlier today, another Air India incident occurred where a London-bound flight returned to Delhi’s IGI airport after a mid-air brawl between an unruly passenger and the flight’s cabin crew.

A brawl ensued between a passenger and the crew members shortly after it departed from the airport at around 6:35 am. The onboard ruckus forced the plane to turn around and return to Delhi again where the raucous passenger was deboarded and handed over to the police at the airport.

Air India apologized to the passengers on the affected Delhi-London flight for the delay and inconvenience caused to them due to the incident and assured them that efforts will be made to ensure such incidents do not occur in the future.

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