Gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari dies of heart attack
Mukhtar Ansari, the five-time MLA from Uttar Pradesh's Mau district, died of cardiac arrest on Thursday evening.
Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Friday announced the dates for the Jharkhand Assembly elections. He said elections in Jharkhand will be held in five phases, which will start from November 30 and results will be declared on December 23.
Mukhtar Ansari, the five-time MLA from Uttar Pradesh's Mau district, died of cardiac arrest on Thursday evening.
Many Indian celebrities, including Bollywood actors and cricket stars, are all set to contest elections this year.
Election officials in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district seized Rs 69,400 cash from a Punjab-based family.
Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma, an MP from Andhra Pradesh got teary-eyed and emotional after the BJP fielded him as a Lok Sabha candidate from Narsapuram.