Day: March 3, 2012

LUCKNOW, Mar 3 (ANI): Over 62 percent polling was recorded in the seventh and the final phase of polling on Saturday in Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, while a massive turnout of voters was recorded in Goa assembly polls with over 81 percent polling on Saturday. .

Over 1.82 crore voters were expected to exercise their franchise in this phase to decide the fate of 962 candidates.

Polling in the final phase was conducted for 60 assembly seats spread in 10 districts of the state including Bijnore, Moradabad, Bheem Nagar, Rampur, Jyotiba Phule Nagar, Badaun, Bareilly, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur and Lakhimpur Kheri.

The fate of Samajwadi Party`s (SP) Muslim face Azam Khan, who is contesting from Rampur, would be decided in this concluding phase along with a host of other influential leaders.

A total of 18,927 polling stations had been set up by the Election Commission in this phase.

Over 60 percent polling was recorded in the sixth phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls on February 28.

The Uttar Pradesh polls are being viewed as an opportunity for major political parties to re-establish their foothold in the country`s fifth largest and most populous state.

The first, second, third, fourth and fifth phases of polling occurred on February 8, 11, 15, 19, and 23 respectively. A new 403-member state assembly will be elected in March.

The poll results will broadly indicate trends for the 2014 general elections.

Meanwhile, a massive turnout of voters was recorded in Goa assembly polls with over 81 percent polling.

Voting in Goa began at 7 a.m. and continued till 5 p.m.

Over 10.25 lakh were expected to exercise their franchise in Goa, where the polling was held in a single-phase.

About 215 candidates are in the fray this time, out of which 74 candidates are independent and nine are women.

Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat cast his vote in his constituency of Margao.

Leader of Opposition and BJP leader Manohar Parrikar, who is seeking re-election from the Panaji constituency, exercised his franchise in a booth in the city.

Parrikar expressed confidence that his party would perform exceptionally well in the Goa polls.

The Election Commission had also identified 180 critical and vulnerable polling booths in the state, which were kept under special supervision of micro observers.

The assembly elections in Goa, is a keen contest between the ruling Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) alliance and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Maharshtrawadi Gomantak Party combine.

The counting of votes will be held on March 6.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2012/03/62-percent-polling-in-final-phase-of-up-polls-goa-records-81-percent/

IMPHAL, March 3: Continuing with the efforts to generate self-employment opportunities, the closing function of the 2nd batch of Phase VIII of EDP training for PMEGP beneficiaries was held today at the conference hall of ICM, Lamphelpat.

The function was attended by director of Commerce & Industries, V Tualthang as chief guest, director of ICM, Dr Kh Somorendro Singh as president and asst director of KVIC, Salle Pao as guest of honour.

The 10 days training imparted basic entrepreneurship skills including accounting, marketing, product development, etc. The current batch consisted of 70 beneficiaries who came from different backgrounds with different levels of education. The participants were also given certificates as well as resource materials.

Few participants expressed the difficulties they faced in receiving loans from banks to start their enterprises.

In his speech, V Tualthang stated that PMEGP is a very good scheme especially for the state but it also needs good people to succeed. He lamented the low rate of loan recovery in Manipur which is among the lowest in the country, thereby, forcing banks to shy away from lending extensively. While the number of successful entrepreneurs from PMEGP was less then desired, he highlighted several entrepreneurs who not only made efforts to repay their loans but went on to seek greater business opportunities. He also encouraged the beneficiaries to use the knowledge that they had gained and work hard to succeed in their ventures.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2012/03/training-for-pmegp/

IMPHAL ,March 3: The Maoist Communist Party in furtherance of providing relief to the public in regard to health issues of the state prsently claims that the poorer section have remained deprived of the health facilities.

The Maoist party have scrutinized the Primary Health Centres and the Community Health Centres by its district committee.

It was found from the survey that PHCs of Ningthoukhong,Oinam, Nambol,Mekola, Wangoi,Nongpok Keithelamnbi,Charangpat, Wangjing Lamdeng,Kakching CHC,Awang Sekmai CHC,Khurkhul PHC and Khumbong CHC which are functioning under the Primary Health Sub Centres and are co ordinated by the PHCs are not effective in their implimentation.

Respectively, Community Health Centres of Wangoi, Sagolamang, Oinam PHC and Hkurkhul are found working effectively but it was found that the whole staff were not in attendendence.The rest of the health centres witnessed the helath workers being absent.

The Maoist will not remain a mute spectator in the regard and the health centres will further be scrutinized by the outfit.The outfit may overlook the callous official once but will not forgive those at fault in future.

It was found by the special unit under direction from the Central Military Unit that most of the healh centres were not functioning effectively.

It is known that the public residing under the Imphal area can get proper health attention whwereas those residing in the far off areas cannot get the availability of mediacal attention. The Maoist stated that the doctor and nurses deputed at the heath centres shoulkd go about their duties and the Maoist will take into account the status and the workings. The health officails are notified by the outfit to attend their dutied beginning March 5. It stated that the officails should work in the interest of the public and attend to their duties, failing which the outfit will monitor and will met out the necessary discliplinary actions to the erring officials, a release by Nonglen Meitei, Publicity and propaganda secreatry of the Maoist Communist Party said.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2012/03/maoist-communist-party-to-survey-phc-in-the-state/