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24 Uttarakhand villages won't have polling booths for Lok Sabha elections 2024. These villages have been abandoned for years and are designated as 'uninhabited villages' by the State Migration Commission. 

The Uttarakhand Hotel Restaurant Association and the Election Commission have initiated a MoU to offer a 20% discount to voters in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, aimed at increasing voter turnout in the state. 

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has alerted the nation about the high temperatures and extreme heat waves likely to occur around April-June. The central and western peninsular parts of the nation are believed to witness the worst impacts of the heat. 

Earlier, NRIs did not have any voting privilege. However, an amendment to the Representation of the People Act in 2010 granted them the right to vote, with a stipulation that they must physically return to India and visit a polling booth to cast their vote.

By following these easy steps, you can find your name in the voter list online. Your voter details will include information like your Lok Sabha constituency, Assembly constituency and polling station for voting.

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Challenges related to mobility, vision, and hearing are common among elderly individuals, potentially hindering the elderly individuals ability to participate in voting. However, numerous measures are in place to ensure that senior citizens can vote at polling stations in a manner that respects their dignity. In a bid to make the electoral process truly inclusive and participative, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has introduced groundbreaking measures aimed at breaking barriers for voters above 85 years of age and Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) with a 40% benchmark disability.

As second phase of polling goes on in West Bengal, ITBP troops help the elderly to reach polling booths   

Delhi Elections 2020: At Delhi's Shaheen Bagh, which has been the epicentre of the anti-CAA protests, voting took place on Saturday amid heavy security. Long queues were seen at polling stations in Shaheen Bagh, which is part of that Okhla constituency in Delhi.

While polling is underway in Delhi, President Ram Nath Kovind, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia stepped out with their families to cast their vote
 

 From Jaishankar, Kapil Mishra to Arvind Kejriwal, top politicians from the BJP and AAP got their fingers inked in Delhi. Polling in the national capital began at 8 am on February 8.

Fate of BJP, JMM+ to be sealed as counting of votes takes place in Jharkhand on December 23

The fifth and last phase of polling in Jharkhand came to an end finally, with the voter turnout at 70.83%. 

The postmortem of the Unnao rape victim revealed that she died of extensive burn injuries. The report said that no indication of poisoning and suffocation was found in the body. This and more in today's (December 7) MyNation in 100 seconds
 

A total turnout of 62.87% was witnessed in the first phase of polling in Jharkhand on Saturday (November 30). 13 constituencies out of 81 went to polls in the first phase. Jharkhand will vote in four more phases on December 7, 12, 16 and 20 and the results will be declared on December 23.

The first phase of Assembly polling in Jharkhand for 13 seats is underway in Chatra, Gumla, Daltonganj, Bishrampur, Chhatarpur, Hussainabad, Bishunpur, Lohardaga, Manika, Latehar, Panki, Garhwa and Bhawanathpur