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Voter Education: How elderly citizens can cast their vote with ease this election?
Photo credit: Election Commission
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.IndiaAug 13, 2019, 8:44 PM IST
Independence Day rehearsal: Students forced to practice on thorny ground without water
Students in Rewari, Haryana, complained of making them stand under the scorching sun and not even giving them drinking water during the final rehearsals of Independence Day celebration events.
IndiaJun 27, 2019, 1:38 PM IST
Tamil Nadu: Palaniswami confident of fifth reservoir bringing respite to Chennaites
Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, who is also in charge of the Public Works Department (PWD) announced that 95% of the construction of the fifth reservoir is complete and that it would bring respite to Chennai residents.
IndiaJun 4, 2019, 3:00 PM IST
Karnataka: JDS-BJP leaders in an ugly spat over releasing water to Tumakuru
Tumakuru BJP MP GS Basavaraj had said that if Gowda family doesn't release water from Hemavathi dam to Tumakuru, they would make the committee to force them to do so. Here is how Revanna reacted to the same.
MyNation Election Video ParlourMay 23, 2019, 8:52 AM IST
Election results 2019: Deve Gowda clan start temple run, offer prayers at eight temples today
HD Kumaraswamy offered special prayers in the name of son Nikhil and father HD Deve Gowda in Bengaluru. Nikhil took the blessings of Goddess Chamundeshwari in Mysuru at 5 am, today. Revanna sought blessings for son Prajwal in Hassan temple, Karnataka.
IndiaMay 3, 2019, 3:26 PM IST
IAS, IPS officers evade paying property taxes in Bengaluru
A few IAS and IPS officers living in Bengaluru have been alleged of not paying their property taxes. It is the Public Works Department (PWD) that has to deduct the taxes from the salaries and deposit them in the BBMP’s account
MyNation Election Video ParlourApr 29, 2019, 12:43 PM IST
Lok Sabha election 2019: Karnataka BJP accuses Revanna of casting proxy votes
District commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis received a complaint from polling agents and BJP workers who alleged that PWD Minister HD Revanna indulged in poll malpractice
ElectionsApr 13, 2019, 11:35 AM IST
JD(S) is a ‘dynastic’ party: PM Modi
PM Modi reminded the people of a recent statement made by Karnataka PWD Minister HD Revanna where he announced that he would retire from politics if PM Modi came back to power.
IndiaApr 12, 2019, 8:00 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee to Rahul Gandhi, Supreme Court spells trouble; watch MyNation in 100 seconds
Actress Mimi Chakraborty, who is a part of the Bengali entertainment world and now parachuted to the world of politics became a laughing stock when a purported picture of her went viral. The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau department has registered a case against their former director Jacob Thomas on charges of corruption. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds.
IndiaMar 30, 2019, 4:08 PM IST
Congress-JDS embarrassed by Hassan representatives' support to BJP
Local party workers embarrassed Congress and JD(S) leaders as they refused to campaign for Prajwal Revanna and said they will vote for BJP candidate A Manju instead.
IndiaMar 4, 2019, 3:30 PM IST
Supreme Court makes new rule of ownership of temples
The Supreme Court clarification begs a converse question: If Hindus need to prove a temple was built of private funds, failing which its control will go to the government, does the highest court of the country mean that all the temples in the country were built by CPWD and PWD, which makes the government a claimant of those properties and, therefore, an arbiter of their rules?
IndiaDec 8, 2018, 4:40 PM IST
PWD digs road, Kerala trio follows Google map, falls into 30-foot ditch
A car travelling to Munnar via Palamattam-Avolichal road fell into a pit due to negligence of PWD contractors
IndiaOct 29, 2018, 5:45 PM IST
Tamil Nadu: Andhra Pradesh halts flow of Krishna water into Chennai
PWD officials said that once-dried Poondi reservoir has now received 805 mcft of water, and Andhra Pradesh officials assured to release water once the dam is filled again.
IndiaOct 10, 2018, 12:25 PM IST
Karnataka bribe case: IAS officer Pallavi Akurathi accuses public works department engineer
In June, 2018, IAS officer Pallavi Akurathi expressed her concern about the irreverence of a PWD assistant engineer and the corruption in the system by writing a letter to then Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Public Works Department (PWD), M Lakshmi Narayana.
IndiaSep 17, 2018, 1:08 PM IST
Karnataka: JD(S) planning to poach BJP leader from Chikkamagaluru Lok Sabha region?
It is said that Bhavani Revanna, wife of Karnataka's PWD minister HD Revanna, is making efforts to bring in BJP MLA MP Kumaraswamy, a two-time MLA from Mudigere into the JD(S) fold. Kumaraswamy won from reserved assembly seat by defeating Congress heavyweight and former minister C Motamma.