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Time of India
44 minutes ago
- Politics
- Time of India
2002 base yr for intensive revision of state poll roll
Nashik: Maharashtra will use 2002 as the cut-off year for an intensive electoral roll revision when the Election Commission of India initiates Bihar-like checks in the state, chief electoral officer S Chockalingam told TOI. He said the last intensive revision was conducted in 2002, which will serve as the basis for the upcoming revision in Maharashtra. The assembly constituency-wise data from 2002 has been forwarded to the EC. The officer explained that in Bihar, the last intensive revision took place in 2003, and that year has been selected as the cut-off for the current special intensive revision ahead of assembly elections. You Can Also Check: Mumbai AQI | Weather in Mumbai | Bank Holidays in Mumbai | Public Holidays in Mumbai Chockalingam said, "The intensive review is held periodically after 20-25 years. In Maharashtra, it was last done in 2002. Hence, the electoral roll of 2002 will be the basis of the future intensive revision. The timeline and schedule will be decided by the EC." Officials from the election office told TOI that the intensive revision will help eliminate fake names from the roll. Shashikant Mangrule, the deputy district election officer of Nashik, said master trainers for booth-level officers have been trained for the intensive revision and are now training BLOs locally. Chockalingam added that BLOs must visit every home to verify each voter on the current electoral roll during the intensive revision. The exercise is managed through a mobile application provided by the EC. "Every voter has to be verified. The task is huge and time-consuming. Voters whose names were in the last intensive revision in 2002 in Maharashtra are only required to personally sign a form. However, people whose names were added later have to provide proof of residence and citizenship to the BLOs during the exercise aimed at removing voters who have died or permanently shifted," the officer said. Chockalingam said training for BLOs was on and included familiarisation with all types of revisions, including summary and intensive revisions.
Time of India
44 minutes ago
- Health
- Time of India
Covid may have caused neurological issues in patients: Nimhans study
Bengaluru: Covid did not just cause breathing difficulties, but may have also had neurological impact on patients, says a recent study by Nimhans. The study, which saw participation of 3,200 patients during the Covid time, from March to Sept 2020, pointed out that 120 Covid patients reported neurological disorders when they were evaluated. The neurological conditions reported was 43 cases of stroke, 23 encephalopathy (disease that affects the brain's structure or function), 5 cases of meningoencephalitis (inflammation of the brain and membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord), 5 cases of seizures, 7 with headache and 10 cases of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (rare autoimmune condition that causes nerve infllammation), among others. The remaining 20 patients had pre-existing neurological illnesses and presented with worsening symptoms of their neurological conditions. In the study, researcher Dr Netravathi M, professor of neurology at Nimhans, observed that Covid may be linked to a range of neurological symptoms, affecting both central and peripheral nervous systems. She recommended establishing a multi-centric nationwide registry (or at least regional-wise) to study the long-term effects of both Covid infection and Covid-vaccination-associated neurological disturbances. You Can Also Check: Bengaluru AQI | Weather in Bengaluru | Bank Holidays in Bengaluru | Public Holidays in Bengaluru Talking to TOI, Dr Netravathi said further surveillance was needed as the study was conducted during the pandemic.
Time of India
an hour ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Maharashtra to use 2002 as base year for intensive electoral roll revision, says Chockalingam
Nashik: Maharashtra will use 2002 as the cut-off year for an intensive electoral roll revision when the initiates Bihar-like checks in the state, chief electoral officer S Chockalingam told TOI. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now He said the last intensive revision was conducted in 2002, which will serve as the basis for the upcoming revision in Maharashtra. The assembly constituency-wise data from 2002 has been forwarded to the EC. The officer explained that in Bihar, the last intensive revision took place in 2003, and that year has been selected as the cut-off for the current 'special intensive revision' ahead of the assembly elections in the northern state. Chockalingam said, "The intensive review is held periodically after 20-25 years. In Maharashtra, it was last done in 2002. Hence, the electoral roll of 2002 will be the basis of the future intensive revision. The timeline and schedule will be decided by the EC." Senior officials from the election office told TOI that the intensive revision will help eliminate fake names from the electoral roll. Shashikant Mangrule, the deputy district election officer of Nashik, said master trainers for booth-level officers have been trained for the intensive revision and are now training BLOs locally. Chockalingam added that BLOs must visit every home to verify each voter on the current electoral roll during the intensive revision. The exercise is managed through a mobile application provided by the EC. "Every voter has to be verified. The task is huge and time-consuming. Voters whose names were in the last intensive revision in 2002 in Maharashtra are only required to personally sign a form. However, people whose names were added later have to provide proof of residence and citizenship to the BLOs during the exercise aimed at removing voters who have died or permanently shifted," the officer said. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Chockalingam said training for BLOs was on and included familiarisation with all types of revisions, including summary and intensive revisions. Mangrule said voter data from 2002, according to the then-existing assembly segments, had been sent to the EC. "The EC has also started training master trainers who will, in turn, guide the BLOs for the exercise. They have been asked to be ready for the exercise, though the decision has not been announced yet," he said. Sagar Shirke, the talathi of Ojhar village in Niphad taluka, who attended the training, said: "We were told about the exercise going on in Bihar. We were explained how it has to be conducted, how to edit the pre-filled information of the existing voters, how to add, verify and submit documents." He added, "We have been asked to be ready for a house-to-house survey, which does not happen in summary revision. In the usual summary revision, we are limited to filling in various forms of addition, shifting, and deletion of voters' names."
Time of India
2 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
Accused ‘sell' attached properties
T'puram: The accused in Nirmal Krishna deposit fraud have reportedly sold several properties owned by them despite being attached by under Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes (Buds) Act, 2019, as part of revenue recovery measures. TOI is in possession of new title deeds that show several properties worth crores of rupees at Kuthukal village in Neyyattinkara and Parassala were reportedly sold. An auditorium at Parassala was sold for Rs 6 crore and 185 machines of a factory in Kinfra were also sold with the silent consent of officials concerned. Some officials at the collectorate, Kinfra and other departments backed the accused in selling the attached properties, alleged Nirmal Krishna Nikshepa Samrakshaka Samithi (NKNSS). "After the Buds authority attached the properties, the accused approached various courts and obtained stay orders. These stay orders don't permit them to sell the properties, which were attached. But the accused used them tactically to sell the properties. Some officials worked with vested interest to delay attachment proceedings against several properties. This helped the accused sell the properties before being attached," said S M Nair, an NKNSS member. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Lagrange: Here's The Average Price of a 6-Hour Gutter Upgrade Read More Undo It is learned that the accused approached potential buyers to sell a factory at Kinfra for Rs 4 crore. The factory was attached by Buds authority. Later, the attachment was lifted after finding that the accused had taken it over from Usha Umesh, 53, a woman entrepreneur, by forging documents. Using this situation, the accused are planning to sell the factory. "There were 585 machines in the factory and the accused sold 185 of them for crores of rupees with the silent approval of Kinfra officials. I was contacted by a person whom the accused approached with a proposal to sell the factory and remaining machines for Rs 4 crore," said Umesh. As per preliminary findings, a cheating worth Rs 1,000 crore took place in the Nirmal Krishna fraud with over 13,000 depositors of Nirmal Krishna Chit Funds in Thiruvananthapuram and Kanyakumari districts losing money. Offering high interest, the accused accepted deposits from people but the firm later collapsed. The economic offence wing of Tamil Nadu crime branch is probing a case registered over the fraud and cases have also been registered in Thiruvananthapuram, Marayamuttom, Parassala, Vattiyoorkavu and Cantonment police stations.
Time of India
2 hours ago
- Time of India
Kunda police arrest five for assaulting Prayagraj family
Prayagraj: Kunda police on Tuesday arrested five persons for assaulting a Prayagraj-based family when they were returning to Sangam city after offering prayers at Bhakti Dham in Mangarh (Kunda) on Sunday. Those arrested were Priyanshu Maurya (19), Sunil Maurya (26), Chandan Yadav (19), Anurag Maurya (20) and Jitendra Yadav (19) of Kunda. Inspector (Kunda) Avan Dixit told TOI that a devotee from Purshottampur Malakia, Holagarh (Prayagraj), along with his family, visited to Mangarh-based Bhakti Dham on July 13. While moving towards Mangarh (Kunda), his car hit a scooty, following which the two parties exchanged heated arguments. On their return, the scooty rider, along with his friends, stopped his car near Kunda road and assaulted him and his family members. The miscreants also broke the front windowpanes of the car, following which an FIR was lodged with Kunda police under sections 191(2), 352, 351(3), and 324(4) against 8 unknown persons. Cops managed to arrest five of them and hunt is on for others.
