BREAKING NEWS LIVE UPDATES - 08 January 2022: Assembly Polls in 5 States from February 10, Results on March 10

• BHARAT BIOTECH ON COVAXIN BOOSTER DOSE

• ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS BUILD STRONG NATION: HM SHAH
• ÉLECT GOVT THAT WORKS FOR PROGRESS: HM SHAH

Mumbai’s Dharavi reported 147 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking active cases in the area to 729.

A tremor of 2.9 magnitude was recorded in Koyna region of western Maharashtra’s Satara district on Saturday afternoon

• BJP WILL BE WIPED OUT FROM U.P: AKHILESH
• PEOPLE OF U.P WANT CHANGE: AKHILESH
• ‘ON MARCH 10, BJP WILL GET REPLY FROM PEOPLE’

• U.P PHASE 2 POLL DATE: FEBRUARY 14
• PHASE 3 POLLS IN U.P: FEBRUARY 20
• PHASE 4 POLLS IN U.P: FEBRUARY 23
• 1ST PHASE OF MANIPUR & 5H PHASE U.P: FEB 27
• 6TH PHASE OF U.P & 2ND PHASE MANIPUR: MARCH 3
• 7TH PHASE POLLS IN UTTAR PRADESH: MARCH 7, 2022
• VERDICT DAY FOR ALL 5 STATES: MARCH 10, 2022
• FEB 14: PUNJAB, GOA, U.P PH 2, UTTARAKHAND

• MEMORIAL FOR RAM MANDIR ‘MARTYRS’: CM YOGI

• OPPN WAS NOWHERE DURING COVID CRISIS: U.P Dy CM
• U.P Dy CM SLAMS OPPOSITION
• WE WILL FOLLOW EC GUIDELINES: U.P Dy CM
• BJP IS FULLY PREPARED: U.P Dy CM

Bharatiya Janata Party’s Sarabjit Kaur defeated Aam Aadmi Party’s candidate Anju Katyal by a close margin to become Chandigarh’s new mayor, as the counting of votes for the election was carried out today.

In the 36 members assembly house, 28 votes were polled in the mayoral election. Seven Congress councillors and 1 councillor of SAD remained absent from the house. The presiding officer declared 14 votes to BJP, 13 to AAP and termed one vote invalid. READ MORE

There is a strong buzz about a possibility of Model Code of Conduct by Election Commission coming into play from January 8 for poll-bound states, News18 reports.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) is set to announce the schedule and Covid-19 protocols for the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur at 3.30 pm on Saturday.

The Union Health Ministry on Friday said that it presented the status of Covid spread and vaccination coverage in the five poll-bound states with the Election Commission of India. The meeting was held on Thursday. READ MORE

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At least 10 flights were cancelled and several delayed on Saturday as air traffic between Kashmir and the rest of the country was affected due to low visibility and inclement weather with the overnight snowfall continuing at most places in the valley, officials said. The snowfall, which started late in the afternoon on Friday, continued through the night at most places, they said.

Intermittent snowfall was going on at many places in the valley when last reports came in, they said. The officials said while light to moderate snowfall was recorded in plains of Kashmir, moderate to heavy fall, with very heavy at isolated places, was recorded in the higher reaches of the valley. Srinagar city recorded around four inches of fresh snowfall, Gulmarg — the famous ski-resort in north Kashmir — around a feet of fresh snow, Qazigund town in south around eight inches, Shopian about 15 inches. Some places were also received heavy rains.

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• COVID GUIDELINES MUST BE FOLLOWED: RAWAT
• ‘IN PAST, RULING PARTIES DID NOT FOLLOW NORMS’
• CONGRESS WILL WIN ELECTIONS: RAWAT
• WE WILL ADDRESS PEOPLE VIRTUALLY: RAWAT
• WE WILL DEFEAT BJP IN POLLS: RAWAT

• DATES OF POLLING TO BE ANNOUNCED TODAY
• EC TO ANNOUNCE SCHEDULE OF ASSEMBLY POLLS
• EC TO ANNOUNCE POLL DATES AT 3:30 PM
• EC TO ANNOUNCE DATES FOR ASSEMBLY POLLS AT 3:30 PM
• BATTLE FOR 5 STATES: EC TO ANNOUNCE DATES