The Vijayanagar district administration has rescued 37 workers from Odisha who were working in conditions akin to bonded labour at Nandibandi village in Mariyammanahalli hobli of the district
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Vijayanagara celebrated the 80th Independence Day on Saturday with a tribute to the freedom fighters and a call to uphold the unity and integrity of the country and the ideals enshrined in the Constitution.
Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer Kavita S. Mannikeri on Friday (June 5) said the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is under way in Vijayanagara district in accordance with the directions of the Election Commission of India, with preparatory activities currently in progress. Addressing a press conference at the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Hosapete, Ms. Mannikeri said voters have until June 16 for inclusion, deletion and progeny mapping of names in the electoral rolls. The portal would thereafter be frozen and no modifications would be permitted until publication of the draft electoral roll. She said training of Booth Level Officers (BLOs), preparatory work and printing of forms would be carried out from June 20 to 29. Subsequently, BLOs would undertake a house-to-house verification drive from June 30 to July 29, during which they would visit every household three times, provide enumeration forms and obtain signatures from voters.
Hosapete: A Central government expert team will visit Vijayanagara district on Monday (October 5) to assess the drought situation. The district administration is preparing to seek Rs 249 crore in compensation, citing crop loss across 2.71 lakh hectar.. Four taluks in the district were included in the first list of severely drought-hit taluks released by the government, while the remaining two were included in the third list. With this, all six taluks in the district have been officially recognised …
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