
Polling booths to get basic facilities
The Hindu
Observer asks officials to check amenities available before elections on Oct. 6, 9
Zonal election officials have been asked to ensure basic facilities at the 1,328 polling booths in Tenkasi district ahead of the rural local body elections to be held on October 6 and 9.
Addressing a meeting of the 69 zonal officials for the regions that would go for polls in the first phase, Collector S. Gopala Sundara Raj stressed that they should get all doubts about the election procedures cleared so that they could in turn help polling officials.
Polling in the panchayat unions of Kadayam, Keezhappavoor, Melaneelithanallur, Alangulam and Vasudevanallur would be held on October 6, and other unions of Tenkasi, Sengottai, Sankarankoil, Kadayanallur and Kuruvikulam would go to polls on October 9.

Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.