Election Commission: Follow Covid norms or will ban poll rallies

New Delhi: Amid rising Covid cases, the Election Commission has flagged instances of star campaigners and political leaders campaigning without masks, and warned it would not hesitate to ban rallies if guidelines issued by it last year were breached. In a letter to leaders of all parties on Friday, the EC pointed out instances of star campaigners and political leaders or candidates not observing Covid protocol. — TNS

Repolling in 4 Assam booths on April 20

Guwahati: The Election Commission on Saturday ordered repolling on April 20 in four polling booths of Ratabari, Sonai and Haflong segments of Assam where alleged irregularities came to fore. — PTI

Veteran Punjabi actor Satish Kaul dead

Ludhiana: Actor Satish Kaul (76) died of Covid complications in Ludhiana on Saturday. He had worked in over 300 Punjabi films and TV shows like “Vikram Aur Betaal” and “Mahabharata”. — TNS