Elephant scare, firing near Meghalaya booths

SHILLONG: Voting picked up on Wednesday for the two Lok Sabha seats in Meghalaya, even as the firing of blanks was reported near a polling centre and wild elephants disrupted officials from visiting two polling booths in the state. Suspected insurgents fired blanks near the Tolegre polling booth in South Garo Hills district under Tura constituency. “We don’t know who was behind the firing,” said district police chief Lakardor Syiem, adding that balloting continued there. A herd of wild elephants, disrupted movement of election officials to Nokchi and Halchatti polling booths. IANS in the elections this time. The applications feed users with statistics, profiles and allegations against the candidates. ‘India Elections’ by engineering students Rohit Singh and Sweta Suman, ‘Indian Elections 2014’ by DVDroid, ‘India Elections 2014’ by Jaydip Gohil, ‘iCitizenIndia Elections’ by ProjectX

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