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Tuesday, January 31, 2012, Chandigarh, India
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Punjab sets new record
 * Highest turnout: 76.63%
* Youth killed in Ferozepur firing
* Sporadic incidents of violence
Chandigarh, January 30
 The electorate in Punjab came out to vote overwhelmingly for the 117-seat Assembly elections today with 76.63 per cent (preliminary estimate) of the 1.76 crore voters exercising their franchise. This is the highest figure since the state was reorganized in 1966, Election Commission sources said.

Punjab page: Hundreds fail to vote in Moga
 Capt credits Qureishi for peaceful poll
 In Lambi, Manpreet first among Badals to cast vote

People stand in a queue for casting their vote at a polling station in Patiala on Monday
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People stand in a queue for casting their vote at a polling station in Patiala on Monday. Tribune photo: Rajesh Sachar

CLASH IN FEROZEPUR LEAVES ONE DEAD
Bathinda, January 30
An activist of the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Nishan Singh was killed in a clash between the SAD and Congress supporters at Piareana village in Ferozepur district during the polling today. (Details on Punjab page)


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70 per cent polling in Uttarakhand
Dehradun, January 30
 Polling in 70 Assembly constituencies in Uttarakhand today ended on a peaceful note with more than 70 per cent of voting recorded in the state, a jump of around 6 per cent since the 2007 Assembly polls when the polling percentage was recorded at 63.77.
Dehradun: 75% voting in Haridwar dist; 80.09% highest in Khanpur

Women voters outside a polling booth in Dehradun on Monday.
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Outrage over Prez medal to SP who ‘tortured’ tribal teacher
New Delhi, January 30
Women’s groups are up in arms against the award of President’s Police Medal to the officer who allegedly supervised the sexual torture on Soni Sori, an adivasi teacher currently under trial in Chhattisgarh for alleged links with Maoists.

CBI arrests top Andhra babu in Emaar scam
Hyderabad, January 30
 The CBI today arrested senior IAS officer and Andhra Pradesh Principal Home Secretary BP Acharya in a corruption case involving a real estate project under public-private partnership with a Dubai-based company.

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Maharaja Dalip SinghSpecial to the tribune
 Dalip Singh’s guardian wanted £1,000 annuity from Maharaja
The Scottish surgeon who was appointed as guardian to Maharaja Dalip Singh was not above trying to feather his own nest at the Maharaja’s expense. Newly released documents show that Dr John Login tried and failed to persuade the East India Company to give him a £1,000 annuity from the personal privy purse of the deposed Maharaja.


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