Bihar declares all polling stations no-smoking zones


Posted on 30th Mar 2014 05:30 am by admin

Patna, March 30 (IANS) All polling stations for the Lok Sabha election in Bihar have been declared no-smoking zones, an official said Sunday.

Additional Chief Electoral Officer R. Lakshmanan said the decision has been taken under Section 4 of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act. He said it will create more awareness about not smoking.

"A directive in this regard has been issued to all district electoral officers. Those found violating the order would be fined Rs.200," he said.

Bihar has a total of 59,807 polling stations in 40 parliamentary constituencies.

Did you know?Explore Trending and Topic pages for more stories like this.
57 Like 34 Dislike
Previous news Next news
Other news

Parties complain about Trinamool's terror tactics

Kolkata, March 25 (IANS) The BJP, Congress and CPI-M Tuesday urged the Election Commission of I

Changes: LG government in Delhi, the central government issued notification of new law

Now the government in Delhi will mean the Lieutenant Governor. In fact, in Delhi, the Central Gov

Facebook AI Mode: No more hassle of searching for old information—get instant answers as you type; here’s how it works.

Meta is accelerating its push into artificial intelligence with a range of new AI-powered feature

Budget 2021: Finance Minister Sitharaman spoke for less than last time, know-how long budget speech was given

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday presented the Union Budget for the financial

B.K. Birla's wife Sarala passes away

Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) Sarala Birla, wife of prominent industrialist B.K. Birla, passed away

Cyber Attack: Big cyber attack on PF website, personal information of 28 crore account holders reached the hacker

The account information of more than 28 crore account holders of Provident Fund (PF) has been lea

Notification for six Bengal seats Saturday

Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) The Election Commission will issue notification for six Lok Sabha seat

Enough Kumbh: PM Modi told Swami Awadheshanand Giri - two royal baths have been done, now Kumbh should be kept symbolic

The Kumbh Mela of Haridwar can now be finished. Because of the increasing cases of Corona, Prime

US: Will India-America come together to compete with China in space? White House said – cannot give much information

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a US tour from June 21. This tour is being given a lot of

₹ 9000 off on Realme phone with 65W fast charging, full charge in 36 minutes, know the price

There is a chance to buy the Realme GT Neo 2 smartphone cheaply, launched in October 2021. This p

Sign up to write
Sign up now if you have flare of writing..
Login   |   Register
Follow Us
Indyaspeak @ Facebook Indyaspeak @ Twitter Indyaspeak @ Pinterest RSS



Play Free Quiz and Win Cash