Vote at Manipur

IMPHAL:Voters  made a queue on Saturday  before 2,357 polling stations across nine districts of Manipur as elections began in 60 Assembly constituencies amid tight security.An electorate of 17,40,576, including 8,82,236 woman voters, are eligible to exercise their franchise to choose their representatives from among 279 candidates in the 10th Assembly polls.A total of 12,967 polling personnel have been deployed to conduct the elections which began at 7 am and would continue till 4 pm. Around 350 companies of security personnel including 270 central paramilitary forces were deployed besides the State armed police.Prominent...