Staff Reporter

Barring some stray incidents, elections to four city corporations and nine pourasabhas were held yesterday amid enthusiasm and in a peaceful manner under the state of emergency with heavy turnout of voters.
No allegation of vote rigging or manipulation in the elections, like previous times, was made formally anywhere in the 13 election areas till closing of polls.
Enthusiastic voters, both male and female, started turning out at the polling centres at many places even before the voting started at 8:00 am. [Read more]