Key events on June 1st: A range of political, legal, cultural and sporting events are scheduled to take place across India today. Voting for the Lok Sabha elections enters its final phase and ends on Saturday, while Odisha will vote for 42 seats for the 2024 state assembly elections. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s interim bail in the excise policy case also ends on Saturday, after he sought a seven-day extension on health grounds. Here is a look at the major events of the day:
– Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s three-day medical leave at Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu ends today.
– The seventh and final phase of India’s Lok Sabha elections will begin on June 1 in 57 constituencies across eight states and union territories. Immediately after voting closes, focus will shift to exit polls predicting whether Prime Minister Modi’s ruling NDA or the opposition INDIA coalition led by the Indian National Congress will form India’s next government.
– Assembly elections for 42 seats in Odisha and by-elections to six constituencies in Himachal Pradesh will be held on June 1.
– Leaders of parties affiliated to the Congress-led opposition India Bloc will meet in Delhi today.
– Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has applied in the Supreme Court to allow his interim bail period in the excise policy case on health grounds to end on June 1, and a regular bail hearing has been scheduled for Saturday.
– The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has announced new driving licence rules from June 1.
– The impact of Cyclone Remal is expected to continue in Assam till June 1. Disaster management remains on “alert mode.”
– As Karnataka state is currently holding Legislative Assembly elections and counting of votes for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the sale of liquor will be banned in Bengaluru from June 1 to June 6.
– BRS President K Chandrashekar Rao has decided to organise a three-day ‘Dashabdhi Utsavar’ on behalf of the party in Telangana from June 1 to mark the 10th anniversary of the formation of Telangana state.
– June 1st this year marks the 40th anniversary of the start of Operation Blue Star.
– A conference of DMK district secretaries, candidates and vote counting officers will be held in Tamil Nadu on Saturday, it was announced.
– The annual 61-day fishing ban in coastal states will come into effect from June 1.
– Due to the extreme heat, the Haryana School Education Department has announced summer vacation for all government and private schools from June 1.
– The valley of flowers in Uttarakhand will welcome tourists from today.
– The BJP Yuva Morcha in Tripura is set to hold a rally on June 1 to protest against what it says is the Opposition’s nefarious campaign.
– The International Quiz Association (IQA) is set to hold its annual World Quiz Championship in multiple cities on June 1.
– NASA and Boeing are targeting June 1st as the launch date for Starliner, America’s first manned spacecraft.
– Kazakhstan will be piloting a major earthquake early warning system by Saturday.
– KM Balaji will take over as Ashok Leyland’s new CFO from June 1.
– New York will host a warm-up match between Bangladesh and India ahead of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 in the US.
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