Three people died and over 10 0 others have been ailing after they consuming liquor in Jorhat on Wednesday. The incident took place at Dholi tea garden where after consuming illicit liquor at a house many people started vomitting while some of them complained stomach ailment. One died immediately after shifting to the JMCH on Tuesday. Two others died on Wednesday. The condition of ten of the ailing people is critical.
Barring a few stray incidents polling for the first phase of panchayat election are over registering a huge turn out in 8 districts on Wednesday.The polling began at 7 in the morning and ended at 3 in the afternoon where 28,680 candidates are in the fray in eight districts. Among them, 643 have contested for the post of zilla parishad member, 2,801 for anchalik panchayat member, 3,099 for gaon panchayat president's post and 22,137.The first phase include Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Sivasagar, Golaghat, Kaliabor, Nagaon Sadar, Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts.
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