P&M Hi-Tech City Centre Mall in Bistupur, Jamshedpur, will be closed till 4pm on Sunday. Shops, malls, retail outlets, food kiosks and restaurants in Jamshedpur will be closed on Sunday, May 12, between 7am and 4pm, till voting for the Lok Sabha elections is over. Issued by East Singhbhum DC Amit Kumar on Friday, the directive is meant to encourage voter turnout. JMM and Congress youth wings were seen distributing voter slips in residential areas. Cellphones bannedEast Singhbhum DC Amit Kumar on Saturday said mobile phones would be banned within the 100-metre radius of every polling booth.

Source: The Telegraph May 11, 2019 18:22 UTC