EVM goes down in Udupi’s Kodavooru: Polling halts
Udupi: The election process for Udupi Municipality that is going on at the government school in Kodavooru was halted for around one-and-a-half hour when the EVM went down.
The polling process was started at 7 am, and 116 people cast their votes. At around 9.15 am, when the 117th voter came to cast a vote, a button on the EVM did not work. Following which, the voters and polling officers came forward to repair it, but in vain.
The voters visited the polling booth early this morning so that they could exercise their franchise and get back to work. Following the incident, the voters expressed intense anger over the negligence of the authorities. They have demanded to extend the voting time by one hour in the evening. Most of the voters returned without voting.
In the same way, an EVM had reportedly gone down at Karamballi. Due to which the process was delayed by half-an-hour, the local resources said.
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Low-intensity explosion outside Chandigarh bar-cum-lounge
Chandigarh (PTI): A low-intensity explosion occurred outside a bar-cum-lounge in the Sector 26 area of Chandigarh early on Tuesday, police said.
The explosion shattered the establishment's glass windows. No casualties were reported, they said.
CCTV camera footage from the area purported to show an unidentified person throwing something towards the bar-cum-lounge and a cloud of smoke then engulfing the place.
The police said they received a call regarding a "loud sound" from the area around 3:30 am. After inspecting the spot, the police team recovered jute rope pieces.
A team from the Central Forensic Science Laboratory collected the samples, the police said and added an investigation was underway.
