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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15 IAS officers transferred in Haryana
Chandigarh (PTI): The Haryana government transferred 15 IAS officers with immediate effect on Wednesday.
Among those who have been transferred are Vineet Garg, Chairman, Haryana State Pollution Control Board. He has been posted as the additional chief secretary to the government's printing and stationery department, relieving Raja Shekhar Vundru of the charge, a government order said.
Ajay Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, Gurugram, has been transferred and posted as the deputy principal secretary-II to the chief minister against a newly-created post.
Pankaj Agarwal, Principal Secretary, Irrigation and Water Resources Department, has been posted as the principal secretary in the architecture department, relieving Apporva Kumar Singh of the charge.
Saket Kumar, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Commissioner and Secretary, Development and Panchayats Department, has been transferred and posted as the commissioner and secretary in the archives department, relieving Shekhar Vidyarthi of the charge.
Mani Ram Sharma, Registrar, Cooperative Societies, has been posted as the secretary in the health department, relieving Rippudaman Singh Dhillon of the charge.
