Dharmasthala: Haveri couple commits suicide
Belthangady: A businessman and his wife, residents of Byadgi near Haveri, ended their lives by hanging themselves at a room in temple lodge in Dharmasthala.
The dead have been identified as Mrutunjay Patil (60), a businessman, and his wife Netravati. The duo had arrived here two days ago by a car along with a driver. They were about to return to their native on Monday. But suddenly they cancelled their plan and stayed back in the room. When their phone was showing not reachable since Tuesday morning, the driver went to their room and found them hanging.
In a letter found in the room, an apology has been sought for committing suicide there. It is learnt that the couple committed suicide after getting disappointed by current political developments and distribution of money.
Senior police officials have visited and investigated the incident. A case has been registered in Dharmasthala police station.
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ECI website faces outage amid vote counting in Jharkhand, Maharashtra
New Delhi: Election Commission of India’s official results website ‘results.eci.gov.in’ has reportedly experienced a technical outage on Saturday morning, at a time when India closely watches the high-stakes Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly poll battle.
Visitors visiting the site were met with non-functional links and a generic “counting in progress” message, leaving them without updated election data. The ECI has not issued an official explanation for the disruption.
Vote counting, which began at 8 a.m. with postal ballots, is underway for 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra and 81 in Jharkhand. Early trends suggest a lead for the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra, currently ahead in 141 seats, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is leading in 96. In Jharkhand, the BJP-led NDA is ahead in 43 seats, while the ruling JMM-led alliance is trailing with leads in 33 constituencies.
Additionally, counting is underway for 48 assembly bypolls across 13 states and two parliamentary seats, Nanded in Maharashtra and Wayanad in Kerala.
