Contemplating to use EVMs in local body polls: Srinivasachari
Election Commissioners' Conference
Mysuru: The Election Commission's Commissioner Srinivasachari has said that the idea of using EVM machine for the upcoming local bodies elections is being discussed.
He was addressing media persons after attending the 27th Conference of Election Commissioners of the various states of the country on Tuesday at Lalit Mahal Hotel in the city.
Usage of EVMs in local body elections in the state is being considered. However, the cost of the project is quite high, and hence a proposal has been submitted to the government.
This conference is held every year. The election commissioners from various states discuss regarding how did they conduct elections and what all the challenges they faced.
In the local body elections in Gujarat, online nomination and online voting were held. The facility of the submission of papers online has been allowed in Maharashtra as well. Can this system be brought in the state? What would be its pros and cons, all these discussions are being held; he informed.
Indelible ink that is used in elections gets manufactured in Mysuru. It is not possible for any other organization to produce such a standard quality of ink. He was replying to a query that whether the same ink would be used in the Madhya Pradesh elections.
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Ishan Kishan to lead SRH in early part of IPL 2026
Hyderabad (PTI): Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday appointed India wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan as interim captain for the early part of IPL 2026, with Abhishek Sharma as his deputy, while Pat Cummins recovers from his injury.
Cummins has been sidelined with a stress injury on his lower back, which kept him away for a major part of the last Ashes series Down Under as well as the T20 World Cup.
"Pat Cummins will miss a few games while recovering from injury. Until he recovers, Ishan Kishan will be the captain and Abhishek Sharma will be the vice-captain," the franchise said on social media.
IPL 2016 winners SRH, however, did not specify the number of matches Cummins is set to miss.
Kishan's appointment as SRH's stand-in skipper comes after a successful run across formats.
The left-handed batter played a key role in India's title-winning campaign in the T20 World Cup, finishing as the fourth-highest run-scorer in the tournament with 317 runs in nine matches at 199.37. He averaged 80.25 and struck three half-centuries.
His exploits with the willow also saw Kishan rising to the No.2 spot in the ICC rankings for T20I batters, a list which is led by Abhishek.
Earlier this season, Kishan had captained Jharkhand to their first-ever title in India's premier domestic T20 competition, Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy.
