UK scientist flies to B'luru to cast vote, faces depression
Bengaluru: A scientist who had flown all the way from England to cast his vote was disappointed to find that he could not do so.
A voter from the Rajarajeshwarinagar constituency Rakesh Tiwari, 35, was disappointed to find out that he would not be able to cast his vote as the election commission, in order to maintain sanctity of voting process had deferred polling in this constituency to May 28 after recovery of nearly 10000 voter IDs from a flat here.
Rakesh who had been working with Indian Institute of Science in Pune before moving to UK two years ago had planned his India trip in a way that he would be able to vote as well as conduct his research work in Pune.
Rakesh is due to present his research on the subject - ‘Co-occurrence of heat waves and drought in Karnataka’before a panel of scientists at Indian Meteorological Department in Pune on May 28.
Since the presentation as well as rescheduled date of RR nagar polls fall on the same day Rakesh would not be able to exercise his franchise.
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India stands by people of Iran in this time of tragedy: Jaishankar on death of President Raisi
New Delhi (PTI): India stands with the people of Iran at this time of tragedy, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday, expressing shock over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.
Raisi, Abdollahian and a number of other officials were found dead Monday at the site of the helicopter crash in northwestern Iran, Iranian media reported.
"Deeply shocked to hear of the passing away of Iran's President Dr Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister H. Amir-Abdollahian in the helicopter crash," Jaishankar said on X.
"Recall my many meetings with them, most recently in January 2024. Our condolences to their families. We stand with the people of Iran at time of this tragedy," he said.
The 63-year-old Raisi and his entourage were heading to the northwestern city of Tabriz after returning from a visit to a locality on the Azerbaijan-Iran border on Sunday.
