Mizoram, MP vote amid allegations of EVM malfunctioning Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram went to polls on Wednesday with the BJP and Shivraj Singh Chouhan seeking a fourth term in the former, while the Congress fought hard to save one of its last bastions in the latter. Voter turnout reached 74.61 per cent in Madhya Pradesh, whereas 75 per cent voters exercised their voting rights in Mizoram till 6:00 pm. Voters will elect representatives for 230 seats in the Madhya Pradesh State Assembly, and 40 seats in the Mizoram State Assembly. A total of 2,899 candidates are in the poll fray from Madhya Pradesh, whereas 209 candidates have thrown their hat in the ring for the Mizoram polls. Three employees lost their lives due to health reasons while performing their poll duties in Dhar, Indore and Guna districts, MP's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) VL Kantha Rao said. As many as 745 EVMs and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail machines were reported to have malfunctioned and replaced W...

Indonesia Plane Crash Update: No survivors expected, say rescue teams In an update to the ill-fated Lion Air JT 610 flight crash, the rescue teams stated that all 189 passengers are ‘likely’ killed in the accident as no sign of life has been reported from the crash site area. News reports, quoting Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency said that human remains have been found in the Java sea but there is no official number on survivor and causalities yet. The aircraft, directed by Indian captain Bhavye Suneja and co-pilot Harvino along with other six crew members had taken off from Jakarta to the city of Pangkal Pinang and went missing for 13 minutes from the air controller’s radar before the tragedy struck off the island of Sumatra. ____________________ India-Japan Annual Summit: Japan to invest $2.5 bn in India Holding bilateral talks as part of the 13th India-Japan Annual Summit in Tokyo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese President Shinzo A...