Saturday, April 13, 2019

Voters have lost faith in EVMs, says Naidu, questions EC’s absolute powers

Voters have lost faith in EVMs, says Naidu, questions EC’s absolute powers

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The first phase of Lok Sabha polling with photographs dominates the dailies today.
"Bihar sees lowest turn out, Bengal tops" writes The Tribune, while the Hindustan Times reports, "Long queues, but lower turn out".
Often hailed as the 'silent' force behind Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's re-election in the 2015 assembly elections, women are tracking government policies before taking a call on voting, cites The Economic Times, ''Leading the Way; In Bihar, Women form majority in 25 of 40 Lok Sabha seats.''
On Wikileaks co-founder facing extradition to the United States, The Times of India reports, ''Assange's seclusion of 7 years ends with arrest in London''. The Asian Age says, "Assange held after Ecuador pulls asylum".
Nizamabad Lok Sabha Constituency in Telangana may get into the Guinness book of World Record for the use of largest number of electronic voting machines reports The Pioneer.
''Jet Airways suspends all west bound international flights'', as banks decline additional loan, is a headline in The Hindu. ''Crisis in Jet deepens: most international, internal flights suspended writes The Indian Express.
Another front page headline in the Times of India says, ''US, UK, France give China 'Azhar' ultimatums'', asking China to lift its technical hold on the ban proposal to  proscribe  Jaish-e-Mohhammed chief Masood Azhar.
And Finally, The Asian Age and the Hindustan Times report  Jamia Millia Islamia getting its first woman Vice Chancellor, Professor Najma Akhtar, a widely acclaimed educationist. She is also the first lady Vice Chancellor of any Central University in Delhi.

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