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Updated on: May 28, 2018 5:39 PM IST

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Reports of faulty electronic voting machines (EVMs) emerged from various parts as voting began today in bypolls for four Lok Sabha and ten assembly seats across the country. Although, the Election Commission denied that voting machines failed on “large scale”, opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh complained that voters in Kairana Lok Sabha and Noorpur assembly seats had been cheated because of glitches. The votes will be counted on May 31. (PTI)

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Former chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh Mulayam Singh Yadav (C) and his son Akhilesh Yadav (L) have moved the Supreme Court seeking “appropriate” time to vacate their official residences in Lucknow. A plea has been filed in the backdrop of the May 7 apex court judgment that had struck down an amendment in a state legislation allowing former chief ministers to retain government accommodation even after demitting office. (PTI File)

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On Monday, militants triggered an IED blast in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, targeting an Army vehicle. A Casper vehicle of the 44 Rashtriya Rifles was damaged in the blast triggered by militants in Zainapora area of Shopian district, an Army official said. (Waseem Andrabi / HT File)

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People wait to collect drinking water from a natural water source, as the city faces acute shortage of drinking water during hot weather in Shimla. The residents of Shimla have threatened to put locks at the local Municipal Corporation as the water shortage reached its 7th day. (PTI)

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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will declare the results of Class 10 board examinations, which was marred by reports of an alleged question paper leak, on Tuesday. Last year, the CBSE Class 10 result was declared in the first week of June. More than 16,38,420 candidates registered for the exam conducted at 4,453 centres across India and 78 centres abroad. (PTI File)

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Delhi State Nationalist Youth Congress activists carry an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a bike during a demonstration against Modi government to protest against the fuel hike and other issues near Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

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In Jharkhand, lightning has killed at least 11 people while thunderstorms left over a dozen others injured in the past 24 hours, taking the weather-related toll to 18 this month in the state. The Ranchi centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) centre has warned that sudden development of thunderstorms would continue till the monsoon hits Jharkhand around June 12. (Sanchit Khanna / HT File )

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On Monday, Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam (C) said that the government will take necessary steps to permanently shut down the copper smelter plant of Vedanta Ltd, popularly known as Sterlite Copper. He also visited the hospital in Thoothukudi and inquired about the health of those injured in police firing on anti-Sterlite Copper protestors on May 22, in which 13 persons died. (PTI File)