Elections kick off in two states
Chhattisgarh and Mizoram, two of five states due to elect new legislatures this month, began voting on Tuesday. More than 160 million people are eligible to vote in the regional polls being held in four phases until Nov 30.
Votes in the five states – Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram – will be counted on Dec 3 and results expected the same day.
The elections are mainly a contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress.
Cop on election duty goes missing
A search is on to locate Assam Police constable Sabin Nath who has been missing since Sunday while doing election duty in Mizoram’s Saitual district, the police said on Wednesday.
A total of 92 Assam cops reached Ngopa village last week for election duty, and the contingent was divided into different groups.
Ethics panel calls for Mahua to quit
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra should not be allowed to continue in parliament and her membership should be revoked, recommended the parliamentary Ethics Committee examining the cash-for-query allegations against her.
It concluded that Ms Mahua had shared her user ID with “unauthorised persons” and took cash and amenities from businessman Darshan Hiranandani to raise issues in parliament.
Minister to meet Tesla chief as carmaker looks to enter India
Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal will meet Tesla chief Elon Musk in the United States next week as the two sides look to advance the US carmaker’s plan to enter the South Asian market, Reuters reported.
Discussions between Mr Musk and Mr Goyal will centre on Tesla’s plans to set up an Indian factory, manufacturing a US$24,000 ($33,000) electric car, and sourcing components and establishing charging infrastructure across the nation.
97-year-old sets record as longest-serving lawyer
Kerala lawyer P. Balasubramanian Menon, 97, made it to the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-serving lawyer, reported Livelaw.
The graduate of Madras Law College started his litigation career in the early-1950s and surpassed the record of Gibraltar government lawyer Louis Triay, who died in February this year at the age of 94.
Six dead after drinking spurious liquor in Haryana
Six people died on Tuesday after consuming spurious liquor at Mandebari and Panjeta Ka Majra villages in Haryana’s Yamunanagar district, the police said.
After consuming liquor, they reportedly vomited. Five of them died after some time. Three others were rushed to private hospitals, but one died.
Accused at large after prison break
Four accused men lodged at the Sangamner Sub-District Jail in Maharastra escaped in a car waiting outside on Wednesday, officials said.
Rahul Kale, Roshan Dadhel, Machhindra Jadhav and Anil Dhoke managed to cut their cell’s iron window grilles, climb out and reach the car.
The incident came to light at around 6.30am. The police were on the hunt for the four.
