Bengaluru, 9/9: Karnataka’s IT/BT Minister Priyank Kharge has made a fresh proposal to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on having the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) scrutinised under a court-monitored audit through an ‘ethical hackathon’ hosted by Karnataka.   Priyank’s proposal comes just days after the Congress government decided to bring back ballot papers for…

Patna, 9/9: The two-week-long ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ concluded on September 1 with the I.N.D.I.A. bloc all set to enter another phase of campaigning ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections. The RJD and its allies now plan to reach out to districts that the ‘yatra’ led by Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav could not cover. RJD…

Kathmandu, 9/9: Nepal has lifted a social media ban following protests that resulted in the deaths of 19 people, a government minister said on Tuesday. Cabinet spokesman and Communications and Information Technology Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung said the government had rolled back the social media ban imposed last week.    

Jerusalem,9/8: Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Monday, killing six people in what police described as “a terrorist attack,” one of the deadliest in the city in the past few years. Footage from a dashboard camera at the scene showed people fleeing from the vicinity of…

Kathmandu, 8/9: At least 14 people were killed and dozens injured on Monday as violent protests by youths rocked the Nepalese capital and certain other areas over the government’s decision to ban social media sites, prompting authorities to deploy the armed forces in Kathmandu. Thousands of youths, including school students, under the banner of Gen…

Bengaluru,8/9: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said his government will take action as per law against those responsible for violence during a Ganesha idol procession at Maddur in Mandya. Whoever was wrong — Hindu or Muslim — action will be take against them as per law,” Siddaramaiah said at a news conference.