Thursday, April 24, 2014, Chandigarh, India
Edition update time 2:30 am (IST)

Crucial day as 117 seats in11 states, UT go to polls today
Phase 6: 2,076 candidates in fray * Sushma, Mulayam’s fate to be sealed
New Delhi, April 23
A total of 117 constituencies across 11 states and the union territory of Puducherry will go to votes tomorrow in which over 18 crore voters will cast their votes in what will be the sixth of the nine-phase elections. A total of 2,076 candidates are in the fray.

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Giriraj to surrender today; fresh EC notice to Azam
Patna/New Delhi, April 23
Facing arrest for his controversial statements, senior BJP leader Giriraj Singh today said that he would surrender before the court tomorrow, while the Election Commission issued a fresh notice to Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan for his reported objectionable remarks against the EC and circumventing a ban imposed on him from campaigning in Uttar Pradesh.

Women cops to probe rape cases in Haryana
Chandigarh, April 23
Used to being part of an all-male investigation team, Haryana Police sub-inspector Rajesh Kumari has independently handled investigations in five cases during the last three months. From merely “being there” to fulfil the mandatory requirement of having a police woman present during rape investigations, Rajesh Kumari is now a full-fledged Investigating Officer, like several police women across Haryana.

Hemkund Sahib yatra from May 25
Chandigarh, April 23
With reconstruction, rehabilitation of the victims of the 2013 cloudburst disaster and the Char Dham yatra taking centrestage in Uttarakhand politics, Chief Minister Harish Rawat today announced that pilgrimage to Kedarnath would resume on May 4 and to Badrinath on May 5. The pilgrimage to Hemkund Sahib will start from May 25.
Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat in Chandigarh. Parvesh Chauhan

AAP’s Jassi found guilty  of dual votes
Bathinda, April 23
The Mohali District Election Office has indicted Aam Aadmi Party candidate from the Bathinda seat and Punjabi singer Jasraj Singh Longia, also known as Jassi Jasraj, for having enrolled himself as voter at two places under different names. Jasraj faces a criminal case for dual votes.

Jassi Jasraj, AAP candidate