The visit comes at a historic moment when India and Australia commemorate five years of the establishment of the India-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

Mobiles, which increasingly appear as an extension of a person, have often been a problem at polling stations. Not anymore, says the Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, who found a way to accommodate it as he announced a set of new initiatives.

Eight people were arrested on Monday in connection with the violence in Odisha’s Cuttack, where a 12-hour bandh was underway amid heavy security deployment with prohibitory orders in place, officials said.