CEC Rajiv Kumar affirmed the reliability and security of EVMs while announcing election dates for Jharkhand and Maharashtra, countering allegations by Congress leader Rashid Alvi. He clarified that EVMs are not hackable like pagers and detailed the EVM commissioning process involving party representatives.

Australia’s Assistant Minister of Immigration Matt Thistlethwaite said this is an opportunity for Indians to study and travel around Australia, to study the country’s culture and lifestyle

The threats via microblogging platform X came a day after three international flights originating from Mumbai received bomb threats, causing trouble to hundreds of passengers and airline crew. The messages posted on Monday were declared a hoax