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When the Election Commission agreed to Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s request on Saturday morning to let an “expert” from his delegation come back for a more technical discussion on EVMs, little did it realise this ‘expert’ was Hari Prasad, a Hyderabad-based researcher arrested in 2010 in a one-of-it’s-kind EVM theft case.

Amid growing murmurs over the likelihood of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Congress on Saturday refrained from announcing its candidate for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Varanasi constituency.

Jet’s three slots at London’s Heathrow airport have been returned to the company’s estranged partner Etihad. With UK hosting the ICC world cup this summer and expecting a surge in travel from cricket-crazed India, the cancellation of UK flights could not have come at a worse time. While the airline has so far said it is not operating international flights till Monday, a question mark hangs on its survival.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday continued to try to corner his opponents over the contentious Sabarimala issue, amplifying his message that his government was committed to protecting the tradition which forbade the entry of women of menstrual age into the Kerala shrine devoted to Lord Ayyappa.

Here are the big sports events lined up for Sunday (April 14) that comprise the action from Indian Premier League 2019.

Sensational fifties from Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers overshadowed Chris Gayle's unbeaten 99 as Royal Challengers finally snapped a six-match losing streak this IPL season with a eight-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab.

Sensational fifties from Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers overshadowed Chris Gayle's unbeaten 99 as Royal Challengers finally snapped a six-match losing streak this IPL season with a eight-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab.

While India has rejected China's invite for Belt and Road Forum meet, most of its neighbours including the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh have confirmed participation in the event. Diplomatic sources here said Bhutan is unlikely to attend the BRI Forum meet.

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The EC has written to the TDP asking how a person, Hari Prasad with criminal antecedents could be a part of a delegation led by its chief Chandrababu Naidu during his visit to the poll panel on Saturday. The Andhra Pradesh CM met EC officials and submitted a memorandum alleging that a large number of EVMs malfunctioned during polling in the state.

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