-1768467465545_d.png "'Polling booths placed far apart to stop people from voting against BJP'")
As voting began across 29 civic bodies in Maharashtra, NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar alleged polling booth misplacement, EVM discrepancies, and poll code violations to favour the BJP. Early trends in the BMC elections showed low turnout, with male voters outnumbering women
15 January,2026 03:01 PM IST | Pimpri-Chinchwad (Maharashtra) | ANI-1768465316892_d.png "Kerala achieves first-ever organ transport with the help of a commercial airline")
Kerala used a commercial airline for organ transport for the first time, flying a donor kidney from Kannur to Thiruvananthapuram on an IndiGo flight for a transplant, coordinated by K-SOTTO
15 January,2026 02:22 PM IST | Thiruvananthapuram | PTI
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) leader Ankush Kakade claimed the EVM malfunctioned while he was casting his vote and demanded that a formal complaint be registered with election officials
15 January,2026 02:19 PM IST | Mumbai | Archana Dahiwal
A total of 2,067 polling centres have been designated across the city. To monitor the voting process, PCMC has installed 4,528 CCTV cameras covering every polling location. Each polling centre has been equipped with cameras inside the voting room, outside the polling centre, and at the building entrance
15 January,2026 01:50 PM IST | Pune | Archana DahiwalADVERTISEMENT
