Morning Digest | 58 seats go to polls in 6th phase today; SRH defeats RR in IPL Qualifier to make the final

The Hindu’s Morning Digest on May 25, 2024, gives a select list of stories to start the day

58 seats to vote in Phase 6 on May 25

A total of 58 Lok Sabha seats in six States and two Union Territories will go to polls in the sixth and penultimate phase of the general election on Saturday. Over 11.13 crore people, including 5.84 crore men, 5.29 crore women and 5,120 third-gender electors, will exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 889 candidates. Over 8.93 lakh registered voters above 85 years of age, 23,659 centenarians, and 9.58 lakh voters with disabilities have been provided with the option to vote from their homes, the Election Commission (EC) said.

IPL-17 Qualifier 2: Shahbaz, Abhishek do the star turn for Sunrisers

A splendid bowling effort, masterminded by left-arm spinners Shahbaz Ahmed and Abhishek Sharma, helped Sunrisers Hyderabad defeat Rajasthan Royals by 36 runs at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium on Friday and march into its third Indian Premier League final.

Supreme Court denies interim order on booth-wise voter data

The Supreme Court on May 24 refused an NGO's plea to issue the Election Commission of India to upload authenticated, scanned and legible copies of Form 17C showing the account of votes recorded booth-wise after each phase of polling in Lok Sabha elections.

Modi calls Congress weak, says people in Himachal know value of ‘strong’ govt.