Voting  

The Hyderabad District Election Officer released the list of alternative documents that can be used in place of the EPIC card during Telangana Assembly polls on December 7

EVMs are nations' pride and cannot be hacked. People should be careful before spreading such rumours, said Hyderabad election officer Dhana Kishore.

With the Telangana elections nearing, tight security has been placed with 35,000 police personnel deployed in and around the state
 

A total of 687 polling stations have been categorised as "hypersensitive", including 491 in Kashmir division and 196 in Jammu division

Ramanagara JD(S) candidate, Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy's wife Anitha Kumaswamy paid a visit to Kampanahalli village Koti Anjenayaswamy temple; Yeddyurappa along with son and candidate from Shivamogga visited Hucharaya Swamy temple.

At 11 AM, the Lok Sabha constituencies of Shivamogga recorded 17.37%, Ballari 24.58% and Mandya recorded 13.36%, and assembly constituencies Ramanagara recorded 21.51% and Jamakhandi recorded 22.3% voters turn out.
 

Karnataka by-election: A snake shocked the staff on election duty at one of the polling booths in Ramanagara. Voting started only after making sure the snake was taken away and was not seen anywhere near the booth.

Karnataka begins voting today in a critical set of by-elections that will test the Congress-JD(S) coalition in the state. Voting for three Lok Sabha and two Assembly seats started at 7 AM.