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Over 63 percent polling was reported in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections covering 88 seats across 13 states amid a few complaints of electronic voting machine glitches and bogus voting in some states. IMAGE: A woman votes at a polling station during the second phase of Lok Sabha elections, in Barmer, Rajasthan. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Voters in some villages of Uttar Pradesh's Mathura, Rajasthan's Banswara and Maharashtra's Parbhani were boycotting the polls over various issues ...

Anil Masih, the returning officer for the Chandigarh mayoral election whose result was overturned by the Supreme Court in February, on Friday tendered an unconditional apology to the apex court for his conduct. IMAGE: Returniong officer Anil Masih. Photograph: Screen grab He had faced the wrath of the Supreme Court which ordered his criminal prosecution for allegedly making a false statement before it and his "misdemeanour" during the counting of votes.   Masih said he would withdraw the ...