Arvind Kejriwal Slams Election Commission Over Delay In Final Voter Turnout & Other Top Stories

Times Of India: Former Jammu And Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's "considerable influence" over people, including the ability to attract voters to polling booths despite poll boycott calls and the potential for channelling energies of public for any cause, has been cited in support of his detention under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA). Students of Gargi College called for a protest march on Monday, blaming the administration over the alleged sexual assaults by men who had broken into their campus on the third day of the college fest on February 6. The Aam Aadmi Party alleged a conspiracy over the "delay" in the Election Commission's announcement of the final voter turnout figures.

HindustanTimes: The dossier by the Jammu and Kashmir administration cities the former state chief minister Omar Abdullah capable of "garnering votes even during the peak of militancy and poll boycotts" in support of his detention under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA). Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal has criticised the Election Commission for "a delay" in compiling the final numbers. The number of people who have died after being infected by the novel coronavirus rose to 813 on Sunday, surpassing in less than two months the death toll during the eight-month-long outbreak of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus in 2003.

Telegraph: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that the delay by the Election Commission in releasing the final voter turnout after the assembly polls held on Saturday was "absolutely shocking". Former chief minister Omar Abdullah's "considerable influence" over people, including the ability to attract voters to polling booths despite poll boycott calls and the potential for channelling energies of public for any cause, has been cited in support of his detention under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA).

Deccan Herald: The death toll in China's coronavirus outbreak rose to 811 on Sunday, surpassing the number of fatalities in the 2002-03 SARS epidemic, while over 37,000 people have been confirmed as being infected with the deadly virus that has spread to more than 25 countries. The "delay" in the release of final voter turnout figures for Delhi Assembly election on Saturday has drawn criticism from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal terming the time taken by the Election Commission "absolutely shocking". The Solar Orbiter mission - the European Space Agency's (ESA) probe that will look under the "skin of the sun" - will have a bit of India, or, to be more specific, Karnataka when launched on Monday.