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New Delhi: Election Commission has said that it will be logistically capable of holding simultaneous polls to state assemblies and Lok Sabha by September 2018. 

Election Commissioner OP Rawat said that the Centre had asked Election Commission about its requirements to hold simultaneous state and national polls. 

The commission told the government that funds will be needed for requisite number of EVMs and VVPATs and it has got 15,400 crore rupees for the purpose. Mr Rawat was speaking at a function to launch Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) network in Bhopal yesterday. 

New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over employment and asked him to address the issue instead of "wasting time" of the countrymen.

On a visit to his Lok Sabha constituency Amethi on Wednesday, Rahul said the prime minister should say if he is unable to address the problems like unemployment and the Congress will come and do it in six months.

"Farmers and youth are the two main issues concerning India and if Modiji cannot address these, he should say so and the Congress will come and do it in six months," he said at a 'chaupal' (village gathering) in Kathawra village under Jagdispur area here in Uttar Pradesh.

New Delhi: The Panchkula court on Wednesday sent Honeypreet, the so-called adopted daughter of convicted Sirsa Dera Chief Ram Rahim Singh and Sukhdip, a Dera follower accompanying her on a six day police remand. They were produced before the court on Wednesday and Police had sought her 14 days remand.

Honeypreet's lawer opposed it, saying that police had already interrogated her after arrest on Tuesday and there is no need of remand. Police said that remand of Honeypreet is needed to recover the mobile used by her on August 25, the day when violence erupted in Panchkula and during the days, she evaded arrest. Police also contended before the court that Honeypreet was responsible for erupting violence in Panchkula and framing a plan to run away Dera Chief.