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A Delhi court on Saturday (Jun 1) reserved its ruling on&nbsp;Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's bail extension plea and said it will pronounce the order on June 5, paving the way for his return to Tihar jail on Sunday (June 2). The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader was allowed interim bail by the Supreme Court of India (SCI) till June 1 in order to let him campaign for his party against the backdrop of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

Kejriwal's advocate N Hariharan made it clear in the Rouse Avenue Court that, "It's not a plea for an extension of the SC order, it is an application for medical bail."

Earlier, Kejriwal had claimed before the court that&nbsp;"he had lost 6kg during the 50 days he spent in jail - from 70kg to 64kg - and had failed to regain it after being freed on interim bail."

"Doctors are saying this can also be a sign of some major disease in the body. Many tests need to be done. The ketone level in my urine has also increased a lot," he added.

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During the hearing, representatives of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) opposed Kejriwal's bail extension plea, saying the Supreme Court order only allowed the Delhi CM to file a regular bail application.

The ED also said before Special Judge Kaveri Baweja that Kejriwal has made false claims regarding his ill health and has suppressed important facts.

The agency also disputed Kejriwal's weight loss claims, saying he has gained one kilogramme of weight instead. It added Kejriwal couldn't take time to take medical tests over the past weeks even as he roamed around the country to do campaigning.

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Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Raju also emphasised that Kejriwal couldn't request an extension of bail as he was not currently detained. He argued that interim bail is only permitted if an individual is in custody.

The ED also highlighted that the power to release a person on bail detained under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act only lies with the High Court and the Supreme Court and a trial court can't do so.

(With inputs from agencies)

A Delhi court on Saturday (Jun 1) reserved its ruling on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's bail extension plea and said it will pronounce the order on June 5, paving the way for his return to Tihar jail on Sunday (June 2).

A Delhi court on Saturday (Jun 1) reserved its ruling on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's bail extension plea and said it will pronounce the order on June 5, paving the way for his return to Tihar jail on Sunday (June 2). The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader was allowed interim bail by the Supreme Court of India (SCI) till June 1 in order to let him campaign for his party against the backdrop of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. Kejriwal's advocate N Hariharan made it clear in the Rouse Avenue Court that, "It's not a plea for an extension of the SC order, it is an application for medical bail." Earlier, Kejriwal had claimed before the court that "he had lost 6kg during the 50 days he spent in jail - from 70kg to 64kg - and had failed to regain it after being freed on interim bail." "Doctors are saying this can also be a sign of some major disease in the body. Many tests need to be done. The ketone level in my urine has also increased a lot," he added. Also read: Delhi excise policy case: CM Arvind Kejriwal moves court seeking regular bail During the hearing, representatives of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) opposed Kejriwal's bail extension plea, saying the Supreme Court order only allowed the Delhi CM to file a regular bail application. The ED also said before Special Judge Kaveri Baweja that Kejriwal has made false claims regarding his ill health and has suppressed important facts. The agency also disputed Kejriwal's weight loss claims, saying he has gained one kilogramme of weight instead. It added Kejriwal couldn't take time to take medical tests over the past weeks even as he roamed around the country to do campaigning. Also read: Arvind Kejriwal urges voters to exercise franchise to end `dictatorship` Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Raju also emphasised that Kejriwal couldn't request an extension of bail as he was not currently detained. He argued that interim bail is only permitted if an individual is in custody. The ED also highlighted that the power to release a person on bail detained under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act only lies with the High Court and the Supreme Court and a trial court can't do so. (With inputs from agencies)

Kejriwal set to return to Tihar jail on June 2; ED accuses Delhi CM of ‘suppressing facts’ in bail plea

The world’s largest democracy is undergoing one of its biggest elections. The polling for the general elections in 2024 started on April 19, which was the first of the seven-phase elections. India will now go into the second phase of the election on Friday (Apr 26). Watch in for more details!

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Punjab recorded a voter turnout of 17.77 per cent at 11 am on Sunday in the ongoing Assembly elections.

According to the Election Commission of India, Sri Muktsar Sahib witnessed the highest voter turnout of 23.34 per cent followed by Fazilka (22.55 per cent) and Malerkotla (22.07 per cent) till 11 am.Pathankot recorded the lowest percentage of voter turnout of 12.44 per cent.&nbsp;

Further, while Sahibjada Ajit Singh Nagar saw 13.15 per cent voter turnout.Jalandhar reported 14.30 per cent voter turnout, Ludhiana recorded 15.58 per cent while Moga registered 16.29 per cent polling.Meanwhile, Hoshiarpur recorded 18.88 per cent while Kapurthala recorded 16.03 per cent. Mansa recorded 19.75 per cent. Moga recorded 16.29 per cent.Assembly polls for electing 117 assembly seats in Punjab will be held on February 20.

The results will be declared on March 10.In the 2017 Assembly polls in the state, the Congress had won an absolute majority by winning 77 seats, ousting the SAD-BJP government, which had been in power for 10 years.&nbsp;

Punjab recorded a voter turnout of 17.77 per cent at 11 am on Sunday in the ongoing Assembly elections. According to the Election Commission of India, Sri Muktsar Sahib witnessed the highest voter turnout of 23.

Punjab recorded a voter turnout of 17.77 per cent at 11 am on Sunday in the ongoing Assembly elections. According to the Election Commission of India, Sri Muktsar Sahib witnessed the highest voter turnout of 23.34 per cent followed by Fazilka (22.55 per cent) and Malerkotla (22.07 per cent) till 11 am.Pathankot recorded the lowest percentage of voter turnout of 12.44 per cent. Further, while Sahibjada Ajit Singh Nagar saw 13.15 per cent voter turnout.Jalandhar reported 14.30 per cent voter turnout, Ludhiana recorded 15.58 per cent while Moga registered 16.29 per cent polling.Meanwhile, Hoshiarpur recorded 18.88 per cent while Kapurthala recorded 16.03 per cent. Mansa recorded 19.75 per cent. Moga recorded 16.29 per cent.Assembly polls for electing 117 assembly seats in Punjab will be held on February 20. The results will be declared on March 10.In the 2017 Assembly polls in the state, the Congress had won an absolute majority by winning 77 seats, ousting the SAD-BJP government, which had been in power for 10 years.

Punjab reports 17.77 pc voter turnout till 11 am

Voting for the first phase of Lok Sabha Election 2019 began at 7 am on Thursday, April 11.Ninety-one constituencies spread across 18 states and two union territories will vote in this initial phase. Watch video to know more

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Facebook has deployed technology tools like artificial intelligence and thousands of people to work on security as the company's "major focus" this year is to protect the integrity of upcoming elections in several countries, including India, on its platform, its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said.

Terming 2018 a "big year" for elections, Zuckerberg said Facebook was enhancing its security features to prevent trolls from spreading information.

The social media giant has been slammed over a major data breach scandal by Cambridge Analytica, a British firm linked to Donald Trump's presidential campaign.

"In the US Senate Alabama special election last year, we successfully deployed some new artificial intelligence (AI) tools that removed Macedonian trolls who were trying to spread information during the election. We now have about 15,000 people working on security and content review and we'll have more than 20,000 by the end of this year," Zuckerberg told reporters during a conference call yesterday.

"This is going to be a big year for elections ahead with the US midterms and elections in India, Brazil, Mexico, Pakistan, Hungary and others. This is going to be a major focus for us," he said.

Several Indian states like Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh are scheduled to go for polls this year and the general elections are due in a little over a year from now.

A day earlier, Zuckerberg said Facebook had taken big steps by taking down Russia's Internet Research Agency (IRA) pages that were targeting the US.

"Since we became aware of their activity after the 2016 US elections, we've been working to root out the IRA and protect the integrity of elections around the world," he said.

"There have been a number of important elections that we've focused on. A few months after the 2016 elections, there was a French presidential election and leading up to that we deployed some new AI tools that took down more than 30,000 fake accounts," he said.

In German election, the company developed a new playbook for working with the local election commission on share information on threats it received, he said.

"We have more work to do here and we're going to continue working very hard to defend against them. There's the Mexican presidential election, there are big elections in India and Brazil as well as in Pakistan and Hungary and a number of other countries and the US midterms, of course," he said.

Zuckerberg pointed out three different types of activity that required different strategies for fighting.

Economic actors, who are basically spammers the second are governments trying to interfere in elections, and then the third is just polarisation and sometimes lack of truthfulness in what you've described as the media, he said.

"If we just make it so that the economics stop working for them then they'll move on to something else. I mean, these are literally the same type of people who had been sending you Viagra e-mails in the '90s. We can attack it on both sides. On the revenue side, we make it so that they can't run the Facebook ad network," he said.

The second category are the national security type issues, Zuckerberg said, adding that is the Russian election interference.

"In order to solve that, what we need to do is to identify these bad actors...What we need to do is to just track that really carefully in order to just be able to remove it from Facebook entirely," he said.

Zuckerberg alleged that some media organisations that are sanctioned news outlets in Russia when investigated closely over time, clearly come out as organisations completely owned, controlled and operated by the IRA.

"So we take them down and treat that as a security issue," he said.

Facebook has deployed technology tools like artificial intelligence and thousands of people to work on security as the company's 'major focus' this year is to protect the integrity of upcoming elections in several countries

Facebook has deployed technology tools like artificial intelligence and thousands of people to work on security as the company's "major focus" this year is to protect the integrity of upcoming elections in several countries, including India, on its platform, its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said. Terming 2018 a "big year" for elections, Zuckerberg said Facebook was enhancing its security features to prevent trolls from spreading information. The social media giant has been slammed over a major data breach scandal by Cambridge Analytica, a British firm linked to Donald Trump's presidential campaign. "In the US Senate Alabama special election last year, we successfully deployed some new artificial intelligence (AI) tools that removed Macedonian trolls who were trying to spread information during the election. We now have about 15,000 people working on security and content review and we'll have more than 20,000 by the end of this year," Zuckerberg told reporters during a conference call yesterday. "This is going to be a big year for elections ahead with the US midterms and elections in India, Brazil, Mexico, Pakistan, Hungary and others. This is going to be a major focus for us," he said. Several Indian states like Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh are scheduled to go for polls this year and the general elections are due in a little over a year from now. A day earlier, Zuckerberg said Facebook had taken big steps by taking down Russia's Internet Research Agency (IRA) pages that were targeting the US. "Since we became aware of their activity after the 2016 US elections, we've been working to root out the IRA and protect the integrity of elections around the world," he said. "There have been a number of important elections that we've focused on. A few months after the 2016 elections, there was a French presidential election and leading up to that we deployed some new AI tools that took down more than 30,000 fake accounts," he said. In German election, the company developed a new playbook for working with the local election commission on share information on threats it received, he said. "We have more work to do here and we're going to continue working very hard to defend against them. There's the Mexican presidential election, there are big elections in India and Brazil as well as in Pakistan and Hungary and a number of other countries and the US midterms, of course," he said. Zuckerberg pointed out three different types of activity that required different strategies for fighting. Economic actors, who are basically spammers the second are governments trying to interfere in elections, and then the third is just polarisation and sometimes lack of truthfulness in what you've described as the media, he said. "If we just make it so that the economics stop working for them then they'll move on to something else. I mean, these are literally the same type of people who had been sending you Viagra e-mails in the '90s. We can attack it on both sides. On the revenue side, we make it so that they can't run the Facebook ad network," he said. The second category are the national security type issues, Zuckerberg said, adding that is the Russian election interference. "In order to solve that, what we need to do is to identify these bad actors...What we need to do is to just track that really carefully in order to just be able to remove it from Facebook entirely," he said. Zuckerberg alleged that some media organisations that are sanctioned news outlets in Russia when investigated closely over time, clearly come out as organisations completely owned, controlled and operated by the IRA. "So we take them down and treat that as a security issue," he said.

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