Telangana

Hyderabad: The counting of votes for the Jubilee Hills by-election in Telangana has begun at the Kotla Vijayabhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium in Yusufguda. A total of 42 counting tables have been set up to process votes from 407 polling stations. The by-election is being closely watched as a key contest for both the ruling Congress government and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS). Congress Takes Early Lead in Postal Ballots Counting began with postal ballots, and Congress has taken an early lead. Out of 109 postal ballots, 103 have been counted so far, with Congress candidate Naveen Yadav ahead of BRS’s Sunita Manganti. EVM Counting Underway The Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) counting started at 9:05 AM in the Sheikpet division, where Congress maintained its lead in the first round...