New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed the plea of all slips in the VVPAT machines used for the elections. The petition filed by the 21 opposition parties rejected by the Supreme Court. The petition sought to reopen the verdict of the Supreme Court challenging the sale of 5% VVPAT receipts. The vacation bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra rejected the plea of Chennai-based ‘tech for all’.

Arunachal Pradesh MLA and his son including 11 people shot dead by militants. The current MLA and NPP candidate Tiroong Abhou, two policemen and four people were killed. Tiroong, an MLA from Khonsawest constituency. He was fired from Assam by armed insurgents in the Bogwani village during his journey to his own constituency. The attack took place at 11.30 am. All the seven died on the spot. NPP president and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma demanded an investigation for the incident and the Center’s intervention.

Cairo: A blast near the Giza pyramids of Egypt. At least 17 tourists were injured in the explosion near the Grand Museum. The condition of three of the injured is critical.

The tourist bus from South Africa got attacked. There is a doubt that Muslim extremists are behind the blast. Four people were killed in an explosion near Giza Pyramid in December last year. The government declared probe into the incident.

Chennai: Kamal Haasan, the Tamil actor and the leader of Makkal Niti Mayyam, has been granted anticipatory bail in his statement that Nathuram Vinayak Godse was the first Hindu terrorist in India. The Madras High Court granted anticipatory bail in the case registered in the Aravakurichi police station for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. About 76 complaints were filed against Kamal Haasan in various controversies.

Some of the statements made by him in the election rally held on May 19 are controversial. He said that Godse was the first terrorist in India.