Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi and Election Commissioners Achal Kumar Joti and Om Prakash Rawat are to review arrangements being made for Assembly elections in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu on February 9, 10 and 11. The team will review poll preparedness Puducherry on Tuesday and in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday and Thursday.

Tickets sales for the ICC World T20 open today. India is hosting the tournament, which will begin on March 8 and end on April 3. Meanwhile, India takes on Sri Lanka in the first game of a three-match T20 series in Pune today.

Today, Maharashtra government is to give its opinion on a public interest litigation challenging the decision of Haji Ali Trust to ban the entry of women in the sanctum sanctorum of the historic Durgah in Mumbai. A Bombay High Court bench had asked Advocate General Srihari Aney to submit the State’s arguments on the issue.

The next round of flash sale of Le 1s starts at 12 noon today on Flipkart. The budget smartphone from Chinese player LeEco (previously Letv) went on flash sale last week. The smartphone units were out of stock by 1 pm on the e-commerce site.

As the US presidential election process hots up, Republican and Democratic candidates will face off in the New Hampshire primary. While this is the first primary of the US election process, it is the second contest behind the Iowa caucus. It is a key race as it allows candidates to find out how they appeal to a broader audience.

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