Phase 2 of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 will begin on April 18. 11 states and 1 union territory will vote to elect representatives for 95 seats. The states that would be casting their votes are Assam, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Union Territory Puducherry. The voting time for Phase 2 elections will be from 7 AM to 6 PM.

The AAP (Aam Aadmi Party) candidates will begin filing their nominations for all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi on Thursday. The party is still in talks with the Congress for an alliance in 18 seats in Delhi, Haryana and Chandigarh. The Congress has agreed for an alliance only in Delhi by offering AAP four of the seven seats.

Air India is set to resume its flight services to Madrid from New Delhi from April 18, the airline said Monday. The airline had temporarily suspended services to Madrid along with Birmingham from New Delhi last month following the closure of the Pakistani airspace for all West-bound flights to and from India. The national carrier operates three times-a-week flight services to the Spanish capital from New Delhi.

Delhi Capitals will take on Mumbai Indians in an IPL match on April 18 at the Feroze Shah Kotla in New Delhi. The winner of the match will have a spot in the playoffs while the team that loses will take on Kings XI Punjab.

The results of the investigation by United States (US) special counsel, Robert S Mueller III, will be public on April 18. The nearly 400-page treatise is likely to add significantly to the understanding of Russia’s 2016 election interference and President Trump’s efforts to control federal inquiries into the matter. Last month, US Attorney General William P Barr said last month that the special counsel did not find that anyone associated with the Trump campaign worked with the Russian government to illegally influence the election.

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