Today s News Headlines
Union power minister RK Singh today denied reports of cyberattacks behind the Mumbai blackout last year and said it was caused due to human error .
Singh, however, did confirm that some cyberattacks took place on India s northern and southern region load dispatch centres but added that the malware could not reach the operating system. Two teams had investigated the Mumbai power outage and submitted a report, he added. Read more
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today surged ahead of Congress in the Gujarat civic body polls.
BJP won 2,085 seats gaining a lead ahead of Congress which won 602 seats so far across various municipalities, district and taluka panchayats in Gujarat. The results for 2,771 seats out of the total 8,474 were declared till 1 pm. Counting of votes is underway since 9 am in 81 municipalities, 31 district panchayats, and 231 taluka panchayats where elections were held on Sunday. Read more