{
  "id": 16857110,
  "title": "Polling underway for phase 2 of Rajasthan Panchayat polls, faulty EVMs delay start at few booths",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/polling-underway-for-phase-2-of-rajasthan-panchayat-polls-faulty-evms-16857110",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T05:57:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rajasthan/rajasthan-panchayat-polls-phase-2-polling-on-october-28-2026/article71634507.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The polling began at 7 a.m. for 352 wards of 22 zila parishads and 2,197 wards of 124 panchayat samitis. In some places, however, it was delayed as electronic voting machines (EVMs) malfunctioned",
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      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Polling underway for phase 2 of Rajasthan panchayat polls, faulty EVMs delay start at few booths",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/polling-underway-for-phase-2-of-rajasthan-panchayat-polls-faulty-evms",
        "published": "2026-10-28T04:41:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}