source: x Indigo system faces outage A tech fault at Indigo Airlines lasted for more than seven hours leading to long queues for check-ins, baggage drop points at airports across the country. Social media was buzzing with passengers sharing pictures of long queues at airports, handwritten boarding passes. By evening, sytem was partially up chennai l Sunday l October 06, 2024 l `12.00 l PAGES 26 l late city EDITION CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI Pollsters predict BJP’s Haryana exit R A J E S H K U M A R T H A K U R @ New Delhi metro union govt to fund 65% cost of Phase-II The finance ministry said the centre’s funding will include `33,593-cr loan, besides `7,425-cr equity and subordinate debt. TN to fund 35% cost, or about `22,000 crore | P3 WITH THIS ISSUE The Ghost Houses of Kerala PLUS 12 PAGES Pollsters on Saturday predicted the exit of BJP rule in Haryana, giving the Congress a clear majority. They also saw a Congress edge in J&K as it has a prepoll alliance with the National Conference. The exit poll results came in shortly after polling concluding in Haryana, where the voter turnout was over 61%. The counting of votes in both states is scheduled for Tuesday October 8. , In Haryana, the contest was particularly intense, with the ruling BJP facing severe anti-incumbency having stayed in power for , two consecutive terms. The AAP did not appear to have an impact in the state. Bouyed by the exit poll outcome, former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the decision on chief minis- ter’s face will be taken by the party’s high command after factoring in the opinions of the party’s lawmakers. Peoples’ Pulse gave the Congress an average of 55 seats in Haryana while the BJP was trailing at 26. The Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), which was in alliance with the BJP till a few weeks ago, was heading for a washout, as was the Indian National Lok Dal. All exit polls placed the Congress far ahead of the BJP . In J&K, the C-Voter-India Today survey put the National Conference-Congress alliance at 40-48 seats and the BJP at 27-32 in the 90-member assembly Awami Itte. had Party chief Sheikh Abdul Rashid was courted by Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi, who called on him at his residence. It led to speculation about the Congress seeking his support for a coalition government. Seats: 90 | Target: 46 Cong+ JJP+ INLD+ AAP OTH 53-65 0 1-5 0 3-8 44-54 0-1 1-5 0-1 4-9 50-64 0 0 0 2-8 J&K Source Seats: 90 | Target: 46 BJP Axis My India 24-34 Cong+NC PDP OTH 35-45 4-6 8-23 20-25 35-40 4-7 12-18 Gulistan News 28-30 31-36 5-7 10-17 27-32 40-48 6-12 6-11 Dainik Bhaskar M S V i d ya n a n d a n @ T’Puram All pilgrims visiting the Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple, including those travelling on the forest routes, will have to make prior online booking during the upcoming Mandalam-Makaravilakku season. Also, the daily number of pilgrims visiting the shrine will be limited to 80,000. The Travancore Devaswom Board’s (TDB) proposal to make Virtual Queue booking mandatory for all pilgrims was approved by the high-level committee chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday . 50-58 0-2 0 0 10-14 45-53 49-61 0 0-1 0-2 2-3 0 0 4-6 3-5 55-62 0-3 3-6 0 2-5 India Today-C Voter 51-61 0 3-6 0 0-0 Peoples Pulse 23-27 46-50 7-11 4-6 55 0 2 0 7 Poll of Polls 27 41 7 15 “Virtual Queue booking is mandatory and those coming without prior booking will not be allowed to trek the main PampaSannidhanam route, and also the forest routes from Sathram and Azhutha-Kalaketti. Drinking water and kanji (gruel) supply will be arranged on the forest routes,” TDB president P S Prasanth told this newspaper. There will be no spot booking facility for pilgrims on any route this year. Prasanth said the pilgrims will have the freedom to change their route. “Our concern is the daily intake of pilgrims. They are free to change routes,” he said. express read no place for hate Australian pacer Schutt shines light on queer side of cricket K a lya n i M a n g a l e @ Dubai Poll of exit polls for two states Haryana Source BJP Axis My India 18-28 Dainik Bhaskar 19-29 Dhruv Research 22-32 India Today-C 20-28 Voter Jist-TIF Research 29-37 Peoples Pulse 20-32 Republic Bharat18-24 Matrize Republic TV27-35 P-Marq Poll of Polls 26 Online booking mandatory for visiting Sabarimala this season In the last few years, social media has proved to be a tool for women’s cricket. Not just from the fan engagement perspective, but the stories of the athletes have received a massive platform and there is no denying it. Just one look at the ever-increasing engagement numbers published by the ICC after every women’s tournament is proof of that. However, there is a gloomy side that affects the fans and athletes alike, especially the queer athletes. Australia pacer Megan Schutt is one of those players. The 31-year-old has been a proud openly queer player for years now (even before same-sex marriage was made legal in Australia) and had to deal with inappropriate comments about her sexuality on social media. She has never shied away from voicing her opinions, however these days, she has decided to pick and choose who to reply to. “Firstly, I don’t call them all out,” Schutt told this daily. “The ones that I feel are just trying to poke the bear. I don’t engage with them. They’re just using a derogatory comment because they can. Sometimes it can be in an uneducated way and that’s when I’ll probably react because I feel like if we can have a civil conversation and change someone’s mindset.” Schutt is not the only queer athlete at the ongoing T20 World Cup in UAE. England’s Natalie Sciver-Brunt and Danielle Wyatt-Hodge, New Zealand’s Lea Tahuhu, and Scotland’s Abbi AitkenDrummond are some of the openly gay players in this edition of the World Cup. P13 CM deputes 2 ministers to end Samsung strike Chennai: CM M K Stalin instructed ministers T R B Rajaa and T M Anbarasan to intervene and expedite conciliatory talks between Samsung workers, who are on strike since September 9, and the management. The next round of negotiations, in which Samsung is expected to take part, is scheduled for Monday | P4 MS’s grandson moves HC against award to Krishna Chennai: Claiming that musician T M Krishna had made disparaging remarks about M S Subbulakshmi, the Carnatic singer’s grandson filed a suit in the Madras HC seeking to restrain the Music Academy from presenting the Sangita Kalanidhi M S Subbulakshmi Award to T M Krishna | P7