Bengal Phase 2 polls: Can BJP breach Mamata's fortress?
West Bengal enters the second and final phase of elections with 142 seats across seven districts, including Kolkata, Howrah, and South 24 Parganas.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has blamed the Congress party for the delay in the construction of Ram mandir at the disputed site in Ayodhya, in his election rally in Rajasthan's Alwar.
Modi said one of the Congress leaders had asked the Supreme Court to delay the Ayodhya hearing because of 2019 polls.
"Congress is dragging judiciary into politics. Congress is creating an atmosphere of fear for the judiciary. One of their leaders asked the Supreme Court to delay the Ayodhya hearing because of 2019 polls," he said.
West Bengal enters the second and final phase of elections with 142 seats across seven districts, including Kolkata, Howrah, and South 24 Parganas.
Ahead of the Tamil Nadu election results, TVK chief Vijay visited the Tiruchendur Murugan and Shirdi Saibaba temples.
In Odisha’s Keonjhar district, a daily wage labourer carried his sister's skeletal remains to a rural bank to claim her savings after being denied access without a death certificate.
A severe heatwave is currently sweeping across large parts of India, with the heatwave belt covering the entire North India region, parts of West and Central India, and isolated pockets in the east.