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 cast his vote in Ahmedabad in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday and said that a voter ID is more powerful than the IED (improvised explosive device) of terrorism.
"The weapon of terrorism is IED, the strength of democracy is voter ID. I can say with surety that the voter ID is much much more powerful than an IED, so we should understand the strength of our voter IDs. Voters know whom to vote. First-time voters are welcome to contribute in the making of the destiny of India. This 21st century is your time," said PM Modi.
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.