BJP, Trinamool Workers Clash During 4th Phase Voting In Bengal

Incidents of violence were reported in several parts of West Bengal during polling on Monday in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections. A clash broke out between BJP and Trinamool Congress workers in Durgapur.

In a brazen show of VIP culture, an Andhra Pradesh MLA slapped a voter, reportedly after he had objected to the legislator jumping the queue at a polling booth in Guntur district this morning.

Three generations of the Abdullah family on Monday cast their vote in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency, with National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah appealing to people to turn out in large numbers.

As the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections is underway, Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday announced that the party will provide financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh to the women of poor households.

People's Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti has written to the Election Commission to stop the alleged harassment and "illegal" arrest of the party workers.

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Sunday said restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir is not an issue for his party in the Lok Sabha polls, asserting that it will get the statehood anyway in view of commitment by the prime minister an