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violence were reported from West Bengal on Monday as BJP and Trinamool workers got injured during clashes in parts of Barrackpore, Howrah, Bangaon and Arambagh seats.

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Follow Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live Updates here Eight states/UTs which went to the polls in Phase 5 of the Lok Sabha Elections were Bihar (5 seats), Jammu and Kashmir (1 seat), Ladakh (1 seat), Jharkhand (3 seats), Maharashtra (13 seats), Odisha (5 seats), Uttar Pradesh (14 seats), and West Bengal (seven seats). Check full list of constituencies that voted in Phase 5 (on May 20) here Cities like Mumbai, Thane and Lucknow voted in this phase, “which have in the past suffered from urban apathy in voting," the Election Commission said.

A former New York registered investment advisor has been convicted in connection with a scheme to misappropriate more than $1 million from clients – and faces up to 30 years in prison.

Lok Sabha constituencies, Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar said that police personnel were deployed at polling booths yesterday itself.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and candidate from Hooghly, Locket Chatterjee said that while there are instances of threats at some places in her constituency, the overall situation is peaceful and everyone will be exercising their franchise.

security personnel, including 102 companies of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) and 66 platoons of Odisha Armed Police, have been deployed for the May 20 simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections in the state. In the second phase, the fifth at the national level, five parliamentary constituencies — Aska, Kandhamal, Bargarh, Bolangir, and Sundargarh — and 35 associated assembly seats will vote. These are spread across nine districts, including Maoist-hit areas of Kandhamal, Boudh, Bolangir, and Baragarh. The first phase of elections, covering four parliamentary and 28 assembly constituencies, was conducted peacefully on May 13. Despite six Naxal-hit districts falling within the polling zones, no Maoist-related violence occurred during the polls due to robust anti-Maoist operations and real-time intelligence, DGP Arun Sarangi said on Sunday.

Monday in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024. This marks the final polling process in the state, which has been conducted over five phases: April 19, April 26, May 7, May 13, and May 20. Vote counting is scheduled for June 4.

Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal, who has been accused by her party of being part of a conspiracy to frame Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a false case, on Sunday said her party colleagues once sought justice for Nirbhaya but today they are supporting a person accused of assaulting her. She said if AAP leader and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, who is in jail in connection with the Delhi excise police case, had been here «maybe things wouldn't have been so bad for me!» Maliwal has alleged that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar assaulted her on May 13 when she went to the CM's residence to meet him. The Aam Aadmi Party has trashed her allegations and claimed Maliwal was acting at the behest of the BJP to frame Kejriwal in a fake case. Maliwal, who has been associated with the AAP since its inception more than 10 years ago, said on Sunday there was a time when «we all used to come out on the streets to get justice for Nirbhaya».

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal holding a protest at the BJP headquarters over the arrest of Bibhav Kumar in the Swati Maliwal alleged assault case on Sunday, Congress leader Salman Khurshid said it is not easy to give a direct challenge to the Prime Minister. «It is not easy to give a direct challenge to a Prime Minister and he (Arvind Kejriwal) is doing that. The thoughts and emotions that are in his and his party workers' minds, common people have the same thoughts and emotions. He will get support from many people. It is now interesting to see how PM Modi will react to this,» Khurshid told ANI. Meanwhile, security has been tightened outside BJP headquarters in Delhi in view of the protest by Aam Aadmi Party leaders and workers here.

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ports in the United Arab Emirates this week, including the Port of Fujairah in the Indian Ocean Region, and held discussions with the customs authorities on kickstarting the India-UAE leg of the proposed India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), said people with knowledge of the matter. The visit aimed at preparing the India-UAE leg of the IMEC while awaiting peace in the region for the Israel part, they said. The development comes close on the heels of India signing a 10-year-pact to manage Iran's Chabahar Port, which is expected to bolster India's trade ties with Central Asia and Eurasia, signalling ongoing efforts to secure India's strategic interests amid general election, said experts.

Poland is investing about $2.5 billion to step up security and deterrence on its borders with Russia and its ally Belarus, the prime minister said Saturday. Donald Tusk said work on the Shield-East project which includes building proper military fortifications has already begun. Poland is on the eastern flank of NATO and of the European Union and Tusk stressed it bears additional responsibility for Europe's security. «We have taken the decision to invest into our safety and first of all, into a safe eastern border, some 10 billion zlotys ($2.5 billion),» Tusk said.

India is a friend of the world and the global community expects it to contribute significantly in bringing peace to war-torn Ukraine, Swiss State Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alexandre Fasel said on Friday as Switzerland prepares to host a major summit next month to end the conflict in Ukraine. Fasel held wide-ranging talks with his Indian interlocutors and extended an invitation to the Indian prime minister for participating at the summit that is aimed at charting a course for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine. Switzerland has extended invitations to over 160 countries for the summit to be held on June 15 and 16. «India is a friend of the world. There is really an expectation from the international community that India can contribute to this (peace) process,» Fasel told PTI in an interview.

San Francisco-based RIA Robertson Stephens has announced another move broadening its footprint in the Western US.

ZORO) — in Mizoram on Thursday to protest the government's decision to fence the India-Myanmar border and scrap the Free Movement Regime (FMR) between the two countries. The peaceful protest rallies were held at Zokhawthar and Vaphai villages in Champhai district bordering Myanmar. ZORO general secretary L. Ramdinliana Renthlei said that protesting the Centre's decision to fence the India-Myanmar border and scrapping the FMR, thousands of men and women took part in the two rallies at Vaphai and Zokhawthar along Myanmar borders.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has thanked Chinese leader Xi Jinping for China’s proposals on ending the war in Ukraine, which have been rejected by Ukraine and its Western supporters as largely following the Kremlin’s line

terrorists were gunned down as the Indian Army foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, sources said. The search operation was underway in the area at the time of filing this report. «On specific intelligence input, a joint search operation was launched by the Indian Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police in the general area of Amrohi, Tangdhar, and Kupwara on May 15, 2024,» read a post on the official X handle of the army's Chinar Corps.

Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) is part of India and it will be taken back, Union home minister Amit Shah asserted on Wednesday. Shah said this while speaking at a rally in Serampore, West Bengal. On Wednesday, he addressed another rally at Aska in Odisha. PoK recently witnessed protests where the «azaadi» slogans were raised, Shah said in Serampore.

Vladimir Putin says the Kremlin is prepared to negotiate over the conflict in Ukraine, in an interview with Chinese media on the eve of visit to partner Beijing that has backed Moscow in its full-scale invasion of its neighbour. «We are open to a dialogue on Ukraine, but such negotiations must take into account the interests of all countries involved in the conflict, including ours,» Putin was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency on Wednesday.

By Howard Levitt and Gregory Sills