Voters queue outside a polling station in Berhampore during Phase 1 of Bengal polls.

POLITICS

635 complaints, 41% turnout by 11 am as Bengal polling sees isolated tension

Women shield their faces with scarves amid the scorching heat as temperatures soar in Jaipur.

Environment

Heatwave tightens grip on Rajasthan as mercury nears 44°C, alert issued

 Bengal Phase 1 polling underway

POLITICS

Poll panel orders probe into intimidation claims in Bengal’s Domkal

Former Union law minister Kapil Sibal.

POLITICS

‘Experiment in disenfranchisement’: Kapil Sibal attacks poll panel

Eyewitnesses say the elephant did not display any aggression.

Nation

Elephant in ‘queue’ outside Bengal’s Jhargram voting booth causes brief alarm

People wait in queues before casting their votes in Nandigram, Purba Medinipur.

POLITICS

EVM glitches disrupt polling in few places as Bengal votes in first phase

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge speaks during an interview in Chennai.

POLITICS

Kharge urges Bengal voters to follow Constitution, uphold spirit of democracy

Sunetra Pawar

POLITICS

Deep connection with people: Sunetra Pawar after voting in Baramati by-poll

Polling officials leave for their respective polling stations in Purba Medinipur district, 22 April

POLITICS

Welfare vs promises: Bengal votes with TMC’s delivery edge under scrutiny

A video screengrab of the argument

Nation

Mumbai: Day after Worli traffic row, BJP minister and mayor apologise

Oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Mina Al Fajer, UAE.

Nation

India denies payments to Iran for Hormuz passage after ships fired upon

Satellite imagery indicated that trees had been felled without requisite approvals

Nation

NGT flags illegal tree felling in Dwarka sports project, orders action

People wait to submit petitions before a tribunal in Ranaghat, Nadia district, 20 April 20

POLITICS

Bengal tribunals clear just 136 — mostly poll staff — as lakhs remain off voter rolls