India gears up for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections with 1,206 candidates vying for victory across 13 states. Kerala will witness voting on all 20 seats, while Karnataka, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Manipur, Tripura, and Jammu and Kashmir will also see polling. After this phase, elections will conclude in Kerala, Rajasthan, and Tripura.

Hours before the PM’s post, as the video of her speech started getting shared widely, Sharma herself took to X and said she was “overwhelmed” by the response

Neha Hiremath (23), daughter of Congress councilor of Hubballi-Dharwad Muncipal Corporation Niranjan Hiremath, was stabbed to death on the campus of BVB College on April 18 by her former classmate Fayaz Khondunaik.