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Actor-turned-politician Moon Moon Sen, a Trinamool Congress candidate for the national election, was again accused of making a comment that undermined the violence in Bengal on the last day of voting for the national election on Sunday. "This is a tiny bit of violence," Moon Moon Sen said as she responded to a question on the vandalism of a statue of iconic 19th century reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar during clashes in Kolkata at BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow last week.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today offered prayers at Badrinath temple in the upper reaches of Uttarakhand, a day after he spent hours meditating inside a cave in Kedarnath in the hill state.

Several Union ministers, including Vijay Goel, Prakash Javadekar, Nirmala Sitaraman and Sushma Swaraj, have not cleared dues on their official bungalows till February, the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry said.

BJP's Delhi unit on Sunday wrote to the city police demanding withdrawal of Arvind Kejriwal's security cover after the chief minister alleged that he fears being assassinated by his own security detail.

Voting percentage till 1 pm was highest in Jharkhand with 52.9 per cent and lowest in Bihar with 32 per cent people voting.

Residents on Ghoramara fear that the votes they cast on Sunday in the national election may be the last before their island sinks into the Bay of Bengal -- a victim of climate change's growing toll.

Crude bombs were flung in Bengal's Bhatpara as two groups clashed and elsewhere, three BJP candidates claimed they came under attack on the last day of polling in the state. Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called for the presence of Central forces in the state till the counting of votes gets over.

Shouting "no road, no vote", a group of villagers in Bihar's Nalanda district today boycotted polling and smashed an electronic voting machine (EVM). The group was protesting against alleged lack of proper road connectivity and development.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party Chief N Chandrababu Naidu will also meet UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi today.

BJP's Bengal in-charge Kailash Vijayvargiya today slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and claimed that her goons are running the state.

"Every vote matters" is a message that the Election Commission and political leaders often repeat to make people realise the importance of voting in world's largest democracy.

Bihar politician Lalu Yadav's son Tej Pratap has denied that his security guards thrashed a video journalist in Patna on Sunday as voting in the Lok Sabha election entered its final day. He called it a "conspiracy to kill" him.

Polling is in progress in four constituencies of Tamil Nadu today, with people turning up in good numbers to cast their ballot in the by-elections.

In every phase of voting, actors and celebrities have encouraged people to go out and exercise their franchise. Bollywood star Farhan Akhtar today went a step further, asking the "electorate of Bhopal" to not vote for the BJP candidate, Pragya Singh Thakur, who sparked a row by praising Mahatma Gandhi's assassin as Nathuram Godse

Misa Bharti is contesting theelection from the Pataliputra constituency, where she faces sitting parliamentarian (and former RJD leader) Ram Kripal Yadav of the BJP