| | More than 172 million people across 11 states and Union territories, ranging from the riverine islands of Assam to the coast of Gujarat and from the Konkan coast in Karnataka to western Uttar Pradesh, will vote in 93 Lok Sabha seats on Tuesday, sealing the fates of 1,331 candidates, including six Union ministers and four former chief ministers. HT brings you a round-up of the most important and interesting stories, so you don’t miss your daily dose of news. | | | THE BIG STORY Ph-3 today: 93 seats up for grabs across states More than 172 million people across 11 states and Union territories, ranging from the riverine islands of Assam to the coast of Gujarat and from the Konkan coast in Karnataka to western Uttar Pradesh, will vote in 93 Lok Sabha seats on Tuesday, sealing the fates of 1,331 candidates, including six Union ministers and four former chief ministers. When voting closes on Tuesday, more than half of India’s 543 Lok Sabha seats – 282 to be exact – would have gone to the polls, marking a crucial turn in the six-week-long general elections that began last month. At stake will be all 26 seats in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stronghold of Gujarat, as well as 14 seats in the Congress-ruled Karnataka and 11 in Maharashtra, where splintering regional forces have rendered the elections unpredictable. Read more. | THE BIG QUESTION ED seizes piles of cash in Jharkhand search: Who is Alamgir Alam? The Enforcement Directorate (ED) carried out multiple raids across Ranchi on Monday, recovering close to ₹35.23 crore in cash from the residence of a man allegedly connected to the officer on special duty (OSD) to state rural development and parliamentary affairs minister Alamgir Alam. In raids that continued through the day across at least six places in Jharkhand’s capital, ₹3 crore was also allegedly recovered from the home of a builder, also ostensibly linked to the OSD. The recoveries set off a political firestorm in the state ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, with polling across its 14 seats set to begin on May 13, spread across four phases. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) asked for the Election Commission to step in and probe the matter, while the Congress questioned the timing of the raids. Read more. | STORIES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED |  This 111-year-old firm’s name runs from A to Z. It just admitted in court that its AZD1222 vaccine, marketed as CoviShield, can cause a rare side effect. Symptoms include blood clots, low platelet count and more. Which pharma giant? | FROM THE EDIT PAGE Waiting for the voters to turn up The general elections cross the halfway mark today as another 93 constituencies go to the polls — polling was completed in 190 constituencies in the first two phases. As per the 2019 results, the contest in the first two phases was near even, whereas the BJP swept the seats in the third phase — along with its allies it won 75 of the 93 third-phase seats in the last elections while the INDIA bloc won just 11. Political parties that have the skills to smell a win or a loss will be better placed to gauge the mood of the electorate by the end of polling Tuesday, something that should make itself evident in their outreach and messaging in the run-up to the fourth phase polling, on May 13. Read more. | | | Infographic of the Day  (Click to expand) |  AstraZeneca | PHOTO OF THE DAY The Imperial pink | HT This Day: May 7, 1948 West Bengal cabinet reconstituted  (Click to expand) Dr B. C. Roy, Premier of West Bengal who had submitted the resignation of his cabinet to the West Bengal Governor, Mr C. Rajagopalachari, on the invitation of the Governor formed a new Cabinet of 10 Ministers. The new Cabinet was sworn in at Government House this afternoon. Read more. | Were you forwarded this email? Did you stumble upon it online? Sign up here. | | | | | | | | | Get the Hindustan Times app and read premium stories | | | | | | View in Browser | Privacy Policy | Contact us You received this email because you signed up for HT Newsletters or because it is included in your subscription. Copyright © HT Digital Streams. All Rights Reserved | | | | |
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