A tribal man in Odisha faced outrage after carrying his sister’s skeletal remains to a bank to claim her savings; the bank later processed the claim. 

 The BJP has fielded R Sreelekha, Kerala’s first woman IPS officer, while the Congress nominated K Muraleedharan, son of former chief minister K Karunakaran. 

 ‘Encounter’ specialist’ IPS Ajay Pal Sharma has been deployed as police observer for poll-bound Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district by the Election Commission. 

 ‘Encounter’ specialist’ IPS Ajay Pal Sharma has been deployed as police observer for poll-bound Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district by the Election Commission. 

 ‘Encounter’ specialist’ IPS Ajay Pal Sharma has been deployed as police observer for poll-bound Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district by the Election Commission.