Those in Embassy-hired hotels should stay put indoors while maintaining regular contact with on-site embassy teams, the advisory read. 

 A total of 722 candidates are in the fray in Assam of which 59 are women. The state has 25.05 million voters 

 State home minister Govindas Konthoujam said two people succumbed to bullet injuries, and at least 31 were injured as CRPF personnel controlled a mob 

 RS MP Chadha deployed its dialogue in friction with own party AAP; the film was part of PM’s speech at BJP rally in Kerala too 

 Suprabuddha Sen, 88, and his wife, residents of Santiniketan, are among those whose names were deleted ahead of the Bengal Assembly elections later this month.