West Bengal election 2026 LIVE: The first phase of assembly elections in West Bengal concluded on Thursday with record-breaking voter participation of over 92 per cent. The second and final phase of voting will take place on April 29 in the state. 

 Gandhi was invited by the Tribal Council of Great Nicobar recently to discuss concerns of the Great Nicobarese tribal community over some infra projects 

 Real-time tracking of maritime traffic in the strait, has been affected by widespread jamming as well as spoofing of transponder data 

 EC officials said the polling was mostly peaceful, with sporadic incidents of violence in Bengal’s Murshidabad, Dakshin Dinajpur, Asansol and Cooch Behar 

 The Congress party sought time to file a detailed response within one week while filing the summary reply.