Daily Briefing: 62% voter turnout in 102 Phase One of Lok Sabha Polls; LSD 2 movie review; and more | Live News
Good morning! Get your weekend started with the top 5 stories from today’s edition: 🚨 Big Story From Jammu and Kashmir to Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra to Manipur, the first phase of polling in the Lok Sabha elections saw a voter turnout of around 62% until 9 pm in 102 constituencies across 21 states and Union Territories. It is also the phase with the largest number of seats in the seven-phase 2024 polls. 👉 Express Opinion Writing about the Iran-Israel war in today’s Opinion, Bernard Haykel asserts that without a resolution to Palestine’s statehood, there will be no peace in West Asia. “Spoilers against peace and stability, like Iran and the right-wing government in Israel, will take advantage of this chaos to achieve their maximal goals,” he says. 🎙️Express Interview The Indian Express catches up with Uddhav Thackeray, the man who is most in the spotlight in Maharashtra. He is seen to have borne the brunt of the political disruption, with the bulk of his MLAs migrating to the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath …