Afternoon Briefing: PM Modi’s meditation enters second day, mobs hold EVMs in West Bengal, and more | Latest News India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday began the second day of his meditation break at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanniyakumari. Modi will end his meditation today as eight states and union territories will go to polls for the seventh phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. PM Modi began his second day of meditation in Tamil Nadu after performing ‘Surya Argya’ at sunrise at the Vivekananda Rock where Swami Vivekananda once meditated before attaining enlightenment. The Prime Minister also performed ‘Surya Argya’, a ritual associated with spiritual practices that involves saluting the almighty God in the form of the Sun. Dig deeper.

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A mob reportedly threw EVMs and VVPAT machines into a pond at booth numbers 40 and 41 of Kurtai in South 24 Parghanth district of West Bengal during the final phase of voting in the West Bengal Assembly elections. The mob was enraged after they were allegedly threatened by Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporters. They then threw the EVMs into a nearby pond. Dig deeper.

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