The Biggest Stories Of May 12, 2019

Ninety percent of India finishes voting after polling ended in the penultimate phase of the mammoth 2019 general elections; Violence overshadows polling in West Bengal again after crude bombs were thrown at a BJP candidate in Keshpur; Mamata Banerjee, Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav are likely to skip the post-election opposition meet in Delhi, hosted by the Congress, exposing a possible rift in opposition unity; Sitaram Yechury writes to Election Commission over PM Narendra Modi's latest 'radar' remark on the Balakot air strikes; Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hits back at PM Narendra Modi, says the prime minister didn't even take up Rahul Gandhi's debate challenge on Rafale deal; PM Narendra Modi continues to court controversy over his references to the armed forces, asks at an election rally if jawans would ask the Election Commission before firing a bullet; all this and much more in today's news wrap.