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Votes are being counted in four Indian states - West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Assam - and the federal territory of Puducherry. Follow the BBC's live coverage here. bbc.com/news/live/c202…

The RBI is mulling measures to tackle rising cases of digital fraud in India - but will they work? bbc.com/news/articles/…

Supply disruptions due to Middle East tensions have pushed up costs in India’s glass industry, putting workers at risk. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Prada said the new sandals, reportedly priced at €750 ($881; £650) a pair, have been made by artisans from Maharashtra and Karnataka. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The astrolabe - or astronomical computer - is possibly the largest in existence and has never been exhibited before. bbc.com/news/articles/…

A year after the Pahalgam attack, tourism has slowed in Indian-administered Kashmir, hitting lives and livelihoods. bbc.com/news/articles/…

With Rai’s passing, India has lost a visual historian who was a chronicler of its most defining and often painful moments. bbc.com/news/articles/…

On 8 March, a 26-year-old Dalit man died in a hospital in Tamil Nadu, allegedly due to injuries he sustained in police custody. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Abhijeet Nath and Nilotpal Das were driving from the city of Guwahati. By evening, their journey had taken them to a village, where they were surrounded by a mob that suspected them of being "child kidnappers". bbc.com/news/articles/…

In West Bengal, where the fiercest contest is unfolding, voting is under way in 152 of 294 seats across 16 districts in the first phase, with 1,478 candidates in the fray. A second phase of polling is scheduled for next week. bbc.com/news/articles/…

The incident took place in Thrissur, where around 40 people were believed to be assembling firecrackers in a cluster of sheds for an upcoming festival. Several others were injured, with five reported to be in critical condition. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

"I did not get enough time to make a lot of memories. Yet, Shubham gave me so many memories to live with." A year after a deadly attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir, the families of victims are still learning how to live with their losses. bbc.com/news/articles/…

In West Bengal polls, fish moves from plate to politics, symbolising identity and cultural pride. bbc.com/news/articles/…

This is the story of how Kumar Chunder, or KC, Sen became one of Kolkata's most influential - and largely forgotten - cultural figures. bbc.com/news/articles/…

According to the Observer Research Foundation think tank, ridership in some tier-3 cities such as Kanpur was as low as 2% of the projected estimate, while in Chennai, it was 37% for the first phase. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Opposition parties say a simple women's quota is being tied to a controversial redraw of constituencies, turning a gender reform into a wider political overhaul. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Experts say the issue is not just low pay, but how inconsistently labour rules are enforced. bbc.com/news/articles/…

India is preparing for a once-in-a-generation redraw of its political map, driven by what the government says is a push to reserve one-third of seats for women in parliament and state assemblies. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Samrat Choudhary has been sworn-in Bihar's first BJP chief minister after veteran politician Nitish Kumar stepped down. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Tighter rules, rising costs and visa risks are forcing Indian students to rethink studying in Canada. bbc.com/news/articles/…