The fourth phase of polling in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections makes for front page news in most of the dailies today. “In phase 4 polls, Bengal records highest turnout of 76.4 percent, overall voting at 64 percent” writes The Business Line.”

The Indian Express quotes Prime Minister Modi telling Mamata Banerjee “40 of your MLAs are in touch with me, will desert on May 23rd.”

“Election Commission to consider poll code plaints against PM today” reports The Times of India adding “Pleas against Shah, Rahul also on Agenda”.

“Centre wants Rafale hearing in SC deferred” writes Hindustan Times.

On BJP candidate Sunny Deol filing his nomination paper as SAD-BJP combine candidate, The Pioneer states “Sunny pledges ‘Dhai kilo ka haath’ to Gurdaspur.”

“Rahul expresses ‘regret’ for linking SC remark on Modi” notes The Hindu.

“Sri Lanka bans face veil after bombings” is a headline in The Statesman.

“Masood Azhar likely to get Global Terror Tag this week” speculates the Hindustan Times.

The World’s oceans are becoming stormier. Well, The Times of India reports that the world’s seas are becoming stormier; with extreme ocean winds and wave heights increasing around the globe, a study has found