TOP STORY: After five weeks of voting and tens of millions of ballots cast, India's election has finally come to a close. Official results will be released on Saturday, but exit polling shows that neither the ruling Congress Party, nor the Hindu nationalist BJP will gain enough votes for a majority, setting the stage for a round of frantic coalition building before the new parliament has to be in place on June 2. Senior leaders from both BJP and Congress are meeting to discuss strategy for the next phase of the contest over who will lead the world's largest democracy.
Voting was again marred by violence yesterday, with suspected rebels throwing grenades and setting bombs at several polling places in Kashmir. Voting was also held this week in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, where violence in neighboring Sri Lanka has emerged as a contentious political issue.
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Indian election ends, but the contest is far from over
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