India holds second election day

Millions of voters in India have cast ballots in the second round of the country's month-long general election.Polls were held in 140 constituencies in 12 states, in a vote which pits the Congress-led coalition and opposition BJP-led bloc against smaller parties.Counting is due on 16 May and the result is too close to call.The first phase of voting a week ago was marred by Maoist attacks in rural areas in eastern and central India which left at least 17 people dead.Voters in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand went to the polls on Thursday. Polling for one seat in tiny Manipur in the north-east took place on Wednesday.