1.   The official BSS news agency said one hour before the polling ended nationwide that thousands of men and women were enthusiastically crowding polling centres.

2.   Thousands of men and women were seen enthusiastically crowding polling centres nationwide.

3.   Women, many of them from slum areas, crowded polling centres along with men displaying lapel pins of their favourite party.

4.   Reports said relatives and friends of Indians in Saudi Arabia crowded other centres across the country.

5.   The centre was crowded with shoppers ahead of a traditional Jewish carnival due to begin later Monday.

6.   The centre was crowded with shoppers on the first day of the traditional Jewish carnival, Pourim, when the bomber on foot blew himself up.

7.   The centre was crowded with people ahead of a traditional Jewish carnival.

8.   The centre was crowded with shoppers on the first day of the traditional Jewish carnival, Pourim.