Kolkata Knight Riders Beat Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets. Shubman Gill is the 4th youngest to score a fifty in IPL after Sanju Samson, Prithvi Shaw and Rishabh Pant.
Custom officers at Pune International airport arrested one passenger for possession of 3041 grams gold valued at Rs 98, 83, 250.
Punjab: Enforcement Directorate seized foreign currency worth Rs 58,50,000 and Indian currency worth Rs 68,00,000, in a raid on a firm in Ludhiana.
Agra: 43 people dead, 51 injured and damage caused to property due to heavy rain and dust storm in the region.
Assam: Woman allegedly raped by a police officer at Hajo. Police says, 'based on FIR of woman one police officer has been arrested and sent to judicial custody, medical examination of the victim to be done yet.'
West Bengal: Clash between TMC, Congress & independent Panchayat election candidates in Mohammadpur allegedly after banners of Congress & independent candidates were torn during a TMC rally.
70 people dead, 83 injured and 105 domesticated animals dead, due to rain and dust storms, in Uttar Pradesh.
Bihar: 12 people dead due to fire in a bus after it overturned, in Motihari; Death toll expected to rise, more details awaited.
Delhi High Court allows Sikh candidates to wear/carry ‘kara’ (iron bracelet) and ‘Kirpan’ (dagger) in the National Eligibility Test 2018 on the condition that they all need to report at least 1 hour prior to the normal reporting time for the screening and security matter.
Addressing the audience at a public rally ahead of Karnataka Elections in the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi further said, " Congress Government in Karnataka is in 'Sleep Mode."
On Wednesday, the verdict in one of the most sensational cases that happened seven years ago, where a MiD DAY crime reporter Jyotirmoy Dey – or J Dey, as he was better known – was allegedly shot by a seven-member gang affiliated to notorious gangster Chhota Rajan. Yesterday, a Special Court in Mumbai Court has pronounced don Chhota Rajan as guilty and has acquitted journalist Jigna Vora in the murder case.
Government has issued instructions to telecom operators to accept other identification documents apart from Aadhaar to get a new mobile phone SIM. The other alternative documents include driving licence, passport and voter ID card. In a shocking revelation, Aadhaar details of employees registered under retirement body Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) have been leaked.
Some big developments that are expected to happen today are:
Cambridge Analytica, the UK-based political consulting firm at the heart of the massive data breach of Facebook users worldwide, announced it is shutting down. The company denies any wrongdoing, but says that the negative media coverage has left it with no clients and mounting legal fees which has forced it to resort to closure. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing 21 rallies in Karnataka, three of those were already held of May 1 and today he will address three more in Kalaburagi, Bellary & Bengaluru. There are reports that Congress president Rahul Gandhi will undertake the eighth leg of his campaign for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly polls on May 3-4. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will also be seen campaigning in Karnataka on May 3, 4 and 5 and hold 11 public meetings.
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