Live Breaking News Headlines & Updates, May 1, 2019: EC Issues Notice to Congress President Rahul Gandhi

Election Commission issues a notice to Congress President Rahul Gandhi & seeks a reply within 48 hours, for violating model code of conduct by saying "Narendra Modi has made a new law in which there is a line that says tribals can be shot at", at a rally in Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh

Army officials in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, have filed a complaint against unidentified miscreants for trying to snatch voter ID cards of general voters, obstructing Army voters posted in Cantonment there and circulating videos to malign Army image, on April 29.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on UNSC listing Masood Azhar as a Global Terrorist: In India's fight against terrorism, this is an important achievement. For the last one decade, India was making diplomatic efforts towards this goal. It'll help bring Masood Azhar&JeM to justice

Due to Cyclone Fani, 22 more trains have been cancelled by East Coast Railway; total 103 trains have been cancelled so far.

Digvijaya Singh, Congress's candidate from Bhopal on UNSC listing Masood Azhar as a Global Terrorist: Ghoshna se kya hota hai, jab Pakistan ke PM dosti jata rahe hain Modi ji ke sath to Dawood Ibrahim, Masood Azhar aur Hafiz Saeed ko tatkal Bharat ko saunp dena chahiye.

Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath on UNSC listing #MasoodAzhar as a Global Terrorist: It was long due, it is good that it has been done. This should have happened a long time ago. This has happened during elections, I don't know if this has something to do with the elections.

BJP candidate from Bhopal, Pragya Singh Thakur on EC banning her from campaigning for 3 days: Koi baat nahi, main toh uska samman karti hoon.

PM Narendra Modi termed the ban on Massod Azhar as a "big victory".

EC bars BJP Bhopal candidate Pragya Singh Thakur from campaigning for three days starting 6 am tomorrow. Thakur's remark that she is proud of Babri Masjid's demolition was found violative of the Model Code of Conduct.

France statement: French diplomacy has been relentlessly pleading for sanctioning Azhar, head of the terrorist group responsible, notably, for the Pulwama attack last February. France had adopted national sanctions against Masood Azhar on 15th March.

JeM Chief Masood Azhar designated as a terrorist in the UN Sanctions List

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal holds a road show in Azadpur area, in Chandni Chowk constituency.

In view of the cyclonic storm Fani, at least 47 trains have been cancelled by the East Coast Railway (ECoR) in Odisha, said an official on Wednesday.

Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria took over as Vice Chief of the Air Staff, today.

BJP’s Begusarai candidate Giriraj Singh wants burqa ban in India. Adds, ban burqa at polling booths.

Sharad Pawar seeks Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis' resignation over Gadchiroli Naxal attack.

The burqa ban request came from Muslim leaders, said Maithripala S, President Sri Lanka in his first television interview after Sri Lanka Terror Attack.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sentenced by London court to 15 weeks in jail for skipping bail.

Madhya Pradesh: Body of a 12-year-old girl who was raped before being killed, was found in Bhopal, early morning today. DNA report is awaited to ascertain as to how many people were involved in the crime.

Samajwadi Party candidate Tej Bahadur Yadav’s nomination for Varanasi rejected, he says, "will go to Supreme Court."