01 May, 23:27 (IST)

The Delhi government issued an advisory today, May 1, urging schools to check their official emails and inform the authorities regarding any impending threat. The development comes after several schools in the Delhi-NCR region received "hoax" bomb threats.

01 May, 22:19 (IST)

Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Wednesday, May 1, said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government has saved the people of the country from starvation and epidemic. He also said that Congress wanted to divide the country into pieces and was making false claims about vaccination and spreading rumours. "The people of the country were saved from the epidemic by providing free vaccination," Thakur added.

01 May, 20:54 (IST)

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, on Wednesday, May 1, attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said that they should bring former US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin for the election campaign in Bihar, too. "Why are they (the BJP) not calling former US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin for the election campaign? It will help them, he said.

01 May, 19:56 (IST)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing a rally in Gujarat, said that the weak government at that time used to send dossiers when terrorists were coming to India and doing attacks. "Today's New India does not send dossiers, it gives dose to terrorists," he said.Watch Video:

01 May, 18:35 (IST)

Jairam Ramesh, Congress' communications in charge today, May 1, said that the party's Central Election Committee (CEC) empowered party president Mallikarjun Kharge to announce the names of candidates for Amethi and Raebareli Lok Sabha constituencies as soon as possible. Ramesh also said that the party president is likely to announce the names of candidates in the next 24 hours.

01 May, 16:58 (IST)

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today, May 1, expressed her doubts on the latest figures released by the Election Commission on the polling percentage in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha elections. The first two phases of Lok Sabha polls were held on April 19 and April 26, respectively.

01 May, 15:17 (IST)

Anuj Thapan, a key suspect in the Salman Khan firing case, attempted suicide while in police custody. Thapan, accused of supplying weapons to the shooters involved in the incident outside Khan's residence, has been hospitalized following the attempt.Accused Anuj Thapan Attempts Suicide

01 May, 14:29 (IST)

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy has requested additional time to address the notice in the Amit Shah doctored video case, according to sources. His lawyer has corresponded with the IFSO unit of Delhi Police regarding the matter. Alongside Reddy, four TPCC members have also been summoned for investigation into the viral video, which allegedly misrepresented Shah's stance on reservation quotas.

01 May, 13:19 (IST)

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) achieved a significant milestone with the successful flight test of the Supersonic Missile-Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) system off the coast of Odisha. Launched at around 08:30 hrs from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island, SMART is a cutting-edge missile-based lightweight torpedo delivery system. Designed to augment the Indian Navy's anti-submarine warfare capabilities, SMART extends the operational range of lightweight torpedoes far beyond conventional limits.DRDO Conducts Successful Flight Test of SMART System

01 May, 11:34 (IST)

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami participated in the nomination rally organised in favour of the BJP candidate from East Delhi, Harsh Malhotra, on Wednesday, May 1, 2024.Pushkar Singh Dhami Participates in Nomination Rally for BJP Candidate Harsh Malhotra

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Mumbai, May 1: Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the State, Union Home Minister Amit Shah too will be coming to Telangana to participate in election campaigns today. Modi today participated in campaigns at Zaheerabad in support of party candidate B.B. Patil and Medak candidate M. Raghunandan Rao at the Allahdurg mosque in IV crossroads. Shah will be arriving on May 1 to campaign in support of party candidate K. Madhavi Latha and will return on May 5 to campaign for Nizamabad party candidate D. Arvind, Malakajgiri candidate Eatala Rajender and Secunderabad candidate as well as Telangana State chief G. Kishan Reddy.

President Droupadi Mumru will visit Ayodhya to pay obeisance at the Ram temple today. It will be her first visit to the newly built temple, the consecration ceremony for which was held on January 22. "During her stay in Ayodhya, the president will make 'darshan' and 'aarti' at the Shri Hanuman Garhi Temple, Prabhu Shri Ram Temple and Kuber Teela," the Rashtrapati Bhavan said. She will also perform Saryu puja and 'aarti', it added.

Veteran Congress leaders Anand Sharma and Raj Babbar have been named in the party's latest list of candidates released Tuesday for the Lok Sabha elections. While Anand Sharma has been fielded from Himachal Pradesh's Kangra, Raj Babbar will contest the Gurugram seat in Haryana. Satpal Raizada from Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh and Bhushan Patil from Mumbai North are the other two names on the list.

Indonesia's remote Mount Ruang volcano erupted several times on Tuesday, authorities said, issuing the highest level of alert and ordering thousands of people to evacuate due to the threat of a tsunami from debris sliding into the sea. The country's volcanology agency had warned the threat from the volcano was not over after it erupted more than half a dozen times this month, sparking the evacuation of more than 6,000 people.

At least two people sustained injuries, and one person was detained as a fight broke out between a group of Maldivian citizens and Indians on Monday. The two groups engaged in a physical altercation on Monday at around 9:00 pm near Central Park in Hulhumale, about 7 km north-east of the Maldivian capital city of Male, local media reports said on Tuesday.

The former US President Donald Trump was punished on Tuesday by the New York judge overseeing his hush money trial for disobeying a gag order, and the judge threatened to put him in jail if he broke the order again. The 77-year-old Trump was found in contempt of court by Judge Juan Merchan for disobeying a directive not to disparage witnesses, jurors, court employees, or their families in public.