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In the final leg of poll campaigning in Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the star campaigner of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on May 6 and May 7 in Bengaluru. The rallies are seen as part BJP’s special strategy to garner maximum support in the state capital. PM Modi will conduct a mega roadshow later today, passing through 13 Assembly seats and it is estimated to last for eight hours across 26 km-long journey.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar today welcomed his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari in Goa at a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Visuals showed the foreign ministers' customary greeting with folded hands before the two posed for pictures and Mr Jaishankar directed him to the venue. Bilawal Bhutto has become the first senior leader from the neighbouring country to visit India in almost 12 years. However, there's no confirmation yet of a bilateral between India and Pakistan's Foreign Ministers. Mr Bhutto's visit to India to attend the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) meeting comes amid continuing strain in ties between the two countries on a host of issues, including Islamabad's use of cross-border terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir have been fined 100 percent of their match fees after their heated exchange following the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Monday, May 1 at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. Both admitted to the Level 2 offence under Article 2.21 of the IPL Code of Conduct,” the release added. After the game, Kohli and Gambhir got involved in a verbal spat after which Amit Mishra, RCB skipper Faf du Plessis and Vijay Dahiya, the LSG assistant coach, had to restore sanity to proceedings. Later, Kohli was also seen speaking to LSG skipper KL Rahul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the wrestlers' protests continues, India's 'Golden Boy' Neeraj Chopra has taken to Twitter urging the authorities to take quick action on the matter. Taking to Twitter, the ace javelin throw athlete admitted that his heart breaks seeing the wrestlers taking to the street in search of justice. ""It hurts me to see our athletes on the streets demanding justice. They have worked hard to represent our great nation and make us proud. As a nation, we are responsible for safeguarding the integrity and dignity of every individual, athlete or not. What's happening should never happen. This is a sensitive issue, and must be dealt with in an impartial and transparent manner. "Pertaining authorities must take quick action in order to ensure that justice is served."  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day Kerala visit, will flag off India's first water metro that connects 10 islands around Kochi through battery-operated electric hybrid boats for seamless connectivity with the city. Water Metro provides a distinctive urban transportation system that offers a comparable level of convenience and travel experience to traditional metro systems. This mode of transit is particularly valuable in cities such as Kochi.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No Relief For Rahul Gandhi, Surat Court Rejects Request | Atiq Ahmed | Defamation | Supreme Court  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the founding members of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Mukul Roy, has expressed a desire to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah. “I am a BJP legislator. I want to be with the BJP. The party has made arrangements for my stay here. I want to meet Amit Shah and speak to (party president) JP Nadda,” he told a Bengali news channel late on Tuesday evening. The TMC MLA said that he was still a BJP legislator. Mukul Roy joined the BJP in 2017 after his reportedly strained relationship with the TMC's top leadership. However, he returned to the TMC fold in 2019 after the West Bengal Assembly election. Advising his son to join the BJP, Roy said, “He too should join the BJP as it would suit him best.” Meanwhile, Roy's son Subhrangshu has claimed that his father is “extremely unwell” and suffers from “dementia and Parkinson’s disease”. Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Suvendhu Adhikari said that the Bengal BJP was not interested in inducting Roy into the saffron camp.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

India recorded 7,633 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry's data on Tuesday showed. With the new cases, the active cases have increased to 61,233. The death toll has increased to 5,31,152 with 11 deaths. While four deaths were reported from Delhi, one each was reported from Haryana, Karnataka and Punjab while four fatalities were reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.47 crore (4,48,34,859) The active cases now comprise 0.14 per cent of the total infections and the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.68 per cent, the ministry said.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Atiq Ahmed's son Asad, who was killed in an encounter by Uttar Pradesh Police Special Task Force on Thursday, was buried at a Prayagraj mortuary today. The 19-year-old, along with one of Atiq's noted henchmen, was gunned down in Jhansi after they gave a chase to police for over 45 days. Both deceased carried bounties of Rs 5 lakh on their heads as they were accused in the Umesh Pal murder case. The bodies of both - Atiq Ahmed's son Asad and his aide Ghulam were taken to the Prayagraj mortuary from Jhansi by Uttar Pradesh Police. The encounter was carried out at the time Ahmed was in a Prayagraj court, where he was presented before the chief judicial magistrate in connection with the same murder and was remanded to 14-day judicial custody. The court also allowed a five-day remand for the UP Police to question him.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray Wednesday claimed that before launching his rebellion last year, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had come to meet party leader Uddhav Thackeray at Matoshree, the Thackerays’ residence in Mumbai. On Thursday, the Shinde-led Sena denied the allegations against the Maharashtra chief minister.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices