📌Police arrests a school teacher on charges of sexually assaulting a Class-IX girl in Mayurbhanj district on April 25.
📌BJP revokes former Lok Sabha MP from Balasore Kharabela Swain’s suspension.
📌Counting of votes for the elections to the Assemblies of Assam, Keralam, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry begins.
📌Early Postal Ballot Trends show: BJP ahead in West Bengal in a close fight with TMC. DMK+ leading in Tamil Nadu, TVK rising. BJP way ahead in Assam. UDF is ahead in Keralam, NDA in Puducherry.
📌Official Election Commission trends shows BJP leads in Assam and West Bengal, Congress leads on Keralam, ADMK in Tamilnadu and AINRC in Poducherry.
📌Centre releases Rs 17,744 crore MGNREGA funds as the first instalment towards the wage component.
📌India-bound LPG tanker clears Hormuz amid West Asia conflict, heads for Visakhapatnam.
