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Published – April 19, 2026 06:17 pm IST
Rescue personnel at the site after a blast at a firecracker factory, where at least 16 people were allegedly killed and several injured, at Kattanarpatti, in Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu, on April 19, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI
CPI MP P. Sandosh Kumar has written to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi violated the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) through his recent address to the nation, and sought immediate intervention by the poll panel. In a letter dated April 19, Mr. Kumar said the Prime Minister’s address, delivered at a time when the MCC is in force in five States, was “political in nature” and contained “partisan assertions” and “selective narratives” aimed at influencing public opinion on an issue under active political contestation.
Iran will resume international flights on Monday (April 20, 2026) from Mashhad airport in the country’s northeast, its civil aviation authority said. “Permission to operate international passenger flights at Mashhad Airport has been issued, starting tomorrow,” state TV said, quoting the Civil Aviation Organisation. The organisation later said travellers can now “purchase tickets for international routes to and from Mashhad Airport,” according to the official IRNA news agency.
At least 14 workers were killed and six others injured at a Vanaja fireworks unit near Virudhunagar district in Tamil Nadu on Sunday (April 19, 2026). Fire and Rescue Services personnel managed to put out the flames after a long struggle as the remnant chemicals and unfinished goods continued to explode at the site. The bodies of the workers were said to be blown off due to the impact of the explosions. Those injured were rushed to the Virudhunagar Government Medical College hospital. Officials were yet to ascertain whether the fireworks unit had obtained permission to work on Sunday, which is usually a holiday.
India’s cooking gas LPG consumption fell by a steep 13% in March as supply disruptions linked to the West Asia conflict hit availability for both household kitchens and commercial users, according to latest official data. LPG consumption was at 2.379 million tonne in March, 12.8% lower than 2.729 million tonne consumed in the same period last year. India imports about 60% of its LPG requirements, much of it via the Strait of Hormuz, which was effectively shut following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran’s retaliation. With supplies from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates disrupted, the government has cut LPG supplies to commercial establishments like hotels, and industries to safeguard household cooking gas availability.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday (April 18, 2026) shared a snippet of his conversation with Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju after the Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die, and said the BJP leader conceded that “no one could ever call me anti-women”. Mr. Tharoor also said women are by far the better half of the species — ‘Humans 2.0’ — and deserve representation in Parliament and in every institution. “Just don’t link their advancement to a mischievous and potentially dangerous Delimitation that could devastate our democracy,” the Thiruvananthapuram MP said on X. Sharing a picture of some opposition MPs standing with Rijiju in the Lok Sabha, Mr. Tharoor said, “A little post-adjournment gathering of Opposition MPs in the Lok Sabha with our charming Parliamentary Affairs Minister.
The death toll in a blast at the Vedanta power plant in Chhattisgarh’s Sakti district has gone up to 24 with one more worker succumbing to injuries on Sunday (April 19, 2026), officials said. Eleven other persons were undergoing treatment in different hospitals. Two of them were reported to be in critical condition, they said. A worker, identified as Manish Kumar, a native of Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh, died during treatment at Raigarh medical college in the wee hours, a government official told PTI. With this, the death toll has gone up to 24 in the incident that occurred on April 14.
Vice-President of India C.P. Radhakrishnan met Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Colombo on Sunday (April 19, 2026) and held discussions on various initiatives, including the Indian housing project, and fishermen issues between the two South Asian neighbours. Mr. Radhakrishnan, who arrived in Colombo earlier in the day on a two-day visit, also discussed with Mr. Dissanayake the ongoing Indian project implementation in Sri Lanka with emphasis on the $450 million Cyclone Ditwah aid offered by India.
At least 404 candidates contesting in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections have declared that serious criminal cases are pending against them and 722 candidates have declared that they have criminal cases pending against them, according to a report released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Tamil Nadu Election Watch (TNEW) on Sunday (April 19, 2026) .TNEW State coordinator P. Joseph Victor Raj released the report and it was received by Jayaram Venkatesan, State Coordinator of Arappor Iyakkam.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday (April 19, 2026) slammed the Congress and DMK over the defeat of the amendment bill regarding the Women’s Reservation Act in Parliament, but said the government was determined to implement it and that “no power in the world can stop us,” from doing so. Addressing a poll rally in support of BJP candidate Ananthan Ayyasamy here in Tenkasi district for the April 23 Assembly polls, he lashed out at the ruling DMK over corruption and urged people to “give it a farewell” in the hustings.
Two women were killed, and 31 people were injured after a passenger bus fell into a gorge in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district on Sunday (April 19, 2026), police said. The accident occurred near Pushkar when the bus carrying 33 passengers lost control in the Pushkar ghati area and plunged into a gorge, getting stuck in trees and bushes. The passengers were on their way from Ajmer towards Pushkar and were going to a village to attend a social function. According to Circle Officer (Rural) Ramchandra Chaudhary, the accident took place a little ahead of Sanjhisar when the bus veered off the main road and fell into the gorge.
A gunman wielding an automatic weapon killed six people and barricaded himself inside a supermarket with hostages in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on Saturday (April 18, 2026), before he was shot and killed by police, authorities said. At least 14 people were wounded and taken to hospital. The 58-year-old attacker was not named by police, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was born in Russia, as authorities worked to piece together a motive for the violence. The mass shooting — unheard of in wartime Kyiv following Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine in 2022 — took place in a busy central district of the city, outside an apartment block and a nearby shopping centre, leaving bodies on a crowded street as bystanders fled for safety.
Published – April 19, 2026 06:17 pm IST
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