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Published – May 01, 2026 06:03 pm IST
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In what came as a relief to scheduled domestic airlines, and consumers of domestic liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders, prices of aviation turbine fuel for domestic scheduled airlines and that of the bottled cooking gas for domestic use have been kept unchanged, state-owned oil marketing company IndianOil informed early on Friday (May 1, 2026).
A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spent hours at the counting centre for her Bhabanipur constituency alleging possibilities of malpractices, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal on Friday (May 1, 2026) asserted there is no scope for wrongdoing at the counting centres.
The Supreme Court has granted Congress leader Pawan Khera anticipatory bail in a criminal case instituted on a complaint filed by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa’s wife, saying the case appears to be motivated by political rivalry and does not warrant custodial interrogation.
At least three incidents of alleged post-poll violence were reported from West Bengal’s Murshidabad, Malda and North 24 Parganas districts, police said on Friday (May 1, 2026). In Murshidabad district, a CPI(M) polling agent, identified as Ruhul Amin, was allegedly attacked on Thursday (April 30) night at Lochanpur within Islampur police station limits.
Above-normal heatwave days are likely in some parts of the foothills of the Himalayas, east coast states, Gujarat and Maharashtra in May, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its monthly forecast on Friday (May 1, 2026).
Opposition parties in Punjab, including the Congress, and the Shiromani Akali Dal, on Friday (May 1, 2026) levelled serious allegations against Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, claiming he appeared intoxicated during the Vidhan Sabha proceedings and demanding an alcohol test.
A senior United Arab Emirates official said on Friday (May 1) that Tehran could not be trusted over any unilateral arrangements it makes for the Strait of Hormuz, in a sign of deep mistrust on all sides as efforts to end the Iran war remained at an impasse. Two months into the conflict, the vital sea channel is still largely closed because of an Iranian blockade, and the U.S. Navy is blocking exports of Iranian crude oil.
The India-UAE free trade agreement, which came into force in May 2022, has helped the bilateral trade to cross $100 billion, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday (May 1, 2026).
Bangladesh‘s Foreign Ministry has summoned India’s acting High Commissioner Pawan Badhe and lodged a formal protest over certain comments made by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, according to a media report.
The government’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue in April 2026 surged to an all-time high of Rs 2.43 lakh crore, up 8.7% over April last year. Notably, growth was once again driven by collections on imports, with revenue from domestic sales growing slower.
Published – May 01, 2026 06:03 pm IST
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