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Published – May 02, 2026 05:54 pm IST
Security personnel stand guard outside a strong room, ahead of the counting of votes for the West Bengal Assembly elections, at the Khudiram Anushilan Kendra, in Kolkata, on Saturday, May 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI
The Supreme Court on Saturday (May 2, 2026) called it a “fallacy” nursed by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) party that West Bengal Government services’ employees owe allegiance to it and Central employees were loyal to or controlled by the political party ruling the Centre.
Punjab Police is learnt to have booked Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep Pathak, who recently defected to the BJP, sources said on Saturday (May 2, 2026). Two FIRs have been lodged against Mr. Pathak under non-bailable sections, they said. No further details about the FIRs have been disclosed yet. Mr. Pathak was among the seven Rajya Sabha MPs who had quit the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and joined the BJP.
Three members of the Chhattisgarh Police’s District Reserve Guards (DRG) were killed, and one was injured when an improvised explosive device (IED), planted by Maoists in the past, exploded during a demining operation in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district on Saturday (May 2, 2026), said a senior police officer.
Caste enumeration will be done along with census operations, the chief principal census officer in Uttar Pradesh said on Saturday (May 2, 2026). Sheetal Verma, who is also the director of census operations in the State, was speaking to reporters in Lucknow.
Ahead of counting of votes in West Bengal scheduled for Monday (May 4, 2026), the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday (May 2, 2026) deployed an additional 165 counting observers and 77 police observers in the state. While the additional counting observers will assist the 294 such observers already deployed per constituency, the additional police observers will strengthen security and oversee law and order arrangements outside the counting centres, the poll body said.
The Supreme Court has found a prima facie a “ring of truth” in a doctor’s plea that the apnoea test, alleged to be widely used in Kerala, is not a conclusive assessment of brain death. A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta recorded the contention of S. Ganapathy, a medical professional, that the apnoea test may by itself induce brain death as it required stopping/reducing cerebral blood flow.
“Army divers and disaster response teams on Saturday (May 2, 2026) expanded their search at Bargi Dam in Madhya Pradesh to locate a man and three children still missing after the cruise boat tragedy that claimed nine lives two days ago,” officials said. With 28 of the 41 identified passengers onboard the ill-fated cruise boat rescued safely, police are preparing to register an FIR in connection with the accident that occurred at the reservoir in Jabalpur district on Thursday evening (April 30, 2026),” they said.
The National Green Tribunal’s Southern Zone bench in Chennai has directed all six southern States and Puducherry to ensure “strict and time-bound implementation” of their State Action Plans (SAP) under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), in a common judgment that flags persistent particulate pollution across the region and warns that continued under-utilisation of clean air funds could attract environmental compensation.
NATO on Saturday (May 2, 2026) said it was “working” with the United States to understand Washington’s decision to slash its troops in Germany by 5,000 following a spat between the leaders of the two nations. The U.S. move came after President Donald Trump renewed criticism of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who said Monday (April 27, 2026) that Iran was “humiliating” Washington in negotiations to end the war in the West Asia.
Published – May 02, 2026 05:54 pm IST
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