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Updated – May 03, 2026 07:46 pm IST
Preparations progress at the Assembly election counting station in Mar Athanasius College in Kothamangalam on May 3, 2026. Photo: Special Arrangement
Kerala’s voter turnout in the April 9 Assembly elections has tentatively risen to 79.7% after the inclusion of service voters’ postal ballots, CEO Rathan U. Kelkar said. Addressing a press conference here, Mr. Kelkar also outlined elaborate arrangements for the counting of votes. He said the polling percentage for the Assembly election was 79.63%, excluding postal ballots of service voters.
At least nine people were killed after a fire broke out in a residential building in east Delhi’s Vivek Vihar early Sunday (May 3, 2026), according to Delhi Fire Services officials. The incident was reported around 3:48 a.m. at a four-storey building in Vivek Vihar Phase-I, following which police, fire and disaster management teams rushed to the spot.
Saudi Arabia, Russia and five other OPEC+ countries increased their oil production quota on Sunday (May 3, 2026) in an expected move aimed at demonstrating continuity at the cartel after the shock withdrawal of the United Arab Emirates. The seven major producers will add “188,000 barrels per day” to their total production quota for June, as part of “their collective commitment to support oil market stability,” according to a statement published by OPEC+.
After decorated wrestler Vinesh Phogat warned that the government would be responsible if anything untoward happens during the upcoming National Open Ranking Tournament, Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Sanjay Singh on Sunday (May 3, 2026) asserted that the venue in Gonda would not be changed and offered a “personal guarantee” of safety.
Investigators probing the network of Mohammad Salim Dola, the alleged international drug trafficker brought back from Turkiye recently, have found his links with certain chemists and pharma dealers who were “aiding” the illicit trans-national racket. The 59-year-old accused, alleged to be a key associate of global terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, is in the custody of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Mumbai till May 8.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday (May 4, 2026) a plea seeking a direction to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to issue new Aadhaar cards only to citizens up to the age of six years, and frame stringent guidelines for its issuance to adolescents and adults to stop infiltrators from masquerading as Indian citizens.
Renowned industrialist Lakshmi N. Mittal and his son Aditya Mittal, along with Adar Poonawalla, have acquired a majority stake in Rajasthan Royals with a bid of $1.65 billion (approximately ₹15,600 crore) after the Kal Somani–Rob Walton–Sheila Ford Hamp consortium pulled out of the race.
A passenger arriving from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) caused a flutter after he opened the emergency exit door on Sunday (May 3, 2026). As a result, an international flight reaching the city was diverted to Bengaluru.
The Congress on Sunday (May 3, 2026) flagged in detail concerns related to ecology, tribal rights, transparency and security, over the Great Nicobar project, and asserted that these considerations must be debated in a parliamentary forum. The Opposition party claimed that the Modi government is “rattled” and in damage control mode after Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Great Nicobar last week.
Integrating childhood diabetes care into the public health system, the Union Health Ministry has, for the first time, introduced a structured and standardised national framework for the screening, diagnosis, treatment and long-term management of diabetes in children.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday (May 3, 2026) that the United States faced a choice between an “impossible” military operation or a “bad deal” with the Islamic Country. The war in West Asia, launched by the United States and Israel in late February, has been on hold since April 8, with one failed round of peace talks having taken place in Pakistan.
Taiwan has the right to engage with the world, and no country can stop that, President Lai Ching-te told Eswatini’s king after he arrived for a surprise trip that Taipei says Beijing tried to stop, as China condemned him as a “rat”.
Published – May 03, 2026 07:04 pm IST
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