Overview
- TMC leaders accused officials of irregularities around sealed EVM strong rooms in West Bengal as results near on May 4, and the state’s chief electoral officer said the rooms were secure and no unauthorised entry occurred.
- Rescuers from the Army, NDRF and SDRF kept searching after a tourist cruise capsized at Bargi Dam during a sudden storm, with nine confirmed dead, about six still missing, and 28 people saved as officials flagged poor life‑jacket use.
- Police in Pune detained Bhimrao Kamble after a four‑year‑old girl was raped and killed, villagers blocked the Mumbai–Bengaluru highway in anger, and the district police chief vowed to file a chargesheet within 15 days.
- Pilibhit police said an alleged ₹8.15 crore diversion of education funds from the DIOS office led to seven arrests of the peon’s relatives, about ₹5 crore frozen, and an inquiry into how officials’ digital signatures were used to move money.
- Tests confirmed bird flu at a Navapur poultry farm in Maharashtra, culling teams began destroying birds, eggs and feed to contain spread, and the district announced compensation of ₹140 per large bird, ₹120 per small bird and ₹4 per egg.