Poll body directed Chandrababu Naidu and Jagan Reddy to remain careful in their public addresses. Amaravati: The Election Commission on Monday censured YSRCP supremo and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and opposition leader N Chandrababu Naidu for violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC), directing them to “remain careful during public utterances”. The poll body recognised that both the leaders have violated the provisions of the MCC by attacking each other with derogatory personal attacks during public addresses while electioneering in the southern state over the pas ..read more

Indian women’s cricket team beat Bangladesh in 4th T20I© X (formerly Twitter) India continued their dominant run against Bangladesh with a 56-run win via Duckworth-Lewis method in the rain curtailed fourth women’s T20 on Monday. A late start and then over an hour-long delay due to persistent rain and hail meant that the contest had to be shortened. Harmanpreet Kaur (38) and Richa Ghosh (24) shared a 44-run stand to help India post 122 for 6 against Bangladesh after persistent rain reduced the contest to 14 overs a side. The hosts had to chase 125 in 14 overs under the DLS method to secure ..read more

New Delhi: The Air India Express Employees Union, or AIXEU, has written to the Chairman of Air India to express concerns like “growing unrest and dissatisfaction among employees”. In a two-page letter addressed to Natarajan Chandrasekaran, the Chairman of the Tata Sons-owned Air India Limited (of which Air India Express is a subsidiary) to red-flag growing levels of discontent within employees’ ranks following the takeover of the airline by the private firm. There is a “stark departure from commitments on job security, salary and maintenance, and respect for seniority and maintenance”, AIXE ..read more

The weather department has forecast thunderstorms in the region till May 10. (Representational) Kolkata: Six people died in thunderstorms in south Bengal on Monday, as heavy rain drenched Kolkata and other districts in the region, parched under the scorching sun for several days, officials said. A Disaster Management Department official said six people, including a married couple, died in different districts of south Bengal, including in Nadia, Purulia and Purba Bardhaman district. Suburban train services on the Sealdah-Canning line of Eastern Railway’s Sealdah division were affected for ..read more

There were no immediate details over what the agreement entailed (File) Gaza: Hamas on Monday said it had accepted a proposal for a truce in the seven-month-old war in Gaza, after Israel told Palestinians in Rafah to evacuate ahead of a long-threatened invasion of the city. The Hamas announcement brought cheering crowds onto the street amid tears of happiness, chants of “Allahu Akbar” (“God is greatest”) and celebratory shooting in the air. There was no immediate official response from Israel, and its close ally the United States said it was “reviewing” Hamas’s response. Hamas in a statem ..read more

APSEZ plans to develop a 25-meter deep port that can accommodate Panamax vessels (Representational) New Delhi: Adani Group firm APSEZ is eyeing the Philippines’ Bataan province to develop a port, a statement issued by the office of the president of the Philippines said. APSEZ Managing Director Karan Adani met the Philippines President Ferdinand R Marcos Jr at Malacanang on May 2 in a courtesy call to discuss Adani Group’s plans for the port. APSEZ is planning to open a port in the Philippines due to the nation’s stable leadership and environment, the statement quoted Mr Adani as saying. H ..read more

Representational Image New Delhi: A 13-year-old girl and his younger brother were found dead inside their father’s grocery shop in northwest Delhi’s Keshav Puram area on Saturday, police said. The children’s father Manish, who is suspected to have killed the two siblings, is on the run and efforts are on to nab him, they said.  A call regarding the incident was received at 7.15 pm, police said.   Manish’s wife told police that both the children had gone to school but they did not return home. Initially, she thought that they were with their father as he would often pick them up ..read more

Sunil Gavaskar, former Indian cricket team captain, on Saturday launched a never-heard-before attack regarding an interview by Virat Kohli on his critics. It all started as IPL’s official broadcasters showed an interview where Kohli blasted former players and experts who “sit and talk about the game in the box”. “All the people who talk about strike-rates and me not playing spin well are the ones talking about this stuff. For me, it’s about winning the games for the team and there’s a reason why you’ve done it for 15 years, you’ve done this day in and day out, you’ve won games ..read more

Transgender candidate from South Delhi constituency Rajan Singh lives in Sangam Vihar area of the city. New Delhi: The first third gender candidate so far in the Lok Sabha polls in the national capital, filed his nomination papers from the South Delhi constituency on Friday. 26-year-old Rajan Singh, wearing a dhoti, cap and gold jewelleries, reached alone for filing nomination papers at the office of the returning officer of South Delhi in Saket. “I am contesting this election to draw the attention of people as well as the authorities towards the problems faced by the third gender persons ..read more

Shashi Tharoor said that BJP wants everything to be ‘one’ and one ruler to control it all. Panji:  Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday slammed the BJP for trying to create a ‘monolithic idea of India’, rather than protecting (the idea of) India as written in the Constitution. Speaking during a public meeting at Verna in South Goa in support of Congress’ Lok Sabha candidate Captain Viriato Fernandes (Retd), Mr Tharoor said, “All the precious values that we built in 65 years are under threat now.” “I spent my early childhood in Bombay, where my classmates were from every religion. B ..read more