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In the final leg of poll campaigning in Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the star campaigner of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on May 6 and May 7 in Bengaluru. The rallies are seen as part BJP’s special strategy to garner maximum support in the state capital. PM Modi will conduct a mega roadshow later today, passing through 13 Assembly seats and it is estimated to last for eight hours across 26 km-long journey.

Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar today welcomed his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari in Goa at a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Visuals showed the foreign ministers' customary greeting with folded hands before the two posed for pictures and Mr Jaishankar directed him to the venue. Bilawal Bhutto has become the first senior leader from the neighbouring country to visit India in almost 12 years. However, there's no confirmation yet of a bilateral between India and Pakistan's Foreign Ministers. Mr Bhutto's visit to India to attend the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) meeting comes amid continuing strain in ties between the two countries on a host of issues, including Islamabad's use of cross-border terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.

Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir have been fined 100 percent of their match fees after their heated exchange following the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Monday, May 1 at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. Both admitted to the Level 2 offence under Article 2.21 of the IPL Code of Conduct,” the release added. After the game, Kohli and Gambhir got involved in a verbal spat after which Amit Mishra, RCB skipper Faf du Plessis and Vijay Dahiya, the LSG assistant coach, had to restore sanity to proceedings. Later, Kohli was also seen speaking to LSG skipper KL Rahul.

As the wrestlers' protests continues, India's 'Golden Boy' Neeraj Chopra has taken to Twitter urging the authorities to take quick action on the matter. Taking to Twitter, the ace javelin throw athlete admitted that his heart breaks seeing the wrestlers taking to the street in search of justice. ""It hurts me to see our athletes on the streets demanding justice. They have worked hard to represent our great nation and make us proud. As a nation, we are responsible for safeguarding the integrity and dignity of every individual, athlete or not. What's happening should never happen. This is a sensitive issue, and must be dealt with in an impartial and transparent manner. "Pertaining authorities must take quick action in order to ensure that justice is served."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day Kerala visit, will flag off India's first water metro that connects 10 islands around Kochi through battery-operated electric hybrid boats for seamless connectivity with the city. Water Metro provides a distinctive urban transportation system that offers a comparable level of convenience and travel experience to traditional metro systems. This mode of transit is particularly valuable in cities such as Kochi.

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