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Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the  loss of lives due to the boat mishap. He also announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the next of kin of each deceased. "Pained by the loss of lives due to the boat mishap in Malappuram, Kerala. Condolences to the bereaved families. An ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh from PMNRF would be provided to the next of kin of each deceased," PMO said in a tweet.

Malappuram, Kerala | 15 people died after a tourist boat capsized near Tanur in Malappuram district of Kerala. Rescue operations are underway.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to inaugurate the IAF Heritage Centre and lay the foundation stone for Centre for Cyber Ops & Security in Chandigarh tomorrow.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi interacted with gig workers and delivery partners in Bengaluru, today.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the posting of Women Officers of the Territorial Army (TA) with Engineer Regiments of the Territorial Army along the Line of Control and as staff officers at TA Group Headquarters/ Directorate General of Territorial Army at New Delhi, as per organizational requirement. They will now serve and train under the same conditions as their male counterparts in a wider range of units and appointments.

Jammu and Kashmir | Avalanche with Low Danger Level is likely to occur above 3000 metres above sea level over Baramulla district in the next 24 hours, said Jammu Kashmir Disaster Management Authority.

"Violence in Manipur is very unfortunate. The violence is being taken place between two castes. We have been talking to them. The curfew was lifted by the state government for three hours today, the situation is under control & we wish peace recovers in the area. Home Minister Amit Shah is continuously reviewing the situation. Nothing can be achieved through violence. I urge people to come forward & peacefully solve issues," said Union Minister G Kishan Reddy.

Two Maoists were killed after an exchange of fire with the police in a forest area of Bhadradri-Kothagudem district of Telangana bordering Chhattisgarh on Sunday, police said. According to the police, based on reliable information that one action team of the banned outfit CPI (Maoist) was moving in Puttapadu forests with a view to attack police, special police parties took up combing in the area, when the ultras fired on police personnel.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday said a special flight will be arranged for students from the state currently stuck in the riot-hit Manipur. Violent clashes broke out recently between tribals and members of the majority Meitei community in Manipur, which has so far displaced more than 13,000 people and killed at least 54. The clashes broke out after a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in 10 hill districts of the state to protest against the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status. CM Shinde in an official statement said his government was keeping a watch on the situation in Manipur. "There are 22 students (in Manipur) from Maharashtra. I have spoken to two of them - Vikash Sharma and Tushar Awhad - and assured them of arranging a special flight to return home. I told them not to be afraid of anything, the state is making all the necessary arrangements to bring them back safely,” he said. The students were studying in some of the technology institutes based in Manipur, the release said.

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan has alleged that top ISI officer Major-General Faisal Naseer, who tried to kill him twice, was also involved in the brutal murder of senior journalist Arshad Sharif. Khan's remarks came while he was addressing a rally in Lahore from his bullet-bomb-proof vehicle. The rally was telecast live in other cities through a video link. "Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)'s Major-General Faisal Naseer tried to kill me twice. He is also involved in the killing of (TV anchor) Arshad Sharif. He also stripped my party Senator Azam Swati naked and inflicted severe torture on him," Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Khan said. Arshad Sharif, who was critical of the Army, was killed in Kenya last October as he fled the country citing threats to his life from the security agencies.

A multi-vehicle crash in southern Turkiye's Hatay province killed at least 12 people and injured 31 others, including three seriously, officials said. A truck crossed into opposite lanes after the driver lost control late on Saturday, colliding with nine cars and two minibuses, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Many of the vehicles were parked by the roadside near a gas station as friends and relatives said goodbye to men leaving to carry out mandatory military service.

Kerala should give more importance to virology research since the state faces a higher risk of virus-related incidence compared to other parts of the country, a NITI Aayog member has said. NITI Aayog member Vinod Kumar Paul was speaking at the inauguration of the Department of Biotechnology - Scientific Infrastructure Access for Harnessing Academia University Research Joint Collaboration (DBT-SAHAJ) at the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) here on Saturday. He said Kerala is expected to be the entry point of various viral diseases and also urged the state to make efforts in geriatric care. Paul said the initiatives made by Kerala in the health sector could be followed by the rest of the country.

An exchange of fire took place between police and the banned CPI (Maoist) in Bhadradri-Kothagudem district of Telangana bordering Chhattisgarh on Sunday, police said. According to a senior police official, the exchange of fire happened when police personnel were combing a forest area in Cherla mandal of the district. Asked about reports that there were casualties on the Maoists side, the official said they were still collecting details.

Police have arrested three men and a woman for allegedly selling a 17-year-old-girl for Rs 50,000 to a person in Madhya Pradesh's Raisen district, an official said on Sunday. The girl, resident of Ghughri police station limits in Mandla district, met two of the accused - Pahalwati Bai and Sunil Kushwaha - while working at a dairy in Jabalpur, Additional Superintendent of Police Amrit Meena said. The two accused lured her under the pretext of getting her a better job in Mumbai, he said. Later, the accused reached Patai village in Raisen where they allegedly sold the girl for Rs 50,000 to a person named Vishnu Kushwaha to marry him, the official said.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said the voters of Manipur are feeling "grossly betrayed" just a year after putting the BJP in power and called for the imposition of President's rule in the state that has witnessed violent clashes. Violent clashes had broken out in Manipur last week between tribals and members of the majority Meitei community, which has so far displaced thousands of people and killed at least 54.

Tightening the noose around local terrorists operating from Pakistan, the state investigation agency (SIA) has executed proclamation proceedings against a Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir. Mohammad Hussain Khateeb, a resident of Bhaderwah town who is presently based in Pakistan, has been given 30 days to appear before the court to face trial in a terror funding case, failing which his property will be attached, an official said.

The leaders of South Korea and Japan are to meet on Sunday for their second summit in less than two months, as they push to mend long-running historical grievances and boost ties in the face of North Korea's nuclear program and other regional challenges. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in South Korea on Sunday for a two-day visit, which reciprocates a mid-March trip to Tokyo by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. The exchange of visits between the leaders of the Asian neighbours is the first of its kind in 12 years. “I hope to have an open-hearted exchange of views with President Yoon based on our relationship of trust,” Kishida told reporters before his departure to Seoul.

A bus carrying a marriage party fell into a roadside ditch in the district, leaving five people dead and 17 others injured early Sunday, police said. The bus was hit by another vehicle near Gopalpura village following which it fell into a ditch, Superintendent of Police Iraj Raja said. The accident took place around 3 am when the marriage party was returning to Mandela village in the district. The dead have been identified as Kuldeep (36), Raghunandan (46), Sirobhan (65), Karan Singh (34) and Vikas (32). The injured passengers have been sent to the Orai Medical College, the SP said.

Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde will campaign for the BJP for the May 10 Karnataka assembly elections. Shinde will be in the state on Monday and participate in two BJP roadshows at Kapu and Udupi town, party sources said. Before reaching Udupi, Shinde will visit the Sri Manjunatha Swamy Temple. He will then meet the Dharmasthala temple's Dharmadhikari, Veerendra Hegde, they said. The chief minister will also visit the Sri Krishna Temple in Udupi and on Monday itself, return to Maharashtra, the sources said.

"Incriminating materials" have been recovered from a club at Anjuna beach in North Goa during a probe into a drug case, police said. The club was raided on Saturday after two drug peddlers arrested recently claimed during interrogation that drugs were sold there, Deputy Superintendent of Police Jivba Dalvi said. "Many incriminating materials were seized and sent for forensic examination as they are suspected to have traces of drugs,” he added.

Candidates for a total of 77 posts, including one Nagar Panchayat president, have been elected unopposed in the second phase of the ongoing urban local body elections in Uttar Pradesh, the State Election Commission said. The election of Rabupura Nagar Panchayat president of Gautam Buddha Nagar district has been held unopposed. Apart from this, five councilors from Aligarh, three from Meerut, one councilor from Ghaziabad have been elected unopposed.

Amid the election campaigning in Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address multiple rallies and will also hold a 10-km mega roadshow in Bengaluru city today. 

In an anti-encroachment drive, the Haridwar district administration in Uttarakhand on Saturday demolished a 'mazar' and a temple allegedly built illegally on roads here, officials said. The mazar at Aryanagar was more than three decades old while the Hanuman temple built under a flyover at Singhdwar on the Haridwar-Delhi highway was nearly 50 years old, sources said. Two days ago, the administration demolished mazars built illegally at two places.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday expressed concerns over the safety of students from the state stranded in violence-hit Manipur. Manipur is witnessing violent clashes over a move to grant scheduled tribe status to the majority Metei community in the state. Naga and Kuki tribes who are opposing this plan organised a 'Tribal Solidarity March' on Wednesday after which the clashes broke out. The death toll in the ethnic violence stands at 54, officials said, even as life returned to wary normalcy in Imphal Valley on Saturday with shops and markets reopening and cars plying on the roads. Gehlot, however, said top officials of his government are in touch with officials in the northeastern state.

Six people were hurt -- two critically — when part of a heating and ventilation system collapsed at a resort pool in Colorado on Saturday, fire officials said. There were 50 to 100 guests in the pool when the collapse occurred about 9.50 am Saturday at the Gaylord Rockies resort near Denver International Airport, Aurora Fire Rescue said. Large metal ductwork and mechanical parts that were mounted on the ceiling crashed down upon the pool deck and into the water, covering nearly the entire area of the pool, agency spokeswoman Sherri-Jo Stowell said.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday urged the Election Commission to ban Prime Minister Narendra Modi from campaigning in poll-bound Karnataka. Speaking at a press conference here, he alleged that Modi was seeking votes on the basis of religion in the southern state. Gehlot also hit out at the BJP over an alleged threat by a party candidate in the Karnataka polls to wipe out Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and his family. "The Election Commission should ban Prime Minister Modi from campaigning," the Rajasthan chief minister said at a press conference here while responding to a question. "Read the law... if someone talks in the name of religion, on religious grounds in an election campaign, a ban should be imposed," he added. The Karnataka Assembly election is scheduled for May 10, and counting of votes will take place on May 13. Asked if the Bajrang Dal will be banned in Rajasthan, Gehlot said, "Whatever may be the name of an organisation... the real question is what is the role of that organisation."

A gunman shot multiple people at an outlet mall in the Dallas suburb of Allen, Texas, on Saturday, killing an unknown number and sending hundreds of shoppers fleeing in panic in the latest gun violence to strike the country, officials said. Calls reporting gunshots came in about 3.40 pm local time from the Allen Premium Outlets. Witnesses told The Associated Press they saw multiple victims, including some who appeared to be children, and that they saw a police officer and a mall security guard who appeared to be unconscious on the ground.