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.