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Hailstorm in Kolar results in loss of crops and disruption in power supply. Farmers have incurred a heavy loss

Joseph will hold the temporary charge until a new chairman is chosen for the Kerala Congress (M). During the announcement of the temporary chairman, Abraham said as per party rules, in the absence of the chairman, according to the Rule 29 of party constituency, all powers and functions of the chairman will fall on the working chairman
 

 Chandrasekhar Rao asked Stalin to join the federal front and the latter extended an invite to his guest to join the UPA. It is also reported that it is also decided that the regional leaders should stick together and bargain for more power to the states

At an election rally in Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh, Modi, calling himself the perfect example for a person who serves the poor, said that his life is an open book in spite of being the chief minister of Gujarat for more than 12 years and the Prime Minister of India for five years. 
 

Telangana chief minister, K Chandrasekhar Rao, has assured HD Kumaraswamy that he could continue as chief minister in Karnataka well after the Lok Sabha results on May 23.

A group of 30 members, in the first phase, will reach Bhubaneswar, Odisha, on Saturday from Palakkad, Kerala. According to sources, the Kerala State Electricity Board has decided to send 200 people from the team to Odisha. 

In the face of a fractured mandate that the opposition is banking on, the idea is to get the first invite as the single largest party through a united forum. However, the President has discretionary powers on who to call first, in such circumstances

Namo Brigade and Namo Again, two teams having the theme of bringing Narendra Modi back to power will be staging a Yakshagana or a dance drama on the theme of Devi Mahatme. The dance drama will be performed in Mangaluru, Karnataka, on May 24, a day after the Lok Sabha election results will be announced.

At the moment, on paper, the AIADMK has 114 MLAs in the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly. It would require at least four more MLAs to stay put in power. Apart from having to win a minimum of four more MLAs, the AIADMK also has the tough task of keeping its MLAs under control

The kin of the deceased patients staged a protest at the Madurai Government Rajaji Hospital alleging that ventilators failed due to a power cut, resulting in three deaths

The Odisha government, in coordination with the Centre, has prepared a detailed plan identifying priority areas for restoration of power and telecom facilities in Puri and Bhubaneswar.
 

According to reports, it is said that Odisha officials have estimated that they have to install as many as 1.56 lakh electric poles in the state after Cyclone Fani battered the state

In a bid to reclaim its supremacy in Karnataka, the Congress wants JDS to relinquish chief minister’s post and place Siddaramaiah there. The Congress may also ask JDS to give up important portfolios like power ministry as it feels it may do better than the regional party in the state in the Lok Sabha election. However, the BJP is quick to point out that it is a matter of survival for the Congress

Election to 542 Lok Sabha seats is being conducted in seven phases between April 11 and May 19. Election in Vellore constituency in Tamil Nadu has been cancelled following excess use of money power. Results will be declared on May 23.

The high court had laid down very clearly that the Lt Governor had no powers to act independently and that she must work "in tandem with the Chief Minister and the Council of Ministers," he told reporters here