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[00:00:11] Hello, this is your Daily Dose of Newsroom Onmanorama.
[00:00:14] I am your host Meenu and these are the major news stories of Wednesday, May 1st, 2024.
[00:00:24] The Congress is all set to end the suspense over Lok Sabha candidates for the M.A.T.
[00:00:28] and Rai Bairili constituencies.
[00:00:31] The party's Central Election Committee has empowered Congress President Malik Arshankar
[00:00:35] K. to take a decision which will be announced within 24 hours.
[00:00:42] The Union Home Ministry on Wednesday termed the bomb threat to schools in Delhi and adjoining
[00:00:48] areas as a hoax and asked people not to panic.
[00:00:55] An accused, arrested in connection with firing at the residents of Bollywood actor Salman
[00:00:59] Khan died by suicide on Wednesday.
[00:01:01] He was found hanging in the toilet of the lockup of Mumbai Police's crime branch.
[00:01:08] New York City Police arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, hauled up in an academic
[00:01:14] building in Columbia University campus late on Tuesday and removed a protest in Kamman.
[00:01:20] The Ivy League school had soared to dismantle for nearly two weeks.
[00:01:27] Kerala has been experiencing hot days of summer as the maximum temperature crossed 35 degrees
[00:01:33] Celsius in all districts except Iduki and Vineyard.
[00:01:38] Let's get into the details.
[00:01:42] The Congress is all set to end the suspense over Lok Sabha candidates for the M.A.T.
[00:01:47] and Rai Bareilly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh.
[00:01:50] The party's Central Election Committee has empowered Congress President Malikarshan Kharki
[00:01:55] to take a decision which will be announced within 24 hours.
[00:01:59] Party leader chair-up remit said on Wednesday,
[00:02:02] The Congress has kept the suspense going for M.A.T.
[00:02:05] and Rai Bareilly constituencies not naming candidates for them in the latest list
[00:02:10] of names for the Lok Sabha polls released on Tuesday.
[00:02:14] Congress workers in Amiti held a protest yesterday over the delay in their announcement.
[00:02:19] Slogans of Amiti demands the Kandy family were raised by Congress workers
[00:02:25] sitting on a protest outside the party office.
[00:02:28] Speculation has been rife that the party would feel its former President Dracul Kandy
[00:02:32] who loaths the family-bustin in a shock defeat to the BJP's Smriti Irani in 2019
[00:02:38] from Amiti Akhen and he will contest both from there and Kerala's Vineyard
[00:02:43] as he did in the last Lok Sabha elections.
[00:02:49] The Union Home Ministry on Wednesday termed the bomb threat to schools in Delhi
[00:02:53] and adjoining areas as a hoax and asked people not to panic.
[00:02:58] Police and security agencies are taking necessary steps as per protocol the ministry said.
[00:03:04] A source said that the Delhi Police cyber cell has tracked the IP address of the threatening emails.
[00:03:11] The source claimed that the email which originated from Russia and may have been sent using a VPN
[00:03:17] was aimed to create panic in Delhi.
[00:03:23] An accused arrested in connection with firing at the residence of Bollywood actor Salman Khan
[00:03:28] attempted suicide in the lockup of Mumbai Police's crime branch on Wednesday
[00:03:31] and died in a hospital where he was rushed to.
[00:03:35] The deceased, Anush Dhaban, hanged himself inside the toilet of the lockup using a bed sheet.
[00:03:42] It was rushed to the state and GT hospital where he was declared dead during treatment.
[00:03:47] The officials said.
[00:03:48] An accidental death report will be registered at Azad Mehta and Bollywood station in South Mumbai.
[00:03:55] Dhaban was arrested from Punjab along with Sonu Kumar Bishoni
[00:03:58] for allegedly supplying weapons to shooters Sagar Pal and Vicky Gupta
[00:04:03] who were already arrested according to police.
[00:04:09] New York City Police arrested dozens of proper Palestinian demonstrators
[00:04:13] who were hauled up in an academic building on Columbia University campus late on Tuesday
[00:04:18] and removed a protest encampment the Ivy League school had sought to dismantle for nearly two weeks.
[00:04:24] Shortly after police moved in, Columbia University President Mino Shafi released a letter
[00:04:30] in which she requested police stay on campus until at least May 17th
[00:04:35] two days after graduation to maintain order and ensure that encampments are not re-established.
[00:04:42] Within three hours, the campers had been cleared of protesters
[00:04:45] said that police spokesperson adding the sense of errors were made.
[00:04:52] Kerala has been experiencing hot days of summer as a maximum temperature
[00:04:56] crossed 35 degrees Celsius in all districts except Idkhi and Vineyard.
[00:05:02] India Meteorological Department has predicted heat wave conditions
[00:05:05] in isolated areas of Palakkad, Ahlapura, Trishur and Kori Kaur districts.
[00:05:10] The Met Department has sounded an orange alert for Palakkad
[00:05:13] as a maximum temperature crossed 41 degrees Celsius
[00:05:17] while the other three districts were placed under a yellow alert.
[00:05:22] The state government has already ordered the closure of educational institutions in Palakkad
[00:05:26] and advised the public to exercise caution during hot days.
[00:05:32] At the same time, education institutions in other districts are asked to wind up the classes at 10 am.
[00:05:38] This order will be applicable to tuition centers as well, said Education Minister Vishi Venkutty.
[00:05:47] That brings us to the end of this episode.
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