Western Rajasthan is currently under the grip of a severe heatwave, as announced by the Meteorological Centre. This alert extends to certain regions until May 20th. In particular, parts of western Rajasthan are under an orange alert, indicating the severity of the heatwave, while areas in the east are under a yellow alert.

Home Minister Amit Shah urged voters in Jaipur to "exercise their franchise in the morning hours before the temperature rises," emphasising that "the votes given to Manju Sharma and the Lotus will ensure Narendra Modi becomes the Prime Minister again."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address an election rally in Kotputli, Rajasthan, supporting BJP's candidate Rao Rajendra Singh for the Jaipur Rural Lok Sabha seat. This marks his first campaign event in Rajasthan for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, scheduled in two phases on April 19 and 26.

"Tactical drills to be practiced during the exercise will include establishing the temporary operating base, creating an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance grid, setting up mobile vehicle check post, executing cordon and search operations in a hostile village and heliborne operations," the Army said in a statement. 

Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, former chief minister Ashok Gehlot, PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasra, leader of opposition Tikaram Jully were present at the time of the nomination filing in the assembly building.

Macron will be the Chief Guest at the Republic Day celebrations on kartavya path in New Delhi.