Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls and address a couple of public rallies. Today is Bansant Panchami and lakhs of devotees are expected to take the holy dip on the third and final Shahi Snan at the Kumbh Mela 2019. Saraswati Puja, the goddess of learning, is also celebrated on this day. The questioning of Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajiv Kumar in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam by a CBI team in Shillong is to continue today. The Gujjar community in Rajasthan continues its protest demanding quota. The death count in the hooch tragedy that hit two adjoining districts in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh has risen to 110 with more people dying of consuming spurious liquor. India will play New Zealand in the third and final T20I in Hamilton. The death count from the collapse of an apartment building in Istanbul rose to 21 on Saturday, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said authorities have "lessons to learn" from the incident. The eight-storey block in the Kartal district on the Asian side of the city collapsed on Wednesday but the cause is not yet clear.
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