Five children, including two siblings, have died within five days from a mysterious illness in Rajasthan's Salumber district, officials said on Wednesday.

The children, aged between two and four years, reportedly developed symptoms such as fever and vomiting and died within 24 hours, they said.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hit out at the BJP and the Election Commission over voter deletions during the SIR exercise and said her party will move a court again to resist the removal of electors from the rolls.

Her comments came after nearly 91 lakh voters' names were deleted from the electoral rolls following the completion of the Special Intensive Revision in the state.

US President Donald Trump in a social media post declared the ceasefire agreement a "big day for World Peace" and that the US "will be helping with the traffic buildup in the Strait of Hormuz."

"There will be lots of positive action!" Trump predicted in his post.

After a record surge in FY25, the pace of new demat account additions moderated in FY26 as weaker market returns and rising volatility weighed on retail sentiment.

Net additions slowed to about 32 million in FY26, even as the total number of demat accounts crossed 225 million, according to data from depositories NSDL and CDSL.

Taking a swipe at the government, the Congress on Wednesday said the role played by Pakistan in bringing about the ceasefire between the US and Iran is a "severe setback" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "highly personalised diplomacy" and "the self-styled Vishwaguru stands thoroughly exposed".

US President Donald Trump, minutes before his Tuesday deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz, shared a statement from Tehran, saying Iran has agreed to allow safe passage through the strait if attacks on its power infrastructure are ceased.

In a post on Truth Social, he shared Iran's official statement in the name of Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

Cash payments at toll plazas will be discontinued for travellers on national highways from April 10, the road transport and highways ministry has said.

In a gazette notification, the ministry has said that in cases where a vehicle enters a fee plaza without a valid FASTag, users can still pay via Unified Payment Interface (UPI), but at a higher charge of 1.25 times the applicable toll fee.

As the countdown continues to US President Donald Trump's ultimatum for Iran to come at the negotiating table, President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed that Iranians are ready to sacrifice their lives to defend the country.

He made the remarks in a post on X. The Iranian President said that he, too stands ready to be sacrificed for the country.

The BJP on Tuesday demanded an apology from Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for his alleged remarks on the people of Gujarat and some other states, saying that the comment was "shameless, demeaning and utterly despicable."

Addressing a press conference here, senior BJP leader and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asked Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to clarify whether they agreed with Kharge's statement.

As global supply chains remain affected by disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz, a senior Iranian adviser has warned that Tehran’s allies could shut the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, another key global shipping route, if pressure on Iran continues.

Ali Akbar Velayati, a former Iranian foreign minister and adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader, issued the warning on social media.

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