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Jalpaiguri for the storm victims. Slamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for not mentioning the storm affected people in Jalpaiguri's Moynaguri. Jalpaiguri Constituency will vote for the first phase on April 19. Expressing her grievance, Mamata Banerjee said, «The Prime Minister and Union Home Minister came to Bengal but they did not once mention about storm affected people in Jalpaiguri.» On the other hand, Mamata Banerjee has announced her decision to give Rs 1.20 lakh to the victims, whose houses were damaged and broken. She even emphasized in various rallies that she had rushed at midnight to Jalpaiguri, when she heard that Moynaguri, some areas of Alipurduar and Coochbehar were affected. Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday from a public rally in Jalpaiguri's Fulbari that she will give Rs 1.20 lakh and Rs 20,000 has already been disbursed by the state administration and the rest will be disbursed for the people who were affected in the storm.

Delhi and people need not pay attention to «rumours» spread by «vested political interests». According to a press statement issued by the Raj Niwas here, rumours are being propagated that the central government and the lieutenant governor would stop the subsidy schemes. Saxena has taken serious note of «patently false and deliberately misleading» statements by members of a particular political party and its ministers that the schemes and subsidies pertaining to «free» electricity, water and bus rides for women will be stopped since Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is in jail, the statement said. No immediate reaction was available from the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) or its government in Delhi.

AIADMK in Tamil Nadu for the April 19 Lok Sabha elections. AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi said on 'X' that the «alliance would also continue for the Assembly elections» in Tamil Nadu, apparently referring to the 2026 state polls. «AIADMK has refused to ally with BJP and has committed to never allying with it in the future. It has also assured that it will oppose CAA, NPR & NRC. Therefore, AIMIM extends its support to AIADMK in the coming Lok Sabha elections. Our alliance will also continue for the Assembly elections,» Owaisi said. Incidentally, AIMIM had allied with TTV Dhinakaran's Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) in Tamil Nadu for the 2021 Assembly polls and contested from three seats. The AIADMK was part of the BJP-led NDA then.

ANI revealed. Mysore and Chamarajanagar are the CM's home districts, and winning both seats is crucial for maintaining his political credibility and hence, Siddaramaiah met Prasad urging him to support Congress candidates in both constituencies, sources said. Following the meeting, Shrinivas Prasad assured CM that he would appeal to the people to help the Congress candidate Chamarajanagar constituency will go to the polls in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 26.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh claimed that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma «would have been nowhere» without the grand old party which had given him «identity and position» during its rule in the state. The Congress general secretary, in an interview with PTI here, claimed that Sarma was among the first to quit the grand old party when it lost power and join the «washing machine of BJP». «The Congress gave him identity and position, along with authority and responsibility, during the tenure of former chief minister Tarun Gogoi but he chose to betray the party when it was not in power. It is a matter of great sorrow that those given a responsible position turn out to be opportunists. But that has not shattered our self-confidence,» he said. «Opportunists» leaving the Congress actually work in the party's favour, making way for ideologically committed youngsters, the Rajya Sabha MP said.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) informed a special court that Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha allegedly "threatened" Aurobindo Pharma promoter Sharath Chandra Reddy to pay ₹25 crore to the AAP for the five retail zones allocated to his company as per the Delhi government's excise policy. According to the CBI, Kavitha had told Reddy that in case he did not pay the amount to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the national capital, his business would be harmed in Telangana and Delhi, PTI reported.

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Philippines, the United States and Japan will change the dynamic in the South China Sea and the region, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Friday, while seeking to assure China it was not a target. «I think the trilateral agreement is extremely important,» Marcos told a press conference in Washington a day after meeting President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in the nations' first trilateral summit. «It is going to change the dynamic, the dynamic that we see in the region, in ASEAN in Asia, around the South China Sea,» Marcos said, referring to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

Canada has made the decision to reduce the number of its staffers stationed in its consulates across India, a move that could potentially impact visa application processes for individuals planning to travel to Canada. According to a spokesperson from the Canadian High Commission, the staff reductions were deemed necessary due to a decrease in the number of Canadian personnel available to effectively manage operations within the country. Think you check all the immigration boxes? Find out Despite the staff reductions, the spokesperson assured that Canada's visa application centers in India are functioning normally, alleviating concerns regarding any immediate disruption to visa processing procedures.

K Kavitha had allegedly «threatened» Aurobindo Pharma Promoter Sharath Chandra Reddy to pay Rs 25 crore to the Aam Aadmi Party for five retail zones allotted to his firm under the Delhi government's excise policy, the CBI told Special Court on Friday, while seeking her custody. Kavitha had told Reddy that in case of non-payment of money his business will be harmed in Telangana and Delhi under the Excise policy, the CBI has alleged. Reddy, who was an accused under the PMLA case probed by the Enforcement Directorate, had turned an approver in the case. He has not been charged sheeted by the CBI yet. Seeking custodial interrogation of Kavitha, the CBI told Special Judge Kaveri Baweja that it was on the «insistence and assurance» of Kavitha, daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, that Reddy participated in the liquor business in the national capital.

Income Tax Department on April 12 said that the amended India-Mauritius protocol on the double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) is awaiting ratification and notification by the department, as per a PTI report. On March 7, 2024, India and Mauritius signed an amendment to the DTAA, introducing a principal purpose test (PPT) aimed at curtailing tax avoidance. The PPT ensures that treaty benefits are granted only for transactions with a genuine purpose, addressing concerns over tax avoidance.

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insurance industry in FY24, ToI reported on April 12 citing data from the General Insurance Council. The general insurance industry recorded an annual premium of close to Rs 2.9 lakh crore for FY24, marking a 13% rise from the previous fiscal year's Rs 2.6 lakh crore. Similarly, the five standalone health insurance companies saw a significant 26.2% increase in total premium, climbing from Rs 26,243 crore to Rs 33,115 crore during the same period. These statistics are based on preliminary data released by the council. The rise of standalone health insurance companies' growth can be credited to larger policy sizes, as they introduce high-value policies worth crores. Premium rates have been adjusted to match medical inflation, and coverage has expanded, insurers revealed.

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ventured into lithium-ion battery making, crucial for EVs, by beginning the construction of a facility equipped with technology from China-based manufacturer SVOLT. The facility would have a capacity of 6 GWhr in the initial phase, entailing an investment of ₹4,500 crore to ₹5,000 crore. Of this, it has invested over ₹1,800 crore by December.

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Congress MP and Lok Sabha poll candidate from Nagaon constituency in Assam, Pradyut Bordoloi, has filed a complaint against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, alleging that he violated the model code of conduct by offering money to all ration cardholders during the ongoing election campaign. Bordoloi filed the complaint to the chief election commissioner on Tuesday night, alleging that Sarma, in a public meeting in Lakhimpur during the day, made a promise to transfer Rs 10,000 to the bank accounts of every ration cardholder after the election. Stating that such assurances are a «clear violation» of MCC, the Congress leader said, «Such promises are not only unethical but also an attempt to influence voters through financial inducements, thereby compromising the integrity of the electoral process». He urged the ECI to investigate the matter thoroughly and take appropriate action against the chief minister for his «misconduct».

Among the more worrisome provisions of India’s new Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023, is Section 9 that imposes an obligation on all data fiduciaries to obtain a parent’s verifiable consent before they process the personal data of a child. What this means is that, before collecting any personal data, businesses will have to ascertain whether the person to whom it relates is a child or not. This, if you think about it, is an onerous obligation that will likely have far greater consequences than legislators intended.

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MUMBAI : Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, Bandhan Bank's founder and managing director and chief executive officer, has said he will not be part of the bank's board even in a non-executive role after he retires on 9 July. Speaking to analysts and investors in an early morning call on Monday, Ghosh clarified that the board will start the process of finding his successor and expects the names of candidates to be finalized by July. The board may even look at appointing an interim CEO post his tenure, if the Reserve Bank of India approval for the new CEO does not come in by then.

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