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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday targeted the Congress-led INDI alliance, saying it is mulling to have five prime ministers in five years if voted to power. Addressing a rally at Kolhapur in western Maharashtra, Modi said the opposition bloc cannot even reach a three-digit figure or «at the doorstep of forming a government, but has plans to have one prime minister every year if they get a chance». «In Karnataka, Congress has planned to rotate the post of the chief minister by handing it to the deputy chief minister after 2.5 years. They had this arrangement in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan as well,» he said. Modi said the Congress wants to extend the «Karnataka model wherein Muslims were inducted in the 27 per cent quota for OBCs», in the entire country.

Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday staged a demonstration at the BJP headquarters against the postponement of the election for the mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. According to an official statement, over a dozen AAP MLAs and volunteers, including MLAs Rakhi Birla and Ajay Dutt, along with mayoral candidate Mahesh Khichi were detained by the police during the protest. The AAP accused the BJP of «conspiring» with the Lt Governor VK Saxena to «cancel» the mayoral elections fearing the win of the AAP candidate in the polls. The AAP alleged that the BJP wanted to stop a person from the Dalit community from becoming the Mayor of Delhi.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday received minor injuries while getting into her helicopter on Saturday from Durgapur on her way to a public rally in Asansol Constituency's Kulti for BJP candidate Shatrughan Sinha. Meanwhile, Banerjee slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a «jumla» and «Jhhuta» PM who brought CAA and NRC to Bengal to throw people out of the country. The West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee reportedly stumbled on board of her chopper while on her way to a campaign in Kulti on Saturday afternoon from Durgapur. The nature of her injury is not known yet. However, the injury was minor and she went to her scheduled rallies in Kulti and Asansol. Demanding Prime Minister's resignation from her rally, Banerjee said in the Kulti public rally, «I have never seen such a „jhhuta“ (Liar) PM. He wants to malign us. He wants to sell the country. BJP government has brought CAA, NRC and wants to throw people out of the country. But people want 'Roti Kapda Makaan' and jobs for the people, not their lofty speeches.»

Vande Metro trains will begin in July 2024. According to officials aware of the move, these trains will eventually ply to and fro over 100-250 kms distances connecting 124 cities across the country. Identified routes include Lucknow-Kanpur, Agra-Mathura, and Tirupati-Chennai, among others. The trains will focus on carrying passengers between large urban centres and satellite cities, running on existing tracks of Indian Railways. «Vande Metro trains are oriented towards high acceleration with frequent stoppages. These trains will have 12 coaches each, large automatic doors with side seats,» an official working on the project told ET.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday hit out at the Narendra Modi government over jobs and inflation, saying the unemployment rate is the highest in the country. Addressing a campaign rally at Udgir in Latur district for the Congress candidate, she said 30 lakh posts are lying vacant in the Central government which have not been filled in the last ten years. «Hardships (of the people) and unemployment have risen in the last ten years. 70 crore people, youth are unemployed,» Gandhi said. The AICC general secretary also said GST (Goods and Services Tax) has been imposed on every (piece of) agricultural equipment and promised to abolish it after Congress comes to power.

Cybersecurity in 2024: The season of deception and deepfakes McAfee conducted research for the survey in January and February of this year, across multiple countries to understand how AI and technology are changing the future. The study was conducted by MSI- ACI with 7,000 consumers globally across the US, UK, France, Germany, Australia, India, Japan.

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Nationalist Congress Party-SCP chief Sharad Pawar warned that voting for Prime Minister Narendra Modi back to power for the third term is 'dangerous', claiming that his government will “impose dictatorship" in India. Addressing an election rally in Sangola in Maharashtra’s Solapur on Friday, Pawar said, “It is dangerous to vote Prime Minister Narendra Modi back to power. He will impose dictatorship in the country." The veteran leader claimed foreigners have visited India to "monitor elections" to see if "democracy will survive in India".

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party wants to weaken the democracy in the country and has pressurised every institution in the last 10 years to not comment against it. Addressing an election rally in Valsad, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said, «They (BJP) want to weaken the democracy and people of the nation. Institutions that protect your rights be it media have been weakened. Media used to ask us every day but nothing of that sort is happening today.» Referring to remarks of BJP leader Anantkumar Hegde on «rewriting constitution», Priyanka Gandhi said that it is a «dangerous» trend.

Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd (IBREL) has posted widening of consolidated net loss at Rs 1,038.65 crore for the last fiscal year. Its net loss stood at Rs 608.38 crore in 2022-23. Total income also fell to Rs 468.75 crore during 2023-24 from Rs 648.47 crore in the preceding year, according to a regulatory filing on Friday.

Amit Shah on Saturday said if Narendra Modi continues to be the prime minister for the third consecutive term, he would end terrorism and Naxalism from the country and also make India the world's third largest economy. He was addressing an election rally at Porbandar in Gujarat in support of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Mansukh Mandaviya. Shah said that when Article 370 was scrapped, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi opposed the move, saying it would lead to a river of blood flowing in Kashmir. «In the last five years, let alone the river of blood, nobody even dared to throw a stone there. PM Modi worked to finish terrorism and Naxalism from the country. When Manmohan Singh was the country's prime minister, anyone could enter the country from Pakistan and blow up bombs,» the senior BJP leader said. «When Pakistan carried out terrorist attacks in Pulwama and Uri, it forgot that Modi was the prime minister. Within 10 days, PM Modi carried out surgical and air strikes to finish off terrorists on Pakistan's soil,» he said.

Sikhs, including members of the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee, joined the BJP on Saturday. Citing a host of measures taken by the government to help the minority community, BJP president J P Nadda on the occasion said if anybody has really worked for the community, it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Nadda also cited central government decisions such as the opening of the Kartarpur Sahib corridor, the FCRA registration for donations to the Golden Temple and the action against accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases. He said the BJP highly regarded the contribution and sacrifices of the community for the country and will keep working for its welfare.

Central Election Committee (CEC) today to discuss candidates for highly anticipated seats in Uttar Pradesh – Rae Bareli and Amethi. Leaders of the Uttar Pradesh Congress and the All India Congress Committee (AICC) in charge of UP, Avinash Pandey, have also been called for a meeting today, sources said. There is a strong buzz that Rahul Gandhi, who contested from Wayanad, will also contest from Amethi seat.

Times of India, Rashan said, “I can breathe easy now". Rashan, who had suffered a cardiac arrest in 2019 and experienced health issues for months, travelled to India for medical treatment. Senior cardiac surgeon Dr.

Copper and aluminium, the most used industrial metals, have gained substantially in the past few weeks. The rally was associated with supply uncertainties and a notable increase in global demand. The Western ban on Russian metals, hopes of US rate cuts, and diversification of holdings of central banks also uplifted the sentiments. Copper futures are hovering near lifetime highs in the key Chinese markets, while they are trading at two-year highs on futures platforms like LME and MCX. Aluminium prices are currently at record levels in Indian markets, gaining over 20 percent since the start of the year.

afflicts rich and poor countries alike. With barriers to commerce rising, high interest rates contining to bite and regulators bridling at takeovers, such liaisons are becoming the go-to way to enlarge a business empire, as the recent actions of companies including Disney, Ford and Microsoft illustrate. Call it the age of the quasi-merger.

TMC leader Hafizul Khan, by a joint team of the CBI and the Bomb Squad of the elite National Security Guard (NSG) from the Sarberia area of Sandeshkhali, BJP leader Dilip Ghosh said on Saturday the state has turned into a «safe haven for terrorists». Hafizul, it turns out, is an aide of expelled TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, the alleged mastermind of the attack on an ED team in Sandeshkhali while it was raiding his house in connection with the ration 'scam' and a key accused in the 'excesses' on women and land grab in the island. Speaking to media persons on Saturday, Ghosh, the BJP's Lok Sabha nominee from the Purba Bardhaman constituency, said the people would rise against the TMC if it tried to hold on to power despite the state falling to the free-run of 'terrorists' and 'goons'.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and the former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan slammed Indian Overseas Congress chairman Sam Pitroda, for his comments on inheritance tax. As reported by ANI, Chouhan stated that India's culture, traditions, and moral values differ from America. Addressing a public rally in Raisen, Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, “In a country like America, there is a provision that after death, the government (US) takes away 55% of the property.

Singapore Food Agency also directed a recall of a spice mix produced by Everest. In June 2023, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had ordered a recall of spice mixes of Everest and Maggi Masala-ae-Magic as it found those contaminated with Salmonella bacteria. A few years earlier, in September 2019, a batch of MDH’s spice mix had been recalled for the same reason.

a proposal for the new rule in September, saying it would boost safety requirements on farms and raise transparency around how such workers are recruited, in order to combat human trafficking. The Labor Department is already required to ensure that the H-2A program doesn’t undercut the wages or working conditions of Americans who take similar jobs. Employers are required to pay minimum U.S.

The cost-of-living crisis facing Canadians is only getting more bleak, according to new polling that shows everything from buying a first home to affording groceries has gotten harder in the past year.

Beyonce and Nashville’s Renaissance”, an effort has been made to examine country music after Beyonce’s recently released Cowboy Carter. As per the reports, the 42 minute documentary contains interviews of different musicians in the genre of country music and analyses of this genre by different experts. Though Beyonce herself did not participate in this documentary.