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Modi alleged on Friday that Congress has reached a level of craziness where it intends to terminate India's nuclear weapons if it comes to power, restore Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, and annul Citizenship Amendment Act. At an election rally in Mandi, he also attacked those who had used unsavory language against BJP candidate and actor Kangana Ranaut during the campaign. «You have seen Congress rule for decades. Congress likes a Bharat which is poor, citizens are surrounded by problems… Hence, it wants to bring back the old situation in the country. It wants to put reverse gear in the country's progress. Hence, Congress is saying if it comes to power, it will bring back Article 370 and annul CAA… It has reached a level of craziness where it is saying it will terminate India's nuclear weapons. They are making these announcements in their election campaign,» Modi said. The prime minister further charged Congress with being staunchly communal and practices appeasement politics for vote bank.

Modi alleged on Friday that Congress has reached a level of craziness where it intends to terminate India’s nuclear weapons if it comes to power, restore Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, and annul Citizenship Amendment Act. At an election rally in Mandi, he also attacked those who had used unsavory language against BJP candidate and actor Kangana Ranaut during the campaign. “You have seen Congress rule for decades. Congress likes a Bharat which is poor, citizens are surrounded by problems… Hence, it wants to bring back the old situation in the country. It wants to put reverse gear in the country’s progress. Hence, Congress is saying if it comes to power, it will bring back Article 370 and annul CAA…. It has reached a level of craziness where it is saying it will terminate India’s nuclear weapons. They are making these announcements in their election campaign,” Modi said. The prime minister further charged Congress with being staunchly communal and practices appeasement politics for vote bank.

Lok Sabha elections, covering 58 seats spread over six states and the union territories of Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir will be held on Saturday. Among the prominent candidates in the fray are former chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti (Jammu and Kashmir) and Manohar Lal Khattar (Haryana), union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Rao Inderjit Singh and Krishan Pal Gurjar, Deepender Hooda, industrialist Naveen Jindal, Bansuri Swaraj, Manoj Tiwari, Kanhaiya Kumar, Bhartruhari Mahtab, JP Aggarwal States where polling will be held in the sixth phase are Bihar (8 seats), Haryana (10), Jharkhand (4), Odisha (6), Uttar Pradesh (14), West Bengal (8), Delhi (7). Polling will also be held in Anantnag-Rajouri seat of Jammu and Kashmir where Mufti is the PDP candidate. The Election Commission had postponed polling on this seat from the third to the sixth phase due to logistical reasons owing to adverse climate conditions. Unlike in 2014 and 2019 when BJP had won all seven seats in Delhi, this time the battle is not easy for the saffron party as AAP and Congress have joined hands with the former contesting four seats and the latter three. In the prestigious Chandni Chowk seat, Congress candidate and veteran leader JP Aggarwal is said to be the frontrunner. Mahabal Mishra, a former Congressman now in AAP, is the INDIA candidate from West Delhi and is seen as a strong candidate.

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had "betrayed" the youth dreaming of serving the country by «forcibly» imposing the Agnipath scheme and asserted that an INDIA bloc government will ensure justice for them. Gandhi shared a video of his recent interaction on a tempo with some youth, who wanted to join the armed forces but could not do so because of the Agnipath scheme being introduced. In a post on X in Hindi along with the video, the former Congress chief said that while travelling on a 'Deshbhakti Ka Tempo', he got to know closely about the sufferings of the youth. «Narendra Modi has betrayed the youth who dream of serving the country in the army and has forcibly imposed the Agnipath scheme on them,» he said.

BJP and the INDIA bloc partners pitted in a direct, one-on-one contest in all the seven Lok Sabha constituencies. A total of 1.52 crore voters, including 82 lakh male and 69 lakh female voters as well as 1,228 third gender, are eligible to cast their votes at more than 13,000 polling booths in 2,627 places across the seven seats. Voting will start from 7 am with special arrangements at the polling booths to help the voters exercise their franchise amid scorching heat.

Rajasthan Royals (RR) put up a brilliant display of bowling, managing to restrict Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) to a total of 156 runs in 20 overs of play in the first innings. RR's bowlers continue to chip away, picking wickets at regular intervals to never let SRH's tremendous batting line-up to cut-loose. Trent Boult and Avesh Khan complemented each other well to took three wickets each.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's request for dissolving the Parliament and holding fresh General Elections, the UK citizens and parties are gearing up to go to polls sooner than expected. The voters will choose 650 members of the House of Commons, the lower house for a term of five years. The party that commands a majority of seats in the lower house, either alone or in coalition, will form the next government and its leader will be the prime minister. The center-left Labour Party under the leadership of Keir Starmer is considered to be in the strongest position. It will be pitched against the ruling Conservative Party under the command of Rishi Sunak. Polling will be held on July 4.

Uttar Pradesh on Saturday will determine the fate of several high-profile candidates, including former Union Minister Maneka Gandhi, who is contesting on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket from Sultanpur, one of fourteen seats up for grabs in this phase. Gandhi is aiming for her ninth term in the Lok Sabha, and is up against the Samajwadi Party's Ram Bhual Nishad and the Bahujan Samaj Party's Uday Raj Verma. During a campaign event, Pilibhit MP and Maneka's son, Varun Gandhi, said,«Elections are going on everywhere in the country...but there is only one region in the country where people don't call their MP, Sansad ji, Mantri ji, or by her name, but call her mata ji.»

North East Delhi, is set to witness another eventful Lok Sabha election as it goes in to the big polls on May 25. One of the reasons it has successfully become an important seat is because of the main contenders, two prominent Biharis: BJP's Manoj Tiwari and Congress' Kanhaiya Kumar. North East Delhi constituency comprises 10 segments including Burari, Timarpur, Seemapuri (SC), Rohtas Nagar, Seelampur, Ghonda, Babarpur, Gokalpur (SC), Mustafabad and Karawal Nagar. It is to be noted that of the 10, only three are held by BJP (Rohtas Nagar, Ghonda, Karawal Nagar) and remaining seven have AAP MLAs.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi «owed an explanation to the country's women» for having campaigned in favour of sex scandal accused Prajjwal Revanna. Speaking to PTI-Video during his visit to Patna, Tharoor alleged that accusations against Revanna had been known to the BJP which chose to ignore these because of «political cynicism». «It is now well known that videotapes of Revanna were made available to a BJP leader in Karnataka where the party displayed political cynicism by keeping mum and having a truck with the Janata Dal (Secular),» he said. Referring to a rally of Modi in the Hassan constituency for Revanna who has been on the run since the matter came to light, Tharoor said, «The prime minister of the country clearly owes an answer to the country's women for canvassing in favour of such a candidate».

US State Department issued a travel advisory asking its citizens not to travel to this Latin American country. It has issued a «Level 4: Do Not Travel» travel advisory, its most serious warning. The department has warned Americans not to travel to this oil-rich country due to high levels of crime and civil unrest under the socialist rule of President Nicolas Maduro, reports the 'New York Post'.

electoral legacy like no other constituency in Delhi. From greats like Sucheta Kripalani to Atal Bihari Vajpayee and even L K Advani, this constituency, even this time will play a key role in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The 2019 polls saw Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Meenakshi Lekhi emerge victorious, beating Congress' Ajay Makan. This time, the battle is all set to take stage on May 25 between the saffron party's debutant Bansuri Swaraj, daughter of former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, and Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Somnath Bharti.

political battle in the country is set to end soon as voting for the sixth and penultimate phase of Lok Sabha polls will be held on May 25, Saturday. The phase will be polling across 58 constituencies in six states and two Union territories, including all the seven seats in Delhi and the Jangal Mahal region in Bengal. Besides the national capital, polling will be held Saturday in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, all 10 seats of Haryana, eight seats each in Bihar and West Bengal, six seats in Odisha, four seats in Jharkhand and one seat in Jammu and Kashmir. Simultaneously, polling will be held for 42 assembly constituencies in Odisha. Click here to participate in our Lok Sabha Elections Survey to gauge the mood of the nation

₹2,696 crore for the fiscal year, nearly double compared to the preceding year. Revenue grew 10% to ₹45,791 crore.Consolidated EBITDA grew 56% on-year to ₹7,944 crore.

The Indian Express, published on May 24, when he was asked what makes him thing that the BJP is targeting AAP and, specifically him.Also Read: Arvind Kejriwal breaks silence on Swati Maliwal assault case: 'Two versions of event'Kejriwal claimed that the party is being targeted because of the phenomenal rise."Many people who meet the PM, some of them are our friends too, they tell us that the PM discusses AAP frequently. And he says that in the future, AAP will challenge them nationally and in many states," the AAP leader said.Kejriwal also claimed that they (BJP) wants to crush AAP before it grows.