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Himanta Biswa Sarma said that by looking at Congress' manifesto it seems that they have released the manifesto for Pakistan elections. Sarma said, «Their manifesto is all about appeasement. They want to divide the society and come to power. We condemn their appeasement politics. By looking at Congress' manifesto it seems that they have released the manifesto for Pakistan elections.» The chief minister said, “Today is the foundation day of our party. BJP has worked for the nation. Nation is our Dharma.I invite the people to join the BJP on the occasion of the party's foundation day.

Lok Sabha elections scheduled to take place in seven phases beginning from April 19. The chief minister, on the sidelines of a Lok Sabha election rally in Jorhat constituency, condemned the Congress poll promise document, calling it a politics of appeasement. “In India, no one wants the revival of triple talaq or support child marriage or polygamy.

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'If Modi returns to power, there will be no further elections': Tamil Nadu CM Rahul Gandhi says Congress manifesto 'can change India' PM Modi invokes 'creator Brahmaji' at Ajmer rally, says ‘BJP is also creating..’ The Lok Sabha election in Madhya Pradesh will be held in four phases--April 19, April 26, May 7 and May 13. As per the Election Commission of India (ECI), constituencies- Sidhi, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Mandla, Balaghat and Chhindwara will cast votes on April 19.

Canada's federal elections in 2019 and 2021, as reported by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). According to documents released by the CSIS on Thursday night (local time), the Indian government allegedly had «intent to interfere and likely conducted clandestine activities,» which involved the utilization of a proxy agent within Canada.

Dry Days in Delhi: The Delhi government has in an order released on April 6 declared five dry days for religious holidays in the National Capital Territory (NCT) for the months of April to June 2024, as per an India Today report. Dry days in India imply a ban on serving and consumption of alcohol. The Delhi government traditionally issues a roster of dry days every three months.

Hindustan Times, Stalin said that the paramount issue in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls is to prevent India from becoming a "totalitarian and unitary state". MK Stalin said that "PM Modi’s return to power is not even beneficial for the BJP. The party will cease to exist; only Modi will remain".

Top Events of the Day: India is all set to witness a series of important political and sports events including PM Modi's roadshow in Madhya Pradesh ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2024, IPL matches in Lucknow, etc. Here's a list of top events of the day, - Prime Minister Narendra Modi will start the BJP's Lok Sabha election campaign in Madhya Pradesh today, April 7. He will hold a 1.2-km long roadshow in the Jabalpur constituency.

US on high alert as Iran-Israel shadow war spurs chance of wider Middle east row The bloodiest-ever Gaza war began on October 7 with an unprecedented attack by Hamas militants resulting in the death of 1,170 Israelis. Thereafter, Israel relentlessly bombarded Gaza by air, land, and sea, killing at least 33,137 people, mostly women and children so far. Israel says that around 250 of its citizens and foreigners were taken hostage by militants on October 7.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah on April 6 took a jibe at the Congress, saying the opposition party does not understand India due to “its mostly Italian culture", as per an ANI report. The “Italian culture" jibe is likely a reference to Sonia Gandhi's roots and came following Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge's remarks on Article 370. In a post on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), Shah called Kharge's remarks “shameful" and attached a clip of him speaking.

Peter Pellegrini won Slovakia's presidential election Saturday against pro-Western diplomat Ivan Korcok. Opposition-backed Korcok conceded defeat as nearly complete results showed he had received 47 percent of the vote against former prime minister Pellegrini's 53 percent.

BJP and 400 plus for the NDA in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading from the front being the face of the party campaign. Sources tell ET that PM Modi will reach out to every Lok Sabha constituency with 'Modi Ki Guarantee' campaign. As per party sources, the number of rallies by Modi is likely to exceed the 2019 election number. In 2019, Modi addressed 142 public rallies and four roadshows reaching out directly to an estimated 1.5 crore people. Till Thursday, PM Modi has addressed 11 rallies across nine states since the announcement of elections. He has addressed two rallies each in Telangana and Karnataka, one each in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, UP, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and West Bengal. As per the schedule planned for Modi, he will address one rally for every three to four Lok Sabha seats. In states like UP, Bihar, Maharashtra which have 40 or more than 40 seats, Modi will address 18 to 25 rallies. Apart from that, the PM has also taken up the task of energising the party workers through interaction at the booth level and online tiffin meetings.

Lok Sabha constituencies, Chennai North and Chennai South, with the incumbent DMK locking horns with the AIADMK and the BJP. The BJP has fielded Tamilisai Soundararajan, former governor of Telangana to contest the coveted Chennai South constituency, which is the state's fourth largest constituency with more than two million voters. Soundararajan faces T Sumathy of the DMK and J Jayavardhan of the AIADMK. In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Sumathy won a thumping majority with a 50.28% vote share. The constituency has remained a stronghold of the DMK, with the party winning it five times while the AIADMK has won it twice. In North Chennai, Kalanidhi Veeraswamy of the DMK, R Manohar of the AIADMK, RC Paul Kanagaraj of the BJP and E Iqbal of the BSP are in the fray.

Himanta Biswa Sarma said that by looking at Congress' manifesto it seems that they have released the manifesto for Pakistan elections. Sarma said, «Their manifesto is all about appeasement. They want to divide the society and come to power. We condemn their appeasement politics. By looking at Congress' manifesto it seems that they have released the manifesto for Pakistan elections.» The chief minister said, “Today is the foundation day of our party. BJP has worked for the nation. Nation is our Dharma. I invite the people to join the BJP on the occasion of the party's foundation day." The Congress has promised to abolish the Agniveer scheme, junk the “one nation, one election” proposal, restore the Planning Commission, review GST and the national education policy, implement women’s reservation right away, restore status quo ante on the China border in Ladakh and sack the Manipur government.

Kuki communities in Manipur since May 3 last year, such a flurry of activity in the marketplace signals a revival of normalcy. “What normalcy?” Devi retorts with a poignant blend of anger and despair. “My daughter Mayuda is still confined in the shelters of a relief camp near Imphal. When the unrest erupted, she was just married, starting a new life with her husband in Churachandpur. The Kukis ravaged all their personal belongings, including the grocery shop they had taken on rent.” That’s just one side of the story. About 30 km northeast of Imphal, in Shangkai, Ngamminlen Haokip recounts a harrowing incident of armed Meitei assailants scaling up a nearby hill before launching a deadly assault on Thowai Kuki village. Shangkai is one of the 14 Kuki villages located in the foothills of Ukhrul district, “That’s Thowai Kuki,” he says, pointing towards a hill.

Top News of the Day: On 6 April, a series of events are set to take place right from politics to business. The Leh Apex Body (LAB) on Saturday withdrew their proposed march to the Changthang border with China on April 7. Maharashtra Congress rebel Ashok Chavan, along with BJP national president JP Nadda and three other leaders, took oath as the Rajya Sabha MP on Saturday.

Congress on the issue of corruption, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the opposition party is in panic as he has shut their «shop of loot» and it was holding rallies not to win the elections but to save the corrupt. Addressing an election rally in Ajmer, Modi called the Congress a party of «dynasts and corrupt» that is bereft of both principles and policies. «Wherever there is Congress, there cannot be any development. The Congress never thought about the poor, marginalised and youths… These people considered looting public money as their ancestral right. In the last 10 years, Modi has provided a permanent cure for the disease,» the prime minister said. Modi said that the third term of his government is not far and the government is going to take even bigger decisions against corruption in the first 100 days.

Lok Sabha polls are «not fair» with opposition parties being targeted but despite that, the INDIA bloc will get a clear majority in the elections due to the public response to its "five nyay, 25 guarantees", senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Saturday. He also said the people of the country will «decisively reject» all attempts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make the elections «unfree and unfair». There is a strong undercurrent of «enough of das saal anyay kaal» (10 years of injustice), the Congress general secretary said. Ramesh also hit out at Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh over their recent remarks about the country being a «new India», which strikes inside enemy territory, saying these are «diversionary tactics» aimed at taking the focus away from the Congress' «real narrative» of «paanch nyay, pachees guarantees» and the manifesto.

Narendra Modi has given us the «vision of a developed India in the Amrit Kaal», Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said. «A new debate has started in the country. Every vote of the public can prove to be helpful in changing the destiny and picture of the country. The foundation of this is the continuous change that has occurred in the country since 2014,» Adityanath said. «We should vote not based on caste, religion, appeasement or any other agenda, but for the vision of a developed India and a bright future for the next generation,» he added addressing a public meeting here for BJP candidates Raghav Lakhanpal (Saharanpur) and Pradeep Chaudhary (Kairana). The chief minister highlighted the nationwide chorus echoing the slogan 'Fir Ek Baar, Modi Sarkar' for the Lok Sabha elections.

ALSO READ: US tech giants turn to Mexico to make AI gear, spurning China The Microsoft Threat Intelligence insights in the latest East Asia report were published by the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) on Friday. The report said it is expected that "Chinese cyber and influence actors, and to some extent North Korean cyber actors," will work toward targeting elections in "India, South Korea, and the United States". How China, North Korea might influence elections in India, US, South Korea? 1. China's influence operation (IO) seeks perspectives on US political topics: China had allegedly begun using generative AI to create sleek and engaging visual content.

Shiv Sena are brothers. "This shows the unity amongst the people of Mahayuti. BJP and Shiv Sena are brothers, so today Devendra Fadnavis announced Shrikant Shinde from Kalyan Lok Sabha seat and all the leaders and workers of the BJP will be with Shrikant Shinde.