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Ganga after the passing of his mother, Heeraben. PM Modi's mother died in 2022 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

Retail inflation eases slightly in April, food inflation rises While the CPI inflation remains above the Reserve Bank of India’s target of 4 per cent, it has been within the central bank's tolerance range of 2-6 per cent for the eighth consecutive month. In July and August last year, retail inflation prints had come to 7.44 per cent and 6.83 per cent, respectively. India's retail inflation has been easing since December 2023, when it rose 5.69 per cent.

For efficiency, the form of an instrument must follow its function. This logic applies to India’s defence too, which is why there is no valid argument against aligning our armed forces to focus on potential theatres of war. How well we fare could depend on how well we’re geared for hostilities on a particular front—be it western, northern or maritime.

DELHI: With the conclusion of the fourth phase of polling on Monday, the Lok Sabha elections now move towards the Gangetic plains, having concluded in south and central India barring 13 seats in Maharashtra. Accordingly, political parties are shifting their campaign focus. In Uttar Pradesh, 41 seats will vote in the remaining three phases including hot seats like Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Azamgarh, Ballia, and Ghazipur. BJP did extremely well in the last two elections, winning most these seats. In West Bengal, polling will take place for 24 seats out of total 42 seats in the remaining phases. BJP and Trinamool Congress are locked in a high-stake battle in the state where the former has deployed several union ministers to oversee election campaigning. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is leading the campaign for Trinamool.

ALOS READ: Ex-Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi dies months after cancer diagnosis The current Bihar Deputy Chief Minister, Vijay Kumar Sinha, took to X to confirmed Sushil Kumar Modi's death. "Senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Shri Sushil Modi ji is no more among us," Sinha said in the post. Sinha said Sushil Kumar Modi's death is "an irreparable loss for the entire BJP organisation family as well as countless workers like me".

immensely proud of the foundation that Bill and I built together, and of the extraordinary work it is doing to address inequities worldwide," Melinda said in a post on X. "I care deeply about the foundation team, our partners around the world, and everyone who is touched by its work.

apartment block collapsed after being struck by fragments of a Soviet-era missile, launched by Ukraine and shot down by Russia, Russian officials said.

Kanpur between the BJP, the incumbent party for two terms, and the Congress, which has fortified itself by joining forces with the Samajwadi Party. Kanpur, one of the oldest major industrial and commercial centres of Uttar Pradesh which has in the past sent heavyweights such as Murli Manohar Joshi and former Union minister Shriprakash Jaiswal to Parliament, is currently held by the BJP's Satyadev Pachauri, 76, who is not contesting this time. Both the main parties have fielded lesser-known faces. The BJP's candidate is journalist Ramesh Awasthi, a non-political, non-local figure who is banking largely on the Modi factor. The Congress has fielded educationist Alok Mishra, who has unsuccessfully contested assembly elections in the past.

WWE Monday Night Raw on May 13 will witness the "King and Queen of the Ring" tournament matches. Gunther, Jey Uso, Ilja Dragunov, Iyo Sky and Lyra Valkyria will be out in the ring as the full fight card has come out. WWE Raw is taking place at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, SC. The event will start at 8 pm (ET).

constituency that Ajit Pawar has taken a keen interest in, it is Shirur. This contest is seen as a personal one for Ajit as the Sharad Pawar faction of NCP has repeated its MP Amol Kolhe against Ajit's NCP candidate Shivajirao Adhalrao Patil. Kolhe, an actor famous for the role of Maratha warrior King Shivaji in tele serials, was present at Raj Bhavan when Ajit rebelled and took oath along with 8 NCP MLAs to join hands with BJP government. Kolhe, however, changed sides within two days which was taken as a personal insult by Ajit. The latter has since then publicly vowed to ensure that Kolhe will be defeated. The Ajit faction has given a ticket to Shivajirao Adhalrao Patil, a former three term MP from Shiv Sena, defeated in 2019 by Kolhe.

Nashik Lok Sabha seat was in the news because of the prolonged tug of war among the BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP (Ajit) over who should get the seat. The BJP first wanted the seat claiming that Sena MP Hemant Godse would not be able to retain the seat. However, after a seat exchange deal with NCP (Ajit), the BJP offered the seat to the latter. However, with Godse not willing to vacate the seat, CM Eknath Shinde refused to hand over the seat to the NCP(Ajit). Shinde kept dragging the issue till the date of filing of nomination after which the Ajit camp withdrew its claim for the seat. While Godse has got the seat, his job is only half done. He is now facing a tri-cornered contest with Rajabhau Waje from the Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT), an independent candidate Shantigiri Maharaj and Karan Gaikar of the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi.

BJP and Congress in the upcoming election on Pune Lok Sabha seat, which was once the stronghold of the BJP over the past two Lok Sabha elections. However, a strange quirk of fate has altered the political equations here. In the 2019 assembly elections, BJP won five of the six assembly seats of the Pune Parliamentary constituency. It all looked like a cakewalk for the party. However, two incidents in March 2023 changed the dynamics of the constituency. Pune's MP and senior BJP leader Girish Bapat died after a prolonged illness. Before becoming an MP in 2019, Bapat was the MLA from Kasba Peth constituency, a BJP stronghold which the party didn't lose since 1995.

Lucknow and Kanpur, Unnao, whose political identity has been dominated by the Kuldeep Singh Sengar saga for a while, is witnessing a familiar battle between old contenders, but external factors may change the dynamics. Sengar, former BJP MLA, was sentenced to life imprisonment four years ago by the Delhi HC for raping a minor. The BJP's incumbent two-term MP Sakshi Maharaj is facing a spirited fight from former Congress MP from Unnao Annu Tandon for a third time, but this time as SP candidate. Originally from Kasganj, he won three Lok Sabha elections from Mathura and Farrukhabad, before being brought here in 2014, then winning on the back of almost en bloc support from the dominant Lodhi caste here as well as Nishads, combined with the Hindutva and Modi factor. But he has not been able to develop much of a positive reputation for himself in the past ten years. It is this 'Modi-Lodhi' factor that Tandon is challenging. A native of Unnao — whose late husband Sandeep Tandon was advisor to Mukesh Ambani — Tandon is widely known for her philanthropic activities, from contributing generously to weddings of girls to holding camps for eye checkups and more, according to locals.

Israeli assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah «cannot take place», the UN human rights chief insisted Sunday, saying it could not be reconciled with international law. All eyes have been on Rafah in recent weeks, where the population had swelled to around 1.5 million after hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled fighting in other areas of the Gaza Strip.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that the Congress will not even get seats «equalling Shehzada's (Rahul Gandhi) age». He said that «in a new game, Trinamool goons are threatening women in Sandeshkhali to protect the culprits» and that women were not safe under the Trinamool rule and the whole country was witness to it. Attacking the Congress and Trinamool Congress for 'parivaarvad', votebank politics and appeasement, Modi said, «Congress will not even get seats equalling shehzada's (Rahul Gandhi) age» while Trinamool is fighting in all the seats will not help them to take up the opposition role. «Voting for Congress and Left is a waste of votes,» he said, urging people to vote for BJP as «this election will decide the fate of the country». Modi today addressed in four rallies in Bengal's Barrackpore, Chinsura, Arambagh and Howrah. «The whole country saw what happened in Sandeshkhali. There was torture on women. The court had to intervene. The accused is in CBI custody but the Trinamool is still 'batting' for the culprits,» he said during his fourth rally in Howrah.

Elections for 96 Lok Sabha seats spread across nine states and the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir will be held in the fourth phase on Monday. Voting will be held simultaneously in all 175 assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh and 28 assembly seats of Odisha. This phase is crucial for Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. In 2019, his YSR Congress Party had won 22 out of 25 Lok Sabha seats and registered a thumping victory in the assembly elections. TDP-led NDA is posing a serious challenge to Reddy's popularity this time. It is contesting polls in alliance with BJP and Jana Sena Party. Congress is led by Reddy's sister YS Sharmila.

Ukraine is waging a tough new battle on its border, fending off a heavy Russian bombardment of northeastern Kharkiv region in an assault that will stretch Kyiv's manpower. Russian forces smashed through the border into Kharkiv region on Friday, threatening to open a new front in the 27-month war that has long been waged in the south and east and the Russian military says it has seized control of at least nine villages. Kyiv said it was repelling the attacks and battling for control of the settlements. Ukraine's chief commander, Oleksander Syrskyi, said on Sunday his forces were doing all they could to hold the line.

Mint analysis shows. On the flip side, the Congress’ vote share declined from 26% in 2009 to 15% and 18% in the following two elections. The analysis is based on constituencies in six of India’s largest cities—Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru—which accounted for nearly 6% of all registered electors in the 2019 election.

As Israeli military fliers rained down on eastern Rafah warning residents to evacuate ahead of a military operation early this week, Kareem Jouda and his family resolved to stay put even as their neighbors fled. They felt they had nowhere to go. The bombing changed their minds.

₹12 lakh crores by doing all this... INC means 'I Need Corruption', and this is an open game of political extortion. Whatever they say inside or outside Parliament is just for money..." The recent statements by Chowdhury arrived after Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently took Adani and Ambani's names in the election rallies and asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi why he stopped naming them in the election campaigning.

Voting for the fourth of Lok Sabha polls will be held on Monday for eight seats in Madhya Pradesh where BJP's sitting MP Shankar Lalwani is in the fray from Indore and Congress strongman Kantilal Bhuria from Ratlam. Of the total 29 seats in MP, polling is over in 21 in the first three phases of the general elections. On Monday, polling will be held in the ST-reserved constituencies of Ratlam, Dhar and Khargone, SC-reserved seats of Dewas and Ujjain, and Mandsaur, Indore and Khandwa. Voting will take place from 7 am to 6 pm for which 18,007 polling stations have been set up in the eight constituencies, as per officials.