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Thuglak, a Tamil political magazine. Political pundits are not clear if the groundswell for BJP in Tamil Nadu is large enough to secure one or more seats in the coming general elections—the state will vote on 19 April. If the party does manage to do so, it would have crossed the final frontier in its drive to become a truly national party.

Narendra Modi will campaign for six Lok Sabha seats in the Old Mysuru region, including Bengaluru, on April 20, Saturday. He will hold public rallies in Chikkaballapur and, at the Palace Grounds in Bengaluru. BJP state general secretary Sunil Kumar Karkala said they expect one lakh people to participate in each of these events. Karnataka will go to polls on April 26 and May 7. This is the third visit by the PM to Karnataka this election season including the one to Kalaburagi on the day the polls schedules were announced.

One Piece Chapter 1112 spoilers are out and it seems that there is a crucial encounter between Vegapunk and Gorosei. In the upcoming One Piece Chapter 1112, there are fights between Ju Peter and Warcury, and Luffy even as Pacifistas were destroyed by Nusjuro, as per a report in dexerto. One Piece Chapter 1112 will be released at 11 am (EDT) on Sunday, April 21. The sudden and unprecedented gathering of the reclusive Five Elders in Egghead has sent shockwaves through the world of One Piece, signaling a level of desperation seldom seen from the enigmatic figures. Their rare descent to the land hints at the gravity of the situation, suggesting a concerted effort to thwart a significant threat, likely related to the ongoing broadcast.

80 Naxalites have been killed in Chhattisgarh, 125 were arrested while more than 150 have surrendered. In the very limited span of time, we will be able to root out Naxal terror from the country under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi," the Union Home Minister said. The BJP ousted the Congress and rose to power in Chhattisgarh after winning the state assembly polls last year.

Arvind Kejriwal, in jail in connection with the liquor policy case, on Tuesday alleging AAP minister Atishi was using the death of a woman in a fight over fetching water for «narrow political goals». Atishi dismissed the charge in a letter addressed to the Lt Governor and termed his missive «unfortunate» and «may be intended for optics». Saxena's letter was in response to a letter by Atishi wherein she sought suspension of the CEO of Delhi Jal Board over the murder case. «It has become habitual on the part of your ministers to blame officers for their own fault,» he wrote, stressing he had to write the open letter as «direct communication with you in present circumstances is not possible». He also accused the AAP government of deceiving the people by «creating a chimera of free water». «Instead of fixing the iniquitous water supply, you and your ministers created a chimera of free water. Deception of people has been mastered into an art form by you and your minister,» he said.

Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday claimed that BJP will be wiped out from Uttar Pradesh. «BJP is going to be wiped out in UP from Ghaziabad to Ghazipur. Everything said by BJP turned out to be false,» said Akhilesh Yadav. Continuing his attack on BJP, the SP Chief commented, ' people who came in 2014 will be gone in 2024.'

Apple CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday that he wants to further increase investment in Vietnam a day after the company announced it would spending on suppliers in the Southeast Asian manufacturing hub

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath's son Nakul couldn't have expected more odds against him than in this Lok Sabha election, where he is fighting to retain the Chhindwara seat that he had inherited from his father in 2019. The BJP is leaving no stone unturned to corner the lone winner from the Congress camp in the state in the previous general election and his lackadaisical performance in the past five years has aggravated the challenge. Though the BJP has fielded a seemingly lightweight candidate, Vivek Bunty Sahu, who had lost to Kamal Nath in the last two assembly polls, the party is banking on the support of Congress defectors, including one sitting MLA and a former MLA, the Ayodhya Ram temple issue and its own sweep in the 2023 state polls. Nakul Nath is the richest candidate in the first phase of 2024 Lok Sabha polls, with assets worth Rs 716 crore, has largely been an absentee MP, according to locals. His father remains his biggest strength as he did not make much of an impact inside or outside Parliament in the past five years. Locals said the exodus to the BJP from the Congress in Chhindwara was as much on account of the rising graph of the saffron party and the Ram temple issue as it was due to Kamal Nath promoting his son.

Tamil Nadu, which host Congress' sitting constituencies such as Kanyakumari, Sivaganga and Virudhunagar, besides Tirunelveli where it is in the fray, are witnessing interesting contests with the Congress leaning a lot on the DMK, while its traditional rival here, the AIADMK, banking on the hope of its core vote base remaining intact in the absence of a charismatic leader even as the BJP is trying to make inroads by attempting a caste concoction. As the southern part has traditionally being lenient for the Congress in the Dravidian political landscape, the BJP is also trying its luck by tapping the local socio-political flavour. While these seats display Congress' fight to retain its bases, it also showcases BJP's experiments with local social engineering as a vehicle for its Hindutva plank.

BJP government in Rajasthan, the Congress is trying to turn the parliamentary election into a local fight on state-specific issues while the BJP is pushing the «double engine ki sarkar» model (entailing the same party in power at the Centre and the state) and keeping the focus on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. As 12 Lok Sabha constituencies of northern and eastern Rajasthan go to the polls on Friday, the Congress is talking about the first 100 days of governance under the BJP chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma. Law and order in the state tops the Congress agenda during its election campaign. The party is raking up the murder of a businessman by the son of an inspector posted in chief minister's office in Jaipur. At the same time, the way the BJP chose Sharma to lead the new government is being used by the Congress to paint him as an ineffective administrator inflicted on the state. BJP veteran and former chief minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia's reaction of surprise to a chit passed to her declaring Sharma's name as CM has given the Congress a new phrase — «parchi ka CM» (CM of a chit) — to beat the BJP with.

Lakhimpur spread across Upper Assam and North bank of Brahmaputra will go to the polls on Friday. This is the first election in Assam after the delimitation exercise of last year during which constituency boundaries were redrawn after 27 years and the state's political landscape changed. In Lakhimpur, it is a direct fight between the BJP and Congress. BJP MP Pradan Baruah, former Congress MLA, is seeking a third consecutive term from the seat against the Congress candidate Uday Shankar Hazarika. A total of nine contestants are in the fray from Lakhimpur constituency where recurring annual floods is an issue among the voters. In Sonitpur, the Aam Aadmi Party has fielded Rishiraj Kaundinya while the Congress has nominated Prem Lal Ganju, despite being members of the INDIA bloc. The BJP has fielded its former state unit president and former minister Ranjit Dutta from the seat.

Mike Tyson versus Jake Paul is gradually becoming one of the most talked about boxing bouts and now the legendary pugilist has given up marijuana, according to a report in USA Today. 57-year-old Tyson will fight 27-year Paul at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on July 20. Tyson has claimed that he used marijuana on a daily basis but decided to quit while preparing for the bout.

Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday that if Prime Minister Narendra Modi comes to power at the Centre, there will be «no Constitution, no election in future and the federal structure will cease to exist». Banerjee was speaking at a public rally in Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha constituency's Moynaguri. «If Modi comes to power, there will be no election in future in the name of One Nation-One poll. Federal structure will not exist — there will be one nation, one poll, one man, one code and one food,» Banerjee lashed out. Banerjee also claimed that BJP will not cross the 200-seat mark in the country as opposed to what the BJP leadership claims that it will cross 400 seats. «In Bengal, we will win while Stalin will win in Tamil Nadu and Akhilesh will win in Uttar Pradesh.

New Delhi: Veteran air warrior Squadron Leader (retd) Dalip Singh Majithia, who joined the Indian Air Force during the tumultuous years of World War II and distinguished himself as a «fearless aviator» during his career, has died. He was 103. The centenarian, who had «over 1,100 flying hours to his name», including missions in aircraft such as Hurricanes and Spitfires, passed away at Uttarakhand's Rudrapur in the early hours of Tuesday, IAF sources said. He was affectionately called 'Maji' by his fellow air warriors. Sqn Ldr Majithia's leadership skills were forged and tested in the crucible of war, they said.

HARLESTON, England—A few years ago, retired police officer Sam Bryce posted a question on the U.K. Facebook group “Ladies Who Lamb." A ram she owned had become very ill-tempered and was picking on his castrated fieldmate. Was there anything the other shepherdesses could suggest to calm him? The replies came back within minutes: Lynx Africa.

Singapore’s incoming leader says Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will stay on as senior minister in the government after he steps down next month

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West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that PM Narendra Modi who accuses her TMC of corruption should look in the mirror first. Addressing an election rally at Moinaguri in Jalpaiguri district, Banerjee said it was the TMC which is fighting the BJP in the state, while the CPI(M) and Congress were working with it. «BJP had sent 300 central teams to Bengal to investigate the allegations of corruption but they didn't find anything. Now, PM Modi needs to answer the people of Bengal, what happened to the MGNREGA funds? Poor people worked under the scheme but were not paid,» she said, demanding a white paper into the investigations. «The PM says TMC is a corrupt party. He should look in the mirror first. His party is filled with dacoits,» she added.

BJP announced 21 candidates for the Odisha Assembly elections, with former Union Coal Minister Dilip Ray nominated for the Rourkela seat. Among the candidates are five who recently switched from the BJD to the BJP. At least five turncoats who recently joined the BJP after quitting the BJD also got BJP tickets.

Volodymyr Zelensky urged allies on Monday to show the same «unity» towards Ukraine as Israel, which said it repelled an Iranian attack over the weekend with Western support. Ukraine has in recent months grown increasingly frustrated at delays in Western aid, including air defences it says are urgently needed to repel deadly Russian attacks.

Israeli military renewed warnings on Monday for Palestinians not to return to northern Gaza, a day after witnesses and medical officials said Israeli troops opened fire and killed five people among throngs of displaced residents trying to walk back to their homes in the devastated area. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were driven from the north after Israeli forces first launched their offensive there soon after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel. In the months of fighting since, vast parts of the north have been flattened, including much of Gaza City. After months of Israeli restrictions on aid to the north, some 300,000 who remained there are on the brink of famine, according to the United Nations. Still, many Palestinians have wanted to go back, saying they are sick of the conditions they endured in displacement. For months, families have been crammed into tent camps, schools-turned-shelters and homes of relatives throughout the south of the Gaza Strip. Some also fear remaining in Rafah, Gaza's southernmost town, as Israel says it plans to attack it eventually to root out Hamas.