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NDA removed the names of more than 10 crore fake beneficiaries ‘who were not even born’ from the government schemes. This saved the government saved ₹2.75 trillion. The Prime Minister also told Hindustan's editor-in-chief that he is committed to taking strict action against the corrupt.

Hindustan’s editor in chief Shashi Shekhar, Modi warned that his government’s action against corruption will continue, and will, in fact, intensify in his third term as prime minister. Listing out abrogation of Article 370 to end Jammu and Kashmir’s autonomy, digital payments ecosystem, toilets and housing for the poor, consecration of the Ram temple, and a rapid economic growth as key achievements, Modi said that he is going into the upcoming general election with his vision of Viksit Bharat, or Developed India, by 2047, when the country celebrates 100 years of Independence. He said that his government took several initiatives in the field of education, health, employment, infrastructure, and tourism in the hill state of Uttarakhand, which goes to the polls on 19 April.

On Eid-ul-Fitr, when the nation was celebrating the end of Ramadan, a bus in Haryana's Mahendragarh crashed with a tree killing six children and injuring twenty more. The police have arrested school principal Deepti, the bus driver Dharmender, and one more school official whose name is Hoshiar Singh. However, questions remain at large, as to why was a school bus ferrying children on Eid-Ul-Fitr, a holiday? According to police the bus had crashed into the tree, which caused it to overturn causing the fatal accident, that took the lives of six children.

Sandeshkhali, a village in West Bengal, can get their complaints lodged, officials said on Thursday. The agency has created the e-mail ID in compliance with the orders of the Calcutta High Court passed on Wednesday.

BJP worker sustained head injuries after he was attacked allegedly by two men with a wooden stick in Kempashettidoddi village here, police said on Thursday. Naveen CS (34), a farmer, was attacked on April 9, they said. Following the incident, BJP State President BY Vijayendra accused the Congress of attacking BJP-JDS workers and creating an atmosphere of fear. According to Naveen's family, a day before the incident, he had gone to his acquaintance Shekhar's house after some persons told him that the latter had called him. Things took a turn when Naveen did not return home that night. In his complaint, the victim's brother Shivakumar C S stated that on April 9, he got a call from someone saying that his brother was at Shekhar's house in Kempashettidoddi village. When Shivakumar and his father went there to pick Naveen up, they saw Shekhar and his accomplice allegedly fighting with Naveen, and hit him with a wooden stick on his head. The accused even tried to allegedly attack Naveen with a knife, but he survived as his brother and father intervened. The accused then fled the spot. The victim was immediately rushed to a local hospital where after initial treatment, he was shifted to another one where is currently being treated.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 draw near, fraudulent activities related to voter ID cards are on the rise. Recently, a 30-year-old man named Mohsin Mohammad Rafi Shaikh was apprehended for producing fake Aadhaar cards, PAN cards, and voter IDs in Malwani, Rajasthan. Shaikh confessed to the crime during the investigation, revealing that he charged Rs 2000 for each fake document and utilised an online portal for the forgery process. Police confiscated his computer, printer, and papers, and Shaikh was arrested on charges of cheating and forgery. This incident is just one example of the growing trend of voter ID card scams ahead of elections. To safeguard yourself from falling victim to such scams, it is crucial to stay informed and exercise caution. Here are some tips to help you avoid becoming a victim of a voter ID scam:

Delhi excise policy scam on March 15. On Wednesday, the CBI had informed a Delhi court that they had questioned the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader, K Kavitha, in the Tihar jail. K Kavitha had been remanded to judicial custody in the Tihar jail.

social media and smartphones often cops the blame for an increase in youth mental health issues but the reality is not so simple. We are in the middle of a mental health crisis.

Carver Langston neighbourhood of Washington, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith said. Investigators believe the suspects exited a vehicle and then began shooting into a crowd of people on the street. Multiple people were shot.

China has accused the European Union of protectionism and “reckless distortion” of the definition of subsidies in response to a new EU investigation into Chinese wind turbine makers

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a March crash near Philadelphia that killed two people and involved a Ford electric vehicle that may have been operating on a partially automated driving system

The family of a Nigerian business leader who died in a Southern California helicopter crash that killed five others filed a lawsuit Wednesday claiming the flight should have been grounded because of treacherous weather

UBS Group faces a “substantial” increase in regulatory capital requirements under reforms that the Swiss government is advocating for in the wake of the collapse of Credit Suisse.

Boeing has flown into rough weather again. CEO Dave Calhoun — brought in to revive the aerospace and defence giant in January 2020 from the tailspin of the two 737 Max 8 aircraft crashes in 2018 and 2019 — announced his planned December exit last month. The many pun-laced stories regarding the turbulence enveloping Boeing shouldn't distract from the bleak point that this is just another instance of a giant corporation betraying the trust of the public — and that, sadly, this won't be the last. As the findings of many investigations and committees conclude — even as the company faces fresh safety scrutiny after a Boeing engineer emerged this week alleging 'major flaws' in 777 and 787 Dreamliners — Boeing may have gotten away with shoddy design of the Max 8. The design was cleared by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), as per aircraft certification guidelines applicable at the time. This means no one did anything wrong intentionally. Lack of any criminal convictions thus far also appears to support this conclusion. Reduced oversight creates a swamp wherein the shady thrive, and even the scrupulous can lose their sense of ethics. Without oversight, even Atlas could be tempted to shrug and drop the heavens he bears on his shoulders.

SÃO PAULO—Before his weekend showdown with tech billionaire Elon Musk, Brazil’s Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes had already earned a reputation as a lightning rod in Brazil’s battles over free speech. In recent years, de Moraes has slapped fines and bans on social-media companies and ordered police to investigate—and even arrest—some of the country’s most powerful conservative bloggers, businessmen and politicians over what he deemed offensive online posts.

Top News of the Day: On 10 April, a series of events are set to take place right from politics to business. Global automaker Tesla is on the lookout for a local partner to establish its operations in India. The Supreme Court rejected the affidavits submitted by yoga guru Ramdev and Patanjali Ayurved Ltd's managing director Acharya Balkrishna, which offered an unconditional apology in the misleading advertisements case.

(More to come) This marks Amit Shah's first visit to the state after the dates of the election were announced. Citing the example of Assam where the National Register of Citizens exercise was conducted to determine illegal migrants into the state, the Union Home Minister said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the neighbouring state got rid on infiltration. "Assam faced a similar problem of infiltration.

Amit Shah hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday saying that the Trinamool Congress supremo does not intend to stop infiltration because the infiltrators who come in are vote bank. "...Mamata Didi will not stop infiltration because these infiltrators are her vote bank. PM Narendra Modi and the BJP government can stop infiltration in Bengal," Shah said speaking at a public rally in West Bengal's Dakshin Dinajpur. This marks Amit Shah's first visit to the state after the dates of the election were announced.

More than 200 chemical plants nationwide must reduce toxic emissions likely to cause cancer under a new Environmental Protection Agency rule

A Senate subcommittee has opened an investigation into the safety of Boeing jetliners, intensifying concerns about the airworthiness of the company’s aircraft

Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to a fiery train derailment in February 2023 in Ohio