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Actress turned politician Kangana Ranaut remains undeterred and unapologetic in the face of criticism. The ‘Tanu Weds Manu’ star, who recently made her debut as a politician, opened up on her “soft porn star” jibe at ‘90s actress Urmila Matondkar during the Times Now Summit on Wednesday. Addressing the audience, she said that if actresses can be known by epithets such as Sheila Ki Jawani, they should not object to being called a porn star. She also claimed that ‘porn star’ is not a slur as adult film actors are respected in India. “I am not justifying anything. If these actresses are comfortable with words such as tandoori murgi, item girl, Sheila ki Jawani, why is it seen as something violating? It is a matter of fact, if they are comfortable with this, why do you want to shame them? I personally do not think I had any intention of shaming her (Urmila Matondkar) because she is very comfortable in that role..” she told the media.

Andhra Cricket Association has served a show-cause notice to Hanuma Vihari a month after the India batter accused the governing body of unceremoniously removing him from captaincy and vowed not to play for the state again. However, Vihari is yet to respond to the notice which was served after the ACA Apex Council meeting a few days ago. «Yes, we have served him a show-cause notice and we are awaiting his reply,» an ACA official told PTI on conditions of anonymity. However, the official said the association did not want to prolong the issue.

Assam politician sleeping on a pile of notes has gone viral. Benjamin Basumatary, chairman of the Village Council Development Committee in Bhairaguri in Udalguri district, in the photo is seen sleeping on a bed that has Rs 500 notes strewn across it. He has notes scattered on him. The leader is accused in a massive corruption case linked to the housing scheme and the rural jobs scheme. He was associated with the Bodoland-based United People's Party Liberal (UPPL). UPPL is an ally of BJP in Assam and is running the sixth schedule council of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC).

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Wednesday emphasised India's pivotal role in his philanthropic endeavours and technological aspirations. Gates, speaking virtually from Seattle at the Times Now Summit, underscored India's significance both in his past actions with Microsoft and in his current charitable efforts through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. «India is a key country for us,» Gates said while highlighting the profound impact the nation has had on his career trajectory and his philanthropic vision.

BJP raised the issue of the different approaches taken by poll officials in different states to similar infractions by politicians and urged the Election Commission to take measures to avoid this 'discrepancy'. A BJP delegation, comprising Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, general secretary Vinod Tawde, BJP leaders Om Pathak and Sanjay Mayukh were part of the delegation which met the poll watchdog to highlight this. Tawde later told reporters that while action was recommended against Union minister Shobha Karandlaje, who is contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Karnataka, for her controversial comments against Tamils, the objectionable remarks made by a Tamil Nadu minister have not drawn any censure by the poll body.

BlackRock Inc. chief executive Larry Fink warned of a looming “retirement crisis” and called on baby boomers to help younger generations save enough for their own futures.

Bloomberg, said that the biggest challenge a new government must grapple with after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is improving the education and skills of the workforce. Without fixing that, he said, the country will struggle to reap the benefits of its young population.

ANI, "As far as BJP candidates are concerned, it is their party's internal matter. I would not like to make a comment on it. It is their prerogative.

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PTI. However, the agency will investigate to ascertain if these directions were in line with the Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court's order during Kejriwal's custody period. Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21 in an excise policy-linked money laundering case.

There might be some people who think like this: India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) is an independent investigative body that has gone after some key people in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) purely to rid the nation of corruption. But I personally do not know a single person who thinks this.

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₹50,000 crore investment across businesses to add at least $2.5 billion to annual EBITDA. The RBI is also set to conduct a special audit of IIFL Finance, JM Financial for regulatory breaches. Kejriwal has issued his first direction from ED custody, asking Water Minister Atishi to solve water- and sewer-related problems in some areas of the city.

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Congress candidate for Sontipur Lok Sabha seat in Assam, Premlal Ganju, has just Rs 1 lakh cash in hand along with Rs 50,000 of his wife, according to the affidavit submitted to the Election Commission of India. Apart from the cash in hand, Ganju has Rs 5,06,995 and his wife Rs 1,77,453 in their respective bank accounts. The Congress nominee, who will contest in the general elections for the first time, in his affidavit submitted along with the nomination papers said that he has Rs 1,00,000 in cash with him and Rs 50,000 with his wife. The total movable assets including automobile and jewellery under his name are valued at Rs 21,00,310, while the same under his wife is Rs 5,62,453, making it Rs 26,62,763 worth of movable assets in the family.

Atishi spoke on the directions she received from the Delhi CM and said that it brought tears to her eyes as Kejriwal showed concern for the people of Delhi despite his own plight. “When I read these instructions I had tears in my eyes. I thought, what is this person made of, who is not thinking about himself in such an adverse situation, but is thinking about the people of Delhi," Atishi said.

Himanta Biswa Sarma said his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal effectively invited his own arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) due to his repeated failure to respond to summonses, suggesting that it might have been a tactic to garner political sympathy. Sarma emphasised that when a person disregards nine summonses from the ED, it indicates a deliberate invitation for arrest. He remarked that if Kejriwal had complied with the initial summonses, his arrest might have been avoided. Speaking to reporters at the state BJP headquarters here after a poll-preparedness meeting on Saturday, Sarma said, «If the ED serves someone nine summonses and that person doesn't show up, it is evident that he is inviting his arrest. The ED didn't arrest Kejriwal, he invited the agency to arrest him.»

Putin did not mention IS and Kyiv accused him and other Russian politicians of falsely linking Ukraine to the assault to stoke fervor for Russia's war in Ukraine, which recently entered its third year. 3. During his speech, he also added that the incident left over 100 individuals injured and 11 people have been detained in total.