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Landing rights On April 29, a helipad was constructed at Shubhai village in Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency for RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's public meeting. Yadav's helicopter landed there on the same day and he addressed a gathering. On Tuesday, LJP leader and Hajipur candidate Chirag Paswan's chopper also landed on the same helipad without RJD's permission. The issue has now reached the Election Commission, with RJD filing a complaint against Paswan. Surat to Indore to Puri Express After the fiasco in Surat and Indore, Congress is staring at another one in Puri Lok Sabha seat. Party’s candidate Sucharita Mohanty has already dropped out of the race on financial grounds. Mohanty said that she couldn’t generate enough funds and the party also didn’t promise any financial support to her. However, two days are still left for filing nomination papers and the party was considering other options.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took dynastic politics head-on and said that much like Raja Ram Mohan Roy, who abolished evil practices like sati and child-marriage, he too 'has put an end to the practice of only scions of royal families' holding the posts of chief minister and prime minister, paving the way for any poor man's son to hold these posts. Modi's address in Etawah was also meant to send a message to voters of Mainpuri and Kannauj, with BJP candidates of all three seats present on stage. While Mainpuri has been Mulayam Singh Yadav's Lok Sabha seat, now being contested by daughter-in-law Dimple Yadav, Kannauj is being contested by Akhilesh Yadav. Modi recalled Mulayam Singh's «blessing» to him in Parliament before the 2019 elections when he had said that he hoped that Modi would come back as PM for a second term. «Today, Netaji is not there among us, but look at the coincidence, his brother is appealing to make BJP win. He expressed his heart's desire after all,» Modi said, taking a jibe at Shivpal Yadav's gaffe a few days ago when, in a statement, instead of mentioning SP, he asked people to vote for 'BJP'.

Ashok Leyland, the Hinduja Group flagship, will roll out six new light commercial vehicles (2-3.5 tonne) in the next 12 months as part of a plan to increase its LCV market share to 25% from 20% now, a top official said. «This year, we have six versions of the Dost lined up. We will launch one model every alternate month starting this month-end,» Amandeep Singh, president, LCV, international operations, defence and power solutions at Ashok Leyland, told ET. «This will come with varied payload, technology, and volume capacity.» Dost is a range of pick-up trucks.

Bodoland People's Front (BPF). Both parties are claiming their pre-eminent role in fostering stability in this once-troubled region. BJP has left the Kokrajhar (ST) seat for its ally UPPL. UPPL has fielded Joyanta Basumatary, an MLA from Sidli assembly constituency and a former vice-president of the All-Bodo Students' Union. BPF has fielded Kampa Borgoyary. BPF was in power in Bodoland Territorial Council, a sixth schedule area since its formation in 2005, before being ousted by UPPL in 2020. BPF maintains equidistance from Congress and BJP but coordinates with BJP in state assembly.

Speaker Mike Johnson's potential ousting has sparked speculation about who could step into the role if he were to be replaced. As Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene initiates efforts to remove Johnson from his position, the House finds itself contemplating potential successors amid concerns about the ensuing chaos.

reservations and sexual harassment charges against JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna concluded on Sunday evening in 92 seats spread over 11 states and Union Territories. The stakes are significant for the BJP in this round as the party had in 2019 won an overwhelming majority of these seats, including all in Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, that will go to polls on May 7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the BJP charge, asking the Congress to give in writing that it will not hand over the quota for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes to Muslims. The Congress and its allies accused the BJP of trying to tamper with the Constitution and do away with reservations. The principal opposition party, which has promised to remove the 50 per cent cap on reservations, also asked the BJP to clear its stance on the issue.

conspiracy hatched by the BJP" has come to the fore with the unravelling of a recent sting. Earlier on Saturday, the Trinamool Congress released a video (whose authenticity could not be independently verified by Livemint), in which a man--who claims to be the mandal president of the saffron party in Sandeshkhali—was heard saying that Suvendu Adhikari (Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly) had asked him and other BJP leaders of the area to "instigate three-four local women to level allegations of rape against three TMC leaders, including Shajahan Sheikh" "Did anyone ever imagine that BJP would stoop so low that it would spread canards on Sandeshkhali? Don't dishonour the mothers of West Bengal by levelling such heinous allegations.

Tiwari, the first wife of the sitting MP from North East Delhi. She is also a singer and songwriter. Manoj Tiwari leader married his first wife Rani Tiwari in 1999.

Congress and INDIA bloc are using them as pawns, asserting that the community is also coming to the BJP after seeing the development done by it. Addressing a rally in support of the BJP candidate in Dhaurahra, Modi also said that the poor and those belonging to the SC, ST and OBC communities have distanced themselves from the Congress and the opposition alliance, and come to the BJP. «Politics of appeasement has become compulsory for the existence of 'shehzade' of SP and Congress,» he said in an apparent attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav. «Muslim community also understands that the Congress and INDI alliance have made them pawns,» Modi, said adding that the Muslim community is also coming to the BJP after seeing the development done without any prejudice.

AICC spokesperson Radhika Khera on Sunday resigned from the party claiming that criticism over her visit to Ram Lalla in Ayodhya culminated in the denial of justice to her in the incident that happened at the Chhattisgarh Congress office. Khera, the AICC's communication and media coordinator for Chhattisgarh, posted her resignation letter addressed to AICC president Mallikarjuj Kharge on her 'X' handle. «For every Hindu, the birthplace of Lord Shri Ram holds great significance. While every Hindu considers his life successful just by seeing Ram Lalla, some people have been opposing it. The party to which I have given more than 22 years of my life, while working with full honesty right from NSUI to AICC's media department,» she stated. «Today I have to face such intense criticism because I could not stop myself from visiting Ram Lalla in Ayodhya. The criticism to this noble work reached such a level that justice was denied to me in the incident that happened with me in the Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress office», Khera added.

Maryland Motor Truck Association President and CEO Louis Campion on the recovery and impact to the trucking industry from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.

Secularism means respect for all religions and it does not mean that you deny your own religion or are somehow not proud of your culture and heritage, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday, clarifying what he means by the concept. His remarks came during an interactive session in Odisha's Cuttack while campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) amid Lok Sabha elections. On being asked how secularism can be incorporated in the country's foreign policy, EAM Jaishankar explained, «Now first of all let us be very clear what we mean by secularism. Secularism means respect for all religions. Secularism does not mean. that you deny your own religion or you are somehow not proud of your culture and heritage. Today's Bharat there are history, culture, and traditions.»

Naxalites, three of them carrying a cumulative reward of Rs 3 lakh, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Sunday, a senior police official said. A 16-year-old girl and an 18-year-old boy are among those who turned themselves in before the police, he said. These cadres were tasked with digging roads, felling trees to block roads and putting up posters and banners during shutdowns called by Naxalites, the official said. Of the surrendered Naxalites, Baman Kartam (39) was the Jiyakodta Panchayat Militia Platoon Commander of the outlawed Maoists organisation, while Bhima Kunjam (28) was the Aranpur Panchayat CNM president, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Gaurav Rai said.

hush money criminal trial, former President Donald Trump talks about how he can't talk about the case. A gag order bars Trump from commenting publicly on witnesses, jurors and some others connected to the matter. The New York judge already has found that Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, repeatedly violated the order, fined him $9,000 and warning that jail could follow if he doesn't comply.

phase of the Lok Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh ended Sunday 6 pm after days of hectic roadshows and rallies by rival political leaders for the 10 constituencies which will go the polls on May 7. Sambhal, Hathras (SC), Agra (SC), Fatehpur Sikri, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etah, Budaun, Aonla and Bareilly will go to polls in the current phase. The fate of 100 candidates in this phase will be decided by 1.88 crore voters — a little over 1 crore male voters, and more than 87 lakh women voters — in this phase. The third phase of the Lok Sabha polls assumes significance, as it will see seal the fate of Union Minister SP Singh Baghel, UP Tourism Minister Jayveer Singh, Minister of State for Revenue Anoop Pradhan Balmiki, and several members of Mulayam Singh Yadav's family.

Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi today claimed that the attack by terrorists on an Indian Air Force vehicle in J&K's Poonch on May 4 was pre-planned to help the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He went on to dub it as «stuntbaazi.» «This is stuntbaazi. When elections come, such stunts are done to make the BJP win. These are pre-planned attacks; there is no truth in them,» Channi was quoted as saying by news wire agency ANI. Channi's statement was in stark contrast to that of Congress President Malikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi.

Nippon Steel says it has postponed the expected closing of its $14.1 billion takeover of U.S. Steel by three months after the U.S. Department of Justice requested more documentation related to the deal

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin says new rules governing electric vehicle tax credits are a giveaway to China

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen argues that a fractured democracy can have destructive effects on the economy

Boeing is already facing questions about quality and safety of its aircraft, and now it has a labor showdown on its hands in Seattle

Boeing has locked out its private force of firefighters who protect its aircraft-manufacturing plants in the Seattle area and brought in replacements after the latest round of negotiations with the firefighters’ union failed to deliver an agreement on ...