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Governor of "insulting women" and questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to the state for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 campaign. PM Modi is scheduled to stay at Raj Bhavan during his visit. The Kolkata police have filed a police complaint in the case based on the statements given by the Raj Bhavan employee, but they can't name Governor CV Ananda Bose in the case due to the immunities provided under Article 361 of the Indian Constitution.

Mint reported that United Breweries Ltd (UBL), the maker of Kingfisher and Heineken beers, expected potential supply chain disruptions due to election-related restrictions but still anticipated a strong summer season for business, forecasting high single-digit growth over last summer. “Navigating regulatory landscapes remains a challenge, particularly with high taxation and export constraints in key states," noted Kartikeya Sharma, president of AB InBev India. He also highlighted the socio-economic potential of the beer industry to generate employment, emphasizing its nature as a local and natural product.

Toronto’s real estate market is experiencing a seasonal slowdown this spring, with April showing a decrease in home sales as prices stabilize compared to last year.

Rajnath Singh on Friday took a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for having chosen Rae Bareli instead of Amethi to contest in the Lok Sabha polls and said that everyone knows what do «we call a person who runs away from the battle in between». He was addressing a public meeting in Rohtak, Haryana for BJP candidate Arvind Sharma. «Rahul Gandhi has left the battleground and ran away to Wayanad. When his party wanted him to contest elections again from Amethi, he chose Rae Bareli. We all know, what to call a person who left battle in between,» he said.

Rahul Gandhi on Friday filed his nomination from Uttar Pradesh's Raebareli Lok Sabha constituency. The senior Congress leader was accompanied by party's national president Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and her husband Robert Vadra. However, source close to Moneycontrol cited that Rahul Gandhi was reluctant to to contest elections from UP and had to be persuaded by several senior party leaders.

Also Read: 'Our votebank is every Indian': Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge writes letter to PM Narendra Modi “A TMC MLA gave an open threat. He said that they would drown Hindus in Bhagirathi in just 2 hours. What kind of language and political culture is this? What is happening to Hindus in Bengal? Looks like the TMC has made the Hindus second class citizens in West Bengal," ANI reported quoting Modi.

Appointment committee of Cabinet has approved the appointed Sanjaya Kumar Mishra, former Chief Justice, Jharkhand High Court as President GST Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) for 4 years. The selection was made on the recommendations of a Search-Cum-Selection Committee. This will speed up the process of making the GSTAT functional at earliest. The Centre is planning to make the tribunal functional from July 1, officials had indicated earlier.

BJP) on Friday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for ditching the Amethi seat to contest the Lok Sabha elections against Smriti Irani. On Gandhi's candidature from Raebareli, BJP national spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill said, «Rahul Gandhi has forgotten his own slogan-'Daro Mat' and ran away from Amethi. Rahul Gandhi running from Amethi has proved to the entire nation that his slogan 'Daro Mat' is loaded with double standards, cowardice and hypocrisy.» «Rahul Gandhi will be remembered as that General who left the battlefield, left his soldiers, and escaped from the very back door rather than leading from the front...Rahul Gandhi's escape from Amethi, Priyanka Gandhi's Vadra's decision not to contest the election shows that the entire Congress campaign is shivering, collapsing and shaking, and is all set to finish off at a very fast pace,» he added.

Ukraine, trade and investment are expected to dominate Chinese leader Xi Jinping's first trip to Europe in five years, as the Asian giant rebuilds its foreign relations after a prolonged absence during the Covid-19 pandemic. Xi will start the tour in Paris on Monday, meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, who has been stressing the idea of European strategic autonomy from the U.S. On a visit to Beijing last year, Macron courted controversy by saying France would not necessarily always align with the U.S. in foreign policy, an apparent reference to American support for the self-governing republic of Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory to be annexed by force if necessary.

Rahul Gandhi from Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli brings the focus back on the VVIP segment which was first represented in the Lok Sabha by the former Congress president's grandfather Feroze Gandhi, who held the seat in the first two elections after Independence. The strong foundations that Feroze Gandhi laid in the constituency were later nurtured and strengthened by his wife and former prime minister Indira Gandhi, who won from the seat in 1967, 1971 and 1980, followed by friends and family members of the Gandhi family. Indira Gandhi contested from two seats in 1980 -- Rae Bareli and Medak in Telangana -- and chose to retain the Medak seat.

blamed “xenophobia" for stalling economic growth in Japan, China and India. His comment will be read with a lot of surprise, especially in India, as will his characterisation of India’s economic growth as “stalling", and clubbing it with the decidedly slow-growth club of China and Japan. Biden made the comment at a fundraising event for his 2024 re-election campaign, so it could be argued that it was for a domestic audience.

Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (TMKOC), may have 'planned' his own disappearance and moved out of Delhi, News18 reported quoting Delhi police sources. The actor has been reported missing since April 22 this year, from the locality of the Delhi Airport. The actor left his phone in the Palam area, police sources said, adding, that due to this, the probe to trace Gurucharan Singh has been difficult.

London Drugs says it’s rebuilding its data infrastructure with the help of leading third-party experts to bring its operations safely back online after a cybersecurity incident that has shut down stores for five days.The store says in a statement that there are billions of lines of data and code to review, but its teams have been working around the clock and there is progress.The Richmond, B.C.,-based company has more than 80 stores across B.C.

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose in the alleged molestation case, former state BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on Friday said that this matter is a ploy of "TMC politics" and questioned how low the ruling Bengal party will stoop to insult those holding constitutional posts. «This is nothing new. This is TMC's politics. I don't know how low they will stoop. TMC is busy insulting the President, PM, Home Minister, now the Governor, and even the husband of a woman justice in our state. This is their way of politics. Now it is time for them to go,» Dilip Ghosh told ANI. Following allegations, the Bengal governor issued a statement on Thursday banning the entry of the police and Minister of State for Finance Chandrima Bhattacharya into the Raj Bhavan premises of Kolkata, Darjeeling, and Barrackpore «defamation and anti-constitutional media statements.»

The Times Of India that his visit could take place early next week. This will be the first high-level visit by either since the pro-China president Mohamed Muizzu defeated his India-friendly predecessor Ibrahim Solih and took office last year. Since then, India's relations with its neighbor in the Indian Ocean have suffered repeatedly as a result of Muizzu's efforts to restrict defense and security cooperation with India.

Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Kazakhstan has actively advocated at the UN for the condemnation of this inhumane act against civilians. Attempts to exploit international turbulence to promote radical ideologies and incite xenophobia are increasing, Tokayev noted in his recent speech at the Session of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan. Ethno-religious motives are being attributed to the geostrategic ambitions of states, framing them as inter-civilizational conflicts, the Kazakh President pointed out.

Google tried to poke holes in both sides' cases during closing arguments Thursday, as he weighs a ruling that could reshape the technology industry. Judge Amit P. Mehta was presiding over the first day of closing arguments in the most consequential tech antitrust case since the U.S. government sued Microsoft in the late 1990s. The Justice Department has sued Google, accusing it of illegally shoring up a monopoly in online search. Google has denied the claims.

As more and more advisors consider breaking away to go independent, and with RIAs expected to control one-third of intermediary asset market shares, the question remains: what about those who have an annuity-based book of business?

Consumer groups are pushing Congress to uphold automatic refunds for airline passengers whose flights are canceled or delayed for several hours

Ukrainian energy workers are struggling to repair the damage from intensifying airstrikes aimed at pulverizing Ukraine’s energy grid

Cyprus has given Chevron another six months to come up with a revised plan to develop a sizeable natural gas deposit off the island nation’s southern coastline after an earlier plan was deemed lacking in a specific timetable