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BJP walks the talk and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's guarantee is to save citizens from hardship, while the «useless» opposition is spreading hatred, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday. Addressing a rally for Dr Rajesh Mishra, the BJP candidate from Sidhi Lok Sabha seat, Singh said the Congress-led UPA rule was mired in corruption, leading to some ministers getting jailed at the time. «Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks the truth. Modi ki guarantee is to save people from trouble and hardship. The BJP does what it says. It walks the talk. Since the time of Bharatiya Jan Sangh we have kept our word,» Singh said at a rally here. «The BJP fulfils each and every promise made in its manifesto. We were mocked for our commitment to the Ram Temple but it was built. We abrogated Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.

Former Miss Universe and Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen has recently shared candid insights into her views on marriage and maintaining friendships with ex-partners. In an interview with Indulge, Sen, known for her openness about her personal life, discussed her approach to relationships and heartbreaks. Sen emphasized the importance of dignity in handling life's challenges, stating, «Well, my life has definitely been an open book because I have lived it very honestly, and sometimes fearlessly. But having said that, dignity is something that doesn’t just show up in one aspect of your life — it is who you are. So, all the decisions you take, whether they hurt you, whether you are betrayed, or whether you were at fault, don’t matter.»

TMC workers in connection with a probe of a 2022 blast in East Medinipur district. Two NIA officials sustained injuries in the incident while stones were reportedly pelted and vehicle of the officials was allegedly vandalized as they arrested two TMC workers. Slamming NIA and other agencies, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee questioned Why raids were conducted at midnight and ahead of elections. A similar incident took place on January 5, which rocked the state, when an Enforcement Directorate officials went to conduct a raid at Trinamool Congress leader Shahjahan Sheikh’s house in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district and five ED officials were injured. In a High Court probe, NIA had summoned two residents of Bhupatinagar-Balai Maiti and Manobrata Jana, in connection with the blast that ripped apart a house in Bhupatinagar on December 3, 2022. Three people were killed in the incident. As they did not appear for questioning, NIA officials nabbed them for questioning on Saturday early morning.

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As postsecondary students get ready to cross the stage to get their diplomas, a new survey from business consulting firm Robert Half shows they could face an active market. Sixty-four per cent of companies surveyed say they intend to hire entry-level professionals — those with zero to two years experience — in the first half of this year.

Israel in a resolution passed Friday that aims to help prevent rights violations against Palestinians amid Israel's blistering military campaign in Gaza. The 47-member-country Human Rights Council voted 28-6 in favor of the resolution, with 13 abstentions. The sweeping measure takes aim at an array of Israeli actions such as impeding access to water and limiting shipments of humanitarian aid into Palestinian areas. It also calls on U.N.-backed independent investigators to report on shipments of weapons, munitions and «dual use» items — that have both civilian and military applications — that could be used by Israel against Palestinians.

United Nations, India on Friday abstained in the UN Human Rights Council on a resolution that called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and also demanded that Israel immediately lift its illegal blockade on the strip. The draft resolution on the 'Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the obligation to ensure accountability and justice' was adopted by the Geneva-based Council with a vote of 28 in favour, 6 against and 13 abstentions. India abstained on the resolution, along with France, Japan, Netherlands, and Romania among others. Those voting against the resolution included Argentina, Bulgaria, Germany and the US.

Budaun Shivpal Yadav has gone viral on social media in which he can be heard saying «we will seek everyone's vote. If you vote for us, it is all right, otherwise, the matter will be settled later». In the video, Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA from Sahaswan Brajesh Yadav and Shivpal's son are also seen on the stage along with Shivpal Yadav. The place where Shivpal made the remarks is not clear in the video. The date when he made the remarks is also not clear. However, SP MLA Brajesh Yadav, who is seen sharing the stage with Shivpal Yadav, on Friday told PTI, «The video has been presented after twisting its content. This video is of March 15, and it was when Shivpal Yadav was going towards Gunnaur. He made the statement in the Bilsi assembly constituency of Budaun.»

Kiss agreed to sell their catalog, brand name and IP to Swedish company Pophouse in a deal estimated to be over $300 million

Wormhole’s W token is down 18% in the last 24 hours, barely two days after listing on Binance, according to data by CoinGecko.

₹10.68 crore from the Ministry of Finance for sale and redemption of the electoral bonds, a report said on Friday. According to a report by The Indian Express, based on a Right to Information (RTI) application, the bank raised vouchers for commission for its bank charges and transaction fees, along with 18 per cent goods and services tax (GST), for the electoral bonds. The electoral bonds were sold and redeemed in 30 phases before they were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

As anticipated, Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday announced to keep the repo rate constant at 6.5 percent for seventh consecutive time as he shared the outcome of first monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting in fiscal 2024-25.

Two wealth management industry veterans have joined Sanctuary Wealth in leadership roles to build on the firm’s network of partner firms with around $30 billion in assets under management.

Gujarat riots and Hindutva, and tweaking the reference to Manipur's merger with India are among the latest set of revisions made public by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in its textbooks. While NCERT did not comment on the topics being dropped, officials said the tweaks are part of the routine updation and are not linked to the development of new books as per the New Curriculum Framework (NCF). The changes have been made in Political Science textbooks of classes 11 and 12, besides others. According to a document detailing the changes prepared by the curriculum drafting committee of the NCERT, the references to the Ram Janmabhoomi movement have been tweaked «as per latest development in politics». Chapter 8 on Secularism in class 11 textbook earlier said, «More than 1,000 persons, mostly Muslims, were massacred during the post Godhra riots in Gujarat in 2002.»

PS5 Slim boasts a more compact design compared to its predecessor, addressing concerns over the bulkiness of the original PS5. Sony touts a reduction in volume by over 30% and weight by 18% to 24%, offering a more streamlined gaming experience. In terms of aesthetics, subtle tweaks have been made to the console's design, featuring four panels instead of the previous two, potentially allowing for enhanced personalization options.

Stocks to buy today after RBI monetary policy: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) left the repo rate unchanged at 6.50 percent for the seventh straight Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting. However, stock market experts look at this RBI move as an opportunity for long-term investors who want to buy banking and financial stocks.

BEIJING — Chinese electric car company Nio has been expanding its battery swap partnerships in a bid to gain an edge on the infrastructure side of the EV ecosystem.

Dividend stocks: Shares of ESAB India Ltd, Visco Trade Associates Ltd, Bodhi Tree Multimedia Ltd, and AA Plus Tradelink Ltd will be in focus when the stock market opens on April 05 (Friday). The Board of Directors of the 4 companies have declared interim dividend, rights issue, and stock split for their eligible shareholders. The record date by the 4 companies to ascertain the eligibility of shareholders for their respective issues has been fixed on April 05.

Tesla’s much-anticipated entry into the Indian market, which had been under negotiation for half a decade or so, finally seems to be in acceleration mode. The company will reportedly send executives later this month to scout for sites in India where an electric-car factory with an investment of $2-3 billion could be set up.

suicide bomber set off his explosives late on Thursday in northwestern Syria, killing the co-founder of the country's main al-Qaida-linked group that controls much of the northwest, a war monitor said. Some activists disputed the source of the explosion, saying instead that a remotely detonated bomb killed Abu Maria al-Qahtani, whose real name was Maysara al-Jubouri. Al-Qahtani co-founded the Nusra Front in Syria, a militant group that later renamed itself Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and claimed it had severed ties with al-Qaida. The conflicting accounts could not immediately be reconciled. According to the Britain-based Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor with a network of activists on the ground, the bomber entered al-Qahtani's guesthouse in the town of Sarmada in Idlib province late in the evening and detonated his explosives.

Donald Trump's bid to dismiss charges that he mishandled classified documents after leaving the White House. The Republican presidential candidate had claimed, in seeking to have the charges thrown out, that he had a right to keep the documents under the Presidential Records Act.