On the day he filed his nomination from Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned “the day I do Hindu-Muslim, I might be unworthy of public life” and “it’s my resolve” that “I cannot do Hindu-Muslim”. These remarks got here days after he attacked the Congress, saying, “Earlier, after they have been in energy, they’d mentioned Muslims have the primary proper to the wealth of the nation… They may give (this wealth) to those that have extra youngsters, to infiltrators.”
In the meantime, in his reply to the Election Fee on Opposition events’ grievance that the PM’s speeches have been divisive, BJP president J P Nadda has not solely defended all of Modi’s statements but in addition urged the EC to take motion towards the Congress for its alleged denigration of Hinduism.
The Amethi contest has a brand new edge this time: of a combat between a so-called “chaprasi (peon)” and a Union minister. If Ok L Sharma’s Gandhi devotion is each his strongest – and weakest – factors, BJP employees speak in hushed tones about Smriti Irani’s “excessive handedness”, and the way it may cost a little them.
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In his weekly column, Raja Mandala, contributing editor C Raja Mohan writes on “what India’s chattering lessons don’t perceive about American politics and international coverage”. “The controversy on democracy basically and Indian democracy particularly would possibly counsel that American and European international insurance policies are run by missionaries to unfold political liberalism. Nothing might be farther from actuality.”
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On Monday night, 14 individuals died and 75 others have been injured when an enormous billboard collapsed in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar space. Nevertheless, it was greater than a yr in the past that civic authorities had red-marked it, and but, no motion was taken. Right here’s what information investigated by The Indian Specific and interviews with key officers present.
In what could be the primary occasion of a political celebration being accused of cash laundering, the Enforcement Directorate has instructed the Delhi Excessive Courtroom that it is going to be making Aam Aadmi Celebration an accused within the Delhi excise coverage case in its subsequent prosecution grievance relating to alleged cash laundering.
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A retired Indian Military colonel has misplaced his life within the ongoing Israel-Hamas battle after his car got here beneath assault in Rafah. This marks the primary casualty among the many United Nations’ worldwide workers in Gaza for the reason that battle started in October final yr.
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The acute warmth in components of jap and southern India this April has been attributed to local weather change, in line with a brand new research. Nevertheless, this isn’t a shock as with hovering international temperatures, heatwaves have grow to be extra frequent and intense within the nation. We clarify the findings of the brand new research.
With each Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi taking potshots at businessmen Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani throughout latest election campaigning programmes, Aakash Joshi writes: “Each Congress and BJP ought to depend the shortage of animosity in direction of massive enterprise as a hit — their governments have helped create and nurture the setting through which such a want for wealth isn’t delusional. As a substitute, they’re going towards their historical past.
There’s a brand new coronavirus variant known as KP.2 — nicknamed FLiRT — that has been linked to rising circumstances of Covid-19 in america, United Kingdom, and South Korea and has additionally been in circulation in India since November 2023. What’s it and do you have to be apprehensive? We clarify.
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Who might be changing Rahul Dravid because the coach of the Indian cricket crew? This has been a query plaguing each the BCCI and cricket followers alike. Nevertheless, now, it’s identified that the board is contemplating former New Zealand captain and present Chennai Tremendous Kings head coach Stephen Fleming as a possible successor to Dravid. Nevertheless, the BCCI has a situation for the brand new head coach. Learn On.
Delhi Confidential: Congress Parliamentary Celebration chairperson Sonia Gandhi has not campaigned in elections in a very long time due to her well being however she could be popping out quickly in help of her son Rahul in Rae Bareli.
🎧 In at present’s version of the ‘3 Issues’ podcast, we speak about challenges the BJP is dealing with in Madhya Pradesh this Lok Sabha polls, why the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra requires translocation of tigers and Swati Maliwal’s allegation that CM Arvind Kejriwal’s private assistant misbehaved together with her.
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