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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday criticised the Congress' election manifesto released on April 5, calling it a bundle of lies, while claiming that the grand old party will be unable to do anything for the country's interests.

Terming CPI(M) and Congress sinking ships, Tripura Agriculture and Power Minister and senior BJP leader Ratan Lal Nath on Saturday said that candidates of both these parties would lose their security deposit in the two Lok Sabha seats of the state.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday said that an aggressive crowd assaulted their team in which one of its members suffered injuries and that a vehicle belonging to the Central investigating agency was damaged at Bhupatinagar in the East Midnapore district.

Malviya was elected MLA from the Ghatia assembly segment under the Ujjain Lok Sabha constituency in 2018 on the Congress symbol, and earlier in 1998. He lost the assembly election in 2023 against BJP’s Satish Malviya.

Mizoram Chief Minister and Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) President Lalduhoma on Friday reiterated that his party would not ally either with the BJP-led NDA and the Congress-led INDIA bloc.

The Congress on Friday released its manifesto for 2024 General Elections, promising 'Paanch Nyay and twenty-five guarantees' under five pillars of justice, which include 'Yuva Nyay', 'Naari Nyay', 'Kisaan Nyay', 'Shramik Nyay' and 'Hissedari Nyay'.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday gave a call to the party workers in Karnataka to ensure that BJP's 'Mission 370' is fulfilled in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

India's foreign exchange reserves rose for a sixth consecutive week to hit a historic high of $645.58 billion for the week ended March 29, according to RBI data released on Friday.

A 55-year-old woman surrendered before the police in Assam’s Dibrugarh district after she allegedly killed her 35-year-old son after reportedly facing abuses from the latter repeatedly, officials said on Friday.

The security forces confiscated over Rs 5.48 crore in cash in the three weeks since the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) came into force in poll-bound Arunachal Pradesh,

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Assam on April 17 for poll campaigning in the state, said state minister Jayanta Mallabaruah on Friday.

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Friday took a dig at the opposition CPI(M) and the Congress party over unleashing terror tactics in Tripura during the past elections and claimed that the PM Modi-led government has shown real democracy with violence-free elections.

The meeting discussed how the party’s IT cell should manage poll-related information and ensure a digital presence of the party across the nation to ensure its victory in the LS Polls.

In a devastating incident on the Assam Agartala National Highway, a head-on collision between a long-haul lorry and a passenger-laden vehicle has left five individuals injured.

In preparation for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly by-elections, the Ramnagar constituency is set to deploy two Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) per polling station, allowing voters to cast their ballots for both elections simultaneously.

Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha on Friday criticized the opposition political parties for exploiting minority communities as vote banks by keeping them economically disadvantaged.

The BJP has unveiled its roster of 40 star campaigners, including prominent figures such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and BJP National President JP Nadda, who are set to canvass in Tripura for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and by-polls.

The Election Commission has suspended a Special Police Officer (SPO) in the West Tripura Parliamentary constituency for participating in election campaigns, violating the model code of conduct, officials said on Friday.

A Delhi court on Friday reserved its order on a plea filed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking permission to spend more time with his legal counsel to prepare for the cases pending against him in several parts of the country.

In a major drug haul, 21 kg narcotics valued at around Rs 210 crore in the international market have been seized from Assam's Cachar district near the interstate border with Mizoram, police said on Friday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a scathing attack on the opposition, saying the Congress never permitted soldiers to get even with the enemy.

In an interim direction, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed a decision of the Allahabad High Court which had struck down the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004 as unconstitutional and violative of the principles of secularism.

The Congress party launched its manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections at the party headquarters on Friday, making a slew of promises for diverse sections of society including women, farmers, youths and the elderly.

The Indian rupee (INR) has remained largely range-bound as compared to both its emerging market peers and a few advanced economies during 2023-24 and was the most stable among major currencies during this period, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Friday.

The party released the manifesto in the presence of Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and other top leaders of the party including P. Chidambaram, K. C. Venugopal and others.