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GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday that the manifesto released by the Congress for the Lok Sabha Election 2024 is “confusing”. He said the Congress’ manifesto “has no value”. “After looking at the manifesto, people will get confused whether it’s is a manifesto for the elections in India or that in Pakistan… It feels like this manifesto is more for Pakistan and less for India…,” Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The Congress released its Lok Sabha manifesto on April 5. The manifesto, called ‘Nyay Patra’, focused on ‘Paanch Nyay’ or five pillars of justice, including ‘Yuva Nyay’,…

PUNE: Eknath Shinde, whose June 2022 rebellion against Uddhav Thackeray caused a split in the Shiv Sena, on Sunday alleged that in the undivided party, the ex-Maharashtra chief minister treated functionaries as “house-helps.” “Balasaheb Thackeray (Uddhav’s father and Sena founder) used to consider us friends, but he (Uddhav) thinks of us as house-helps,” Shinde, who leads the faction that the Election Commission recognises as the “real” Shiv Sena, said at a meeting of party workers at Ramtek in Nagpur. He also explained the reason behind his revolt against Uddhav Thackeray. “I broke away because the party’s ideology was being compromised,”…

BBC has transferred its newsroom publishing licence in India to a private limited company, Collective Newsroom, marking a first in the public service broadcaster’s global operations. This transition comes a year after the Income Tax department conducted searches at BBC’s offices. Collective Newsroom, a wholly Indian-based company established by four ex-BBC employees, will initiate operations from April 10. It will generate content for BBC’s digital services in seven languages including English, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu. According to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Collective Newsroom Private Limited was incorporated on October 27, 2020. Rupa Jha, the CEO of…

Mumbai: Mobile wallet adoption is surging in India and swiftly becoming a primary payment option, surpassing traditional methods like cash and cards. Over the next few years, payments via mobile wallets in India are likely to surpass the Rs 531.8 trillion mark in 2028, witnessing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.3 per cent between 2024 and 2028, according to GlobalData – a London-based leading data and analytics company. The value of mobile wallet payments in India, as per a GlobalData report, grew at a CAGR of 72.1 per cent between 2019 and 2023 to reach Rs 202.8 trillion…

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday slammed Congress for being soft on “terror suspects” and said that during its regime, the grand old party used to starve the poor and feed biryani to terrorists whereas the Modi government has been providing free ration to over 80 crore poor people for the past four years. Addressing a public meeting in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur, the Uttar Pradesh CM praised the works of the Modi government at the Centre and the Bhajan Lal government in the state. Slamming the intentions of Congress, he said, “During its government, there were no policies,…

New Delhi: The country’s top anti-terror agency NIA has strongly refuted allegations of assaulting residents in West Bengal’s Bhupatinagar, where its team had gone as part of its searches into a blast case that killed three people in December 2022. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a statement said its team came under “violent attack by an unruly mob” when they had gone to conduct searches in Naruabila village. “The attack was completely unprovoked and uncalled-for, and an attempt to obstruct NIA from carrying out its lawful duties,” the NIA said. It said the searches were conducted at five locations…

AHMEDABAD: Pace sensation Mayank Yadav on Sunday suffered a side strain and left the field after bowling just one over for Lucknow Super Giants in their IPL match against Gujarat Titans. The 21-year-old came to bowl in the fourth over of Titans’ chase of 164, but he could clock in excess of 140 kmph only twice in the over before walking off the field with the LSG physio. He conceded 13 runs in that over and did not return to the field thereafter, even as LSG registered a 33-run win over GT. Later, Lucknow all-rounder Krunal Pandya said the young…