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Knife-wielding assailant injures several in anti-Islam rally in Mannheim, Germany; police detain attacker after firing shots. Police detained a knife-wielding assailant who injured several people in a square in Mannheim, southwest Germany on Friday. Officers fired at the attacker, who was also injured. The incident occurred around 11:30 am (local time) in an event organised by the Citizens’ Movement Pax Europa, described as “anti-Islamisation”. Mannheim police reported a major operation at the market square, with a rescue helicopter and suspended tram services. “A firearm was used against the attacker,” Mannheim police said in a statement. Authorities assured the public that…

Congress said it won’t participate in television debates on exit poll outcome on June 1. The purpose of any debate should be to inform people, the party said. The Congress on Friday announced it would not take part in any exit poll debate on television channels on June 1. Exit poll predictions will start being published in the evening on Saturday half an hour after all the elections end. Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said the party has decided not to indulge in speculation and slugfest before the actual results come out on June 4. “Voters have cast their votes and…

Prajwal Revanna has been sent to police custody till June 6 in the Karnataka sex scandal. Prajwal Revanna has been sent to 6-day SIT custody in the obscene video case for which the special investigation team sought the suspended JD(S) MP’s custody for 14 days. Prajwal was arrested late last night from Bengaluru airport as he arrived in India to join the SIT investigation after being incommunicado for a month as the allegations against him, his father surfaced and snowballed into a major political storm. In this one month, he was suspended from the party, his father was arrested and…

Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 6.2 per cent in the January-March period of the 2022-23 fiscal year. India’s economy grew by 7.8% in the January-March quarter from a year earlier, compared with 8.4% growth in the previous quarter, government data showed. Growth in the January-March period was lower than the 8.6 per cent expansion in the December quarter. Manufacturing output rose 8.9% year-on-year in the three months ending in March, compared with a revised expansion of 11.5% in the previous quarter. Farm output growth accelerated to 0.6% after revised 0.4% growth in the previous quarter, the data showed. Data released…

Tejashwi Yadav expressed confidence that the INDIA bloc is heading for a spectacular victory in the Lok Sabha elections. Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday claimed that “something major” would take place in Bihar after the results of the Lok Sabha elections are announced and added that chief minister Nitish Kumar seemed to be “not going along well” with ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), reported PTI. Yadav, who lost the Deputy CM’s post after Kumar’s abrupt return to the NDA in January this year, made the claim while interacting with journalists in Patna. “Ever since I made…

The MEA is waiting for Prajwal Revanna’s reply to the showcause notice and will take action after 10-day deadline. Prajwal will land in Bengaluru post-midnight. The ministry of external affairs has initiated action under provisions in the Passport Act for revocation of the diplomatic passport of suspended JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Thursday. The MEA already issued a showcase notice to him and gave him 10 days to reply explaining why his diplomatic passport should not be cancelled. Prajwal Revanna left India on a diplomatic passport a month ago a day before his name came…

The BJP’s extensive campaign efforts in Varanasi and the broader Poorvanchal region showcase their determination to secure a decisive victory. If Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi is the epicenter of the seventh phase of 2024 general elections, the longest-living city is also the microcosm of BJP’s well-oiled, highly efficient and formidable election fighting machine. While only a brain-dead would give the Opposition INDI alliance candidate Ajay Rai any fighting chance in Varanasi, it is the sheer effort that the BJP leadership is putting in Poorvanchal with Kashi in particular that makes it quite evident that the party…

The accident took place when the pilgrims were on their way to Shiv Khori, a shrine devoted to Lord Shiva near Reasi town 50km away. At least 22 pilgrims including nine women and two children died and 57 others injured after a bus from Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras spun off a road and fell into a deep gorge in Jammu district’s Akhnoor area on Thursday, officials said. Inspector Tariq Ahmed, station house officer of Akhnoor police station, said the accident took place at about 12:35pm at Tungi Morh, 12 km from Akhnoor, on the Jammu-Poonch national highway when the pilgrims were…

India reiterated its long-standing support for Palestinian statehood following the recent recognition of Palestine by Ireland, Norway, and Spain. India on Thursday reaffirmed its long-standing position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict following the recent recognition of Palestine by Ireland, Norway, and Spain. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal highlighted India’s historical support for Palestinian statehood and a two-state solution. When asked about the coordinated decision by Spain, Ireland, and Norway to formally recognise Palestine, Jaiswal, at a weekly press briefing, said, “As you are aware, India was one of the first countries to recognise the state of Palestine in the…

Modi will meditate till June 1 evening at Dhyan Mandapam, the place where Swami Vivekananda is believed to have had a divine vision about ‘Bharat Mata’. With the conclusion of the campaigning for the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday arrived in Kanyakumari to meditate till June 1 at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial. Upon his arrival, the prime minister first offered prayers at the Bhagavathy Amman Temple in the city. Modi will meditate from the evening of Thursday to the evening of June 1 at Dhyan Mandapam, the place where revered Hindu philosopher…