Police ordered pro-Palestinian protesters to abandon a tent encampment at New York University early Friday, following weeks of demonstrations and police crackdowns at college campuses nationwide that have resulted in more than 2,300 arrests.
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PM Modi's strategic emphasis on West Bengal underscores not only the significance of the state in the electoral landscape but also the BJP's aspirations to make substantial inroads into a traditionally challenging territory.
Mumbai, May 3: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi gears up to address public meetings in Bardhaman, Krishnanagar, and Bolpur constituencies in West Bengal, with an additional one in Jharkhand, on May 3, it is evident that his focus on Bengal for the ongoing Lok Sabha polls remains unwavering. PM Modi's strategic emphasis on West Bengal underscores not only the significance of the state in the electoral landscape but also the BJP's aspirations to make substantial inroads into a traditionally challenging territory.
On Thursday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should apologise for "endorsing" Prajwal Revanna, the Janata Dal (Secular) leader facing heat in the alleged sex scandal case. "Prajwal Revanna has raped 400 women and made videos. This is not a sex scandal but mass rape. And the Prime Minister, in front of the people of Karnataka, was supporting and seeking vote for this mass rapist. He is saying that if you vote for this mass rapist, it would help him," Rahul Gandhi said at a public rally in Karnataka's Shivamogga.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday announced the candidature of Karan Bhushan Singh, son of six-term MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, from the Kaiserganj Lok Sabha seat. The party announced UP Minister Dinesh Pratap Singh as its candidate from Rae Bareli. In Kaiserganj, the ruling party denied the ticket to Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is accused of sexually harassing women wrestlers, but the ticket has been given to his son, a decision taken after consulting the six-term Lok Sabha member.
India on Thursday rejected the findings of a report released by a US government commission - the Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) - on religious freedom, saying it was a "biased organisation with a political agenda". India also said it had no expectations from the US government commission to understand India's diverse, pluralistic and democratic ethos.
The US has admitted that its airstrike in Syria on May 3 last year killed a civilian, mistaking him for a senior Al-Qaeda leader, CNN reported. An investigation was ordered by US Central Command (CENTCOM) last year, the findings of which were made public on Thursday. The report "concluded the strike was conducted in compliance with the law of armed conflict as well as Department of Defense and CENTCOM policies" but "revealed several issues that could be improved". Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Wednesday it "was a beautiful thing to watch" New York police officers raiding a Columbia University building occupied by pro-Palestinian students, and called on officials to crack down on campus protests across the United States.
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