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People are aspiring for development and they are smart enough to understand that the State will see fast-paced development if there is a double engine government, says BJP’s Karnataka Election Management Committee convenor Shobha Karandlaje.

The people of Karnataka need to be cautious about short-cut governance by the Congress and the Janata Dal(S), Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has said that for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, election campaigning is more important than governance and this is evident in their frequent trips to poll-bound States, including Karnataka. He was addressing a press conference in Hubballi on Wednesday.

“All guarantees given by the Congress to the people of the country in the past have fallen flat. That will be the fate that will befall the new guarantees that the party is giving to the people of Karnataka,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday. He was addressing a…

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Highlighting ‘pace of development’ throughout his speech, Mr Modi asked the audience whether Karnataka requires ‘vikas’ and top position in farming, fisheries, health, education and industrial sectors. “If top position is to be achieved, BJP will have to be given a clear mandate,” he said.

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen will be visiting India next week in what is being seen as the build-up to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to New Delhi later this year. 

From the 150th spot in 2022, India’s rank has further dipped to 161 in the 2023 edition of the Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders. This is several spots behind Pakistan and Afghanistan, which have improved their rankings this year to be at positions 150 and 152, respectively.

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WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI: The Biden administration has decided to remain publicly quiet on India’s democratic backsliding, according to senior US officials, as the US intensifies efforts to keep New Delhi on its side in the rivalry with China.