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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) releases the party's election manifesto ‘Sankalp Patra'

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) releases the party's election manifesto ‘Sankalp Patra-Modi Ki guarantee’ at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Sunday, April 14, 2024. Ahead of the seven-phased Lok Sabha polls that kicks off on April 19, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday released its much awaited manifesto titled ‘Modi Ki Guarantee’ Sankalp Patra with a road map on realizing “Viksit Bharat” by 2047; promise to launch ‘one nation, one election’ and a common electoral roll system and poll pledge with several measures targeted at youth, women, farmers and the poor. Along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president JP Nadda, Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar were also present at the event.

Relatives prepare the pyre for the cremation of a relative who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a crematorium in Ajmer, Rajasthan.

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Relatives and residents offer a funeral prayers after a boat carrying people, including children, capsized in the Jhelum River in the outskirts of Srinagar. At least six people died and 19 were missing after the boat capsized in the Jhelum River near Srinagar, with most of the passengers being children on their way to school.

India: 6 killed, many missing after boat capsizes in Kashmir

Relatives and residents offer a funeral prayers after a boat carrying people, including children, capsized in the Jhelum River in the outskirts of Srinagar. At least six people died and 19 were missing after the boat capsized in the Jhelum River near Srinagar, with most of the passengers being children on their way to school.

Family members and relatives cry after a boat carrying people including children capsized in Jhelum river on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian Administrated Kashmir, Tuesday, April. 16, 2024. Rescue operation is continuing for the several missing people.

Kashmir: Boat capsize 6 dead, 4 rescued, 19 still missing

A boat carrying a group of people has capsized in a river in Indian-administered Kashmir, drowning six of them, The boat capsized in the Jhelum River near Srinagar, the region’s main city, on Monday.Most of the passengers were children on their way to school, and rescuers were searching for the missing.Around 15 people, several children among them, are missing after the accident,” a local official told the news agency on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media. Heavy rains fell over the Himalayan region in the past few days, leading to higher water levels in the river.

PDP parliamentary candidates, Mehbooba Mufti and Waheed ur Rehman Parra, holds a road show from Pulwama to Sangam area of Anantnag district. South Kashmir,s
Mehbooba Mufti while speaking with media persons she told that Pulwama had always been our supporter and we have started our campaign from here.

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PDP parliamentary candidates, Mehbooba Mufti and Waheed ur Rehman Parra, holds a road show from Pulwama to Sangam area of Anantnag district. South Kashmir,s Mehbooba Mufti while speaking with media persons she told that Pulwama had always been our supporter and we have started our campaign from here

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Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia of Russia attends meeting on Threats to international peace and security to discuss situation at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in Ukraine at UN Headquarters.

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