Lok Sabha elections 2024: Congress leader Ajay Rai to face PM Modi in Varanasi, Arun Yadav to take on Jyotiraditya Scindia

UP, ,21/3:Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai will contest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi once again in Varanasi while former Madhya Pradesh party chief Arun Yadav will take on Jyotiraditya Scindia in Guna, sources said on Thursday. The decisions were taken at a meeting of Congress’ Central Election Committee (CEC) chaired by party chief Mallikarjun…

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‘Will lead to chaos,’ SC dismisses plea for stay on ECs’ appointment

New Delhi, 21/3: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed pleas against the appointment of two new election commissioners by a Selection Committee, without the Chief Justice of India, as per the law enacted in 2023, while saying the manner in which the government went about expediting the appointments was “unnecessary and avoidable”. “We cannot stay…

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Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, EC directs Modi govt to stop Viksit Bharat messages over Whatsapp

New Delhi, 21/3: The Election Commission Thursday directed the Centre to immediately stop delivering bulk WhatsApp messages to people under the “Viksit Bharat Sampark” initiative to highlight the government’s achievements. The direction was issued to the Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, after the Commission received complaints about the matter. “The move is a…

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Patanjali submits apology for misleading ad to SC after Baba Ramdev directed to appear before court

New Delhi, 21/3: Patanjali Ayurved Managing Director Acharya Balkrishna on Thursday submitted an “unqualified apology” to the Supreme Court over the company’s misleading advertisements, reported news agency ANI. In an affidavit to the top court, Acharya Balkrishna said he will ensure that such advertisements are not issued in the future, adding the intention was only…

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If I win, Vijayendra will resign as BJP Karnataka chief after LS polls: K S Eshwarappa

Bangalore, 20/3:Former Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa claimed on Wednesday BJP Karnataka unit President B Y Vijayendra would quit his post after the Lok Sabha election results are declared. Eshwarappa, who has announced that he would contest the election as an independent candidate, alleged that the BJP central leadership succumbed to former Chief Minister…

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India’s richest 1% has highest concentration of wealth in decades, study shows

Mumbai, 20/3:The wealth concentrated in the richest 1 per cent of India’s population is at its highest in six decades and the percentage share of income exceeds that of countries including Brazil and the United States, research group the World Inequality Lab found. Since India, which won its independence in 1947 from Britain, opened its…

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Talks positive, picture will be clear in a few days: Devendra Fadnavis on BJP-MNS alliance in Maharashtra

Mumbai, 17/3: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said the talks between Union Home Minister Amit Shah and MNS chief Raj Thackeray were positive, and the picture would be clear in the next few days. Thackeray met Shah in Delhi on Tuesday, in an indication that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is looking…

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