Lok Sabha polls 2024: SP declares 6 candidates from Uttar Pradesh, gives 1 seat to TMC

UP, 15/3: The Samajwadi Party on Friday declared six of its candidates from Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The six candidates are Yashveer Singh (Bijnor), Manoj Kumar (Nagina), Bhanu Pratap Singh (Meerut), Bijendra Singh (Aligarh), Jasveer Valmiki (Hathras) and Daroga Saroj (Lalganj), the party said on X.

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Malegaon blast case: Special court issues bailable warrant against Pragya Thakur

Malegaon, 11/3: A special NIA court here on Monday issued a bailable warrant against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, for failing to appear before it despite repeated warnings. Thakur and six others are facing trial in the case under provisions of the Unlawful Activities…

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Classical dancer from India shot dead in US; Indian mission condemns reprehensible gun attack

Missouri, 2/3: In yet another deadly attack on Indians and Indian-Americans in the US in recent months, a 34-year-old trained classical dancer from India and a student of Washington University, was shot dead in St Louis, Missouri. Kuchipudi and Bharatnatyam dancer Amarnath Ghosh, who migrated to the US from Kolkata last year “to follow his…

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BJP releases first list of candidates for Lok Sabha polls; PM Modi to contest from Varanasi, Shah from Gandhinagar

New Delhi, 2/3: BJP on Saturday released its first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to again contest from his constituency of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. Union Home Minister has been named from the Gandhinagar constituency in Gujarat. Union Ministers Rajeev Chandrashekhar and Kiren Rijiju are…

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Beating expectations, India’s Oct-Dec quarter GDP grew 8.4%

New Delhi, 29/2: India’s economic growth accelerated to 8.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2023-24, mainly due to good performance by the manufacturing, mining & quarrying and construction sectors. The Indian economy recorded a growth of 8.4 per cent in the third quarter of this fiscal (October-December 2023), according to data released by…

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