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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has provided insights into the ongoing discussions about seat-sharing possibilities with Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal. While confirming discussions, Ramesh talked about the shared goal of strengthening the opposition alliance, INDIA, against the BJP-led NDA ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. The alliance discussions between Congress and TMC have encountered challenges, especially after Mamata Banerjee's announcement that TMC would contest alone in West Bengal.

ANI, an announcement on seat-sharing for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections is expected to be made. On seat sharing for Lok Sabha elections, Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications, Jairam Ramesh said, “The important thing is that an official announcement has been made for the alliance(in UP)...It took time to give it a final form...Today, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress are also making official announcements about the alliance.

Narendra Modi is likely to hold three public meetings in West Bengal's Arambag in Hooghly district and Nadia district's Krishnanagar on March 1 and 2 respectively, followed by another public rally in Barasat in North 24 Parganas district, the same district where Sandeshkhali is located, on March 7. The Prime Minister is likely to meet the women of Sandeshkhali, who were allegedly tortured and assaulted, in the sidelines of his public meeting, people in the know said. Modi's visit is very significant amid intense trouble in Sandeshkhali and in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls. However, the final dates are subject to confirmation by the PMO. Modi will be visiting Arambag and Krishnanagar on March 1 and 2 respectively. His visit to Krishnanagar is significant, considering the substantial Matua votebank, which is crucial to BJP in Lok Sabha polls.

bade bade deshon mein aisi choti choti baatein hoti rehti hain". The King of Bollywood also ensured that he met every single player, greeted them and struck a chord, leaving the likes of Jemimah Rodrigues, Taniya Bhatia, Shafali Varma and Pooja Vastrakar starstruck. Shah Rukh even met his old friend Sourav Ganguly as a heartwarming video of the two hugging each other was throwback to the old days.

NEW DELHI : ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Ltd is establishing an advisory committee to help it protect the interests of stakeholders amid what it said were misinformation and rumours resulting in negative public opinion about the company. “The board has approved to constitute an independent advisory committee that will enable it to review and take cognizance of the widespread circulation of misinformation, market rumours, and speculation that has led to the formation of negative public opinion about the company and consequent erosion of investor wealth," the company said in a statement on Friday. The committee will be presided by Satish Chandra, a former judge of the Allahabad High Court, and will comprise two independent directors of the company, Uttam Prakash Agarwal and P.

Israel's military exports to India, its largest defence buyer, have not been affected by the war in Gaza, an Indian source and an Israeli source aware of the details said. India has imported military hardware worth $2.9 billion from Israel over the last decade, including radars, surveillance and combat drones, and missiles. Israel launched its months-long military campaign after militants from Hamas-ruled Gaza killed 1,200 people and took 253 hostages in southern Israel on Oct. 7. Since then, more than 29,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry.

Delhi Chalo march. Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, a Sikh Member of Parliament from Britain said the ‘freedom of expression’ of farmers must be protected. Addressing the Parliament, the Dhesi MP said, “Many of my Slough constituents, including members of the Sikh community and Gurdwaras have written to me regarding their serious concerns about the safety of protesting farmers in their attempt to march towards New Delhi." “Yesterday, a protestor was killed during a reported standoff with the police wherein, the cause of death was, and I quote: "a bullet wound to the head"," Singh told the House.

India next week as part of their goal to strengthen India-US collaboration and student and scholar mobility between the two countries. The delegation from the American universities will visit 26 institutions in New Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad. This visit gains significance in the wake of the recent spate in incidents of attacks on Indian students and those of Indian origin in various parts of the country. The delegation builds on recent years of US and Indian government-led efforts to partner in pursuit of mutually beneficial strategies.

NCPCR) has written to the ministry of electronics and information technology highlighting the lack of KYC norms for gambling apps and websites, which it claims has led to unlawful participation of children on these platforms. In a letter sent on Wednesday, the NCPCR said that a complaint from New Delhi-based trust 'Society against gambling' spoke of the «presence of numerous illegal online gambling websites and applications operating within the country, posing a significant threat to the future well-being of children». ET has seen a copy of the letter.

cybersecurity threats from companies of Chinese origin or those linked to its political philosophy, US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner Brendan Carr told ET, pointing to New Delhi’s pre-emptive action against entities posing both commercial and security challenges to an increasingly digital economy. In an exclusive interview, Carr, who is on his maiden India trip, said that India’s actions on the short-video platform TikTok and telecom equipment suppliers Huawei and ZTE have “set the gold standard in terms of appropriate and strong actions to deal with the threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).”

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body which led the farmers' protest against three farm laws, announced that a farmers Mahapanchayat will be held in New Delhi on March 14 at the Ramleela ground. SKM is not part of the 'Delhi Chalo' march, however, it has been supporting it. SKM, which comprises Punjab's largest farmer union like BKU (Ugrahan) and also BKU (Tikait) that enjoys influence in western Uttar Pradesh, also announced a Black Day and a tractor march on national highways on Monday.

Mint. "If an innocent country is attacked from outside by a much bigger power, then it's not a neutral conflict. India could be a little bit more vocal in stating facts as they are. I'm pretty sure that India, just like ourselves, is very worried about the increasing cooperation between Russia and China," she said.

Indian Railway has shut down the route for other trains. The reason behind the train catching fire is not clear yet. Four fire tenders were deployed to the sport to doze the massive fire, Prasant Dhal, Fire Officer, Dhenkanal said.

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NEW DELHI : As part of its continuing efforts to cool food prices, India has extended duty-free import of yellow peas by a month up to the end of April, and extended the 20% export duty on parboiled rice, or partially boiled rice, beyond 1 April. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) said in an order on Thursday that the final date for the export duty on parboiled rice, which was set earlier for the end of March, has been removed.

NEW DELHI : The Indian economy, which expanded at a four-month high in January, continued to strengthen in February, seeing accelerations in both manufacturing and services sectors during the month. While services sector output climbed to a seven-month high in February, manufacturing sector output reached a five-month high, firming India’s position as one of the fastest-growing major economies.

G20 Foreign Ministers meeting in Rio, Union Minister of State V Murleedharan on Thursday had a brief discussion with the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. «A brief chat with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Rio,» the MoS posted on X. Notably, Brazil assumed the presidency from India on December 20, 2023, and the G20 Foreign Minister's Meeting would be the first ministerial meeting under the Brazilian Presidency, the Ministry of External Affairs said in an official release.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has asked India to play a leading role in building international partnerships to meet the unprecedented challenges brought by the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East and changes in climate and energy security

Cisco Systems, which specializes in both networking and security solutions. Daisy Chittilapilly, India and SAARC president, Cisco told ET that as companies seek to monetize investments made in the 5G telecom infrastructure and harness the insatiable appetite for data to drive India’s announced ascent to the top three of the global economic leaderboard, the company expects New Delhi to become a top revenue-generating market for its suite of products and services.

European Union, both have the political will to conclude the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and while no timeline can be put on the conclusion of the deal negotiations are progressing well, European External Action Service Secretary General Stefano Sannino told ET on Wednesday. “As we speak, the seventh round of negotiations is ongoing in New Delhi. It is an ambitious agreement and there are various elements to the FTA. While no timeline can be put as to when the FTA can be announced, I can say that there is a political will to conclude it,” Sannino said in an exclusive chat on the sidelines of the Raisina Dialogue – India’s premier foreign policy dialogue organised by the MEA and Observer Research Foundation (ORF). Along with FTA talks, India-EU will also discuss an investment protection agreement (IPA) and a pact on geographical indications (GIs).

A protester has died as thousands of Indian farmers resume their march to the capital after talks with the government failed to end an impasse over their demands for guaranteed crop prices