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Modi Ka Guarantee" phenomenon that PM Modi was able to fulfil his promise of visit, regardless of his busy schedule and the unpleasantly cold weather. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Tobgay wrote: "A big thank you to my brother, PM @narendramodi Ji, for visiting us. Neither his busy schedule nor inclement weather could prevent him from fulfilling his promise to visit us.

ALSO READ: 'Don't shout at me': CJI Chandrachud tells advocate during electoral bonds hearing "We live in times of social media where the work which we do is contently assessed. The Supreme Court of India has put all its important hearing on live streaming platform and we are watched all over the country. But we can also get trolled as a result of that," Chandrachud said.

Reliance Infrastructure and Reliance Power were among the top gainers. Apart from the above two, EMudhra, Swan Energy, Vadilal Industries, Capacite Infraprojects, Dhani Services, Praj Industries, Force Motors, Sapphire Foods India, Artemis Medicare Services, Skipper, JSW Holdings, Varroc Engineering, BEML, Finolex Industries, Cochin Shipyard, Novartis, Chalet Hotels, among other smallcaps logged a double-digit rise in their share prices last week. On a weekly basis, the BSE benchmark climbed 188.51 points or 0.25 per cent, and the Nifty went up by 73.4 points or 0.33 per cent. Auto stocks jumped 1.67 per cent, taking weekly gains to 4.23 per cent.

IPL 2024 schedule: Date, time, venue, teams; all you need to know Gujarat Titans, now led by a new captain in Shubman Gill, will be looking to make a solid start to this year's IPL with a win against one of the tournament's most successful sides. Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians, who have seen a change in leadership from Rohit Sharma to Hardik Pandya, will be keen to show that the transition has gone smoothly with a solid performance in the tournament opener. Shubman Gill (c), David Miller, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B.

Dividend Stocks: Shares of some companies such as SBI Cards and Payment Services, CRISIL Ltd, REC, among others will trade ex-dividend in the coming week, starting from Tuesday, March 26. Along with these, some other firms will also trade ex-split, ex-rights, and ex-bonus, according to data on the BSE. The ex-dividend date is the day on which the equity share price adjusts to reflect the next dividend payout.

Indian Express, Garg said the bank was not supposed to record the unique alpha-numeric numbers of the electoral bonds. "Doing so, it [SBI] had violated the anonymity promised to donors under the Electoral Bond Scheme, 2018," Garg was quoted as saying on Saturday. The bonds numbers can help match the purchasers of the bonds with the political parties that encashed them.

₹10,000 crore to Bhutan, during his two-day visit to the Himalayan nation, which concluded on Saturday. Meanwhile, the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) declared the results of Class 12th or Intermediate final exams today. In another corner of the world, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed his nation after it suffered one of its worst terror attacks in history on Friday, March 22.

₹6,749 per barrel after hitting an intra day high of ₹6,803 per barrel, on the multi commodity exchange (MCX). Also Read: Explained | Upside risk on inflation to export woes—here's how the Red Sea crisis will impact Indian economy in FY25 -Analysts said that successful peace talks would prompt Yemen's Houthi rebels to allow oil tankers to pass through the Red Sea. Blinken met Arab foreign ministers and Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Cairo as negotiators in Qatar centred on a truce of about six weeks.

Here's what Jaishankar said | Top 5 points Jaishankar said Pakistan is sponsoring terrorism at almost an "industry level". asked, "How do you deal with a neighbour who does not hide the fact that they use terrorism as an instrument of statecraft?" "It's not a one-off happening...but very sustained, almost at an industry level...So what we have come to conclude is that we have to find a way of addressing (the menace)," he said, adding that dodging the problem "gets us nowhere, it only invites more trouble." He said he doesn't have a "quick instantaneous fix (to this issue)". He, however, said India will not skirt this problem anymore.

Election Commission of India has warned CPI candidate in Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency, V S Sunil Kumar against using a photograph of his with leading Malayalam actor Tovino Thomas for the poll campaign. The EC warning came days after Kumar had triggered a row by posting his picture with actor Thomas, who is an ambassador for the Election Commission's Systematic Voter's Education and Electoral Participation programme (SVEEP), on social media. The actor had himself posted on social media, saying he was an ambassador for SVEEP and that it was against law to use his photograph for election campaign. Seizing the opportunity, the BJP-led NDA early this week filed a complaint with the district Collector, who is also the returning officer for the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency, against the Left candidate for allegedly violating the poll code.

NPP is an ally of BJP. BJP is part of the NPP led government in Meghalaya. BJP has put up candidates for the two Lok Sabha seats of Arunachal Pradesh and NPP has decided to support the BJP candidates. In 2021 the BJP emerged victorious by winning 41 seats in Arunachal Pradesh. Three BJP candidates were also declared elected unopposed. The Janata Dal (United) won seven seats, and the National People's Party (NPP) emerged victorious on five seats, the People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) one and Independents two.

Arbitration is the preferred method of dispute resolution over litigation in the country because of the speed of resolution, confidentiality and cost effectiveness but there is still scope for improvement, a survey has found. Conducted by law firm Khaitan & Co, the survey, which focused on the experience of parties rather than advocates and experts involved in domestic arbitration in the country, asserted that most arbitrations take 24 to 36 months to complete while a majority wanted the exercise to be over within 12 months. According to a press release, a large majority of those covered under the survey 'Current Trends in Domestic Arbitration in India', said they intended to use domestic arbitration in the future for both small and large disputes. «Arbitration is the preferred method of dispute resolution over litigation because of the speed of resolution, confidentiality, cost effectiveness, and process with speed of resolution being the most important. Most arbitrations are taking 24 to 36 months to complete instead of 12 months, which is what parties expect,» according to the findings shared in the release.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, has received Rs 944.5 crore through electoral bonds over the last six years from 2018-19 to 2023-24 (up to September). Data submitted by the BJD to the Election Commission, now available on the ECI website, reveals the breakdown of these donations. In the initial three years, the party received Rs 213.5 crore in 2018-19, Rs 50.5 crore in 2019-20, and Rs 67 crore in 2020-21. Subsequently, there was a significant increase, with the following three years contributing over Rs 613 crore. The highest amount was recorded in 2021-22, reaching Rs 291 crore, followed by Rs 170.50 crore in 2023-24 (up to September) and Rs 152 crore in 2022-23.

NDA government, K. Vanlalvena, Mizoram's lone Rajya Sabha member, on Saturday leveled a serious allegation against BJP leaders, claiming they are striving to transform India into a Hindu kingdom. Vanlalvena, who was named by the opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) as their nominee for the upcoming elections to the state's lone Lok Sabha seat, told reporters that the NDA is an alliance formed by various parties, not all of which share the ideologies of the BJP. «Some BJP leaders with vested interests are trying to turn the country into a Hindu kingdom. The NDA is likely to retain power at the Centre in the upcoming polls. If the NDA government takes steps, which are against the interest of the religious minorities, including Mizo Christians, I shall oppose it vociferously both within and outside Parliament,» the 54-year-old MNF leader said. However, Vanlalvena commended the NDA government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for its contributions to economic development in the country.

Quantum Mutual Fund voting against the proposed delisting of ICICI Securities, the largest public shareholder Norges Fund Investment Bank has voted in favour of the proposal of the stock broking arm of ICICI Bank. The foreign fund, which holds nearly 3.25 per cent stake in ICICI Securities, voted in favour on Thursday, the first day of e-voting, as per the information posted on the website of Norges Fund Investment Bank. The e-voting will remain open till March 26.

Maruti Suzuki India on Saturday said it has acquired over 6 per cent stake in technology startup Amlgo Labs. The startup operates in data analytics, cloud engineering, machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) to assist companies in data-driven decision-making. The investment is being made through Maruti Suzuki Innovation Fund, an initiative to undertake strategic investments in startups exhibiting high levels of technological innovation, the auto major said in a statement.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said the state government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court demanding a direction to the Centre to immediately release grants under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to the state, which is reeling under acute drought. Accusing the Centre of sitting on Karnataka's pleas for release of funds though there is a severe drought, he said the state government was compelled to approach the apex court. «Today the Karnataka government filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court against the Centre after waiting for five months. Since there is vacation for a week in the Supreme Court, we did not get the endorsement. We expect it next week,» Siddaramaiah told reporters here. The petition was filed under Article 32 of the Indian Constitution to give directions to the Government of India to release NDR Funds immediately, which was supposed to be released by the Centre according to law, he explained.

Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday approached Delhi High Court against his remand order in connection with the money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy case. The Delhi CM has also been seeking an early hearing of his plea against his arrest, preferably by Sunday, PTI reported, citing sources. The AAP chief was on Friday remanded to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate for seven days i.e., till March 28, a day after he was arrested by the probe agency.

₹38,098 crore worth of Indian equities and the total inflow stands at ₹51,542 crore as of March 22, taking into account debt, hybrid, debt-VRR, and equities, according to National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) data. The total debt inflows stand at ₹13,223 crore so far this month. "An interesting feature of the foreign portfolio investment in India this fiscal is the steady growth in debt investment in sharp contrast to the volatile equity investment.

KKR vs SRH IPL 2024: India's young batter Shreyas Iyer is all set to lead Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) against World Cup-winning captain Pat Cummins, who is heading the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in IPL 2024. The match is scheduled at the historic Eden Gardens International Cricket Stadium in Kolkata and is ready to witness the high-voltage clash in the evening.

Skymet, this year, Holi is likely to be "dry and hot" in Delhi NCR. In an update on its website, Skymet weather wrote, "The wide and normal belief of some showers on Holi will defy the norm and observe rain-free occasions." It added that winds may be stronger than usual this Holi, but it would only increase the warmth. Rain and showers will remain confined to the hills.