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assembly elections in Rajasthan are set to be a showdown between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with both parties acutely aware of the critical anti-incumbency factor that has shaped the state's politics since 1993. The state has witnessed a revolving chair scenario where no CM has won two consecutive terms since 1993. Gehlot is counting on his welfare schemes, but faces a tough fight. What is the date for Rajasthan elections, when are the results? The voting for the 200-seat Rajasthan state assembly will be held on November 23.

VIP status should avoid visiting Ayodhya on the day of consecration of the Ram temple on January 22, likely to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as the authorities would be busy in the mega event, the temple trust said on Wednesday. Shri Ram Ramjanmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust secretary Champat Rai said those enjoying protocols, including chief ministers, governors and ambassadors, should not plan any visit to the temple town on the day so that no one faces any kind of inconvenience during the ceremony. A large number of people are expected to attend the consecration ceremony of the grand Ram temple.

BJP will retain power in Madhya Pradesh and also win assembly polls in four other states with huge majority on the back of good governance, inclusive empowerment and robust national security, former Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Wednesday. Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram will go to polls between November 7 and 30, and the counting of votes will be on December 3, as per the Election Commission. «The BJP will get a thumping majority in Madhya Pradesh and all other states due to its report card of good governance, inclusive empowerment, and national security,» a release quoting Naqvi said.

Pannun has warned India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to learn from the Israel-Palestine war lest a similar "reaction" unravels in India. In his video message for India, Pannun, a designated terrorist under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), warned India of an attack like Hamas. Gaza strip's Hamas fighters on Saturday launched a multi-pronged surprise attack on Israel, breaking their high-tech defense technology.

The Times of Israel cited the Foreign Ministry which said that 84 countries expressed support for Israel. Countries like France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, and the United States also issued a joint statement expressing their joint support and condemned Hamas and its appalling acts of terrorism.

deadly rocket attack, Israel also expanded its mobilization of military reservists to 360,000. The chief military spokesman emphasized the unprecedented nature of the current campaign against Hamas, saying ‘all options are on the table’. 3) More than 137,000 Palestinians were packed into United Nations shelters, and the World Health Organization reported that the medical supplies it had pre-positioned in seven Gaza hospitals were already used up.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said his government has given jobs to more than six lakh youngsters in the last six years. Addressing a function at the Lok Bhavan to distribute appointment letters to 393 homoeopathic pharmacists, Adityanath said, «If these youngsters work together with full dedication and energy, then no one can keep Uttar Pradesh 'bimaru'. Together we will make UP a capable and prosperous state.» «Earlier it used to take one-and-half to two years for the announcement of results by the UP Public Service Commission, but now the UP Subordinate Services Selection Commission is giving results (of examinations) in six to nine months in a fair and transparent manner,» the UP chief minister said.

Narendra Modi chaired a high-level review meeting on Tuesday to review the progress on schemes that were announced by him on Independence Day. With a special focus on welfare projects for women, PM Modi had announced making 2 crore Lakhpati 'didis' that is making 2 crore women engaged in self-help groups (SHGs) or Anganwadis Lakhpatis and empowering 15,000 women SHGs. During the meeting, he took stock of the various livelihood interventions planned to achieve this target. In his Independence Day speech, the Prime Minister announced the Centre's plan of equipping 15,000 women SHGs with drones for agriculture and related purposes. PM Modi was given an overview of the plans to implement this, ranging from training of Women SHGs to monitoring activity. The Prime Minister had also spoken about taking the number of Jan Aushadhi Stores in India to 25,000 from 10,000 currently to increase the reach of affordable medicines. In Tuesday's meeting, PM Modi reviewed the implementation strategy for this expansion. Earlier this month, PM Modi chaired another meeting to review the progress of schemes including ensuring affordable credit for poor and middle-class housing. Also in his speech, the Prime Minister mentioned ensuring solar power for households and the meeting reviewed preparations to execute the scheme.

UK envoys are due in New Delhi this week as the two countries seek to bring almost two years of trade negotiations to a conclusion, people familiar with the matter said. A team of 30 UK officials including Director General for trade negotiations Amanda Brooks will head to the Indian capital to thrash out remaining issues as part of their 13th round of talks, officials from the UK and India said, requesting anonymity because a deal isn’t yet sealed. At stake is a commercial agreement between two of the world’s largest economies that would represent a landmark for both.

Cricket World Cup began in India last week, with economists and stock-market pundits showing more enthusiasm for the contest than spectators. Empty seats during the inaugural match in Ahmedabad — played in a stadium named after Prime Minister Narendra Modi — was a bit of a buzz kill. The hope is that attendance will pick up during the course of the two-month-long tournament.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday described the next month's assembly elections in the state as a battle of ideologies and appealed to people to vote in large numbers with enthusiasm. Chouhan's appeal came amid perceived anti-incumbency and voter fatigue in the central state which has remained loyal to the Bharatiya Janata Party over a long period. Another BJP leader and Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia exuded confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party will emerge victorious in the upcoming assembly polls in five states, including his home state Madhya Pradesh, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

NHSRCL) on Monday said it has completed 100 per cent land acquisition in Gujarat for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project. The corporation in a release said the last parcel of land in Gujarat was acquired at Kathore village in Surat district in September. In all, 951.14 hectares of land needed to be acquired in eight districts of Gujarat for the project, it said. With the latest acquisition, 99.95 per cent of land has been acquired for the project across Gujarat, Maharashtra and the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, the release said. Out of 429.71 hectares acquired for the project in neighbouring Maharashtra, 99.83 per cent of the process has been completed, while a total of 7.90 hectares were acquired in the UT, the NHSRCL said. In Gujarat, 133.29 hectares were acquired in Ahmedabad, 110.25 hectares in Kheda, 52.59 hectares in Anand, 142.30 hectares in Vadodara, 140.32 hectares in Bharuch, 160.52 hectares in Surat, and 88.93 hectares in Valsad, the release said. The operational control centre will be located at Sabarmati in Ahmedabad, and there will be three depots, two in Gujarat — Surat and Sabarmati — and one in Maharashtra at Thane, it stated. The government aims to run the first phase of the bullet train between Surat and Bilimora in south Gujarat by 2026. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe launched the project in Ahmedabad on September 14, 2017.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a review meeting of the Vishwakarma scheme in the national capital with the BJP leaders on Monday. BJP leaders arrived at the BJP Central Office Extension to attend a meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Vishwakarma Samaj people. «Amit Shah will review the preparation regarding this scheme.

Congress Working Committee's (CWC) crucial meeting began here on Monday and will see the party top brass hold discussions on its strategy for the upcoming assembly elections and a nationwide caste census. The meeting comes on a day when the Election Commission will announce the dates for the assembly elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram.

The Election Commission will announce the schedule for holding assembly elections in five states today. The Commission has convened a press conference this noon where it will announce the dates on which assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram will be held, according to Press Trust of India.

women votes in Madhya Pradesh in the forthcoming assembly elections, banking just not on the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill but several welfare schemes of the Centre and the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in the state. However, these women voters are also impacted by the anti-incumbency of almost two decades of the BJP in power, inflation, high unemployment and resentment among farmers, making this a tough election for the BJP. Going by the 2018 assembly election figures, there are approximately 5.05 crore voters in Madhya Pradesh.

caste census and poll strategies are set to dominate the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting here on Monday, with Assembly elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram set to be announced soon. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, the chief ministers of all the Congress-ruled states and the top party brass will deliberate on election preparedness and narratives across the poll-bound states at length, besides holding extensive discussions on the party's firm pitch for a nationwide caste census and its implications.

India and Tanzania will sign 15 agreements covering different areas of cooperation, Tanzanian Foreign Minister January Yusuf Makamba said ahead of the bilateral talks between visiting President Samia Suluhu Hassan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. The presidential visit from Tanzania to India is taking place after a span of more than eight years. «This is a very important visit for Tanzania.

Bengaluru to work. Notably, there will be no official inauguration of the Purple line of Bengaluru Metro, Bangalore Central MP, PC Mohan, said on Sunday.

Union Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi on Sunday said the Prime Minister's Office is monitoring the ongoing situation in Israel adding «we are on the job» to bring back stranded Indian students. Israel has been at «war» with Hamas terrorists since Saturday morning. «Indian government is striving to bring back stranded students of India from Israel. Prime Minister and his office are monitoring the situation and huge efforts are underway to get back our students who are stuck in that country,» Lekhi told reporters. «Even in the past, many students including people from Andhra Pradesh were stuck across. So whether it was Operation Ganga or Vande Bharat, we brought everyone back and I am sure the government of India and the Prime Minister's Office is directly in touch with those people and is working and monitoring the situation,» added the union minister Lekhi. Following the rocket attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip by Hamas, the Indian Embassy in Israel on Saturday issued an advisory for its nationals, requesting them to remain vigilant and observe safety protocols.

The producers of forthcoming movie «Tejas» today on the occasion of Air Force Day today released the trailer of the film. The Kangana Ranaut movie hits the theatre on 27th Oct. It is the story of a courageous female IAF officer — Tejas Gill, played by Kangana Ranaut.