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BSP on Saturday fielded its Punjab unit chief Jasvir Singh Garhi as its candidate from the Anandpur Sahib parliamentary constituency. The announcement in this regard was made by BSP's in-charge of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh Randhir Singh Beniwal. With this, the BSP has now announced its candidates for all the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab, said Beniwal. The Anandpur Sahib seat is currently represented by Congress MP Manish Tewari, who has now been fielded from the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat.

Congress, ejected from the contest after its Indore candidate joined the BJP, is appealing to voters to press the 'None Of The Above' (NOTA) option, a move slammed by the ruling party as negative tactics. Akshay Kanti Bam, who had been pitted against BJP's sitting MP Shankar Lalwani, shocked the grand old party on Monday, which was the last day for withdrawal of nomination, after he pulled out of the race and switched over to the saffron party. The Indore constituency in Madhya Pradesh will go to polls on May 13 in the fourth phase of the general elections. «Voters of Indore had delivered a huge victory to the BJP in the last municipal and assembly elections. In spite of it, the saffron party murdered democracy by unfairly luring Bam. Voters must give a befitting reply to BJP by hitting NOTA,» senior Congress leader Shobha Ojha told PTI on Thursday.

Chirag Paswan on Thursday filed his nomination papers from the Hajipur Lok Sabha seat, where he has entered the fray to cement his position as the true heir to late father Ram Vilas Paswan's legacy. Chirag, who headed the Lok Janshakti Party floated by late Paswan till it was split by the latter's younger brother Pashupati Kumar Paras, now heads the LJP (Ram Vilas). The BJP, which had initially thrown its weight behind Paras, the sitting MP from Hajipur, who was also rewarded with the cabinet berth, decided to back Chirag Paswan ahead of the Lok Sabha polls this year. The who's who of BJP in Bihar, including Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary and Nityanand Rai, the Union minister of state for Home who had headed the party's state unit in the past, drove to Hajipur, situated right across the Ganges from Patna, by way of solidarity.

SIT) formed for probing the sex scandal involving Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna has issued a look-out notice against him on Thursday, Times Now reported. The grandson of former PM Devegowda had sought 7-day time to appear for probe, which was denied. Revanna, accused of sexually abusing several women, had given his first response on the matter on Wednesday and said that the truth will prevail.

Revanna, accused of sexually abusing several women, has given his first response on the matter on Wednesday and has said that the truth will prevail. «As I am not in Bangalore to attend the enquiry, I have communicated to C.I.D Bangalore through my Advocate. Truth will prevail soon,» he said in a post on X.

PTI reported. The Karnataka government ordered the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe a series of obscene videos circulating in Hassan district of Karnataka. These videos allegedly involve Prajwal Revanna of the Janata Dal (Secular) party, with some depicting acts of sexual assault.

Worries of deepfakes spreading misinformation predate Indian elections. Those who feared no escape from them may have turned out prescient.

Also Read: Karnataka MP Prajwal Revanna suspended from JD(S) over sexual assault video case “I want to ask Congress, whose government is there? The government is of Congress Party. Why they have not taken any action till now? We do not have to take action.

Prajwal Revanna, who is an alleged accused of sexual assault video case, has been suspended from Janata Dal (Secular) on Tuesday. The decision was taken in JDS core committee meeting held in Hubbali.

Amrita made these statements during an election event where she claimed that the original symbol of the Congress was Guru Nanak's hand. She further suggested that the party's adoption of the 'panja' symbol serves as a tribute to the revered Sikh guru. The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab and opposition parties including the BJP and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) launched a scathing attack on the Congress over these remarks.

Prajwal Revanna sex scandal: 'Used to call in storeroom,' victim shares ordeal Former CM listed out some recent incidents of crime against women in the southern state and said "No woman is feeling safe, no parent is feeling safe about their girl-children". In an interview with ANI news agency, a BJP candidate from Haveri Lok Sabha constituency, "There is a big question on women's safety. There was an incident of a Dalit woman being raped when CM was in town in Belgaum.

Congress released a list of two candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections from Odisha and eight candidates for elections to the legislative assembly of the state. The party has fielded Nagendra Pradhan and Suresh Mohapatra to contest from Sambalpur and Cuttack LS seats respectively. According to the candidate list released by AICC's Central Election Committee, former MLA Debi Prasad Chand will contest from Jaleswar assembly segment, while Monalisa Lenka will fight from the Balasore assembly seat.

Odisha is being run by 'PANN' (Pandian, Amit Shah, PM Narendra Modi and Naveen Patnaik)," said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday, claiming that Bharatiya Janata Party and Biju Janata Dal have «married» each other in the state. Last October, former IAS officer and Odisha CM Patnaik's close aide V K Pandian was appointed Chairman 5T (Transformational Initiatives) with the rank of cabinet minister. Wayanad MP said, «You (people) have eaten enough PANN, now it is the time for the Congress government in Odisha.»

tur and urad are rising. The impact of yellow pea imports must be reflected in chana prices but that has not been the case. The market and the price trend indicate supply tightness of chana, resulting in lower procurement by Nafed and higher purchase by private agencies.

firefighting operation in Uttarakhand's forests with the help of an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter continued for the second day on Sunday with the blaze brought to control in several areas, officials said. Efforts have also intensified to extinguish the raging forest fires in the state, especially in the worst-affected areas of Nainital, Haldwani and Ramnagar forest divisions, forest officials said on Sunday. The forest fires are gradually being controlled with the flames already doused in many areas. The fires in Marora and Khanana civil areas in Maniknath range of the Narendranagar forest division have been completely extinguished, they said. The forest blaze in Nainital and adjoining areas is gradually being brought under control after the deployment of an IAF helicopter for the firefighting operations on Saturday morning, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said after reviewing the situation in the Kumaon region on Saturday night.

Akali Dal is all set to contest the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat on party symbol 'takdi' or scales for the first time since 1996 as it braces for a showdown with its former ally which has used star power to clinch the seat on numerous occasions. The Shiromani Akali Dal had joined hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1996. As part of the seat-sharing arrangement for the 13 Lok Sabha constituencies of Punjab, the BJP used to contest from Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur. The SAD walked out of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in 2020 over the now-repealed farm laws. The SAD walked out of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in 2020 over the now-repealed farm laws.

BJP) has fielded Ujjwal Nikam, who was a special public prosecutor in the Mumbai 26/11 terror attack, from Mumbai North Central in the Lok Sabha elections. Nikam, a senior public prosecutor, has appeared for the government in several high-profile cases, including the 26/11 Mumbai attack case. Ujjwal Nikam will be contesting the polls against Congress's Varsha Gaikwad.

Election Commission on Saturday updated the total polling percentage of the April 26 Lok Sabha polls to 71.16 percent in Kerala. The final official figures of the general election in the state would be made available later, Chief Electoral Officer Sanjay Kaul said here in a statement. As per the latest update, a total of 1,97,48,764 (71.16 per cent) of the total 2,77,49,159 voters exercised their franchise in the Friday elections. Among the constituencies, Vadakara had recorded the highest poll percentage, 78.08, while Pathanamthitta registered the lowest at 63.35 per cent. The polling percentage in other constituencies are: Thiruvananthapuram (66.46), Attingal (69.40), Kollam (68.09), Pathanamthitta (63.35), Mavelikkara (65.91), Alappuzha (74.90), Kottayam (65.60), Idukki (66.53), Eranakulam (68.27), Chalakudy (71.84), Thrissur (72.79), Palakkad (73.37), Alathur (73.20), Ponnani (69.21), Malappuram (72.90), Kozhikode (75.42), Wayanad (73.48), Vadakara (78.08), Kannur (76.92), Kasaragod (75.94).

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday hit out at the Narendra Modi government over jobs and inflation, saying the unemployment rate is the highest in the country. Addressing a campaign rally at Udgir in Latur district for the Congress candidate, she said 30 lakh posts are lying vacant in the Central government which have not been filled in the last ten years. «Hardships (of the people) and unemployment have risen in the last ten years. 70 crore people, youth are unemployed,» Gandhi said. The AICC general secretary also said GST (Goods and Services Tax) has been imposed on every (piece of) agricultural equipment and promised to abolish it after Congress comes to power.

Amit Shah on Saturday said people must not make the mistake of voting for "urban Naxals" and asserted that the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party were «anti-tribals». Addressing a rally in Gujarat's Bharuch Lok Sabha constituency, where the AAP has fielded a candidate as part of its alliance with the Congress, he urged the people to vote for BJP's sitting MP Mansukh Vasava. «You will never get a public representative like Manuskh Vasava. If you make a mistake, then some urban Naxal will take his place (as MP) and destroy this tribal region,» Shah said. Mansukh Vasava is pitted against the AAP's sitting MLA Chaitar Vasava in Bharuch, which is part of south Gujarat that has a sizable presence of tribals. «The Congress and AAP have come together to loot people. I have no hesitation in saying the Congress is an anti-tribal party and AAP will exploit tribals after getting their votes,» Shah asserted.

Munger (Bihar) [India], April 26 (ANI): Hitting out at the Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that Muger has suffered the most during the «dark era» of "Jungle Raj" in Bihar under the RJD's rule. He added that the Congress and RJD want to «loot» the wealth of the people and give it to their «special vote bank.» Addressing a public meeting in Munger, Bihar, PM Modi said, «There is an NDA model on one side and there is an INDI Alliance model on the other. INDI alliance model is appeasement (tushtikaran) and NDA's model is satisfaction (santushtikaran). We have to ensure that no one is left behind. We gave toilets, gas, electricity connections, and water facilities to our mothers and sisters. We gave free ration and free medical treatment.»