Election Financial News

CBI, ED and Income Tax should be impartial and not function in favour of one party. He also said that the ruling Congress was ready to face and win November 13 by-polls in three assembly segments in the state. «Nagendra (former Minister B Nagendra) has told the media that he was pressurised by the ED. He also informed me that he was pressurised to name me and D K Shivakumar (Deputy Chief Minister). No agency should work in favour of a party. Whether it is CBI or ED or Income Tax, they should function impartially,» Siddaramaiah told reporters. The Chief Minister was responding to former Minister B Nagendra's allegations that he was pressurised by the ED to name him and Shivakumar in the multi-crore scam in Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.

Jitendra Sriram, Senior Fund Manager, Baroda BNP Paribas MF, says post the recent correction in the market, the utility space is definitely looking promising because of the energy demand that is coming in our economy and the kind of reactive steps that the utility sector is taking is definitely positive. That looks fairly interesting and even pockets of industrials are looking fairly interesting because the government was a little slow in the first half because of all the election dynamics, code of conduct and all these things. Further, Sriram says, one needs to keep the auto sector on the radar, but it could still shape up much better than what people are expecting. What is your take on the FMCG sector because over the last six or three months or so, we have been betting on the FMCG sector and there have been murmurs around the fact that a rural recovery is underway, the urban recovery is already there and maybe things will look better for the FMCG sector? Jitendra Sriram: It should happen because the monsoons have been fairly normal, and we would expect that at least the rural demand should start picking up.

Time magazine owner Marc Benioff called out US Vice President Kamala Harris for denying multiple interview requests to the publication ahead of the November presidential election, tech mogul Elon Musk has backed Benioff. Tesla CEO has claimed Harris is avoiding any interviews that «won't post-edit her answers». «Kamala is avoiding any interviews that won’t post edit her answers to sound like they make sense,» he wrote on X. Marc Benioff wrote on X, formerly Twitter, «Despite multiple requests, TIME has not been granted an interview with Kamala Harris—unlike every other presidential candidate.

Maha Vikas Aghadi are underway for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls, Samajwadi party has demanded 12 seats from the alliance. Speaking to ANI, Samajwadi Party Maharashtra Chief Abu Azmi said that his post on X was not to express resentment but to remind the parties that the time is running away. Azmi said, «At present only Congress, NCP-SCP and Shiv Sena (UBT) are holding meetings. Meetings with other smaller parties are still pending. I was reminding them through my tweet that it is getting very late. I had heard that Congress was going to announce something too, so I had told them to take us into confidence. There is no resentment in this, I just wanted to remind that the relations between Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav are also good.»

Rachel Wolfson has been covering the cryptocurrency, blockchain and Web3 sector since 2017. She has written for Forbes and Cointelegraph and is the host and founder of Web3 Deep Dive podcast.

The Federal Trade Commission has adopted a rule that will require businesses to make it easy for consumers to cancel unwanted subscriptions and memberships

Kamala Harris launched a scathing attack on her presidential rival and former President Donald Trump, calling him «unstable, dangerous, and unfit to serve» ahead of the upcoming US presidential elections. Harris made these remarks during an interview with Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier. During the interview, she said, «Listen to me… Donald Trump is unfit to serve, he is unstable, dangerous and people are exhausted with someone who professes to be a leader who spends fulltime demeaning and engaging in personal grievances… American people are tired of that.»

India won the toss and opted to bat first under cloudy skies on the second day of the rain-hit opening test against New Zealand on Thursday. The first day's action was called off without a ball being bowled due to rain with more bad weather expected this week. India made two changes to their team, bringing in Sarfaraz Khan for injured batsman Shubman Gill and spinner Kuldeep Yadav for pace bowler Akash Deep.

Nayab Singh Saini swearing-in ceremony Live Updates: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Nayab Singh Saini will be sworn in as the chief minister of Haryana today, October 17. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP top leadership will attend the oath-taking ceremony scheduled to begin at 11 am.Saini, 54 staked claim to form the next government after he was unanimously elected as the leader of the BJP legislature party on Wednesday.BJP secured a historic third term in Haryana, winning 48 seats in the 90-member assembly.

JD Vance has repeatedly deflected questions about whether the Republican presidential nominee lost the 2020 election, saying he was focused on the future. During a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, where Vance was asked by a reporter about his lack of straight answers so far, he was more declarative. «What message do you think it sends to independent voters when you do not directly answer the question Did Donald Trump lose in 2020?'» the reporter asked, eliciting boos from the crowd before Vance responded, saying he has answered the question «a million times.» «No. I think there were serious problems in 2020,» Vance said. «So, did Donald Trump lose the election? Not by the words that I would use, OK?»

Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) Group C result for 2024, initially scheduled for release on Monday, may be released on Thursday, as promised by CM-designate Nayab Singh Saini. As of now, the result for over 25,000 job positions has not been uploaded on the official website, leaving candidates in uncertainty. The delay has caused confusion, further aggravated by the circulation of fake results online, adding to the anxiety of those awaiting the outcome. Saini on October 11 had announced that the results of recruitment exams for nearly 25,000 posts would be released, just before the new BJP government is sworn in later Thursday.

dollar held near an 11-week high on Thursday as uncertainty over the upcoming U.S. election looms and as resilience in the U.S. economy added to bets the Federal Reserve will be less aggressive in easing rates versus its peers elsewhere. The highlight of the Asia day will be a press conference in China at 0200 GMT focused on measures to prop up its beleaguered property sector, which will be key in getting the economy back on steadier footing and determining whether the rally in Chinese markets can continue.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The U.S. election and war in the Middle East are dominating the headlines, but don’t sleep on events in the Pacific.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. What do voters want from this election, four years of big changes or four rare years of stability? Which candidate, Kamala Harris or Donald Trump, is likely to fulfill what seems to be the electorate’s longing for a simultaneous mixture of disruption and normalcy? Mr. Trump entered U.S.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Modern protectionists are desperate to find historical examples of tariffs promoting industrialization and economic growth. To this end, they increasingly argue that 19th-century America’s extraordinary economic success was fueled by high tariffs.

Bitcoin (BTCUSD), though volatile, has outstripped the returns of the S&P 500 since the beginning of September. The largest cryptocurrency has benefited from investor optimism driven by the Federal Reserve's rate cuts and the U.S. presidential elections, among other factors.

US elections to begin, Donald Trump has landed into a serious problem, as a new poll has suggested that the independents are slowly swaying away from the Republicans and opting for Kamala Harris instead. This is now a serious issue as a nearabout 9% swing has been observed in this incredibly tight poll race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. Gallup, which is the polling firm responsible for this latest survey data, has tracked that nearly 49% of the Independents are going for Kamala Harris, while only 45% of the Independents would choose Donald Trump.

Kamala Harris and her campaign is actually celebrating a latest ruling by a Georgia judge who has temporarily blocked a very new rule which required election officials to hand count ballots following machine tabulation of votes, reported Fox News. Actually, the rule was all set to take effect on and from October 22 and made a mandate that there will be three county election officials who will manually count ballots at each polling place which eventually raised concerns about potential delays and voter uncertainties, as per a report. According to Fox News, a joint statement was issued on behalf of Georgia Democratic Party Chair Rep. Nikema Williams, DNC acting Co-Executive Director Monica Guardiola and Harris- Walz Deputy Campaign Manager Quentin Fulks criticizing the rule claiming it as an attempt to undermine confidence in the electoral process. Also Read: Wicked poster controversy: Why is Cynthia Erivo angry?

Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh claimed that economy of the state is reviving. He said GST collection has shown an 18% growth in the period of May to September in 2024 compared to similar period in 2023. Biren in a series of post in X, «Sharing some key achievements that prove progress is possible, even through the challenges Manipur has faced over the past one and half year. The State Government has been making various efforts towards economic recovery following the unrest that started on 3 May 2023. Following these efforts our State’s economy has shown recovery. The State’s Own Resources (including State GST) has shown an 18% growth in the period of May to September in 2024 compared to similar period in 2023». He added, «We have also made various efforts to expedite delayed projects. We are resolving various land related matters for National Highway and Railway projects. Solutions have been found for the land related matters for Railways and about 50% of pending land has been made available in the last one year for National Highway Projects.In the last year we have also started some major projects. The Lamphelpat Water body Rejuvenation Project with a cost of Rs. 650 crore is under implementation. This project will enable us to prevent floods in greater Imphal area and also provide an open space for citizens as well as an alternate drinking water source».

The new Flockerz ($FLOCK) meme coin continues to dominate the presale scene, with over $700,000 in funding locked down.

Donald Trump seeks to use the same network to connect with female voters wary of his record. Democratic nominee Harris will sit down with the conservative-leaning broadcaster in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, her most dramatic move yet as she carpets the airwaves to reach out to wavering Republican voters who have tired of Trump's dark rhetoric. The White House race is neck-and-neck nationally and in swing states with less than three weeks to go, and both candidates are increasingly looking for ways to gain momentum.