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Jay Shah’s election as the Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC). In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Banerjee wrote, “Congratulations, Union Home Minister!!! Your son has not become a politician, but has become the ICC Chairman — a post much much more important than most politicians'!!! Your son has indeed become very very powerful and I congratulate you on his this most elevated achievement indeed! Kudos!!”

Donald Trump's airy comments around the state of California and how he could have won there, has created a frenzy on social media. In a TV interview with popular host and personality Dr. Phil, Trump claimed that if the mail-in ballots were replaced with Jesus Christ for doing the vote counting, the former President could have easily won the elections there.

BJP leaders, including Union minister Amit Shah, met at party president JP Nadda's residence here on Thursday to discuss the names of probable candidates for the upcoming Haryana assembly polls. This came ahead of the BJP's central election committee (CEC) meeting in the evening, during which the panel could finalise the names of its nominees for the polls to be held on October 1. BJP chief Nadda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Union ministers Shah and Rajnath Singh, among others, are part of the CEC. Besides Shah, Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, who is the BJP's in-charge for elections in Haryana, and Manohar LaL Khattar, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and BJP Haryana unit president Mohan Lal Badoli were part of the core group meeting at Nadda's residence to scrutinise the names of probable sent from the state.

paramilitary forces will be deployed in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of the three-phase assembly elections commencing from September 18 in the union territory, officials said on Thursday. According to the officials, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Jammu-Kathua range, Shiv Kumar Sharma arrived at the Police Reception Centre (PRC) at Bari Brahmna Railway Station on Wednesday night to welcome the arriving forces. DIG Sharma assessed the accommodation facilities for the paramilitary forces and briefed the officers on the sensitivity and importance of their duties, emphasising full cooperation with local police forces, the officials said.

The far-right Alternative for Germany could become the strongest party for the first time in two state elections Sunday in eastern Germany

Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, will sit down Thursday for their first major television interview of their presidential campaign as the duo travels in southeast Georgia on a bus tour. The interview with CNN's Dana Bash will give Harris a chance to quell criticism that she has eschewed uncontrolled environments, while also giving her a fresh platform to define her campaign and test her political mettle ahead of an upcoming debate with former President Donald Trump set for September 10. But it also carries risk as her team tries to build on momentum from the ticket shakeup following Joe Biden's exit and last week's Democratic National Convention. Joint interviews during an election year are a fixture in politics; Biden and Harris, Trump and Mike Pence, Barack Obama and Biden — all did them at a similar point in the race. The difference is those other candidates had all done solo interviews, too. Harris hasn't yet done an in-depth interview since she became her party's standard bearer five weeks ago, though she did sit for several while she was still Biden's running mate.

Smriti Irani shared her insights on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's evolving political strategies. She suggested that Gandhi believes he has «tasted success» and is now engaging in a different style of political maneuvering. Irani pointed out that when Gandhi discusses caste issues or appears in Parliament wearing a white T-shirt, he is fully aware of the message it conveys to the youth.

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz will be seen together for the first time on screens, appearing for a joint interview on CNN on Thursday, according to CNN's latest announcement. This major interview was in the pipeline for some time now and will be conducted by CNN'S Dana Bash, who will obviously try to leave no stones unturned in giving the Americans a literal treat.

Donald Trump's election campaign took a jibe at Vice-President Kamala Harris ahead of her first joint interview with Tim Walz, her running mate, and said that she is scared to interview on her own. Notably, Harris agreed to a joint interview with Walz, who is her running mate for the elections, The Hill reported. Harris and Minnesota Governor Walz will participate in their first joint interview with CNN on Thursday. CNN's Dana Bash will conduct the interview, which is set to air at 9 pm EDT. Sharing a post on X, the Trump War Room said, «It's no coincidence that Kamala's first interview is scheduled for the Thursday night before Labor Day weekend. They already hope it gets lost — and it hasn't even aired yet.»

The U.S. Postal Service is abandoning a plan to reroute Reno-area mail processing to Sacramento

The leaders of Germany and the United Kingdom have announced plans to draw up a treaty meant to deepen the two nations’ trade, defense and other relations

assembly elections, the party leadership has been approached for pre-poll admission by many restive functionaries of the Dushyant Chautala-led Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) and the Aam Admi Party's Haryana unit, it is learnt. Among the JJP functionaries who have approached senior Haryana Congress leaders, and through them the AICC functionaries, include a couple of outgoing MLAs. These legislators, while seeking admission in the Congress, also requested for party tickets for them or their relatives. «The Congress party will consider admitting those JJP and AAP functionaries who can play a productive role by accepting the Congress ideology and approach. People from other parties join Congress without conditions and our leadership decides their roles. Already, the Congress has received applications for about 2,500 ticket aspirants,» said a senior Congress leader.

Kamala Harris is currently the most talked about figure in US politics, mostly because of her surge to popularity in the US Presidential poll race. Her journey in the US polls 2024 has not been easy as she entered the tough contest against a formidable adversary, Donald Trump, after the exit of Joe Biden as a candidate of the Democrats.

A review by Pennsylvania’s elected financial watchdog says there are shortcomings in a state agency’s oversight of fees paid to pharmacy benefit managers in the Medicaid program

Donald Trump is offering a piece of presidential history and is asking for less than $1,500 for pieces of the knockout suit he wore during the debate. Trump is giving his digital card collectors a prize by chopping up the suit he wore to the debate with Biden. Despite having switched to politics, Donald Trump is reminding his supporters of his background as a businessman with his most recent sale. The debate signalled the beginning of a string of unexpected events in the 2024 presidential election. The Republican contender for president announced to his fans that he was releasing a new deck of trading cards and that anyone who paid $1,500 for them would get to keep a piece of his suit. Fifty brand-new digital trading cards with images of Trump posing in superhero outfits and dancing are part of the collection. In some of the cards, he is also seen holding Bitcoins. Those who purchase one of his digital trading cards will receive benefits at various levels. If 15 digital cards are purchased, a physical card and a fragment of Trump's suit from his June debate with President Joe Biden will be mailed to the buyer. It's being referred to as the knock-out suit. Supporters will need to spend a total of $1,485 on digital trading cards, each costing $99 to obtain the actual card and a fragment of Trump's suit.

Peoples Conference and People's Democratic Party (PDP) released fresh lists of candidates for the upcoming assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir. Both parties are contesting the polls alone and have decided to field candidates on select seats across the Union Territory. The Peoples Conference issued its first list of seven candidates, including former Rajya Sabha member Nazir Ahmad Laway from Kulgam in southern Kashmir and former legislator Abid Ansari from Zadibal constituency in Srinagar.

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said she won't contest the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections as an assembly in the Union Territory is extremely weak to implement any significant decisions. Mufti said that if she won't be able to release a prisoner or revoke an FIR on her own, what use was being a chief minister in such a region. «I have been a chief minister of a government with the BJP which revoked FIRs against 12,000 persons. Can we do that now? I, as the CM of a government with (PM) Modi, wrote a letter to separatists to invite them for talks. Can you do that today? I got a ceasefire (implemented) on ground. Can you do that today? If you cannot take back an FIR as CM, what does one do with such a post?» Mufti told reporters here.

Trump was embroiled in controversy Wednesday after a report that his entourage shoved staff during a politicized visit to the United States's most hallowed resting place for its war dead. National Public Radio reported late Tuesday that an Arlington National Cemetery official tried to prevent the Republican's aides from filming and photographing in a section reserved for those killed in recent wars — and where filming is banned. Trump staffers responded by shoving and verbally abusing the employee, the report said.

Real Madrid will play UD Las Palmas in La Liga game on Thursday. Real Madrid have four points from two matches. Las Palmas have one point from two games. La Liga game between Real Madrid and UD Las Palmas is set to be kicked off at 3.30 pm (ET) Gran Canaria on Thursday, August 29. Real Madrid versus UD Las Palmas will be live streamed on ESPN+ and Fubo TV which offers free trial. Real Madrid is likely to win the La Liga game against UD Las Palmas.

Joe Biden led Donald Trump by 7.1 percent on this day in 2020 according to the Real Clear Politics average. The election came down to a small number of votes in a small number of states, and at this point in 2016, Hillary Clinton was ahead by 6.3 per cent. As of right now, Harris leads Trump by 1.5 per cent in the Real Clear Politics average and 3.5 per cent in the FiveThirtyEight.com average. Thus, while she leads in both averages, she is far behind in terms of the numbers that both Biden and Clinton had. Biden prevailed by 42,000 votes in three states, while Clinton was defeated. Karl Rove pointed out that while these were national averages, swing state polling averages might be more important. Also Read: Real Madrid vs UD Las Palmas live streaming free: Prediction, how to watch Kylian Mbappe?

Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Kamala Harris will square off next month in their first presidential debate after a disastrous performance earlier this summer by incumbent President Joe Biden led to him being pushed out of the race. It will be the first chance some 240 million eligible U.S. voters get to hear Trump and Harris explain their policies side-by-side, and a rare moment when the two are actually in the same room. Here's what to expect from the highly anticipated event: