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Jharkhand BJP president Babulal Marandi on Monday said that no talk was held yet with Champai Soren regarding his joining the saffron party. Marandi said that Champai is a seasoned politician and he would himself decide his own path. Amid speculation about a potential switch to the BJP, Champai reached Delhi on Sunday afternoon. Later in a social media post, Champai Soren said that he experienced «bitter humiliation» as chief minister, which compelled him to seek an alternative path.

Kamala Harris' campaign for California attorney general is that she was not necessarily favored to win. It was 2010 — the pinnacle of the Tea Party's power — and Harris was running statewide for the first time and struggling to shed the same San Francisco liberal label that Donald Trump is yet again wielding as an epithet. Harris, then 45, was already seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party. «The female Barack Obama,» Gwen Ifill had memorably tagged her the year before. But plenty of rising stars are snuffed out early, and Harris was facing a formidable Republican foe that year in Steve Cooley, the popular and moderate district attorney of Los Angeles County.

trade war between the world's two largest economies, Easy Signs would now be hiring dozens of workers at its factory in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It would be readying plans to build a second plant somewhere out West — Salt Lake City was a contender — generating another 100 jobs. Based in Australia, Easy Signs manufactures banners and marketing installations for corporate events, using huge printers to press logos and slogans onto rolls of cloth. Its American business has been growing 70% a year. Still, the company is putting off an expansion. Its cloth signs are displayed on aluminum stands made in China. Those products are now subject to a series of tariffs reaching as high as 365% under a policy set in motion by former President Donald Trump and continued by the Biden administration in the name of protecting American industry from Chinese government subsidies.

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, Union Minister and Telangana BJP president G Kishan Reddy on Monday said that under the leadership of party National President and Union Minister JP Nadda, the names of the candidates will be finalised soon. On the BJP Election Committee meeting at the party office, Reddy said that the final decision on the candidates will be of the national election committee. «The final decision will be of the national election committee. The state election committee will recommend the names, then we will recommend a panel from that. Finally, under the leadership of BJP National President and Union Minister JP Nadda ji, the names of the candidates will be finalised...As the last date for nomination is August 27, it will be announced this week only,» he added.

About six years after Jammu and Kashmir last had a government, elections are set to restore the power to govern back to its people. On Friday, the Election Commission announced the poll schedule to be held in three phases from 18 September to 1 October.

Kamala Harris has stormed into contention in the fast-growing and diverse states of Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina, not long after Donald Trump had seemed on the verge of running away with those states when President Joe Biden was still the Democratic nominee. The new polls from The New York Times and Siena College show how quickly Harris has reshaped the terrain of 2024 and thrust the Sun Belt back to the center of the battleground-state map. Harris is now leading Trump among likely voters in Arizona, 50 per cent to 45 per cent, and has even edged ahead of Trump in North Carolina — a state Trump won four years ago — while narrowing his lead significantly in Georgia and Nevada.

Kumari Selja, who is also AICC general secretary and Lok Sabha member from Sirsa, is planning to contest the upcoming assembly election, signalling the five-term MP's move to enter state politics when the Haryana party is fighting a crucial election amid hectic positioning by competing state Congress leaders. «Yes, I am planning to contest the assembly election in Haryana this time. In fact, I have been preparing for it even before the Lok Sabha election.

Maha Yuti' after a local BJP leader and some workers protested on Sunday and waved black flags during deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar's campaign yatra in Pune. The incident led to top NCP leaders asking the BJP leadership to intervene and ensure that such incidents do not happen in the future in the interest of the "unity" of the alliance. Pawar was shown black flags by former BJP district council president Asha Buchke, who claimed that the NCP leader has been holding government meetings by sidelining BJP leaders, including chief minister Eknath Shinde. Buchke and her supporters raised black flags and shouted slogans against Pawar when he was in Narayangaon in Pune holding a Jansanman Yatra, an initiative to reach out to people before the assembly elections.

Sensitivity by Kiwis appreciated: During President Droupadi Murmu’s recent visit to New Zealand, the authorities ensured that Khalistani activists were not found protesting close to the venue of an event attended by her. While protests were allowed, the activists were kept at a distance.

Mumbai, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Sunday said the Maha Vikas Aghadi will scrap the Dharavi redevelopment project after coming to power if residents are not given 500 square feet homes. He was speaking at the 'Dharavi Bachao' rally organised by the MVA, which also includes the Congress and Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (SP). «The state government wants to facilitate development of the Adani group and not people of Dharavi through the project. The MVA will work to rehabilitate all residents of Dharavi at the same place. The state government, however, wants to send residents of Dharavi to salt pan lands,» he alleged. Thackeray said residents should be shifted to transit camps in nearby Bandra Kurla Complex instead. «In 2014, the Bharatiya Janata Party promised Rs 15 lakh each in bank accounts of every Indian and now it is (giving) Rs 1500. The BJP wants to create a social divide to win elections but Maharashtra will not bow before it. When the MVA government comes to power it will ensure residents get 500 square feet homes or else the project will be scrapped,» he said.

Champai Soren could join the BJP, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Sunday accused the saffron camp of «poaching» MLAs and «dividing society». Soren's statement came hours after JMM legislator and former chief minister Champai Soren reached Delhi. Addressing a government function in Jharkhand's Godda district, Hemant Soren alleged that the BJP brought people from Gujarat, Assam and Maharashtra to «spread poison among the tribals, Dalits, backward classes and minorities and make them fight with each other». «Forget about society, these people work to break families and parties. They poach MLAs. Money is such a thing that it doesn't take long for politicians to move here and there,» he said.

Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday alleged that corruption flourished under previous Congress governments and was that the party is «known to work for commissions». Hitting out at the Congress's 'Haryana Maange Hisab' campaign, Saini accused the party of land grab and said the Congress had no development work to speak of. «When the opposition has no issue to raise, they are taking out 'hisab yatra'. Hooda sahab, we give account to people regularly,» said Saini stepping up his attack on the Congress following the announcement of the assembly polls in Haryana. «I have asked Hooda ji many things, including questions pertaining to farmers, but he has not answered even one of them,» the chief minister said addressing a rally in Yamunanagar district.

BJP, former Jharkhand Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Champai Soren said on Sunday that he felt a «blow to his self-respect» when he was asked to resign as Chief Minister of Jharkhand after the current CM, Hemant Soren, was released on bail. In a clear indication that Champai Soren could quit the JMM, he said on X, formerly Twitter, "...After so much insult and contempt, I was forced to look for an alternative path. With a heavy heart, I said in the meeting of the legislative party that a new chapter of my life is going to start from today." «I had three options in this. First, to retire from politics, second, to form my own separate organization and third, if I find a companion on this path, then to travel further with him. From that day till today, and till the upcoming Jharkhand Assembly elections, all options are open for me in this journey,» Soren added.

doctors' strike is on in the national capital with Sunday marking a week of the indefinite protest over the rape and murder of a medic in Kolkata, causing disruption of services and affecting patients. In the action plan for Sunday, members of the Delhi resident doctors' association (RDA) have decided to take out a candle march outside Gate 1 of Rajiv Chowk Metro Station at 6 pm. «As approved in today's general body meeting, residents from all medical colleges and institutions in Delhi will gather for a candle march protest in Connaught Place,» a statement from the GTB Hospital RDA read. «We will assemble in groups of 3-4 at Gate No. 1, Rajiv Chowk Metro Station, form a human chain, and light candles at the inner circle to raise awareness about the tragic incident at RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata,» it added.

BJP), even as farmer collectives plan a series of mahapanchayats to raise awareness about these issues and pending demands. Haryana was a major centre of the 2020-21 farmers' protests against the now-scrapped farm laws. The protest was held under the banner of the Smayukt Kisan Morcha. The group later split and the Samyuk Kisan Morch (Non-Political) was formed. The SKM (NP), along with the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM), is leading the ongoing protest at the Shambhu and Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana. Both these groups are opposed to the ruling BJP and their demands are similar.

Every US presidential election is consequential, but American voters face an unusually weighty decision in 2024. The outcome will have implications for US foreign policy, social policy and the integrity of the political system itself. But none of its consequences will be more profound or far-reaching than on global efforts to combat climate change.

elections, the BJP has vowed to win all 10 assembly seats, where by-elections are to be held, underlining its dominance in the state and sending a message to the Opposition that its recent resurgence was short-lived. Political observers, however, say it could be an uphill task for the ruling NDA alliance. Bypolls are to be held on 10 seats that fell vacant after nine MLAs were elected as MPs in this year's Lok Sabha elections and the MLA of Sishamau was convicted and given a seven-year jail sentence. However, the dates for the polls have not been announced yet. «Let us all pledge that we will achieve 100 per cent victory in the upcoming by-elections on 10 assembly seats,» BJP's UP unit president Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary exhorted party workers at the party's state working committee meeting held on July 14.

Champai Soren landed in Delhi on Sunday. «I have come here for my personal work. Abhi hum jahan par hain vahi par hain...» said the JMM leader. Champai Soren had taken oath as the 12th Chief Minister of Jharkhand in the Raj Bhavan on February 2 this year. He then resigned from the post of Chief Minister on July 3, a day before JMM executive president Hemant Soren took oath as the 13th chief minister of Jharkhand on July 4.

Modi has hailed late DMK President and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M Karunanidhi as a «towering figure» in Indian politics, literature and society. The late leader's efforts to promote the Tamil language and culture are still remembered by the people, Modi said in a message to Karunanidhi's son and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin. Stalin shared on his 'X' handle, Modi's message for the release of a commemorative coin on the occasion of Karunanidhi's centenary on Sunday by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. The CM thanked Modi.

Presidential poll race intensifying with every passing minute, issues that really effect the lives of Americans are now slowly taking center-stage, and they are mostly around the economy and affordability in the country. Although some believe that these problems would be forever persistent and would not cease to exist but some have their eyes and hopes pinned on Kamala Harris, who could have a solution to overcome the biggest economic problem there currently is: Housing affordability crisis.

Anthony Scaramucci, was once a agile staff in the Trump administration, but later went on to become a vocal critic of him. Scaramucci is of the opinion that Trump has already seen his defeat in this poll race and journey and it would be a tough 81 days for him, leading to the US Presidential Elections 2024.