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lieutenant governor (LG) after amending the transaction of business rules under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019. In a late evening clarifications, officials said that the notification regarding transaction of business rules was not an amendment to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, as some media reports suggested, but a simple amendment to the transaction rules issued to avoid any ambiguity. The notification did not in any sense alter the balance of powers as enshrined in the law, which has been passed by Parliament and upheld by the Supreme Court, they said. The amendments came into force on July 12, the date of the publication in the Official Gazette — a move in anticipation of the speculated assembly election in J&K, Officials said the decision is in line with the other union territories. As per section 32 of the Act, the legislative assembly may make laws with respect to any of the matters enumerated in the state list, except the «police» and «public order», or the concurrent list in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.

Manoj Jarange Patil to the Mahayuti government to include the Maratha community under the OBC category expired today. Jarange said the ruling parties would face such a heavy defeat in the assembly polls that they would 'forever repent' if his demands were not implemented. Maharashtra assembly polls are to be held in October-November. «We would put candidates in all the 288 constituencies of the state and ensure that all their (ruling party MLAs) lose the elections.

Joe Biden was stage-managed? Was a teleprompter used? The Democrat contender spoke with reporters at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The Wall Street Journal has reported that Biden read his opening remarks through a teleprompter before embarking on a wide-ranging 50-minute question-and-answer session with reporters. Except for a gaffe, Joe Biden looked comfortable replying to the questions of reporters assembled there, who quizzed him on subjects ranging from NATO to Ukraine War to the 2024 US Presidential Election.

Marvel Studios has released the official poster. Anthony Mackie will take on the role of Captain America in this episode. Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will see the film open in theaters on February 14, 2025.

Congress and Trinamool Congress made gains in the first set of bypolls covering 13 assembly seats across seven states since the Lok Sabha election. Congress and TMC won four seats each while BJP bagged two seats with Aam Aadmi Party, DMK and an independent candidate getting one each. The good news for Congress came from the hilly states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand where the party won two seats each. In Himachal, chief minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu further consolidated his position by winning two of three seats. Three independent MLAs, who had switched to the BJP from Congress, were contesting on these seats. Sukhu's wife Kamlesh Thakur won from Dehra seat. The party bagged Nalagarh constituency as well. BJP's sole win was in Hamirpur where party candidate Ashish Sharma won the seat.

INDIA bloc's 10-2 victory against the ruling BJP and its allies in the assembly by-elections, with the 13th seat going to an independent in Bihar, was marked by the strategic gain to the opposition alliance from the defeat of several of its erstwhile MLAs who had defected and fought on the BJP ticket. The by-election results declared on Saturday showed that the opposition parties had thwarted the BJP's hitherto successful strategy of weaning away opposition MLAs, making them resign from the assembly and helping them win bypolls on its 'lotus' symbol. The trend reversal could serve as a deterrent against defections, thus rendering the results more significant than the simplistic narrative of ruling parties in states mostly retaining the upper hand in bypolls. The outcome also means the opposition parties will go to the upcoming state elections with enhanced confidence. Commenting on the Congress victories, party president Mallikarjun Kharge said, «These victories show that the people have now completely rejected the arrogance, misgovernance and negative politics of the BJP. This is also strong evidence of the falling political credibility of Modi and Shah.»

Jen Psaki, Vice President Kamala Harris is the most qualified contender to succeed President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee if he withdraws. In response to claims that Harris is too unpopular to be the front-runner, Psaki defended Harris's campaigning and communication skills in an appearance with the podcast «Pod Save America,» as reported by 'Yahoo News'.

2024 US Presidential Election allowing Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the Democrat nominee? If media reports are to be believed, first lady Jill Biden does not want her husband to let this opportunity go to his deputy for a personal grudge. According to 'Radar Online', Jill Biden disliked Kamala Harris when she slammed Joe Biden in the 2020 Democratic primary debates, during which the former California senator criticized Biden for his stance on mandatory busing for school desegregation. This provoked Jill so much that she reportedly expressed her disdain in the most unequivocal terms. 'Radar Online' reports that Jill Biden allegedly used an abusive word for Harris during a conference call with supporters, venting her frustration over her.

Elon Musk has contributed a large sum to a political organization that is backing former President Donald Trump in the 2024 race. Musk reportedly gave a significant donation to America PAC, a powerful political action committee established in Austin, Texas, in May, according to a 'Bloomberg News' story. On July 15, America PAC is scheduled to release its roster of contributors. America PAC concentrates on promoting voter registration and early voting, both in-person and by mail. It is situated in the same location as Musk's Tesla headquarters. Voting is crucial to ensuring that America is a country of opportunity and freedom, according to the group's website. Per the New York Times, it has reportedly spent a minimum of $6.6 million assisting Trump's campaign.

Badrinath and Manglaur assembly by-polls in Uttarakhand, Congress has got a fresh chance to keep the morale of its workers high across the state. Following its defeat in the five Lok Sabha seats of the state in 2024 LS polls, Congress party was facing a tough task to revive its old bases in the hill state in view of the disappointment in its camp. In the 2022 assembly polls, Congress had won Badrinath seat while BSP emerged victorious in Manglaur seat. The by-election to Manglaur seat was necessitated following the death of sitting BSP MLA Sarwat Karim Ansari. The Badrinath by-poll was necessitated because of the then Congress MLA Rajendra Singh Bhandari’s decision to resign from this seat and subsequently, join the BJP. Bhandari had left the Congress party just ahead of the 2024 LS polls. So, congress party leaders worked out a concrete strategy to retain the Badrinath seat and teach a lesson to the turncoat Bhandari, who was BJP’s nominee from this seat in the by-poll. Badrinath assembly constituency is a part of Garhwal Lok Sabha seat which accommodates 14 seats. In the 2022 assembly poll, Congress could win only Badrinath assembly seat while BJP emerged victorious in 13 assembly seats of the Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency.

equity market through IPOs & FPOs during the first half of 2024, more than double the amount raised in the same period last year. The Jan-June total is the highest ever in terms of proceeds, with the number of issuances also rising 64%. The surge has been driven by follow-on public offers (FPOs) this year — making up 85% of the total proceeds this year, LSEG’s India Investment Banking Review said.

NBDA) has unanimously elected India TV chairman Rajat Sharma as its president. He replaces Avinash Pandey, the former CEO of ABP Network. Sharma said that the TV news industry is at a critical juncture and NBDA needs to collectively work together to advance the interests of the genre, which is operating under tremendous pressure.

Himachal Pradesh, and the Congress and the BJP coming to power alternately, the presence of Independents has been declining but for the first time in the electoral history of the state, the assembly has no independent MLA. With victory in two out of three assembly by-elections, the strength of Congress has increased to 40. This is also the first time that a husband and wife — CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and Kamlesh Thakur — would sit in the house. Kamlesh Thakur's win from Dehra assembly seat has taken the number of women legislators in the state to two. In the 2022 assembly elections, three Independents namely Hoshiyar Singh (Dehra), Ashish Sharma (Hamirpur) and K L Thakur (Nalagarh) were elected but they resigned after voting for BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan in Rajya Sabha election on February 27. The Independent MLAs resigned on March 22 and joined the BJP the next day. Their resignation was accepted by Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania on June 3 and by-elections were held on July 10.

Kamlesh Thakur, the wife of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, in the assembly by-election from Dehra seat has scripted history as for the first time both husband and wife are members of the house. No independent was elected in the by-election and it was also for the first time that the house was without any independent member. The strength of Congress, which had won 40 seats in the 2022 assembly polls, has increased to 40 again and the government which had become stable with 38 seats in the 68 member Vidhan Sabha after winning four by-elections in June this year has become stronger. In the 2017 assembly elections, a record was set as former chief minister Virbhadra Singh and his son Vikramaditya Singh were elected and incidentally the duo were oldest and youngest members of the house.

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BJP's Kamlesh Shah on Saturday won the bypoll to Amarwara (ST) assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh by a margin of 3,027 votes, defeating his nearest Congress rival Dheeran Shah Invati in a close contest after 21 rounds of counting. Shah polled 83,105 votes while Invati garnered 80,078 votes, a poll official said. This is after 16 years that the BJP has won the Amarwara constituency after BJP's Premnarayan Thakur had trounced GGP's Manmohan Shah Bhati in 2008 by a thin margin of 437 votes. Incidentally, Thakur, like Kamlesh Shah, was also a Congress turncoat.

Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress on Saturday said it can only mean that full-fledged statehood for J&K is unlikely in the immediate future. The Centre has increased the remit of J-K LG on matters related to decisions on police, officers of all-India services such as the IAS and the IPS, and sanctioning prosecution in various cases. The powers were given to the LG by the Union home ministry on Friday through an amendment to the rules issued under the Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, which was enacted for the bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, while abrogating Article 370. In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, «The only meaning that can be drawn from this notification is that full-fledged statehood for J&K does not seem likely in the immediate future.»

candidates for the Maharashtra Legislative Council polls won on Friday by engineering a cross-voting from among the opposition ranks. Five MLCs of the BJP, two from the Shiv Sena (Shinde) and two from the NCP (Ajit) won the elections despite being short of votes. There were 12 candidates in fray for 11 MLC seats. The MLC elections were seen as a precursor to the assembly polls and a litmus test for the ruling parties as to whether they would be able to keep their flock together after the drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls. Barring the Congress and the NCP-SP, all the other political parties had kept their MLAs ensconced in different hotels two days prior to the voting.

Biden’s disastrous performance in the first US Presidential Debate, the Democrats are desperately trying to replace him in the upcoming US Presidential Election in November. While he has refused to step down and informed his supporters that his campaign shall continue, there are a growing number of Democrats who point out that the president’s health and his disastrous performance in the first presidential debate are concerns that can no longer be ignored. In such a scenario, the party is building a consensus around Vice-President Kamala Harris. Though she is trailing behind Trump, party insiders point out that she has the ability to defeat him in the months ahead.

Lok Sabha, saying that he mentioned "tumse na ho payega" in his speech when 140 crore Indians had told his government the same thing in the just-concluded general election. Prime Minister Modi mounted a stinging counterattack on Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi as he mocked him as «balak buddhi» (childish mind), accusing him of linking Hindus with violence and making false claims in Lok Sabha. Modi also sought stringent action against Gandhi to protect parliamentary democracy. Replying to nearly 18-hour long discussion on the Motion of Thanks on the President's Address in the Lower House, Modi said the Congress and its «ecosystem» are working day and night to impress upon people that the BJP-led NDA has been defeated in the elections despite voters handing his government a historic third-term for stability and continuity. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge slammed Modi for calling the party «parasite» and claimed that the prime minister had used the term for farmers as well in 2021.

Bitcoin has climbed this year, rising more than 30%, with demand for ETFs that hold the leading cryptocurrency helping its price upward. But bitcoin prices have recently cooled, pulling back from record highs set earlier this year.