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Rudy Giuliani has been suspended from WABC Radio and his daily show canceled over his violation of a ban on discussing discredited 2020 election claims

decision means Democrats and Republicans will be the only political players to have automatic ballot access for candidates, as well as other major party benefits, such as legal protection and public subsidy dollars, Minnesota Public Radio reported. “LMNP will appeal Friday’s ruling by the state Supreme Court that attempts to decertify the party, and the U.S.

judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal trial on Friday urged prosecutors to tell the former U.S. president's estranged former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen to stop making public statements about the case before his expected testimony next week. Todd Blanche, Trump's defense lawyer in the case stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, said Cohen, the star prosecution witness, had spoken on social media on Wednesday while wearing a T-shirt showing Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, behind bars.

Congress responded strongly to the Election Commission's sharp disapproval of the tone and tenor of party president Mallikarjun Kharge's recent letter to the INDIA bloc leaders. The AICC said the content and the intent of the letter will be a permanent blot on the reputation of the institution of EC. «The response of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to the issues raised by the Congress President in his letter to the INDIA parties is simply beyond description. The EC is a Constitutional body entrusted with the responsibility of being an impartial body that ensures, and is seen to ensure, a level-playing field to all political parties. Both the content and intent of the letter will be a permanent blot on the reputation of an institution that can boast of luminaries like Sukumar Sen, TN Seshan, JM Lyngdoh and others», said Jairam Ramesh, AICC in-charge of communications.

Stand with Crypto has 440,000 members, and aims to raise funds for pro-crypto candidates’ campaigns. Other crypto-focused PACs Fairshake, Defend American Jobs, and Protect Progress have raised $110 million this election season according to a report.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said his party too has made mistakes and will have to change its politics in future. The remark came at an event in Lucknow where he accused Narendra Modi of being a monarch and not a prime minister, calling him a front for «two-three financiers.» Answering a question from a member of the audience at the event on the Constitution, the former Congress president said he was «100 per cent» prepared to take on Narendra Modi in a debate, but he knew that the prime minister will not agree. «The Congress party will also have to change its politics in the coming times. This will have to be done. I also want to say that the Congress party has also made mistakes and I am saying this while being from the Congress party,» he said in his speech.

Arvind Kejriwal walked out of Tihar Jail on Friday after the Supreme Court granted interim bail till June 1. Tata Motors reported a three-fold jump in consolidated net profit (to ₹17,528.59 crore) in the final quarter of FY24. Meanwhile Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted that the Gaza war would continue with or without US support.

[Indians] do that are better than us [Americans]." He said that during election times in India, there are people who check trucks to make sure that nobody has cash going around. "There's probably walk-in money, as they call it in some cities here in the United States, Philadelphia, that's like a tradition where cash kind of gets you votes and things like that. So, I've been impressed with certain things they do that are better than us," the US diplomat was quoted by PTI as saying.

Naveen Patnaik does not become the chief minister of Odisha for the sixth time in a row after the assembly elections. Pandian, a close aide of Patnaik, challenged union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan to announce that the BJP leader would also take political 'sanyas' if the saffron party failed to come to power in the state. Pradhan is the face of the BJP in Odisha. «You (BJP) say that there is BJP wave and wave for a change in Odisha, but I strongly say that if the chief minister (Patnaik) does not become the CM again, I will take sanyas from politics,» Pandian said while addressing a rally at Brajrajnagar in Jharsuguda district.

TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday vowed to repeal the AP Land Titling Act of the YSRCP government, alleging that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy would take away people's lands through the law. The opposition leader made the allegation at Undi in West Godavari district during a public meeting. «Be wary of the Andhra Pradesh Land Titling Act as it is yet another tactic employed by Reddy to take away the lands of the people,» he cautioned. The Jagan Mohan Reddy led government passed the Act in 2022 to streamline land records, resolve disputes and provide permanent titles. According to Naidu, instead of giving original documents of the land, the Act will mandate producing only a photocopy of the transaction, alleging that the lands will go under the latter's control. Vowing to revoke the Act as soon as he comes to power, the TDP supremo alleged that the CM went to the extent of printing his image on land passbooks instead of the official emblem of the state.

insurance companies garnered a premium income of Rs 2,89,738 crore in 2023-24, around 13 per cent higher than that of the year ago. Non-Life insurance industry had collected a premium of Rs 2,56,894 crore in the preceding year, according to data posted by Gebneral Insurance Council. Of this, 35 general insurance firms reported an increase of 14 per cent in their premium at Rs 2,45,433 crore during the year against Rs 2,14,833 crore in the previous year. Five standalone health insurers together collected a premium of Rs 33,116 crore during the year, up 26 per cent from Rs 26,244 crore a year earlier, the data showed.

Mallikarjun Kharge had raised valid points in his letter. ECI may refute them, but why take exception to the letter".

Supreme Court on Friday granted Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal interim bail till June 1, paving the way for his release nearly two months after his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money-laundering case linked to now repealed Delhi excise policy. Kejriwal could walk out of jail as early as Friday night, but the SC imposed five conditions while granting interim bail to the Delhi CM in the case. The Supreme Court said that the Delhi Chief Minister cannot visit the Chief Minister's Office or the Delhi Secretariat and will not contact any witness in the case besides others.

Venue : Castle Avenue, Dublin Ireland squad - Andy Balbirnie, Harry Tector, Paul Stirling, Ross Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Lorcan Tucker, Neil Rock, Barry McCarthy, Ben White, Craig Young, Graham Hume, Mark Adair Pakistan squad - Agha Salman, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Irfan Khan, Saim Ayub, Usman Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Azam Khan, Mohammad Rizwan, Abbas Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi Ireland vs Pakistan Live Score: Pakistan (Playing XI) - Babar Azam (C), Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Azam Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Abbas Afridi. Ireland vs Pakistan Live Score: Ireland (Playing XI) - Paul Stirling (C), Mark Adair, Andy Balbirnie, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker (WK), George Dockrell, Barry McCarthy, Ben White, Craig Young.

Benchmark indices Nifty50 and S&P Sensex ended the week two percent lower this week. The continuous decline in the stock market has given yet another reason to investors to relook at their debt allocation. 

Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate from Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha seat. With a membership of 42 retail associations, FRAI organised an event in New Delhi to support Praveen Khandelwal on May 10. The FRAI representatives said that they want Khandelwal to highlight the interests of retailers in the Parliament.

asked to surrender on June 2, two days ahead of the results of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. The release, scheduled later on Friday, assumes significance as it comes right in the middle of Lok Sabha elections. While three phases of polling are over, four more phases are scheduled to take place on May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1.

₹10 lakh crore in a week as the cumulative market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms has dropped to nearly ₹396.6 lakh crore. Nearly 350 stocks in the BSE 500 index fell 1-23 per cent during the week. The Indian stock market is experiencing significant volatility, as evidenced by the India VIX index, which surged by over 26 per cent this week.

Arvind Kejriwal on Friday, May 10. Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21 in connection with the alleged scam in the Delhi Excise policy. He was sent to judicial custody later and was lodged in Tihar Jail.

Opposition leaders on Friday welcomed the interim bail given to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Supreme Court, saying the «fight to save democracy» will now be with more intensity. Congress leader Pawan Khera hoped former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren also gets due justice. «We welcome the intervention by the Supreme Court in granting bail to Arvind Kejriwal...We also hope that the prime minister gets enough time after June 4, when he becomes the former prime minister of India, to introspect sitting in Sabarmati Ashram the kind of politics he has indulged in,» he said. West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee also welcomed the Supreme Court order, saying «I am very happy to see that Shri Arvind Kejriwal has got interim bail. It will be very helpful in the context of the current elections.»

Khammam went from being just another constituency in Telangana to being one of the state's most prestigious seats. The seat attained a coveted status after the state Congress leadership passed a resolution urging Sonia Gandhi, later Rahul Gandhi and finally Priyanka Gandhi to contest therefrom, ToI reported on May 10. Although none of the abovementioned said yes, the seat went on to become the most sought-after in the state with three big-name ministers seeking the seats for their kin, and the Congress party high command saying no to all of them, ToI's report (by Roushan Ali) said. All attention will be focused on Khammam during the upcoming polling day on May 13, when Telangana's 17 Lok Sabha seats are up for grabs. Although the Congress hasn't clinched victory in this constituency for the last 15 years, it has shown strong performance in the assembly elections. The Congress party has put forward R Raghuram Reddy as its candidate, while the sitting MP Nama Nageswara Rao has been nominated by the BRS party. The BJP, aiming to broaden its influence in the region, has nominated Tandra Vinod Rao.