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Also read: Congress moves EC against Anurag Thakur's 'property to Muslim' remark, says it 'violates standards of decency & truth' Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar also condemned Channi's remarks as "shameful." "Ghastly statement by CWC member Channi belittling the valour of our brave soldiers is no less a crime and an insult to the nation. Channi's shameful statement on the attack on our Air Force personnel in Poonch calling their valour as a stunt shows the bankruptcy and frustration of Channi," he said.

NEW DELHI : Year 2024 was expected to be a blockbuster for TV news channels, and it has lived up to its billing. The Ram temple consecration ceremony in January brought viewership gains, and advertising rates that were 3-4 times higher for a 10-second spot. The ongoing elections promise to bring a bigger bonanza, both in terms of viewership and advertising revenue, and TV channels have drawn up an elaborate strategy to cash in on the campaign frenzy that's beginning to build up.

ALSO READ: Fed's Powell says looming US election will not sway rate decisions On May 7 (Tuesday), a report on consumer credit for March will be released by the US central bank. May 10 (Friday) will see the release of data on preliminary consumer sentiment for May. Following companies are due to report quarterly earnings in the week ahead—Tyson Foods, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Palantir, Realty Income, Disney, McKesson, Ferrari, GlobalFoundries, Coupang, Electronic Arts, Rivian Automotive, Datadog, Uber Technologies, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Airbnb, Shopify, Arm, Energy Transfer, Trade Desk, Beyond Meat, Affirm, AMC Entertainment, Warner Bros.

Lok Sabha elections 2024: In a sharp dig at the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Kerala unit of Congress shared a screenshot of an online order and said someone ordered a spine for the EC. The jibe is ahead of the third phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024, during which 95 seats spread across 12 states and Union Territories (UTs) will be voting. “Someone ordered a spine for @ECISVEEP.

Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita on Sunday alleged he was put in jail before the elections to «stifle» his voice and urged people to vote against «dictatorship» when the national capital goes to polls on May 25. Sunita held her third roadshow in the national capital in south Delhi in support of AAP candidate Sahiram Pahalwan on Sunday. She said her husband was put in jail since he built good government schools, mohalla clinics and promised to give Rs 1,000 to every woman in Delhi. «He has put in jail just before polls to stifle his voice. Dictatorship is at its peak. Please save this country. Please cast your vote irrespective of the heat,» she added.

Speaker Mike Johnson's potential ousting has sparked speculation about who could step into the role if he were to be replaced. As Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene initiates efforts to remove Johnson from his position, the House finds itself contemplating potential successors amid concerns about the ensuing chaos.

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said even if the BJP opens the door for him, he will not go back to his former ally, accusing the saffron party of sinking his government in 2022 through «treachery». Addressing a rally at Alibaug in Maharashtra's Raigad district, Thackeray claimed if the BJP wins the Lok Sabha polls, crackers will be burst in India as well as in China as there will be a «timid» government in New Delhi. He slammed the BJP over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks that Pakistan was eager to make Congress MP Rahul Gandhi India's next PM. Thackeray said the former ally resorts to fearmongering using Pakistan's name during polls. Referring to the Poonch terror attack, Thackeray said the PM and Union Home Minister Amit Shah won't go there, but visit Maharashtra to destroy him.

reservations and sexual harassment charges against JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna concluded on Sunday evening in 92 seats spread over 11 states and Union Territories. The stakes are significant for the BJP in this round as the party had in 2019 won an overwhelming majority of these seats, including all in Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, that will go to polls on May 7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the BJP charge, asking the Congress to give in writing that it will not hand over the quota for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes to Muslims. The Congress and its allies accused the BJP of trying to tamper with the Constitution and do away with reservations. The principal opposition party, which has promised to remove the 50 per cent cap on reservations, also asked the BJP to clear its stance on the issue.

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said Samajwadi Party (SP) founder, late Mulayam Singh Yadav, had predicted in 2019 that Modi would become the prime minister again. Addressing a Lok Sabha election rally at Uttar Pradesh's Etawah, the home turf of Samajwadi Party supremo, PM Modi said, “It was Mulayam Singh's blessing for me." The prime minister also attacked the Samajwadi Party and Congress, and termed them “liars" and “thieves". He said the slogans of both the SP and Congress are "lies" and their “intentions are also not good".

conspiracy hatched by the BJP" has come to the fore with the unravelling of a recent sting. Earlier on Saturday, the Trinamool Congress released a video (whose authenticity could not be independently verified by Livemint), in which a man--who claims to be the mandal president of the saffron party in Sandeshkhali—was heard saying that Suvendu Adhikari (Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly) had asked him and other BJP leaders of the area to "instigate three-four local women to level allegations of rape against three TMC leaders, including Shajahan Sheikh" "Did anyone ever imagine that BJP would stoop so low that it would spread canards on Sandeshkhali? Don't dishonour the mothers of West Bengal by levelling such heinous allegations.

aarti at the grand Ram temple. This is PM Modi's first visit to Ayodhya after the Ram Lalla idol's consecration on January 22, 2024. The Prime Minister offered prayers at the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple amid toght security in Ayodhya on Sunday ahead of the third phase of the Lok Sabha Election 2024.

Tiwari, the first wife of the sitting MP from North East Delhi. She is also a singer and songwriter. Manoj Tiwari leader married his first wife Rani Tiwari in 1999.

Kangana Ranaut says Jawaharlal Nehru's father Motilal Nehru was Ambani of his time, Congress files complaint with EC Reacting to her remarks, the Congress filed a complaint with the Election Commission (EC), alleging that she has used "derogatory and insulting" remarks against senior leaders of the party and tried to compare "freedom fighter Motilal Nehru with one of the top businessmen of the country".

Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, where he offered prayers. Ayodhya will be voting in the fifth phase on May 20. Lok Sabha elections are being held in seven phases till June 1 and the counting of votes in all seats is scheduled for June 4. The polling in Uttar Pradesh, which sends the most members to the Lower House, at 80, is being held in all seven phases of the parliamentary elections. Voting in 16 seats was completed in the first two phases.

dynastic politics" of the Samajwadi Party and the Congress on Sunday, saying while the opposition alliance partners work only to benefit their own families, he is building a better future for the nation's next generations. «Modi and Yogi are working for the future of your children… we don't have children (of our own),» he said, addressing a Lok Sabha poll rally here in the home district of Samajwadi Party (SP) founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, who died in 2022. The prime minister said that he is laying the foundation to ensure that India remains a powerful nation for the next 1,000 years. «Modi is doing this because irrespective of whether Modi is there or not, the country will always remain and what are these SP-Congress people doing? They are fighting elections for their future and the future of their children,» he added.

Assembly elections in Odisha, the Congress on Sunday replaced its five candidates and announced Akshaya Acharya from the Nilgiri constituency. All India Congress Committee (AICC) in a press release on Sunday said that the Central Election Committee of the party has approved the revised list of Congress candidates for the Odisha Assembly polls. Out of six constituencies, the party replaced the candidates in five constituencies.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that a leader who is not being praised in his country but is getting applauded by Pakistleaders, has «no moral right» to do politics. He was addressing a public meeting in Kadapa constituency in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday. «Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is being praised in Pakistan, you can't find anyone praising him in India, but a former Pakistan minister has praised him. As per my understanding, if a person who is not praised in his own country but is being praised but other country, that person has no moral right to do politics in India,» Singh said in his address.

hush money criminal trial, former President Donald Trump talks about how he can't talk about the case. A gag order bars Trump from commenting publicly on witnesses, jurors and some others connected to the matter. The New York judge already has found that Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, repeatedly violated the order, fined him $9,000 and warning that jail could follow if he doesn't comply.

phase of the Lok Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh ended Sunday 6 pm after days of hectic roadshows and rallies by rival political leaders for the 10 constituencies which will go the polls on May 7. Sambhal, Hathras (SC), Agra (SC), Fatehpur Sikri, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etah, Budaun, Aonla and Bareilly will go to polls in the current phase. The fate of 100 candidates in this phase will be decided by 1.88 crore voters — a little over 1 crore male voters, and more than 87 lakh women voters — in this phase. The third phase of the Lok Sabha polls assumes significance, as it will see seal the fate of Union Minister SP Singh Baghel, UP Tourism Minister Jayveer Singh, Minister of State for Revenue Anoop Pradhan Balmiki, and several members of Mulayam Singh Yadav's family.

Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi today claimed that the attack by terrorists on an Indian Air Force vehicle in J&K's Poonch on May 4 was pre-planned to help the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He went on to dub it as «stuntbaazi.» «This is stuntbaazi. When elections come, such stunts are done to make the BJP win. These are pre-planned attacks; there is no truth in them,» Channi was quoted as saying by news wire agency ANI. Channi's statement was in stark contrast to that of Congress President Malikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi.

PTI. He further said that the least number of jobs were created during the UPA government period from 2004 to 2013 and It was then that the term ‘jobless growth’ came about. ALSO READ: Young India has Virat Kohli mentality that…': Raghuram Rajan “The job creation by the Modi government has been the highest on record.