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₹500 per cylinder if the INDIA bloc is elected at the Centre in the Lok Sabha elections 2024. The party also favours caste census, a demand long been made by Congress, and separate commission for farmers' welfare in the manifesto. Apart from that, the Sharad Pawar-led party said it supports full statehood for Jammu and Kashmir, scrapping of the Agnipath Scheme and rejects the idea of ‘one nation, one election’ – a policy promoted in the BJP manifesto.

Rahul Gandhi is contesting Lok Sabha Elections against Annie Raja, a leader from the Communist Party of India (CPI), which is a key partner in the opposition INDIA bloc. With Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Kerala state President K Surendran in the fray, the contest in the seat has become triangular. Wayanad will vote, along 19 other seats of Kerala, in the second phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 on Friday, April 26.

Bihar news: JD(U) leader Saurabh Kumar shot dead in Patna The usual poll timings are 7 am to 6 pm but they vary depending on the terrain, time of sunset, and security situation. The extended timings for polling are applicable in 172 polling stations in Katoria Assembly constituency (AC) and 191 polling stations of Belhar AC of Banka; 207 booths in Mahishi AC of Madhepura seat; 299 stations of Simri Bakhtiarpur and all booths of Alauli and Beldaur ACs of Khagaria seat; and 230 polling stations of Suryagarha AC of Munger.

Narendra Modi on Thursday attacked the previous Congress government in Madhya Pradesh, saying the state had become one of the 'Bimaru Rajya' during the grand old party's rule. Addressing the Vijay Sankalp Rally in MP's Morena for the Lok Sabha elections, PM Modi said, “After filling the potholes of Congress, the BJP has given a new identity to Chambal and Madhya Pradesh..." “The people of Bhind, Morena and Gwalior, who have seen the dark period of the Congress, are experiencing the development that has taken place under the BJP government more," he said.

Rahul Gandhi of "humiliating" Lord Ram. Amit Shah said, “Uddhav Thackeray, who claims to be the president of Shiv Sena, this fake president of Shiv Sena didn't attend the 'Pran Pratishtha' due to fear of Sonia Gandhi even after being invited.

Despite rainfall prediction by IMD for Rajasthan, the weather forecasting agency has not issued any alert for the state. Hence sudden rainfall is likely to be a challenge for the voters coming to cast their vote. “Isolated rainfall accompanied with thunderstorm, lightning & gusty winds (30-40 kmph) very likely over Punjab and Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi on 26 & 27th; over Rajasthan on 26th; over West Uttar Pradesh on 26th; over East Uttar Pradesh on 27th April, 2024," said IMD in its press release.

Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi are likely to contest the Lok Sabha election from Rae Bareli and Amethi seats, respectively, sources told ANI on Thursday. According to the sources, the final decision will be taken after April 26 and nominations can be filed next week. Phase 2 of the elections are scheduled on April 26. In this phase Wayanad from where Rahul Gandhi is contesting will go to the polls. Smriti Irani defeated Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Amethi. Irani has again been fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party from the seat. As per the seat agreement between the Samajwadi Party and Congress in Uttar Pradesh, Congress will contest 17 seats and the Samajwadi Party the remaining 63 seats in the electorally crucial state. Apart from its traditional strongholds of Rae Bareli and Amethi, the Congress is also contesting on Varanasi, Ghaziabad and Kanpur.

First round elections were held across the nation on April 19, with the Northeastern states of Arunachal, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, and Sikkim. West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, and Jammu & Kashmir are some of the other significant states. As of 5 PM in Phase One of the Lok Sabha elections 2024, around 60% of polling has been conducted, according to the Election Commission. Many states will hold their first round of voting on April 26, 2024, while some states will hold their second round of voting on the same day.

Traffic advisory in Noida for Lok Sabha polls phase 2 on April 25/26 Congress' Danish Ali is contesting from Amroha and BJP's Atul Garg from Ghaziabad. Incumbent MP Mahesh Sharma of the BJP is contesting again from Gautam Buddha Nagar, bordering Delhi.

Amritpal Singh will fight the Lok Sabha elections 2024 from Punjab's Khadoor Sahib seat, his counsel claimed on Wednesday. Currently, Amritpal Singh, who is also the chief of ‘Waris Punjab De’, a pro-Khalistan outfit, is lodged in Dibrugarh central jail, Assam, under the National Security Act. His father, Tarsem Singh refused to comment on the matter on Wednesday.

Lok Sabha elections from the Kaiserganj constituency in Uttar Pradesh. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has not announced its candidate from the Kaiserganj seat. “I am not a candidate right now.

Swaminathan Aiyar, Consulting Editor, ET Now, says this kind of misinterpretation of the Congress manifesto should not be taking place, although it does happen. When you see the Election Commission is pulling up somebody for a mere remark about Hema Malini, it should take action on this as it is a much more serious defamation of what Manmohan Singh or the Congress manifesto intended to say. What do you make of this inheritance tax and is it executable? Is it a sound economic idea? Swaminathan Aiyar: No, I do not know that this is necessarily an issue about inheritance tax. There has been talk as far as I can see about a wealth tax, about taking a look around and doing a survey. All I can say is that the Congress Party has been a socialist party since 1947. The Constitution itself has a thing about distributing the common resources to benefit the common good. The Congress Party has always been for taxation of the rich to help the dalits, the poorer, minorities. The only thing is that the Congress has always done it in terms of class, rich versus poor. Modi is trying to convert it into a religion issue of Hindus versus Muslims.

controversial speech of Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeting Muslims in the country, an e-mail campaign has been started by a few non-resident Gujaratis who are writing to the Election Commission of India seeking action against him. At an election rally in Rajasthan, Modi had alleged that if voted to power, the Congress will redistribute the wealth of the country and give it to the Muslims, drawing criticism both from India’s opposition parties and global media. Speaking to ET from New York, Dakshesh Patel, who is settled in the US, said that a campaign has been launched in this regard and they expect to get at least one lakh emails sent to the EC from all over the globe.

Also read: PM Modi makes big announcement on Kashmir: ‘J&K will get the status...’ The Lok Sabha elections are being held in seven phases. The first phase commenced on April 19.

Karimganj Lok Sabha seat on April 26. As Indian Express reports, the Barak Valley, is experiencing a never before witnessed enthusiasm for the Lok Sabha Polls 2024. But why? Barak Valley in Assam is the nuanced location bordering Bangladesh, and often at the center of Bangali infiltration debate for Assam.

Modi takes a swipe at Sonia Gandhi amid LS polls rally: ‘Those who can’t win...’ On September 19, 2008, the Delhi Police carried out an operation in the national capital to arrest Indian Mujahideen terrorists hiding in which Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chandra Sharma and two Indian Mujahideen terrorists Atif and Sajid were killed. The BJP president said that the Congress and its allies always stand in support of those who are anti-national and "weaken" the country. "They (Congress) stand with those and sympathise with those who weaken the country.

Sensex gained 114.49 points, or 0.16%, to close at 73,852.94, while the Nifty 50 settled 34.40 points, or 0.15%, higher at 22,402.40. “We expect this bullish momentum to continue in the markets. Further, a sharp decline in India’s VIX amid the start of elections indicates lower market volatility in the near term.

Narendra Modi is in Uttar Pradesh to hold rallies in Aonla, Bareilly and Shahjahanpur ahead of the Phase 3 of the Lok Sabha elections 2024. In his recent rallies, PM Modi has lately doubled down on the Congress alleging the party's “appeasement policy". It is likely that the showdown continues between the prime minister and the Congress.

investors were right to back him as an agent of change, Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party peppered its 2014 poll manifesto with 22 references to “reform.” Ten years later, very little remains of that zeal. The BJP’s 2024 manifesto still promises to “reform, perform, transform.” But the few specifics it offers on the economy are modest — such as automatic approvals for standard housing designs. Gone are the days when Modi pledged to change everything from inefficient markets in labor and farm produce to entire sectors like banking. And yet, the appetite for a third term for the Indian leader is very high in the global financial industry. “Modi has done an unbelievable job in India,” JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said Tuesday at the Economic Club of New York. Both Goldman and JPMorgan are predicting a deluge of overseas capital after general elections are over on June 4. (The BJP is favorite to win the contest.)

HD Deve Gowda's popular cardiologist son-in-law CN Majunath for the Bangalore Rural constituency. Bengaluru South will witness a tough battle of the influential Vokkaliga families in the Congress bastion, that has been won by DK Suresh since 2013.

India and Iran have finalized a long-term contract for the development of Chabahar port after more two decades of painfully slow negotiations with the oil-rich Gulf nation, periodically stymied by geopolitical tensions, according to three persons aware of the matter. A high-level delegation led by the Indian minister for shipping will be visiting Iran after India's general election. The visit, to take place in the second half of 2024, will be see the signing of the contract that will pave the way for full exploitation of this strategic port located in southeastern Iran and developed with Indian aid.