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Bengaluru, After she was shifted to Bangalore North segment for the coming Lok Sabha elections, Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje is determined to prove a point or two and wants to ensure that BJP continues its winning streak here. Bangalore North has remained a BJP stronghold since 2004 and the 57-year-old is banking on the "Modi factor". She is facing Congress candidate and former Rajya Sabha member M V Rajeev Gowda, who is putting up a spirited fight. Both belong to the Vokkaliga community. Karandlaje is a two-time MP from Udupi-Chikmagalur but was moved out after she faced a «Go back Shobha» campaign there from a section of her party. Karandlaje has been telling people how India is on the development path in the past 10 years under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership.

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Mahavir Jayanti 2024: Wishes, WhatsApp messages, quotes to share with family “I extend my wishes to the people of the country on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti. To be part of such a program during the hustle and bustle of elections is comforting," Prime Minister said while addressing the Bhagwan Mahaveer Nirvan Mahotsav. Amid war around the world, PM Modi said, "..Today the world caught in conflict is expecting peace from India.

Market flows into smallcaps and midcaps have been ahead of their earnings due to increased investor appetite for these funds, says Ashish Naik, Equity Fund Manager, Axis Mutual Fund. “I would like to mention here that the small caps and midcaps have seen notable earnings upgrades and some of it is already reflected in their valuations,” he says. Edited excerpts from a chat:

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BJD), led by Naveen Patnaik, has taken a unique approach to announcing its candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Odisha. The approach, nicknamed "Formula 9," revolves around the number nine and its multiples, creating an intriguing pattern in the candidate announcement process. It all began with the first list released on March 27, featuring 72 candidates (7+2=9). This pattern continued in subsequent lists, with the number nine serving as a central theme. The initial Lok Sabha candidates' list, also released on March 27, contained nine names. The second list included 27 candidates (2+7=9), and the following rounds saw nine candidates per list. The cumulative numbers after each round were all multiples of nine: 72, 99, 108, 117, 126, and 135. As of now, BJD has 12 candidates left to announce after its sixth list was released on Saturday. While some BJD leaders claimed ignorance of the pattern, BJD insiders suggest there's a strong belief in the auspiciousness of the number nine, which has deep connections with Jagannath culture in Odisha. Prafulla Mishra, a Sanskrit scholar, mentioned, «Lord Jagannath's Rath Yatra (car festival) goes on for nine days, representing nine planets. The chariot of Lord Jagannath has nine Parswa Debatas (side deities).» This connection may explain why Naveen Patnaik chants «Jai Jagannath» before announcing the names of the candidates in every round.

Narendra Modi on Saturday dubbed the Congress a vine that does not have roots or branches but sucks dry those who lend support to it. Addressing a rally in Parbhani in Maharashtra's Marathwada region, Modi said the 2024 Lok Sabha elections are all about making India a developed and self-reliant country. In just 10 years, India has traversed a long road of development, said the BJP's star campaigner. The Parbhani Lok Sabha constituency will go to polls in the second phase on April 26.

Imphal: After the conclusion of first phase of the Lok Sabha elections, the Manipur Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) announced that re-polling would be conducted at the 11 polling booths of the inner Manipur Lok Sabha seat. Voting will be held again at these stations on April 22, according to Manipur Chief Electoral Officer. This decision was made following a directive from the Election Commission, which declared the initial polls held on April 19 as void.

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NDA challenged by a determined INDIA bloc may be the big story of the ongoing Lok Sabha polls, but in a Bihar seat, the narrative has come to be centred around an Independent candidate. Situated in the state's northeastern corner, Purnea, named after the eponymous district, has been known to literature aficionados as the land where Phanishwar Nath Renu lived and breathed life into famous characters like Hiraman, played on the big screen by Raj Kapoor in 'Teesri Kasam'. In the battle for 2024, the place is hogging the limelight, primarily because of Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, who according to some opinion polls, may turn out to be the dark horse when votes are counted on June 4. This is despite the fact that the NDA candidate is JD(U) MP who is aiming at a hat-trick while the INDIA bloc has thrown its weight behind Bima Bharti, who recently quit Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's party and was promptly rewarded by arch-rival Lalu Prasad with the RJD ticket.

April bank holidays: In April 2024, banks across India are slated to close for a total of 12 days. The specific closure dates vary by state, aligning with the Reserve Bank of India's calendar, which accounts for factors such as public holidays, regional observances, as well as regular weekends.

BJP's candidate from the Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency, ML Ashwini, said that support for her party in Kerala is growing due to the developmental initiatives and welfare schemes of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre. «Nowadays, the BJP is growing step by step in Kerala because PM Narendra Modi has brought a lot of developments in India, and the people of Kasaragod and Kerala are among the beneficiaries,» Ashwini told ANI. «After PM Modi became the Prime Minister, he brought drastic development in infrastructure. Not only infrastructure development, we have got some schemes also for the poor people,» she said.

Top news of April 20: Elon Musk's planned visit to India and the intense politics around it amid Lok Sabha elections 2024, the optimistic quarterly results for HDFC Bank and US sanctions on Pakistan's missile program were some of the top news that grabbed headlines on Saturday. At a time when India is in the midst of Lok Sabha election and extreme tensions are going on in one part of the world, no one can afford to miss the the major headlines of the day. 1.

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INDIA bloc. «I was attending the election campaign of Khajuraho Lok Sabha constituency. I feel the BJP will win the Khajuraho seat with a huge margin because there is no one else there. There is no Congress candidate. As per their deal, the seat was given to Samajwadi Party but their cycle got punctured after their candidate's nomination was rejected,» Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai told reporters. Earlier this week, the INDIA bloc extended its support to All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) candidate RB Prajapati contesting against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate VD Sharma in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Khajuraho parliamentary seat after the Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Meera Yadav's nomination was cancelled.

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Bernstein Societe General Group's latest India Strategy report provides insights into the country's political and economic scenarios. While the first phase of polling has been completed, the report indicates a prevailing optimism regarding the incumbent government's performance. However, it also highlights the challenges that lie ahead in achieving these expectations. Pre-election Euphoria and Market Trends The report notes that India experienced record-high valuations, particularly in the small and mid-cap sectors, at the beginning of the year. Despite some stabilization during the months of January, February, and March, there has been a recent resurgence, with small caps rising by 4% and mid-caps by 2% this month.

Israel ended with relief Friday after Tehran declared it had defeated what it said was a small attack on its territory by Israeli drones. But while the strike, which Israel didn’t officially claim, avoided touching off fresh escalation for now, there was no escaping that the tit-for-tat exchange ushered in a new era where the two adversaries look more willing to fight each other directly rather than through proxies. And that, government officials and experts fear, could lead to open war.

'Little room for further gains': Bernstein report as NDA eyes over 400 seats "Based on statistical possibility, they should get 330 to 350 seats on their own. This is just the BJP, not including its alliance partners," Bhalla told NDTV news channel. For the Congress party, the economist said that the party may get 44 seats- 2% less than what it won in the 2014 election.

Manipur Lok Sabha constituency: The Chief Electoral Officer announced on April 20 that repolling will be conducted at 11 polling stations in the Inner Manipur Lok Sabha constituency on April 22. This decision was made following a directive from the Election Commission, which declared the initial polls held on April 19 null and void, necessitating a new round of voting.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for not fighting Lok Sabha polls from the Amethi constituency, Karnataka BJP President BY Vijayendra questioned the intentions of Wayanad MP, saying that he could have opted for any other seat rather than contesting from a minority-dominated constituency. «What made Rahul Gandhi contest from Wayanad? Why did he escape from Amethi? I do agree that he has lost the confidence of the people of Amethi. But he is contesting from Wayanad where more than 70 per cent of people are from the minority community. Did he not get any other safe seat other than from a minority-dominated Wayanad? What message is he trying to give the country?» Vijayendra told ANI. On Rahul Gandhi's claim that BJP would not win more than 150 seats, Vijayendra said, «Instead of focusing on how many seats BJP is going to win, he should focus on his party.»