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Congress on Sunday announced a list of 10 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections. The party has fielded former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar from North East Delhi seat. Kanhaiya will fight the poll battle against BJP candidate Manoj Tiwari who is the sitting MP from the seat. The Congress announced the candidature of JP Agarwal from Chandni Chowk and Udit Raj from North West Delhi.

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Bharat Electronics Ltd, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, Cochin Shipyard and Data Patterns up between 11% and 36%. What’s fascinating is, the Nifty India Defence index has shot up 14% in the past month, outpacing the Nifty 50, which has seen a mere 2% rise. Presently, much of the enthusiasm in this sector is due to recent preliminary business updates from the defence equipment manufacturers.

Lok Sabha elections from the Belagavi seat. During a party workers' meeting here, Patil stated that Congress leader Hebbalkar will be worried after witnessing the rising support of women for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka, hence, suggested to have either an “extra peg" or a “sleeping pill" to get a good sleep. “In Belagavi, the women's support is rising for the BJP.

Sonam Wangchuk on Sunday informed that Pashmina March towards the grazing lands and Line of Actual Control between India and China will start on April 17, on the day of Ram Navami. Wangchuk, who along with scores of other people is on a protest in Leh for over six weeks now–demanding constitutional safeguards under sixth schedule and statehood for Ladakh– celebrated the birth anniversary of Bhim Rao Ambedkar at the protest site. He stated that this was the apt opportunity to demand what is promised and enshrined in the constitution of the country. “We want to remind this government of the promises it made in the last two elections. We hope that they will honour the teachings of Ramji as his true Bhakts and fulfil the promise made to the people of Ladakh,” said Wangchuk.

Iran's attack on Israel is expected to send global crude oil prices higher as war premium gets built in but retail fuel prices in India will likely stay unchanged due to general elections starting later this week, industry executives said. Brent, the international crude benchmark, has sprinted to $90 per barrel from $80 in just about a month on escalating tensions between Iran and Israel. «A war premium may quickly show up in oil prices in the paper market. Heightened tension in oil supply zone or main oil transit zones may also cause increases in crude oil transport and insurance costs,» said Mukesh Surana, CEO of Ratnagiri Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. In oil industry parlance, paper market refers to a financial marketplace where future oil delivery contracts are traded. «If the situation escalates further to the extent that it starts impacting physical supplies through the Strait of Hormuz, it will impact the global supply situation and can have a sharper impact on prices in the short term,» said Surana, formerly chairman of HPCL.

Abhishek Banerjee, I-T department sources claimed on Sunday that there was no enforcement action such as search or survey and the TMC leader wasn't even present in the chopper. To fulfil its mandate of coordinating with law enforcement agencies to ensure free and fair elections, a team of the income tax department was sent in «a routine manner» to collect information of the arrival of a helicopter at Behala Flying Club from Malda in West Bengal at around 1300 hrs on Sunday, the sources in the department said. The information of the arrival of the helicopter was received from the Air Traffic Control, they said adding that after collection of the required information, the officials of the department left the place. The helicopter, they said, was carrying two security personnel only.

Angel tax, taxation of Employee Stock Option Plans and bank guarantee commitments in tenders in the upcoming budget to be presented after the general elections. Further, the Centre is gearing up for a new World Bank assessment framework called Business Ready (B-READY), which would assess countries on everything from the start to the closure of a business. «There are four or five elements which they (startups) are a little concerned about. Mainly these are on issues like Angel tax, TDS ( tax deducted at source) there is some software related issue, on ESOP… getting into some kind of double taxation,» DPIIT secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh told ET in an interview.

Joe Biden a familiar dilemma, but on steroids — how to balance support for a difficult ally while preventing the nightmare scenario of a wider war? Tensions with Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel's war on Gaza were papered over as the US president offered «ironclad» support, including shooting down Iranian drones. But the White House has made it clear it does not want further escalation following Iran's unprecedented assault and will not support an Israeli counterattack that could trigger a full-blown regional conflict.

India Congress Committee (AICC) on Sunday released a fresh list of candidates for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. The party has fielded Kanhaiya Kumar from North East Delhi to contest against BJP candidate Manoj Tiwari. Meanwhile, Charanjit Singh Channi has been given ticket from Jalandhar. Other candidates in the list were JP Agarwal, Udit Raj, Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Amar Singh, Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu, Sukhpal Singh Khaira, Dr Dharamvir Gandhi and Ujjwal Rewati Raman Singh.

Lok Sabha elections in the country, CPI candidate from Wayanad Lok Sabha Seat Annie Raja launched a scathing attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his candidature from the same constituency and said that the people are very disappointed with the performance of their representative (Rahul Gandhi). «People elected him with a huge majority… Sometimes they show anger because they are very disappointed with the performance of their representative, Rahul Gandhi. So it is for the people to judge,» she lashed out. She further stated that there is a lot of scope for the left front to take up the issues, whether it is the question of the human-animal conflict or the railway line. These are all issues that need to be taken up in the Parliament, not in the Kerala Assembly.

Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai facing DMK leader Ganapathy P Rajkumar and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK's Singai Ramachandran. Jharkhand Governor CP Radhakrishnan, who was the BJP candidate from Coimbatore in the past two Lok Sabha elections of 2019 and 2014, had suffered back-to-back defeats. CPI (M) MP PR Natarajan defeated CP Radhakrishnan with a victory margin of 1,79,143 votes. The vote share of CP Radhakrishnan was 31.3 per cent. PR Natarajan got a 45.7 per cent vote share of the total polled votes.

NEW DELHI : Indian telecom operators Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are expected to report largely steady revenues and profits for the quarter ended 31 March, but the first half of the current fiscal year will see them put up a better show, buoyed by likely tariff hikes. Indus Towers, a leading telecom infrastructure provider, is expected to report relatively better numbers, boosted likely by part-payment of its dues by Vodafone Idea.

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BJP leader Rajnath Singh on Sunday indirectly targeted former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav, questioning why some individuals make a spectacle of their dietary preferences while others observe austerity. Recently, a video surfaced showing RJD leader Yadav eating fish fry during Navratri, sparking controversy with BJP leaders expressing disapproval. Speaking at an election rally in Bihar's Jamui district, Rajnath Singh, without directly mentioning Tejashwi's name, slammed the Bihar leader. «You may eat fish, pig, or an elephant. But what is the point you are trying to prove by making a show of your act when people are observing austerities,» TOI quoted Singh as saying.

Narendra Modi on Sunday called the Congress «the sultan of tukde tukde gang», as he accused the opposition party of having the dangerous intention to «divide, break and weaken» the country. He was addressing a mega public meeting at Maharaja's college ground here aimed at drumming up support for BJP and JD(S) candidates from Mysuru, Chamarajanagar, Mandya and Hassan Lok Sabha constituencies. «This is a land where mothers dream about sending their children to armed forces in the service of the nation. On the other hand, there is a Congress party which is going around becoming the 'Sultan of tukde tukde gang'. The dangerous intention of Congress to divide, break and weaken the country is still the same,» Modi claimed. JD(S) patriarch and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda was among those who shared the dais with Modi in a show of strength by the NDA. The JD(S) joined the NDA in September last year. Of the total 28 seats in Karnataka, BJP is contesting in 25 and the JD(S) in three, including neighbouring Mandya.

Bharti had said, “If the people of this country give the INDIA bloc a chance (to form the government), then from PM Modi to BJP leaders, all will be behind the bars..." She later clarified that her statement meant “the corrupt will go to jail." Reacting to her statement, Rajnath Singh said in Banka on Sunday, “Kisne maa ka dudh piya hai ki Modiji ko jail me dalega [who has the nerve to put PM Modi in jail]?...Those who are either in jail or on bail, they will arrest [PM Modi]?". ALSO READ: Lok Sabha 2024: Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughters Rohini Acharya and Misa Bharti likely to contest polls. Details here The Defence Minister called RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav his "friend".

India alone. A recent report from Goldman Sachs highlights that this surge is not solely driven by traditional factors, indicating a shift in the dynamics of the gold market. The report underscores the significant role played by new incremental factors, particularly the surge in accumulation by Central Banks in emerging markets (EM) and increased retail buying in Asian markets including India have led to an increase in gold prices worldwide.

Lok Sabha polls, former party MLA Pawan Kumar Tinu on Sunday joined the AAP here. Tinu is likely to be the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate from the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat, said party sources. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann welcomed Tinu into the party fold. Along with Tinu, another Akali leader Gurcharan Singh also joined the AAP.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday termed the BJP's Lok Sabha poll manifesto as a «jumla patra» saying it «breaks world record of lies». People have already made a resolve to make the INDIA bloc win and they will not trust the saffron party's manifesto, he said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday released the BJP's Lok Sabha poll manifesto at the party headquarters in Delhi. The manifesto has a special focus on the poor, youngsters, farmers and women. PM Modi made a pitch for electing a strong and stable government in an uncertain world beset by geopolitical tensions, prioritising development and welfare while shunning populist measures and contentious issues like the NRC.

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