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.the BJP is going to be the number one party in West Bengal." Before this, News18 Mega Opinion Poll 2024 also predicted that the BJP, led by Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari in Bengal, may win 25 out of 42 seats in the state. The poll, meanwhile, indicated that the TMC might get 17 seats. The India TV-CNX poll predictions too were on the same line.

Crypto-supportive litigator John Deaton is off to a strong start in his bid to displace Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren from her place in Parliament – at least when it comes to fundraising.

Special Economic Zones (SEZ) law are expected to figure in the 100-day agenda of the commerce ministry for the next government and it may be introduced in the monsoon session of Parliament, sources said. The monsoon session will be the first session of the newly elected government which will also see the presentation of the full budget for 2024-25. The seven-phase Lok Sabha polls, the world's biggest election exercise, will kick off on April 19 with the counting of votes set to take place on June 4.

Modi on Friday addressed an election rally in Udhampur constituency of J&K during which he promised that assembly elections will happen in the union territory soon and statehood will be restored as well. The PM also targeted the Congress, challenging them to announce the restoration of Article 370, which he said was a wall between the J&K and rest of the country which he demolished and buried its debris. Modi said that the upcoming Lok Sabha election is the first election when terrorism, separatism, stone pelting, hartal and firing from across the border are not the election issues. «J&K is touching new heights of development and increase in trust...what has happened till now is just a trailer. I have to strive for a new and fabulous J&K...Assembly elections will happen in J&K and it will get back statehood. You could share your dreams with your legislators and your ministers,» said Modi. The PM said that only one slogan is resonating in J&K, «Phir Ek Baar Modi Sarkar.» He urged people to vote for BJP candidate Dr Jitendra Singh from Udhampur constituency and Jugal Kishore from Jammu constituency.

brought us the details of what went down between Wipro’s chairman and its former French chief executive over a phone call. In this backdrop, Mark to Market analyst Harsha Jethmalani dissects the various issues facing the company and what the new CEO will need to do. We also have two pieces by our new correspondent Shelley Singh – an explainer on why expat CEOs don’t last the distance in Indian IT companies, and a deep dive into whether Srinivas Pallia has what it takes to steer Wipro forward.

Congress party, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday, said that the Congress will extinct like dinosaurs in a few years. «Congress is getting vanished. These children must have heard of dinosaurs, have you? Have you seen dinosaurs? In a way, dinosaurs have completely disappeared from the earth, similarly, Congress is also disappearing,» Singh asserted while addressing the public rally in Champawat. Addressing a public rally in Champawat in support of BJP's Almora candidate Ajay Tamta, Singh took a jibe at the Congress party and its previous governance in the country and compared it with the current state of affairs in the hilly region under the BJP regime.

Lok Sabha polls to ensure that fake news and misinformation is curbed in time and facts are conveyed to voters on a pro-active basis to steer a "positive narrative". In a meeting, the poll watchdog also told its 127 general, 67 police and 167 expenditure observers to ensure efforts are made round the clock to block movement and distribution of cash, liquor, freebies and narcotics in poll-bound constituencies.

₹208 to ₹286 by the end of FY 27. The brokerage expects Bharti Airtel's revenue to grow at twice the industry average in the next three years owing to hike in tarrifs, 2G upgradation, growth of enterprise and Fibre to Home network and fall in capital expenditure after 5G rollout.

Ajay Rai on Friday mocked BJP leader Smriti Irani who has been constantly attacking Rahul Gandhi and the grand old party during her campaigns for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Irani is BJP's candidate from Amethi. Mocking Irani, Rai said that she is «seems to be losing her mental balance and PM Modi should get her treated by a good doctor». Rai was reacting to Smriti Irani's statement today in which he accused Rahul Gandhi of ignoring Amethi. Earlier, Irani said when a minister from Karnataka asked Rahul Gandhi why he was contesting elections from Wayanad, he replied that the people of Wayanad are more loyal. «I want to ask, are the people of the area from where he was MP for 15 years not loyal? Are they traitors?» Irani asked.

Karnataka on Friday crossed the Rs 300 crore mark since the Model Code of Conduct came into effect on March 16, according to the Election Commission. Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka will be held in two phases on April 26 and May 7 for its 28 constituencies. Since March 16 till date, seizures worth Rs 307.61 crore have been made by the Election Commission in Karnataka in coordination with its enforcement teams comprising flying squads, police and static surveillance team, the EC officials said. According to a statement issued by the office of Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka, since the Model Code of Conduct came into force, the flying squads, static surveillance teams and police authorities have seized Rs 46.01 crore cash, Rs 7.73 crore articles meant for distribution as freebies, liquor worth Rs 147 crore, narcotic substances worth 9.75 crore, and gold worth Rs 24.38 crore, among others.

NEW DELHI : Nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come, except when everyone has the same idea. Over a five-week stretch starting 25 January, I saw the same scene play out thrice on the big screen in three different films. First came Fighter, which had a recreation of the attack by a Jaish-e-Mohammed suicide bomber on a Central Reserve Police Force convoy at Pulwama in 2019, in which 40 soldiers were killed.

Narendra Modi on Friday attacked the 'Mughal' mindset of INDIA bloc leaders Rahul Gandhi and Lalu Yadav and his son, Tejashwi Yadav for hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus and teasing them by cooking mutton during Sawan and eating fish during Navratri. PM Modi said that these leaders are inspired by a 'Mughal' mindset and they enjoy hurting the sentiments of the people. Prime Minister's remarks were about Rahul Gandhi's visit to RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, where he cooked mutton at the latter's residence on September 2, 2023. The Wayanad MP had also shared a video in this regard on his YouTube channel.

Also read: Donald Trump criticised for insulting Jewish & Black supporters of Biden When asked which president did more to help people like them, roughly one-third say Donald Trump and about one-quarter say Joe Biden. Yet 30% of adults said neither Biden nor Trump benefitted them. It's another data point reflecting an electorate that has been largely disappointed with this year's general election choices, generating little enthusiasm among key parts of the Biden and Trump political coalitions.

Ayodhya Ram Mandir's Pran Pratistha ceremony was held with much fanfare, giving rise to speculations that this would help Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) seal an edge over the opposition parties in the upcoming Lok Sabha Polls. However, a survey in a Reuters report, says that while 22% of Indian voters surveyed considered the Ayodhya Ram Mandir their "most liked action" of PM Modi's government, only 8% considered this to be their primary concern. The Ram Mandir has been increasingly used by the BJP in their poll campaigns in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections.

ALSO READ: PM Modi makes big announcement on Kashmir: 'J&K will get the status...' "The people of the Congress and INDIA alliance do not care about the sentiments of the majority of the people of the country. They enjoy playing with the sentiments of the people. A person who has been sentenced by the court and who is on bail -- they visit the house of such a criminal and enjoy cooking mutton in the month of Sawan, and they make a video of it to tease the people of the country," newswire ANI quoted Modi as saying.

Irani further alleged that for 15 years (the people of Amethi) carried a useless MP who did no work and remained missing even after winning. “Now he is blaming the loyalty of Amethi. You all were also supportive.

BJP has fielded sitting MP Nishith Pramanik, while TMC has fielded Jagadish Chandra Burma Basunia. Nitish Chandra Roy of the Forward Bloc (FB) is also in the race, in a “friendly fight" with ally Congress’s Pia Roy Chowdhury. Barring Chowdhury, all three others are Rajbongshis.

Britain's economic output grew by 0.1% in monthly terms in February and January's reading was revised higher, pointing to an exit from recession in early 2024, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed on Friday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a 0.1% month-on-month expansion of gross domestic product.

Manish Sisodia, who has been arrested by the CBI and ED in connection with the alleged Delhi excise policy scam case, on Friday moved a court here seeking interim bail for poll campaigning. Special Judge for the CBI and ED, Kaveri Baweja, is likely to take up the application for hearing later in the day. The CBI as well as the ED have alleged that irregularities were committed while modifying the Delhi excise policy, undue favours were extended to licence holders, licence fee was waived or reduced and licences were extended without the competent authority's approval. The beneficiaries allegedly diverted «illegal» gains to the accused officials and made false entries in their books of account to evade detection, the probe agencies have alleged.

«Modi thinks far ahead. So what has happened so far is just the trailer. I have to get busy in creating a new and wonderful picture of the new Jammu and Kashmir. The time is not far when Assembly Elections will be held in Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir will get the status of statehood. You will be able to share your dreams with your MLA and your ministers...» said PM Modi while addressing a public rally in Udhampur. The PM added that the people of Kashmir will be able to share their dreams with MLAs, ministers. Addressing a public rally in the northern most state of India, PM Modi said, «For the sake of power, they had built a wall of 370 in Jammu and Kashmir...Due to your blessings, Modi demolished the wall of Article 370. I have also buried the debris of that wall in the ground. I challenge any political party in India, especially Congress, to announce that they will bring back Article 370. This country won't even look at them.»

Congress have «completely collapsed» due to the «worst kind of appeasement politics» pursued by these parties to win over extremist elements in the state, claims senior BJP leader Prakash Javadekar. In an interview to PTI, Javadekar, who is the BJP's Kerala in-charge, alleged that the Congress-led UDF and the CPI(M)-headed LDF were fighting the polls solely on the agenda of extremist elements, focusing on issues like CAA and Palestine instead of prioritising a development agenda. Due to this, the other sections of society, considered to be the backbone of the Left party and the Congress, are «very much angry» with them, he claimed. «Kerala election has entered a very exciting phase of electioneering. I say this because many earlier equations are collapsing. Earlier, it was Muslims and Christians for the UDF while Ezhavas and other Hindus for the CPI(M). But it has completely collapsed,» Javadekar claimed.