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₹2.64 trillion provided in the budget. Officials said that capex spending of MoRTH has remained over 90% level in previous five years and in fact above 98% in three of the five years with the exception of FY20 when it was 91% and FY22 when it stayed at 93%.

Bloomberg report, the Indian stock market is blooming thanks to the foreign funding and Centre's new trade deals. The youthful market of 143 crore Indians is attracting international manufacturing bigwigs, who once clustered around southern China. Aircraft makers such as the Boeing Inc are taking record orders from Indian arlines such as Air India and IndiGo, while the tech gaint Apple Inc is scaling up production of India-made iPhones.

MUMBAI : A staggering 960 million Indians above 18 years are eligible to vote in the seven-phase national elections starting 19 April; and India's corporate citizens are pulling out all stops to make sure maximum employees join the great democratic exercise. From IT companies like Tata Consultancy Services to e-commerce giants like Amazon, from consultancies such as KPMG to manpower biggies like Quess Corp, India Inc. is offering holidays, remote work, and other flexibilities for employees to have a say in who governs them.

ALSO READ: Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 10 high-profile Congress turncoats in BJP and their last electoral performance The Election Commission called Randeep Surjewala's purported “lick" remark against Hema Malini "undignified, vulgar and uncivilised". The show-cause notice sought his response by April 11.

Narendra Modi on Tuesday accused the Congress of making several attempts to stall the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya and for insulting Lord Ram by rejecting the invitation for the 'pran pratishtha' ceremony. The prime minister also attacked the Congress for «insulting» 'Shakti'. Addressing an election rally here, Modi also said the Congress is immersed in the swamp of appeasement and that «owing to the pressure of appeasement», the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) are opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) as well. The "INDI alliance of SP-Congress does not care about India's heritage," the prime minister said.

show-cause notice to Congress leader Randeep Surjewala for his 'undignified' comments against Hema Malini. The poll body also sought a response from Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on the steps taken to ensure strict compliance with its advisories on upholding the honour and dignity of women during public discourse by its leaders. Both have been asked to submit their respective responses to the Election Commission. While Surjewala has been asked to respond by April 11 evening, Kharge has been given time till the following evening.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said when votes were cast for the wrong people, it brought in governments that played with people's security and "fed biryani to terrorists". «In 10 years, we have seen a changing India. The price of your one vote has done this,» he said, referring to the Narendra Modi government at the Centre. «When your vote went into the wrong hands, governments come that were involved in corruption, played with the security and the future of the youths, fed biryani to the terrorists, created unrest in the country and forced farmers to commit suicide,» Adityanath said at a rally here ahead of the Lok Sabha election. The Uttar Pradesh chief minister addressed the rally before Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Delhi minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Saurabh Bharadwaj on Tuesday claimed that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has been constantly pressuring witnesses to change their statements in relation to the Delhi excise policy case. «The witnesses were constantly forced and beaten up to change their statement,» said the minister, while addressing a press conference. He vehemently dismissed the case as unfounded and rooted in falsehoods. Bharadwaj pointed fingers at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing them of orchestrating a ploy against AAP with the intention of «destroying» the governments in Punjab and Delhi.

Rajnath Singh on Tuesday criticised China for renaming several places in Arunachal Pradesh, and wondered whether a similar attempt by India will result in those areas of the neighbouring country becoming «parts of our territory». Addressing an election rally at Namsai in Arunachal Pradesh East Constituency, Singh said China's move to change names of 30 places in the northeastern state will not change the ground reality. Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India, he asserted. «I want to ask China if we change the names of various states of the neighbouring country, will those be parts of our territory? Because of such activities, the relation between India and China will deteriorate,» Singh said.

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Pre-poll survey predicts NDA sweep in key state; here's how many votes INDIA bloc may win “In phase 2, Kerala has a maximum of 500 nominations from 20 Parliamentary Constituencies, followed by 491 nominations from 14 PCs in Karnataka. Minimum of 14 nominations were received from one PC in Tripura.

₹1 lakh a year, a Mahalakshmi scheme, to poor families. Free food grains schemes distort production incentives and signals for farmers.

Union Ministry of Home Affairs has entrusted the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) with providing a contingent of about 40-45 personnel for the task." The CRPF commandos would soon take over his security. Over three dozen armed CRPF commandos will be guarding Kumar. ALSO READ: Lok Sabha Elections 2024: EC's Suvidha Portal sees over 73,000 applications from political parties, candidates As per PTI, the extended security cover will be provided to Kumar during his journey across the country, round the clock and at the time of his stay in Delhi and at his office.

BSE Sensex achieved a record-breaking level of 75,124, and the Bank Nifty ascended to a new peak of 48,940. Meanwhile, analysts also noted that today's rally is broad-based, with the small-cap index nearing its all-time high and the mid-cap index reaching a new pinnacle at the 41,172 mark.

Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) challenging its suspension, seeking the central government's response in four weeks. The matter will now be heard on May 28. On December 24, 2023, the central government had suspended the wrestling federation, three days after the Federation conducted its election, and sexual harassment accused BJP MP Brij Bhushan Saran Singh's close aide Sanjay Singh emerged as the winner.

Fox Business White House correspondent Edward Lawrence has the latest on the unanimous decision to hold rates steady at 5.25 on 'Making Money.'

Adani Green Energy Ltd. is in talks to raise about $400 million through an offshore loan as the unit of billionaire Gautam Adani seeks funds for an upcoming renewable project, according to people familiar with the matter. The foreign currency loan could range from seven to ten years, with the pricing likely linked to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, said the people, who asked not to be named because the discussions are confidential. The unit of India’s ports-to-power conglomerate is in talks with a group of banks including Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC, Standard Chartered Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., said the people.

Narendra Modi today addressed a rally in Pilibhit constituency in Western Uttar Pradesh, the pocket borough of Maneka Gandhi and her son, Varun. This will be the first time since 1989 when Maneka or Varun would not be contesting from Pilibhit. The BJP dropped its sitting Pilibhit MP, Varun, replacing him with UP minister Jitin Prasada, ostensibly for Varun's frequent defiance of the party in the past few years. The BJP, however, retained Maneka, who would contest from Sultanpur from where she won in 2019. PM Modi's rally in Pilibhit, which goes to poll in the first phase on April 19, comes in the wake of reports of underlying quibbling amongst the party workers and supporters after Varun was denied the ticket. The speculation of Varun filing his papers as an independent candidate had gained ground after he issued an emotional letter to his constituents asserting that his relationship with them will remain intact “till his last breath”. The district BJP unit was asked to pull out all stops to ensure maximum participation of party workers and supporters at Modi’s rally, TOI reported. Experts say the BJP seeks to stir up the campaign to counter the narrative of Jitin Prasada being an “outsider”. Modi’s initial rallies were being lined up keeping in mind constituencies where the party has replaced the sitting MP or on seats which the BJP had lost to the opposition in 2019.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau received briefings about foreign interference allegations related to former Liberal MP Han Dong’s riding before the 2019 election, a new document shows.

LiveMint to track live updates in Lok Sabha elections. Lok Sabha Polls 2024 Live: Former Union minister Birender Singh who quit the BJP on Monday will join the Congress party on Tuesday.

Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21 following raids at his official residence. The raids were conducted after the high court refused to grant the Delhi chief minister protection from coercive action by the federal anti-money laundering agency. The law enforcement agency has challenged Arvind Kejriwal's bail application citing Lok Sabha elections 2024, arguing that the law applies equally to him, an “aam aadmi".

Congress party in Maharashtra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the grand old party is the «originator» of all the problems faced by the country, ranging from the issues of terrorism, naxalism to the violence in Kashmir. He further said that under Congress rule, India lagged behind other countries that gained independence at the same time. Addressing the public meeting on Monday, PM Modi said, «It is the responsibility of political parties to resolve people's issues but the Congress Party is the root of all problems in the country. Since Independence, who has been responsible for the country's partition on the basis of religion? Who was responsible for the problem in Kashmir? So many countries got independent at the same time, and went ahead. Which party was in power for the maximum time?»