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Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday moved a city court urging it to allow him to spend more time with his lawyer in order to prepare for cases pending against him in several parts of the country. Kejriwal moved the application claiming that two meetings every week with his lawyer, as permitted by the court, was not sufficient since he was facing multiple cases in various states and needed more time for consultation. The AAP leader urged the court to increase the number of meetings to five per week. The application is likely to come up for hearing before special judge for ED cases Kaveri Baweja on Friday.

Lok Sabha, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Thursday started her fresh innings in the Rajya Sabha after she took oath as a member of the Upper House. She will represent Rajasthan in the Council of States by filling the seat that fell vacant after 91-year-old former prime minister Manmohan Singh completed his tenure on April 3. Sonia Gandhi will be the second member of the Gandhi family to enter the Rajya Sabha after former prime minister and her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi, who had a two-and-a-half-year tenure (from August 1964 to February 1967) as a member of the Upper House. Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were present when she took oath in Hindi in the presence of Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar.

Modi has highlighted economic growth as one of his biggest achievements in election rallies and has "guaranteed" making the economy the third largest in the world from fifth now if he wins a third term in a row as polls predict. He has already asked officials to finalise plans by around May to expand the economy to $6.69 trillion in nominal terms by 2030, from around $3.51 trillion currently, according to the October document.

Kangana Ranaut took to microblogging site X, to post, “There was talk of opening a shop of love but Congress has opened a shop of hatred". “Congress leaders, who have degraded views towards women, are deteriorating their character day by day in frustration and despair of inevitable defeat." Kangana Ranaut tweeted in Hindi. Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri also came out in support of Hema Malini.

Narendra Modi, confident of winning a national election starting this month, has set an ambitious target of roughly doubling the economy and exports this decade, according to a government document seen by Reuters. Modi has highlighted economic growth as one of his biggest achievements in election rallies and has «guaranteed» making the economy the third largest in the world from fifth now if he wins a third term in a row as polls predict. He has already asked officials to finalise plans by around May to expand the economy to $6.69 trillion in nominal terms by 2030, from around $3.51 trillion currently, according to the October document. Though short on concrete details of how to achieve that, it has been a basis for officials' meetings.

Supriya Sule was announced as a candidate for the Baramati Lok Sabha seat. The three-term parliamentarian and daughter of NCP founder Sharad Pawar is pitted against her sister-in-law and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s wife Sunetra Pawar.

Lok Sabha polls if work on the construction of a long-awaited road project linking the village to district headquarters does not begin immediately. The villagers staged a rally in Joshimath on Wednesday holding banners which read «Don't embarrass us by asking for votes,» «Enter village only after making a road,» and «No road, No vote.» Elections to the five Lok Sabha seats in Uttarakhand are slated to be held in the first phase on April 19. «We are firm on continuing with our movement till the work starts. If the construction work does not start before April 19, we will boycott the polls,» said Prem Singh Sanwal, the convenor of the committee spearheading the protest.

Lok Sabha Elections. ""...The people of Amethi expect me to represent their constituency if I decide to become a member of Parliament...For years, the Gandhi family worked hard in Rae Bareli, Amethi and Sultanpur...The people of Amethi are really troubled by the current Member of Parliament, they think they have made a mistake by electing her..." Vadra told news agency ANI. "Even I get requests from Amethi people that if I join politics, I should choose Amethi. I remember, my first political campaign with Priyanka was in Amethi in 1999," Robert Vadra said.

Samajwadi Party on Thursday changed its candidate for a second time in Meerut, replacing Atul Pradhan with former mayor Sunita Verma Pradhan. April 4 was the last date for filing nomination in Meerut, which will got to poll in the second phase of Lok Sabha election in the state. Pradhan, who had filed his nomination on Wednesday, said he accepts the decision of party national president Akhilesh Yadav, who he met in the morning. In his post on X, Pradhan, who is SP MLA from Sardhana seat said, «Whatever decision National President Akhilesh Yadav ji has taken, I accept it. Soon I will sit with supporters and discuss.»

PMLA). The CPI(M) appealed to voters to defeat the BJP, strengthen the Left, and ensure the formation of an alternative secular government at the Centre. In its manifesto, the party pledged to fight for «an uncompromising adherence to the principle that religion is separated from politics». «The CPI(M) stands for the scrapping of all draconian laws like UAPA (Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act) and PMLA,» the manifesto stated.

BJD for the 21 Lok Sabha seats, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's party has nominated at least seven leaders who came from either the BJP or the Congress. The turncoats who have been nominated by Patnaik for the Lok Sabha elections are Surendra Singh Bhoi (Bolangir), Parineeta Mishra (Bargarh), Bhrugu Baxipatra (Berhampur), Manmath Routray (Bhubaneswar), Ansuman Mohanty (Kendrapara), Pradeep Majhi (Nabarangpur) and Dhanurjay Sidhu (Keonjhar). While a number of senior leaders including former MP Prasanna Patsani were in the race for the party ticket from Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha seat, Patnaik preferred to pick Manmath Routray, a commercial pilot and son of six-time Congress MLA Suresh Routray. He was given BJD ticket within hours of his induction in the regional outfit.

LS polls: BJP releases 7th list of candidates, Navneet Rana to contest Amravati Rana had challenged the Bombay High Court order of 2021, where the court observed that she fraudulently obtained a 'Mochi' certificate, even though records showed she belonged to the 'Sikh-Chamar' caste, Live Law reported. The Bombay HC had also imposed a fine of ₹2 lakh on the Amravati MP. After this Rana knocked Supreme Court's door and argued that her forefathers belonged to the Sikh-Chamar caste wherein 'Sikh' is a religious prefix and is not related to a caste.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 that are scheduled to take place in seven phases beginning from April 19. He Vallabh tendered his resignation from the party earlier today, saying he has not been able to “raise anti-Sanatana slogans or abuse the wealth creators". Resigning from the primary membership of the Congress, Gourav Vallabh said he does not feel comfortable with the “direction" the party is moving forward.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE Updates: The Cooch Behar constituency is gearing up for a fiery Lok Sabha campaign on Thursday, with back-to-back rallies by PM Modi Modi and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public rally in West Bengal's Cooch Behar as a part of BJP's Lok Sabha campaign today. Soon after, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee will also campaign for the Trinamool Congress in the Mathabhanga area of Cooch Behar district.

Randeep Surjewala of making objectionable comments against BJP MP Hema Malini from Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The BJP stated that this incident reveals the main opposition party's hatred towards women. Amit Malviya, the head of BJP's IT department, shared a video on social media platform 'X' where Congress MP Surjewala is allegedly making inappropriate remarks about the actress-turned-politician while attacking the ruling party. However, the date of the video's origin is unknown.

Rahul Gandhi, he holds stock market investments totaling ₹4.3 crore, mutual fund deposits amounting to ₹3.81 crore, and ₹26.25 lakh in a bank account. Additionally, the 53-year-old leader declared ₹55,000 in cash and a total income of ₹1,02,78,680 ( ₹1.02 crore) for the financial year 2022-23. The movable assets of Rahul Gandhi are valued at ₹9.24 crore, including gold bonds worth ₹15.2 lakh.

Rahul Gandhi, has stock market investments worth ₹4.3 crore, mutual funds deposits worth ₹3.81 crore, and savings worth ₹26.25 in two bank accounts, according to the affidavit that he has submitted to the Election Commission of India. Gandhi is seeking re-election from Wayanad seat in Kerala which he won with a margin of over four lakh votes in 2019.

Donald Trump has had a recent conversation with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to the New York Times, citing information from two individuals briefed on the matter. Reuters reported that the newspaper reported that it was unclear what Trump and the prince, known as MBS, discussed and whether this was their first conversation since Trump, who was president from 2017 to 2021, left office.

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik has announced the second list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha. BJD candidates for five Lok Sabha seats declared by the CM are Surendra Singh Bhoi from Balangir), Manjulata Mandal (Bhadrak), Parineeta Mishra (Bargarh), Bhrugu Baxipatra (Berhampur) and Dhanurjay Siddu (Keonjhar). The names of 27 candidates for simultaneous assembly polls have also been announced.

The film imagines a Civil War-like scenario which is impending upon the US and stars the very popular Kirsten Dunst as an agile journalist who is working on reports around a devastated and broken country, at the bring of another war. The story follows a three-term US President fighting off forces from California and Texas who are allies in the political spectrum, while the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which is one of the biggest federal agencies of the US has been disbanded. Meanwhile, there are cases of drone strikes on American citizens, leading to heightened chaos. According to Hollywood Reporter, it is the President, played by Nick Offerman, who has ordered these drone strikes, in an attempt to become a three-term President.

IPL 2024 fever coincided during a similar timeline, there were talks of shifting this cash-rich cricket franchise league to Dubai which was done under similar conditions during a previous national general elections. Interestingly, the auction for the IPL 2024 season was also held in Dubai's Coca Cola Arena where team owners bought some of the leading cricket players in the world currently. However, BCCI acknowledged the importance of the tournament being held and decided upon hosting all matches of the IPL 2024 in India itself. The IPL has entered its second month currently, with ten teams going head-to-head against each other to finish as the top four in the points table. The ten teams participating in IPL 2024 include Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, Lucknow Super Giants, Gujarat Titans, Rajasthan Royals, Punjab Kings and more. Already some excellent matches have taken place with the most recent one being the clash between the Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals, which was won by KKR by a massive 106 runs. KKR posed a target of 273 runs to DC, and in response the latter was knocked out for a mere 166. The highest scorer of this match was West Indian all-rounder Sunil Narine who hit a fiery knock of 85 runs in just 39 balls. With this win, KKR is comfortably seated at the top of the points table followed by Rajasthan Royals who are behind on the basis of NRR.