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Bharatiya Kanata Party (BJP) is facing some serious resistance against its Lok Sabha candidate in its citadel Gujarat, arguably for the first time in its electoral history. While resistance towards Shobhna Baraiya who replaced Bhikhaji Thakor in Sabarkantha is getting aggressive by days, the Kshatriya community across the state is up in arms against Union Minister Parshottam Rupala who is contesting from Rajkot for his comment allegedly denigrating the community. Baraiya was fielded after controversy erupted over the caste identity of Bhikhaji Thakor, BJP’s initial candidate for Sabarkantha. She, for the records happens to be the wife of Mahendrasinh Baraiya former Congress MLA who joined BJP in August 2022. Thakor’s supporters had observed a bandh in his support in Meghraj town in Aravalli district on Tuesday and the party workers in large numbers had reached the BJP office in Modasa to protest necessitating strong security arrangements.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said we very much «hope» that in India and any country that is having elections, people's «political and civil rights» are «protected» and everyone is able to vote in a «free and fair» atmosphere. Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric made these remarks on Thursday while he was responding to a question on the «political unrest» in India ahead of the upcoming national elections in the wake of the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the freezing of the opposition Congress Party's bank accounts. «What we very much hope that in India, as in any country that is having elections, that everyone's rights are protected, including political and civil rights, and everyone is able to vote in an atmosphere that is free and fair,» Dujarric said at the daily press briefing Thursday.

Arunachal Pradesh. There was trouble during the scrutiny of nomination papers. A senior police officer who does not want to be named told ET, “There was stone pelting by a group during the scrutiny of the nomination papers, security forces had to fire in the air to disperse the crowd. Superintendent of Police Dekio Gumja sustained injuries in the stone pelting.” The assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh will be held in the first phase on April 19. Nominations ended on Wednesday.

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Hyderabad: As K Chandrashekar Rao-led Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) faces an unprecedented downslide following the arrest of Nizamabad MLC K Kavitha and continued exits from the party, the contest in Telangana is fast becoming a Congress versus BJP battle. In 2019 Lok Sabha polls, BRS had bagged nine Lok Sabha seats, BJP four and Congress three. All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen had retained Hyderabad. However, 2024 promises to be a different number game. As on date, more than half of BJP candidates in Telangana have BRS antecedents, with the bulk of them shifting loyalties this month only. The state's ruling party, Congress, is giving stiff competition to BJP as it has welcomed a slew of BRS MPs and MLAs into its fold in the run-up to the May 13 elections.

Mukhtar Ansari died due to cardiac arrest on Thursday after he was admitted to a hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district because of his health condition. He was rushed to the hospital in an unconscious state after he complained of vomiting. Also Read: UP news: Jailed Mukhtar Ansari admitted to hospital after ‘abdominal pain’ The five-time MLA from eastern UP's Mau was involved in the property business and was also involved in 52 criminal cases in UP and at many other places.

Mukhtar Ansari in Ghazipur. Paramilitary forces have also been deployed outside Banda Medical College. According to Hindustan Times, Mukhtar Ansari's brother Afzal Ansari said Mukhtar Ansari was poisoned in jail by a substance mixed in food.

₹2.06 trillion into the Indian markets, closely followed by domestic institutional investors (DIIs) with ₹2.04 trillion. Said Gaurang Shah, senior vice-president, Geojit Financial Services, “A short squeeze, NAV game (mutual funds rebalancing portfolios), truncated fiscal year-end week and the break of technical resistance at 22,200 drove Thursday's market rally". He expects the Nifty to trade volatile in a range of 21750-22526.60, until the results of the general election are announced.

Election Commission has rejected 71 of 155 nominations filed for eight Lok Sabha seats of Uttar Pradesh that will go to polls in the first phase of elections, Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa said on Thursday. Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina, Moradabad, Rampur, and Pilibhit will vote in the first phase on April 19. Thirteen candidates filed nominations from the Saharanpur Lok Sabha seat. During scrutiny of nomination papers, one nomination was rejected and the remaining 12 nomination papers were found valid, the officer said. Seventeen candidates filed nominations from the Kairana Lok Sabha seat. Two of these were rejected.

Kangana been fielded by the ruling BJP as its candidate from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Shrinate, following a row on the post, removed the post from all her social accounts, and claimed that those were not posted by her, adding that she could never make such personal and indecent comments about any woman.

New Delhi: The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has procured over 100,000 tonnes of wheat domestically in the current 2024-25 rabi marketing season after advancing the start of annual purchases by more than a fortnight. The rabi market season runs from April to September. The Centre started procuring wheat on 13 March this year as opposed to the usual 1 April, amid falling stocks.

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BJD. He was representing the Cuttack Lok Sabha seat since 1998. Along with Mahtab, MP Sidhant Mohapatra and Padma awardee Dr Damayanti Beshra also joined the BJP.

Arvind Kejriwal’s ED custody till April 1 in the Delhi liquor policy scam case. The Nifty 50 and the Sensex closed with healthy gains on Thursday, ending the financial year 2024 with robust gains. Here are the top news events on March 28: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was produced in front of Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court in the Delhi liquor policy scam case today.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said he is shocked to learn about the decision while also adding that India is built on a system of mutual respect amongst religions and faiths. “I am shocked. As you know in our country, we've built a system of mutual respect amongst religions and faiths and particularly respect that people deserve for their special days according to their religious traditions.

Varun Gandhi has penned an emotional letter to his constituents in Pilibhit following the denial of a ticket for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Reflecting on his deep-rooted connection with the region since childhood, Gandhi reminisced about the fond memories that bind him to the land and its people. Gandhi's letter, infused with nostalgia, portrays Pilibhit not just as a workplace but as an intrinsic part of his identity. He recalled his first encounter with the region as a three-year-old in 1983, holding his mother's hand, unaware that it would shape his future endeavors. Expressing gratitude for the unwavering support of the people of Pilibhit over the years, he emphasized his commitment to serving them, irrespective of his official position. He stated, «My term as Pilibhit MP may be ending, but my relation with Pilibhit will not end till my last breath. I seek your blessings to continue to raise the voice of the common man, no matter what price I have to pay for it, 'Main aapka tha, hun aur rahunga'.»

Congress on Thursday attacked the Modi government after it notified revised MGNREGS wages for 2024-25, saying the daily wage rates in all states are well below the Rs 400 a day promised by the party under its 'Shramik NYAY' guarantees. The Union government has reportedly notified the revised wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said MGNREGA wages are revised annually with effect from April 1. «For 2024/25, the Modi Government has just announced revised MGNREGA wages. Leaving aside the issue of whether this violates the spirit of the Model Code of Conduct in view of the forthcoming elections, the announced daily wage rates in ALL states are well below the Rs 400 a day, which is part of the 'Shramik NYAY' Guarantees of the Indian National Congress,» he said.

Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray Sena faction on Thursday bluntly told the Congress party that if it wants to harbor ambitions of it leading the country and its party leader becoming the Prime Minister of the country then it should let the UBT have the Sangli Lok Sabha seat. “Congress is a big party, we believe that the Congress is to lead the country, we (UBT) don’t want to lead it. We want the Prime Minister of the country to be from the Congress party. For just one seat (Sangli) are you ready to lose the Prime Minister’s post, they (Congress) should think it over.”said UBT Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut. Referring to threats of the local leadership of Sangli announcing that they would not be working for the UBT candidate, Raut warned, “ If someone is talking of a boycott then it is very dangerous for the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance, if the same situation happens in other constituencies in the state then who would be responsible.”

Kangana Ranaut, who is set to contest the Lok Sabha election 2024 from Himachal Pradesh Mandi's Mandi on a BJP ticket, sought to clarify the controversy surrounding her past ‘soft porn star’ comment regarding Urmila Matondkar. During an interaction at the Times Now Summit 2024 on Wednesday, Kangana said, “I am not justifying anything.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to seek Kejriwal’s custody in connection with the probe. The CBI was, in fact, the first central investigation agency to register an FIR naming 14 people, including Delhi’s former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, in the case. Sisodia is currently lodged in Tihar jail.